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by jim201 9mo ago
I used to dread this approach (it’s part of why I like Typescript monorepos now), but LLMs are fantastic at translating most basic types/shapes between languages. Much less tedious to do this than several years ago. Of course, it’s sti
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by jim201 9mo ago
The book Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman seems really relevant here. The thesis is that different modes of information are best suited to different tasks. Postman argues that television is best suited for entertainment. So the pr
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by jim201 10mo ago
Looks like they’re positioning themselves as an open-source Roblox competitor. That would be awesome. Especially so if they follow through on the promise of standalone mode. I’m interested in how they’re sandboxing C# code. Seems like an en
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by jim201 10mo ago
No excitement here for any “discount” announcements—just cynicism about our device freedoms being restricted by two duopolies.
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by jim201 11mo ago
Antitrust action is badly needed in this area. It is ridiculous that I need permission from my device manufacturer to install software on hardware I own. There is no viable alternative than to live in Apple and Google’s ecosystems. This duo
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by jim201 1y ago
This is the way. It’s a pain to manually disable the checks, but certainly better than becoming victim to an attack like this.
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by jim201 1y ago
Pardon my ignorance, but isn’t code signing designed to stop attacks exactly like this? Even if an npm token was compromised, I’m really surprised there was no other code signing feature in play to prevent these publish events.
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by jim201 1y ago
I sympathize—the web needs a decentralized chat platform. And Matrix seems to be the current best solution. But ignoring real issues with the platform is actively harmful. For example, if you’re active in any FOSS channels, you’re likely to
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by jim201 1y ago
“This undermines the entire point of the open graph protocol (at least for images). If you have to manually review every image that you include then what's the point in it being a machine protocol?” Bingo. Ianal but it feels like if yo
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by jim201 1y ago
I’m glad that there are distros catering towards less techy people. Linux needs this. But I take issue with selling open source projects that could otherwise be downloaded for free. The $48 Pro version resells open source software (Blender
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by jim201 1y ago
I am concerned that the App Store has become the norm. For many young people, iPhones and iPads have been their only computer. Many have never seen a world where app developers can distribute independently. The NYT had an article out about
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by jim201 1y ago
“Real developer” label or not, it is now easier than ever to dream up, build, and ship an app. And at the end of the day, that’s all that matters—-what you ship. Just seems incredibly gatekeepy to devalue someone’s work based on the tools t
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by jim201 1y ago
Author claims that this same hack is used widely, including by apps on the Play Store like Snapchat and Facebook.