Idiot211 (u/Idiot211)

Idiot211 commented on Build a Database in Four Months with Rust and 647 Open-Source Dependencies tisonkun.io/posts/oss-twi... · Posted by u/tison

bityard · 8 months ago

Sometimes I'm pretty sure people upvote stories just to see what happens in the comments.

Idiot211 · 8 months ago

Guilty as charged. To steal a phrase from Reddit, "the true LPT is in the comments"

The true insightful discussion comes in the comments.

Idiot211 commented on GitHub cuts AI deals with Google, Anthropic bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/jbredeche

cma · 10 months ago

Could be a fight against Llama, which excludes MS and Google in its open license (though I think has done separate pay deals with one or both of them). Meta are notably absent from this announcement.

Idiot211 · 10 months ago

I was at the keynote, Llama was featured in the Copilot models section and called out specifically, as was Mistral.

I assume they just aren't at the point where they have the ability or want to host the compute to offer up Llama as an option as opposed to OpenAI, Anthropic and Google who are all offering the model as a service.

Idiot211 commented on Lottery Simulator (2023) perthirtysix.com/tool/lot... · Posted by u/airstrike

Idiot211 · a year ago

Any chance of multiple bonus numbers like the Euromillions offers?

Idiot211 commented on Airlines are running out of 4-digit flight numbers viewfromthewing.com/airli... · Posted by u/jshprentz

madcaptenor · a year ago

Short flights out-and-back from a hub can have the same number on the two legs. An example is AA 1992, which today departs PHL 3:06 PM, arrives ATL 5:17 PM, departs ATL 5:57 PM, arrives back at PHL 8:05 PM. (All times US Eastern.)

My mother recently had an itinerary where both her flights were this flight - the PHL-ATL leg on a Sunday and the ATL-PHL leg on the following Saturday.

(It looks like as of Tuesday AA 1992 becomes a DFW-SEA-DFW flight, but it's the same sort of thing.)

I figure this isn't a problem as long as the two legs are flown by the same plane. But what if the PHL-ATL flight were delayed and American decided to fly the ATL-PHL flight as scheduled with a different plane (say because lots of people booked on that flight had connections at PHL?) That seems like it could create trouble.

Idiot211 · a year ago

To be fair, this problem is semi-solved by European airlines by having callsigns like BAW44W.

Which uses the last 2 numbers of the flight number, and an alphabetical character. BA use this on a lot of transatlantic type flights where delays etc can be an issue.

Idiot211 commented on American Singapore(s): Competent city governance hiding in plain sight population.fyi/p/american... · Posted by u/baud147258

indymike · a year ago

Carmel Indiana is an example of focusing on growth.

* They didn't do austerity. The whole low taxes run the place on a shoestring wasn't the game. Carmel did not do extravagant government buildings until they were affordable, and paid for by the development around them. For a long time city hall was almost a re-purposed dentist's office.

* Carmel did not invest in poverty. Carmel pushed it out of town. Now it is extremely wealthy per-capita.

* People laugh at the sheer number of roundabouts, but those have had a huge effect on public health by reducing both the frequency of accidents and more importantly, most accidents are now lower speed with less damage to life and property.

Yes, Carmel took on a lot of debt. Yes, they invested that debt heavily in making Carmel a nice place to live and work. jim Brainerd, the mayor, knew one thing the article missed: if you are growing, the tax base is always expanding. Carmel was also extremely long-game focused on development: as bonds mature, tax abatements and incentives expire in a way that will enable rapid retirement of the debt.

Idiot211 · a year ago

> Carmel did not invest in poverty. Carmel pushed it out of town. Now it is extremely wealthy per-capita.

What exactly does that mean, I'm reading it quite negatively, but the rest of this is positive, so I might be missing your true meaning.

Idiot211 commented on I coded something dumb and I'm proud of it plbrault.com/blog-posts/i... · Posted by u/drfreckles

drfreckles · a year ago

Oof! I was definitely tired! Thank you!

Idiot211 · a year ago

All good! We all have those moments!

Idiot211 commented on I coded something dumb and I'm proud of it plbrault.com/blog-posts/i... · Posted by u/drfreckles

Idiot211 · a year ago

FYI: The link to "You're the OS" points to localhost OP :)

Idiot211 commented on The end of Google Podcasts is in June if you're not in the US notes.ghed.in/posts/2024/... · Posted by u/rpgbr

10729287 · a year ago

Same here. One of the few non open source app i'm pretty sure it will never let me down (Fingers crossed). If I remember correctly they perfectly behaved each time they could have screwed up the relationship by the past.

Idiot211 · a year ago

They actually open sourced the iOS and Android applications, not the server code of course.

But that's even more of a fun thing from them!

Idiot211 commented on JSON Canvas – An open file format for infinite canvas data jsoncanvas.org/... · Posted by u/nickmain

remram · 2 years ago

Who was involved in this open spec? Or was it built by Obsidian with a hope that it works for everyone else?

Which existing formats were considered before building your own, e.g. SVG/Excalidraw/draw.io/...?

Idiot211 · 2 years ago

Relevant XKCD:

https://xkcd.com/927

Idiot211 commented on VATSIM: The International Online Aviation Network vatsim.net/... · Posted by u/skibz

Idiot211 · 2 years ago

Been a VATSIM member for many a year, both on the scopes and in the sim.

It's a fantastic hobby organisation, one filled with village politics and annoyances more than it needs to be.

But if you focus in on the sim and the scope, my opinion is there's no better hobby org focused on excellence in a collective.