I've tried to create or revive a watercooler channel in every remote company I've worked in last 10 years. For some reason it usually doesn't work. Some people don't needed it, some people just call each other and vent out privately. I miss watercooler talk.
Readit Newscodesnik commented on Inspect ANSI control codes and escape sequences ansi.tools... · Posted by u/webpro
I wonder how many languages have nice looking "\e" for "\u001b". ruby, perl, bash, anything else?
codesnik commented on Show HN: Refine – A Local Alternative to Grammarly refine.sh... · Posted by u/runjuu
I just tested both on the text "Look Dick. See Jane. Jane run home. I says you go home to. They eats dinner." LanguageTool does what I would expect. Harper does not. However, both whine about two spaces after a period.
Edit: Alas, Hacker News also removes the extra space after periods.
browser rendering does. You'd need white-space: pre-wrap rule to retain double spaces.
I'm the same, but from the other side. I learned to code clients/bots that would play the MUD. I had a fantastic fighting script, that basically fought optimally, one that used two characters at the same time to solve some complicated maze, and I even wrote a headless bot runner that was compatible with the files of the MUD client I used.
It was all great fun, and I also owe my extensive regex experience to it.
me too. that's how I learned Perl (scripting language of mmc). What was your mud client/language?
Non-Newtonian drives have to prove they work outside the influences of a laboratory, if they work in low earth orbit, they should work anywhere. The Semi-Major Axis Altitude (SMAA) is a great proxy for orbital energy, and if they can make that number go way up, we should all take note, and start looking for new physics.
some measured effects in such experiments happen because of, for example, magnetic interference with the lab equipment. Well, on LEO there still present the Earth magnetic field, unlike in any usable interplanetary space. Interaction with the Earth magnetic field is already used by some satellites for orientation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetorquer
codesnik commented on Git Notes: Git's coolest, most unloved feature (2022) tylercipriani.com/blog/20... · Posted by u/Delgan
In practice I get a lot of value out of referencing commit hashes. If I fix a problem I introduced in a previous commit (for example, commit bumped version, and I forgot to bump it somewhere), my fix will say "amends ab12cd34".
That way when I need to cherry-pick that commit, or do something similar (bump again), I can search for the hash of the commit I'm looking at to find what might be missing.
UI is worse than git-notes but no need for additional setup to sync them.
you kinda doing by hand what git commit --fixup could do for you, and what git rebase -i could pick up automatically.
codesnik commented on Git Notes: Git's coolest, most unloved feature (2022) tylercipriani.com/blog/20... · Posted by u/Delgan
I love PostgreSQL COMMENT. I built a prototype app for a buddy with Supabase and added a COMMENT to every table.
with supabase it is almost essential. But adding comments with migrations is somewhat tedious, unless you're writing actual sql. Like, you know, with supabase.
codesnik commented on I Dropped the Production Database on a Friday Night vince.beehiiv.com/p/how-i... · Posted by u/vincejos
This is such a poorly written post, and im sure there are on-going disasters waiting to happen -- I've built 3 startups and sold 2 of them and never ever developed on production. ?? What level of crazy is this?
supabase kiinda pushes you in that direction though.
codesnik commented on I counted all of the yurts in Mongolia using machine learning monroeclinton.com/countin... · Posted by u/furkansahin
Regarding the discussion of ger/yurt districts in cities, it's also important not to underestimate the cultural significance of the nomadic lifestyle and yurt culture.
Changing climate (desertification) and economic conditions have meant that a lot of people have given up their nomadic lifestyle and moved to cities or their outskirts (mostly Ulaanbaatar). They often are reluctant to do so, it's a big step, and they often hope it is a temporary one.
They set up their yurts not only because of housing shortages, but many are also hesitant to move into apartments or other permanent structures as it's seen as the last step in giving up this nomadic lifestyle. Often they are setting up their yurts next to permanent structures, either because they are living in the 'yard' of relatives or to expand their residences and stay connected to their culture.
You can see examples of this in the first images.
I've been in a Uzbekistan palace, I think it was Khiva. And it was, well, a palace, with courts and richly decorated rooms. But at certain fully enclosed by walls court there was a circular place where yurt have been standing. Khans were tracing their lineages back to Genghis Khan, and it was unbecoming for the khan to spend nights under the firm roof, even if it's in a middle of the city with long sedentary life style traditions. All the visiting relatives wouldn't approve.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshhovli_Palace
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshhovli_Palace#/media/File:K... that circular spot.
The whole agentic coding via CLI experience could be much improved by:
- Making it easy to see what command I last issued, without having to scroll up through reams of output hunting for context - Making it easy to spin up a proper sandbox to run sessions unattended - Etc.
Maybe for code generation, what we actually need is a code generator that is itself deterministic but uses AI, instead of AI that does code generation.