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elros commented on Vim 9.2   vim.org/vim-9.2-released.... · Posted by u/tapanjk
freedomben · a month ago
> That said I'd have preferred something other than Lua if I had the choice.

Same. I know we as a community would never agree on what that language should be, but in my dreams it would have been ruby. Even javascript would have been better for me than Lua.

elros · a month ago
> Even javascript would have been better for me than Lua.

Why?

elros commented on Parental controls aren't for parents   beasthacker.com/til/paren... · Posted by u/beasthacker
BeetleB · 2 months ago
Because I want a device for my kids to play games.

Not communicate.

Not buy stuff.

Just play (local) games.

Stuff like online communications will come at a later age. Absolutely no reason to start explaining that to a 5 year old.

And absolutely no reason to have all 3 bundled in one.

> Take an earnest interest in your child's activities, both online and offline. Guide them how to behave in strange, even weird and scary situations with strangers. Be the reliable adult in their life to whom they can tell when they encounter something unpleasant, online or offline. Under the guidance of a parent your children will be safer than behind any amount of protective layers that these so called child-safety apps provide, and they will also know how to help their friends to navigate risk and avoid danger.

Everything you just said is true for gun ownership as well!

elros · 2 months ago
On a certain level, it’s also a question of different parenting philosophy.

> Stuff like online communications will come at a later age. Absolutely no reason to start explaining that to a 5 year old.

I agree, but I also see absolutely no reason why 5 years old children would have access to a gaming device. Pretty much any other activity I can imagine is better for them.

elros commented on The US Is Tracking 14 Potential Rabies Outbreaks in 20 States   accuweather.com/en/health... · Posted by u/treasure2seek
throw8398394 · 6 months ago
In my experience dog owners just do not care. Vaccine costs time and money.

The same with training. Most dog owners are just lazy, and do not care. Adding some sophisticated explanations on top of that is pointless.

elros · 6 months ago
In my experience, if you get a dog you go to the government and pay the dog tax. The dog needs to have id, be chipped, and comes with a token you put on the leash. Part of the process is enforcing vaccination. If a dog has no such token, it’s considered a stray dog.

To so many issues, watching as a bystander from the outside, solutions exist, but the US seems to have a penchant for ignoring them and then claiming their problem is somehow not comparable to everyone else’s.

elros commented on AI coding made me faster, but I can't code to music anymore   praf.me/ai-coding... · Posted by u/_praf
october8140 · 7 months ago
What kind of projects are people doing that are feeling the increased velocity?
elros · 7 months ago
Whenever I need some sort of quick data pipeline to modify some sort of file into another format, or do some batch transformation, or transform some sort of interface description into another syntax, or things like that, that would normally require me to craft a grep, awk, tr, etc pipeline, I can normally simply paste a sample of the data and with a human language description get what I need. If it’s not working well I can break up the steps in smaller steps.

In my experience, it seems the people who have bad results have been trying to get the AI to do the reasoning. I feel like if I do the reasoning, I can offload menial tasks to the AI, and little annoying things that would take one or two hours start to take a few minutes.

That very quickly adds up to some real savings.

elros commented on The End of Handwriting   wired.com/story/the-end-o... · Posted by u/beardyw
benrutter · 7 months ago
Any tips for lefties? I find in very difficult to avoid complete smudgification of everything I write with a fountain pen, since it takes so much longer for the ink to dry.
elros · 7 months ago
What I’ve seen being done before, not only by lefties but actually by quite a few people, is to shift your paper 45~90°, so that you’re effectively writing bottom up (right handed) or top to bottom (left handed). It can get a moment to get used to it but it alleviates the smudging significantly.

For what it’s worth, personally, I don’t like it so much, but I know people who swear by it; and had fast, clear, legible notes to back it up.

elros commented on The End of Handwriting   wired.com/story/the-end-o... · Posted by u/beardyw
ternaryoperator · 7 months ago
I write almost exclusively with fountain pens, and it hasn't helped my handwriting at all. Not sure why you think it would help.
elros · 7 months ago
Well it's not magic, you still need to learn the skill of how to use the pen properly to write cursive.

My argument is simply that it's significantly easier to learn to have good handwriting with the right tool than with the wrong tool.

Surely there are also people with excellent handwriting even writing with sub-optimal tooling.

elros commented on The End of Handwriting   wired.com/story/the-end-o... · Posted by u/beardyw
elros · 7 months ago
PSA for people with "bad cursive handwriting" but who would like to improve it: Write with FOUNTAIN PENS. Ideally on thicker paper, with something soft below (like more paper for example).

Different writing systems evolved alongside different utensils. Cursive evolved to be written with a quill or a fountain pen. Ballpoint pens are an amazing invention and they have their place, but they optimize for price and practicality, not necessarily for an æsthetically pleasing legible outcome. People say they have "bad handwriting" but their setup is a Bic pen on a thin sheet of paper on top of a hard surface: well, everyone's handwriting is bad in this setup.

In France, back when I went to school, not sure now, though I hope it hasn't changed, as a child, you'd only be allowed to use fountain pens. Kids learning to write have constantly stained hands while they learn to use it properly, almost as a rite of passage. I'm very thankful to have learned it like that.

elros commented on Microsoft keeps adding stuff into Windows we don't need   theregister.com/2025/08/1... · Posted by u/rntn
Esophagus4 · 7 months ago
Yes - and the Apple Card advertisement in the wallet app. Or a persistent notification badge to turn on iCloud.

I’ve made my decisions, leave me alone!

elros · 7 months ago
> I’ve made my decisions, leave me alone!

Perhaps you and GP aren't really the target market for their products. Part of why, after many years of Slackware and Arch Linux on desktops I assembled myself, compiling kernel modules, etc etc, I decided to pay Apple for the past decade is exactly because I don't want to make these decisions.

Frankly I pay Apple for the following things, in order or descending importance to me:

1) Decisions / sensible defaults / ecosystem / walled garden;

2) MagSafe cable so I don't trip on cords and/or damage my machines;

3) The subjective feeling that their corporate interests are more aligned with mine than other players in the market, viz. privacy etc.;

4) Pixel density;

5) Well-built aluminum bodies;

6) Large trackpads;

To be fair, I'm not saying the prompting for things I don't want (e.g. I don't consume any media services or exercise stuff) isn't annoying, but it seems to only happen once I switch devices every few years. It's been useful for me to discover services I wouldn't know about otherwise, which I now am a customer of, such as iCloud.

elros commented on Open office is giving you secondhand ADHD   floustate.com/blog/open-o... · Posted by u/skrid
elros · 7 months ago
Next year marks 20 years that I started to code for money. I've been working from home for about 5 or 6 years of those.

I'm in my mid 30's so this industry is all I've ever known, but if it ever shifts such that the expectation of being in an office is something I'd have to deal with, I'd literally change careers.

u/elros

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