PedroBatista (u/PedroBatista)

PedroBatista commented on The GitHub website is slow on Safari github.com/orgs/community... · Posted by u/talboren

leosanchez · 17 hours ago

It is faster than GitLab, at least to me.

PedroBatista · 17 hours ago

Is your deployment SaaS or running on your company servers?

Gitlab is anything but light, by default tends to be slow, but surprisingly fast with a good server ( nothing crazy, but big ) and caching.

PedroBatista commented on The GitHub website is slow on Safari github.com/orgs/community... · Posted by u/talboren

PedroBatista · 18 hours ago

The Github website is slow everywhere. It is truly a piece of shit software both in terms of performance but also UX/UI and everything in between.

It's a product of many cooks and their brilliant ideas and KPIs, a social network for devs and code being the most "brilliant" of them all. For day to day dev operations is something so mediocre even Gitlab looks like the golden standard compared to Github.

And no, the problem is not "Rails" or [ insert any other tech BS to deflect the real problems ].

PedroBatista commented on Airbus A320 Poised to Overtake Boeing 737 as Most-Delivered Commercial Airliner simpleflying.com/airbus-a... · Posted by u/helsinkiandrew

themafia · 10 days ago

Competition keeps entities honest. Monopolies will kill you. In Boeing's case both figuratively for the business and literally for it's customers.

PedroBatista · 10 days ago

Boeing is going nowhere. One of the reasons Boeing’s bad behavior in last couple decades is also the reason they won’t die: The US Government

PedroBatista commented on Perplexity offers to buy Google Chrome for $34.5B theverge.com/news/758218/... · Posted by u/ndr

PedroBatista · 15 days ago

I get the feeling this Perplexity guy is a mix of SBF the bitcoin dude with the Palantir guy but actually dreams to be early Elon, or a troll. Maybe another another deep state plant? If we really want to go that road..

Either way, how does Perplexity even envisions to become a stable business? Let alone buying the browser with +80% worldwide share.

PedroBatista commented on Clarifying recent headlines on gaming content mastercard.com/us/en/news... · Posted by u/mosura

PedroBatista · a month ago

It's good to know the mega-corp I have to put enormous amount of trust with my money, can make a post like this without an hint of irony...

Now we are at the "just lie" stage.

PedroBatista commented on Friction and Not Being Touched tante.cc/2025/07/30/frict... · Posted by u/colinprince

throw839340949r · a month ago

> The idea of frictionlessness has very narcissistic .... That is the Utopia of Frictionlessness: To never be touched by anyone or anything really. Because being actually touched, being inconvenienced, being emotionally moved, having your mind and perception changed means acknowledging ... It means seeing others to a certain degree as your equal. You might be richer, more influential, but we all have bodies that take up space for example.

I really do not like the vibe from author. People are not dealing with some friction (shitty) app, because they have better things to do. Not because they are emotional or need a safe space.

The same way "touching" random people on public, is very rude behaviour. Sometimes it is unavoidable (in busy train), but you should be apologetic about that. Not see it as a virtue for challenging others!

And avoiding touch from random strangers, is not some sort of avoidance. There are germs, diseases (covid), parasites and all sort of nasty stuff. Europe just had resurgence of scabies!

Plus I am highly allergic to animal dander, I do not want to be "touched" by your dog, I will go into asthma attack, and can suffocate!

> But especially if you are rich, you can change the equation. You can pay people to keep others away from you. Keep “your space” protected.

You can protect your space as a normal citizen, I carry pepper spray and walking stick! Nobody on street is touching me, or my kids!

> One way that some people combat this feeling of loneliness is by increasingly talking to chatbots.

And talking to people is somehow different? Even before AI, many people were called NPCs for a good reasson. Say something wrong and they smash "cancel" button!

If nobody is talking to you, you are probably lame!

PedroBatista · a month ago

While the author might be in one end of the spectrum, you might want to acknowledge you are at the other end and I hope it’s temporary because you sound bitter to the point you’re either a teenager or a person hurt by life.

PedroBatista commented on XSLT – Native, zero-config build system for the Web github.com/pacocoursey/xs... · Posted by u/_kush

PedroBatista · 2 months ago

I still have PTSD from XSLT in college.

Recently I need a solution for a problem and what XSLT promises is a big part of the solution, so I'm in an existential and emotional crisis.

PedroBatista commented on US Streetlights Are Turning Purple scientificamerican.com/ar... · Posted by u/surprisetalk

modeless · 2 months ago

> people driving at night may notice a moving object in their peripheral vision more quickly under bluish-white light than under yellowish-white light, [...] Gaining improved peripheral vision under blue-tinged light comes with a trade-off, however: once the moving object comes into focus, it becomes harder to see.

If we were switching away from LED to sodium vapor lamps instead of the other way around, they would have written the exact same article but in reverse, still claiming the change makes us less safe.

PedroBatista · 2 months ago

No, sodium vapor lights offer great performance in terms of contrast and visibility. Especially in bad weather conditions.

PedroBatista commented on Ukraine destroys more than 40 military aircraft in drone attack deep in Russia npr.org/2025/06/01/nx-s1-... · Posted by u/consumer451

cosmicgadget · 3 months ago

Would it be reasonable to assume some of the damaged aircraft are not bombers?

PedroBatista · 3 months ago

It would, but these were FPVs and their targets can be precisely chosen at the very moment of the strike.

Also, these are remote airbases where all the strategic bombers are stationed. Fighter jets would not be there in significant numbers if any since they are needed in other bases closer to the front-lines and also some at the borders.

In in of the videos you could see a Mi-8 which was ignored because of it's insignificance compared to the primary targets.