Backslasher

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by Backslasher 15d ago
I also dislike the choices the product team of Firefox is doing. However, it is the only (afaik) major browser distro that has support for a proper adblocker, so I grind my teeth and remove homepage widgets and tab suggestions and weather f
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by Backslasher 16d ago
I thought they were expensive compared to fetches from established repos. TIL they're also expensive compared to full clones.
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by Backslasher 20d ago
Semi-related, I redid just the other day the Flying Toasters in-browser with the full logic from the original, toast-juggler and everything. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49432857 Thought about doing it as a Linux sc
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by Backslasher 22d ago
When I was a kid I really liked this After Dark screensaver, and I recently had a burst of nostalgia. Because I'm pedantic, I was missing the specific 1996 version, not "Flying Toasters" (1990) or "Flying Toasters Pro&qu
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Show HN: "Flying Toasters!" reverse-engineered 1:1, in the browser(backslasher.github.io)
6 points by Backslasher 22d ago|2 comments
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I reverse-engineered my HVAC because I couldn't turn it off reliably(blog.backslasher.net)
4 points by Backslasher 29d ago|0 comments
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by Backslasher 29d ago
I hate the expert for not cleaning up the url before sending it over
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Returning to The Sims: 128 errors in a fresh lot(blog.backslasher.net)
5 points by Backslasher 2mo ago|0 comments
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by Backslasher 2mo ago
I think these are discussions about workplace / team policy that get extended into a post. I recognize these from different dev teams where it was agreed that a "how much AI" policy is needed, but the actual policy was very h
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by Backslasher 2mo ago
I wanted to help so I took a look at the issue and the code. I was unable to reproduce the issue from your description. Firstly, issue #153175 refers to the "time of day" sensor, which is not what you're using - you're u
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by Backslasher 2mo ago
I think the original biblical phrase was about getting out of a hole which you fell into, and in that domain it's always better to not fall into the hole.
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by Backslasher 3mo ago
The part about Costco choosing to avoid the last mile shipping problem reminded me of a proverb, roughly translated as: A clever person solves a problem; a wise person avoids it. I think it holds a lot of truth in engineering.
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by Backslasher 3mo ago
A bit tangential. In Israel, case records are sort-of-free. They're publicly available in a byzantine system maintained by the Court Management, a governmental entity (Net Hamishpat, "court net" - slightly deviating from Beit
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"Can you paint this Apple orange?"(blog.backslasher.net)
2 points by Backslasher 4mo ago|0 comments
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by Backslasher 4mo ago
Referring purely to the article and not to the title (which is hard, because I see a lot of people are, and it is tempting), I can say that I disagree with 1 (Using AI means you don’t learn as much from your work). At least personally, usin
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by Backslasher 4mo ago
Life led me to consultancy to tech oriented companies, and I can say that like the father at Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film), I make more money fixing the machine than I did doing the work the machine is now doing. From what I saw,
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by Backslasher 5mo ago
This reminds me of a similar offering in Israel (Kosher Cellular Phone) for Orthodox jews. Hebrew wiki: https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%A8... It has restricted internet, and allows calls and m
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by Backslasher 5mo ago
Location: Israel Remote: Yes (EU hours, async with US) Willing to relocate: No Technologies: AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Java, Python, Go, Postgres, infra and backend generally Résumé/CV: https://blog.backslasher.net&#x
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Catfishing – The Wikipedia Guessing Game(catfishing.net)
1 points by Backslasher 8mo ago|0 comments
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by Backslasher 10mo ago
To me, since the DB is there to serve the app (which is there to serve the user), the lookup/enum decision mostly depends on whether the list is defined before build time (> enum) or after (> lookup). US states are probably a s
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by Backslasher 11mo ago
I've been working on this for the couple of last months. I found this project to have multiple tech angles (pcb, electronics, C-level ESP, Python, webui / Javascript, machine vision), an figured it might be an interesting read.
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Show HN: Tapestry, composite e-display poster(blog.backslasher.net)
4 points by Backslasher 11mo ago|1 comments
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by Backslasher 11mo ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20250828091300/https://www.nytim...
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Disney and the Decline of America's Middle Class(nytimes.com)
3 points by Backslasher 11mo ago|3 comments
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by Backslasher 11mo ago
More like "on a long-running process that is not a full-blown Django server"
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by Backslasher 11mo ago
Is Django's ORM even supported outside Django sites? I had a consulting gig that had a FastAPI website using Django's ORM and it produced a bunch of weird bugs.
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Android 15(android.com)
3 points by Backslasher 2y ago|0 comments
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"Do the needful" – Why is it used instead of asking a question?(ell.stackexchange.com)
2 points by Backslasher 3y ago|0 comments
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The Website Is Down(thewebsiteisdown.com)
2 points by Backslasher 3y ago|0 comments
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Fan Death(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by Backslasher 3y ago|0 comments

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