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sreya commented on Ghostty compiled to WASM with xterm.js API compatibility github.com/coder/ghostty-... · Posted by u/kylecarbs

svat · 3 months ago

The comparison has two points one of which says that for "Complex scripts (Devanagari, Arabic)", ghostty-web has " Proper grapheme handling". But when I tried something extremely simple at the https://ghostty-web.wasmer.app/ or https://ghostty.ondis.co/ demos (just `echo "कवि"`), it failed pretty miserably (and in different ways in the two demos). So I'm not sure what to make of it.

(Seems slightly better in the actual Ghostty app, but not in any usable way: here was my comparison last year https://shreevatsa.net/post/terminal-indic/ and Ghostty is comparable to the other terminal apps, better than some, worse than some. Anyway the fact that it works in Ghostty but not in ghostty-web casts doubt on “Ghostty's emulator is the same battle-tested code that runs the native Ghostty app”. Do you understand what is going on?)

sreya · 3 months ago

It's very much the same emulator but we're exposing a subset of functionality via WASM, in this case it wasn't handling grapheme codepoints correctly. It should be fixed on main (or @next).

sreya commented on Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been Fulfilled jayd.ml/2025/11/10/someon... · Posted by u/jaydenmilne

JumpCrisscross · 4 months ago

I used to pay for YouTube premium. I stopped doing that, uninstalled the apps, and now use it through the browser with adblockers. (Yes, on my phone and iPad.)

It works so well I’ve gotten at least half a dozen neighbours to do the same. If you haven’t tried it, it’s a definitive step up in UX.

sreya · 4 months ago

Not being able to play Youtube in the background on your phone is unfortunately one of the main appeals of Premium. There's a lot of good mixes, concerts, etc that I play for the audio while doing something else that I can't do without Premium unless I wanted to leave my phone unlocked (and pray I don't pocket click a link).

sreya commented on Ex-Google Employee Urges Lawmakers to Take on Company nytimes.com/2018/09/26/te... · Posted by u/subdane

0x8BADF00D · 7 years ago

> What about all the other American companies doing business in China? Do they get to keep doing business because they are politically popular companies but Google is not? Or would this be a government mandate of a broad based American pull out?

Getting the US government involved period is a bad idea. Government interference in business is how big government starts. You need more and more agencies to police business behavior, and that eventually leads to large, inefficient, and inept bureaucratic agencies that do more harm than good. Example: EPA, FDA, etc

sreya · 7 years ago

I'm not sure the EPA and FDA are the best examples you could've picked...

sreya commented on Using Git Wrong dpc.pw/blog/2017/08/youre... · Posted by u/aarohmankad

sreya · 9 years ago

Under "Changing Code":

>It might seem like chaos, but it is not. It is just fluid synchronization, or to put differently: eventual consistency system.

Can anyone explain this? The example he used wasn't fleshed out enough for me to understand how this system wouldn't be chaos

sreya commented on Ask HN: What's the worst thing your code has done? · Posted by u/Procrastes

sidlls · 9 years ago

Helped the armed forces of my country kill people.

sreya · 9 years ago

This is interesting. Or is this just a "joke" (albeit dark) using an alternative definition of "worst"

sreya commented on The Boring Company FAQ boringcompany.com/faq... · Posted by u/schiffern

rsync · 9 years ago

"The air inside the volume of a coffin can last you a few hours. Unless you are literally shoulder to shoulder with no other air, your oxygen will last as long as you need."

... unless there is a fire:

"Most drivers rolled up their windows and waited for rescue. The ventilation system in the tunnel drove toxic smoke back down the tunnel faster than anyone could run to safety. These fumes quickly filled the tunnel and caused vehicle engines to stall because of lack of oxygen. This included fire engines which, once affected, had to be abandoned by the firefighters. Many drivers near the blaze who attempted to leave their cars and seek refuge points were quickly overcome."[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Blanc_Tunnel#1999_fire

sreya · 9 years ago

As niche as it might be, sounds like another point in favor of EVs no?

sreya commented on US dismantles forensic science commission washingtonpost.com/local/... · Posted by u/finid

ajross · 9 years ago

> What do you do when the Attorney General, a person with near unlimited power to imprison anyone in the country is explicitly and blatantly malicious and corrupt?

We consider ourselves lucky that the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

No seriously: a wingnut DoJ can do terrible damage, but one thing Sessions doesn't have is a "near unlimited power to imprison". Courts are still courts. They've been doing their job so far.

sreya · 9 years ago

Except when they don't, as described by the link in the parent comment