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by jmcomets 5mo ago
From NewPipe : https://github.com/woheller69/FreeDroidWarn?tab=readme-ov-fi... I wouldn't consider this "a few buttons", it's enough to turn off the less savvy users
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by jmcomets 10mo ago
Obvious caveat: pushing this a bit further it can quickly fallback to the default case. The optimizer is a superpower but you still need to try to write efficient code. unsigned add_v5(unsigned x, unsigned y) { if (x == y) ret
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by jmcomets 1y ago
Still is. It's a French/Lebanese corp based in Paris/Beirut. I worked there for a few years early in my career.
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by jmcomets 3y ago
1) C++: 7+ years; Rust: 3+ years. 2) C++, my employer's choice. Their rationale: easier to hire people with experience, internal codebase is mostly C++ so tooling/people more versed. 3) Rust. For me it's just easier overall t
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by jmcomets 3y ago
Another fact not mentioned in this article is the WWII historical locations found in the unofficial Catacombs. Back when I lived in Paris, I was lucky enough to know someone who had access to one of the Cataphiles' maps (yearly-updated
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by jmcomets 3y ago
My pet theory is that programmers are exposed to many business areas during their career, either directly or hearing it from other programmers. This desacralizes these jobs, and since we spend most of our days working though complexity (req
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by jmcomets 3y ago
+1, the link to Joel Spolky's post on Unicode is probably the most interesting read I've found this year: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2003/10/08/the-absolute-minim...
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by jmcomets 3y ago
> Work relationships matter, sharing 3D space allows people to be more creative and collaborative, and companies are recognizing that. Google seems like the last company that would make people come back to the office without doing their
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by jmcomets 3y ago
It's a mix of bikeshedding (many people experienced remote work during the COVID lockdowns) and there being no data available for this. Also consider who would be more likely to respond in this thread: people heavily invested in or aga
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by jmcomets 3y ago
2022 headcount was estimated at ~1850[0], so that would be 150 employees (allegedly). [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HashiCorp
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by jmcomets 3y ago
FWIW, most DBMS have built-in index usage stats, and it's not too difficult to query. In my previous job we had a Postgres health dashboard that notably showed `log10(index size) / index hits`, making it pretty clear when some rec
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by jmcomets 3y ago
In my experience these type of abstractions end up bloated with too many concerns which adds maintenance overhead. It's a lot simpler to simply add a `HashMap<Book.title, Book>` and cover with tests, than use an abstraction. I wa
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by jmcomets 3y ago
> Why does writing in the morning (anecdotally so far) seem to be so effective for writers, even ones who are not morning persons? While programmers, which seems like a similar occupation, are invariably owls? Also anecdotal, but I'
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by jmcomets 4y ago
To add some praise on this topic, I like (in no particular order): - having dedicated no-meeting days to work on stuff I'm paid to build - being able to talk vision with my PMs (and be listened) - having a budget for software maintenan
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by jmcomets 4y ago
Disregarding the "code is doc" position, it's still common to have an overview or index for documentation, which points readers in the right direction instead of dumping pages of detailed docs on them. Now, you could also hav
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by jmcomets 4y ago
For me it was a watch. I bought a Fitbit Charge 4, originally to track my heart rate/steps since I've never owned one and always relied on my phone for time. With my phone generally on silent and by not checking it so often, I&#x2
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by jmcomets 4y ago
Just adding to this for the uninitiated-but-curious: the German army invaded by going around the line. This meant taking tanks through the Ardennes, a bordering region consisting of mountains and forests, not quite the Panzer's ideal t
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by jmcomets 4y ago
This is what you'd do in a classic OOP approach. Allows for different behavior across variants by pulling out the shared interface. (I think this is what the author mentions when they speak of "different level of abstraction"
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by jmcomets 5y ago
With my very basic understanding of orbital mechanics, higher orbits require more dV simply because it's further from Earth. The more interesting bit is that subtle orbital adjustments require much less dV in higher orbits than in lowe
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by jmcomets 6y ago
Sphere packing was my 3rd year internship project (summer of 2013), so happy to see what is quite the fascinating topic mentioned on HN! I'm a bit sad I don't have a lot to show for it, other than an old undocumented GitHub repo[1
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by jmcomets 7y ago
I haven't used k8s that much, so I can't see what features OAM (or the implementation, rudr) adds to k8s. Could someone provide me with some insights?
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by jmcomets 7y ago
Here's a direct link: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1165493206441779200.html
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by jmcomets 7y ago
Disambiguation is easy when `await` is a keyword. [0] ;) error[E0721]: `await` is a keyword in the 2018 edition --> src/lib.rs:2:5 | 2 | await: i32 | ^^^^^ help: you can use a raw identifier to stay com
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by jmcomets 8y ago
I understood the use of "lurking" as "commenting unproductively in a channel". Although I may be mistaken, it makes a lot of sense to avoid such toxic behavior.
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by jmcomets 8y ago
Chartreuse comes from the Alps (Isère), and was brewed by the monks of the Grande-Chartreuse. The drink's history is pretty interesting to read about[1]. There are actually two kinds of Chartreuse, one green (easiest to find) and one y
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by jmcomets 8y ago
Qwant is based in France, so I suspect the issue is their servers' location. For me it loads just as fast as Google & DDG. I have a old schoolmate working there who's always been genuinely interested in protecting other people
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by jmcomets 8y ago
Metaprogramming. At least that's what I enjoy. In Lisp you can "quote" s-expressions (think "function body"), manipulate the AST and evaluate them how you see fit. It's like Ruby's blocks or Python's
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by jmcomets 8y ago
> Condition: Used Very nice touch.
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by jmcomets 8y ago
These posts are the most interesting pieces of game development / history I've read so far. Hats off to the author!
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by jmcomets 9y ago
In the case of the light bulb, it depends if Wifi SSID & Password count as "user information". I don't see any details concerning the other device tested here. I'm interested in what's exactly specified as &quot

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