Chernobog (u/Chernobog)

Chernobog commented on The Iconic 3DBenchy Enters the Public Domain nti-group.com/home/inform... · Posted by u/kotaKat

Chernobog · 10 months ago

I love some of the community responses to the initial Benchy madness, such as the 3D Boaty, which is a bench.

https://www.printables.com/model/1141963-3d-boaty

Chernobog commented on How long til we're all on Ozempic? asteriskmag.com/issues/07... · Posted by u/thehoff

You can literally do the same thing by eating a healthy diet for 2-4 weeks.

Chernobog · a year ago

Not to argue for or against Ozempic, but there is a difference between what motivated individuals can achieve on their own, and what one can expect of the general population.

Chernobog commented on Speeding up the JavaScript ecosystem – Polyfills gone rogue marvinh.dev/blog/speeding... · Posted by u/jviide

davedx · 2 years ago

Insanity. In projects where I have full technical control I don’t use eslint anyway, it creates a massive load of work for negligible (if any) gain. Typescript finds the important issues, prettier fixes formatting; linters just create giant swathes of useless busywork.

Chernobog · 2 years ago

I think your description of linting can be true, but not necessarily for every eslint configuration. I feel that I've landed on configs that feel useful to myself and the rest of the devs in the team. Even with a rule set that contains many rules that can look nit picky at first glance, no one complains since they are auto fixable, and fixing is a part of a commit hook.

There are a handful of rules that are nice to have in a TypeScript project to make sure devs don't do things that break type safety. Plus some that avoids mistakes from slipping through (even though the code is reviewed).

One thing I've found super useful is to have @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment enabled, but configured so that you can still use @ts-expect-error and the others as long as you provide a comment when doing so. This is so nice when doing code reviews, either someone has provided a very good reason for the exception, or it is clear that the same result could have been achieved with a better approach. Same goes for disabling eslint rules inline in a file, also allowed if commented. I feel that this is a very good compromise between being strict with linting, but also not letting linting get in the way.

Chernobog commented on Senate votes to let people who’ve used marijuana work at intelligence agencies marijuanamoment.net/senat... · Posted by u/pseudotrash

bill_joy_fanboy · 2 years ago

Saying "it's okay to do something bad" (smoke weed) because "someone else did something worse" (drink booze) is hardly an argument.

Both are not ideal for people in positions of public trust.

I don't want my intelligence officers drunk OR high. Is that too much to ask?

Chernobog · 2 years ago

I don't interpret neither OP nor the first comment this way. What is brought up is the hypocrisy of talking down on any cannabis user while being drunk at work yourself, and positive drug tests that are not related to actual intoxication at work (since cannabis can be detected for a while after coming down).

Chernobog commented on Snapchat sees spike in 1-star reviews as users pan the ‘My AI’ feature techcrunch.com/2023/04/24... · Posted by u/mmq

JohnMakin · 3 years ago

Snapchat continues its nearly decade-long habit of forcing changes on users that they hate. Remember the massive UI redesign that saw them lose millions of users ? https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/7/17661878/snapchat-earnings... or when they turned on everyone's location sharing and made it opt-out?

Chernobog · 3 years ago

Or the 3D Bitmojis. My 2D one looks awesome, but the equivalent 3D version looks like a sex offender...

Chernobog commented on OpenCore Legacy Patcher – Use new macOS versions on old hardware dortania.github.io/OpenCo... · Posted by u/frereubu

Chernobog · 3 years ago

I highly appreciate the effort that goes into this!

The only pity is that I need VMware Fusion and it seems to be broken in the patched Ventura with no fix in sight. Stuck on Catalina for now on my 2012 rMBP.

Chernobog commented on Wondering what to do (if anything) about hotlinking kryogenix.org/days/2023/0... · Posted by u/stuartlangridge

Chernobog · 3 years ago

I would just add some console.log message explaining the issue you have with hotlinking the script. This will not disrupt users, but anyone who fires up their devtools will see that the site is getting shamed. And if their devs care just a little bit, I think they will find it embarrassing enough to host the script themselves.

Correct me if I simply have missed it, but is there an official NPM package available? I have seen https://www.npmjs.com/package/sorttable and perhaps some of the sites would drop the script tag if "npm install --save-dev sorttable.js" is in the instructions and they have a build step for their JS anyway. Just thinking out loud.

Chernobog commented on Free Ross Ulbricht freeross.org... · Posted by u/linksbro

scoofy · 3 years ago

“The Silk Road was fine”

-HN

Chernobog · 3 years ago

While there are certainly problematic aspects of dark web markets, society do get some benefits. No physical contact between sellers and buyers, which reduces violence. Reviews of sellers and products makes it significantly easier to purchase safer drugs (for some drugs, adulterants and/or unpredictable potency are a bigger risk than the drug itself). This translates to fewer visits to the ER or morgue.

Edit: My personal opinion is that we should rid ourselves of the demand for dark web markets by regulating drugs. The regulations should focus on harm reduction, both for the users and society as a whole.

Chernobog commented on Teens turn to TikTok in search of a mental health diagnosis nytimes.com/2022/10/29/we... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico

ethanbond · 3 years ago

A third option is that he does have ADHD and you, a bystander, are doing the misdiagnosis.

IMO for disorders like this it’s almost better to view it through the lens of the available treatments. Is the treatment, on net and relative to other possible strategies, going to be a positive impact on this person? If yes, then whether they have apparent Disorder X (a figment of imagination) versus actual Disorder X (which is itself also a figment of our collective imagination) isn’t super relevant. Obviously in the case of ADHD the prescription drugs are pretty intense and have pretty severe negative consequences, so this framework in that case would probably even yield that people with actual ADHD but mild forms shouldn’t have those drugs pushed on them either.

Chernobog · 3 years ago

I have ADHD and my flavor makes me look well adjusted on the outside while struggling hard. My mother completely dismissed the possibility of ADHD based on things like me getting a Master's degree. People see the decent grades, but don't see that you put in three times the effort.

Everything got much easier after getting the diagnosis and medication as a 33 year old.

Chernobog commented on Tumblr and why ‘the porn-friendly era of the internet is over’ theguardian.com/technolog... · Posted by u/nigerian1981

Chernobog · 3 years ago

I think card companies and the related businesses have too much power. I am a board member of a BDSM club operated by a volunteer organization (we are legally a non-profit). We want to implement card payment on our website for membership and event tickets, but when applying for the service that would be the best option in our country, their payment processor rejects the application citing that they don't allow things like strip clubs, sexually oriented massage parlors, escort agencies or "any sexually-related clubs or services". I get that a BDSM club would easily get caught by this wording, but it's a social arena where our members can hook up and play, and we don't sell any sexual services.

Adding insult to injury, the company behind the service loudly markets that they support Pride every year. The payment processor has pictures on their Facebook of employees attending the Pride parade... We're not a commercial entity, our activities are legal and we also march under the same (rainbow) flag.

Oh, and there is no reasonable appeals process. We initially applied for a different product a while back and got rejected since they had run our web page through Google Translate and determined that we were involved with "public group sex". Asking the service to get is in touch with the payment processor to clear up the misunderstanding was not possible, they just said there was no way to appeal and our best bet would be to contact them ourselves through their website.

/rant.