Somebody make this video game.
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jrrrr commented on Build a Lightweight Code Generator with TypeScript and JSON Imports spin.atomicobject.com/202... · Posted by u/philk10
> That structure is likely to change during the lifetime of your software.
I don't understand this sentence. If the structure is going to change over the time, it means you will need to regenerate the whole system, plus you will apply the changes that you made on the generated code to the newest generated version. So it isn't a valid case for generating code.
Maybe this is a different use case for code generators from what you have in mind? This isn't one-time upfront scaffolding, it's a recurring part of the development process.
When email templates are edited in the external service, you run the generator to pull in the latest structure, and it breaks your build with new type errors.
jrrrr commented on Ask HN: How do carriers throttle streaming to 480p resolution? · Posted by u/akouri
I assume carriers limit only the _bandwidth_, and count on streaming apps to react by automatically degrading the resolution.
Why only one play per day? You have the user’s attention and if they want to engage further they have to wait an arbitrary time (depending on how close it is to the following day), and during that break any manner of things will occur that may distract the user into forgetting to ever come back.
Kind of like the puzzles in a newspaper.
jrrrr commented on Challenges Building an Open-Source E Ink Laptop alexsoto.dev/challenges-b... · Posted by u/alex-a-soto
This is great!
For years when discussing displays and computing ergonomics, I've claimed that I look forward to the day when my screen doesn't need to emit light, and maybe using it can feel more like paper.
Reading this makes it seem less sci-fi future, and possible today if we can get enough interest/momentum.
I'm trying to think of practical places to start for a sellable product. I love the Paperterm idea, but recognize that it's super niche. Maybe something focused on distraction-free writing?
And now the jingle will be stuck in my head for a few weeks.
jrrrr commented on Why I Prefer Makefiles over Package.json Scripts spin.atomicobject.com/202... · Posted by u/ingve
Yikes. Say what you will about package.json files and all their associated problems, but Make? Really?
I've written multi-thousand line Makefile build systems across multiple directories and multiple platforms, from scratch.
I must say Make is the most non-intuitive language I've ever had to work with. It's been near impossible for other engineers to pick up the build systems I've written. They still come back to me to ask questions years later.
And most importantly, you have to use tabs instead of spaces. ::sigh::
It's a great tool for some things, just like anything else. But I'd be careful about using it as your default.
Make is arcane and it gets really gnarly when you use it to describe a large build.
I wouldn't want to use it for its intended use without first looking hard at modern alternatives. (perhaps starting here? https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/wiki/List-of-generators... )
But for solving the problem of "where should we keep our developer command shortcuts?" (which you might answer with "shell scripts" or "a Rakefile"), I've found Make to be pretty great!
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jrrrr commented on Jack 1st tweet as NFT selling for $2.5m twitter.com/jack/status/1... · Posted by u/bretpiatt
Here is sample metadata from one of the tweets sold: https://explorer-mainnet.maticvigil.com/tokens/0x28009881f0F...
This data is stored on the Matic blockchain. The most important bits are
1) Text contents of the tweet
2) Canonical link to tweet (on twitter)
3) Digital signature by owner (using their ethereum wallet)
Valuables (the service minting tweets) is also responsible for linking a twitter account to an ethereum address. Also, these tweets are purely collectibles, i.e. they don't confer copyright or commercial rights to the buyer.
Perfect, thanks, that's what I was looking for (and none of the news coverage seems to mention).
So when you want to sell a tweet, Valuables verifies who you are and that you own the account (presumably), they produce one certificate and promise never to produce another, and then it goes into the blockchain.
So now there is one and only one entry for this tweet in the Valuables Twitter namespace, but there can be more from other organizations and on other blockchains.
It's going to become even more of a collectors' item when Valuables shuts down, or Twitter changes their URL scheme, or we're not using https:// anymore ;)
jrrrr commented on Jack 1st tweet as NFT selling for $2.5m twitter.com/jack/status/1... · Posted by u/bretpiatt
It's a stupid fad where you can "own" a digital asset (jack's first tweet in this case) using blockchain tech. People are comparing it to owning a physical asset, like an original painting by Leonardo da Vinci, but that's nonsense.
Do you understand how this works technically? Like, what bits are in the token and how do they describe ownership of a tweet?