nuclear_eclipse

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by nuclear_eclipse 5y ago
We have multiple CPython core developers at Facebook, and the Cinder team (among others) are heavily involved in discussions around CPython's direction. There are many pieces of Cinder that would never get accepted upstream, or would t
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by nuclear_eclipse 5y ago
The big benefit of type hints things like Pydantic (and some things I've written myself) is that it can provide useful runtime information. If you know that property `obj.foo` is hinted with `List[Foo]`, then that allows you to do some
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by nuclear_eclipse 5y ago
I've been on Dvorak full-time since 2008, and even though I generally don't use vim itself for programming, I do still use vim-mode in my editors and IDE. But I gave up on using hjkl long before switching to Dvorak, and I've
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by nuclear_eclipse 5y ago
If someone signs a bad contract because they refuse to read and understand it, and just signs it anyways, they're still generally bound by the terms of the contract. iOS and Android both have pretty clear descriptions in their permissi
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by nuclear_eclipse 5y ago
Presenting a screen/dialog to the user at first login asking for permission to access contact data does not sound like "forcefully harvested". Users rarely understand the consequences of their decision, which is why I would l
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by nuclear_eclipse 5y ago
Your friends can (and almost certainly will) share their contact info (including your name/phone/email) with Facebook , Messenger, or Whatsapp, even if your account is deleted and doesn't exist.
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by nuclear_eclipse 5y ago
Assuming that the data is just your phone number and name/email, is it not possible that this is just from friends who have allowed Facebook and/or Messenger to share contact info? Your original account data almost certainly would
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by nuclear_eclipse 6y ago
Sanitize, normalize, and distrust. All three cover different use cases.
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by nuclear_eclipse 6y ago
It's legal negotiation. You sue for the maximum allowable penalty/damages in hopes of settling for something in between the maximum and zero.
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by nuclear_eclipse 6y ago
I've been a lifelong fan of Calvin & Hobbes, and I have all of the books, but I both don't have the time to revisit them, or when I do, I binge way too much. Is there any way to get a personal, daily comic via RSS or similar t
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by nuclear_eclipse 6y ago
Just wait until you get Python 3.9 and can do: >>> a, b = 2, 4 >>> f"{math.gcd(a, b) = }" 'math.gcd(a, b) = 2'
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by nuclear_eclipse 6y ago
I presume they would claim them with fake/fresh username/email info to get legitimate licenses/keys, then resell those after the fact.
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by nuclear_eclipse 6y ago
I've been extraordinarily happy with iStat Menus for showing a variety of system info in the menu bar. https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/
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by nuclear_eclipse 6y ago
resell them on various sites for < MSRP
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by nuclear_eclipse 6y ago
If you can answer the why, then I think physicists around the world would really like to know. We "know" the universe is expanding because we can observe the effects (eg, red shift of further away stars/galaxies), but the &qu
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by nuclear_eclipse 6y ago
The easy answer is C extensions. PyPy does not support C extensions, and thereby does not support a wide range of native, accelerated libraries. Facebook infra is heavily dependent on wrapping C/C++ libraries (like Thrift) for use in m
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by nuclear_eclipse 6y ago
As someone who operates two Nest cameras (one doorbell, one camera, both record audio) in California with clear line of sight towards public areas (sidewalk and street), I would really like to know what sources make you believe this is ille
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by nuclear_eclipse 6y ago
Most laws around street legality center around certification of the chassis, safety equipment, and emissions. Don't run the jet engine during a smog test, and prove that all the necessary safety equipment function (signals, airbags, se
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by nuclear_eclipse 6y ago
If only we had a government mechanism for holding service providers to higher standards for neutral delivery of services to citizens regardless of economic incentives.
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by nuclear_eclipse 6y ago
This is where I've become a staunch proponent of type hinting Python code. I've caught more subtle bugs by enabling mypy on new sections of code than by running and debugging in production. Of course, this requires adding type hin
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by nuclear_eclipse 6y ago
>For user interfaces this is huge advantage: you can run all your code on the UI thread; but the UI stays responsive while awaiting tasks. ... assuming any other tasks/coroutines running on the UI thread are being cooperative and no
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by nuclear_eclipse 6y ago
Prop 22 is a state amendment, but not all propositions are. Some are referendums from the legislature that just pass/enact/repeal normal laws, and others are just new laws without being amendments to the state constitution.
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by nuclear_eclipse 6y ago
These initiatives amend the state constitution, so they can set any requirements they want. Prop 13 famously added a requirement for 2/3 vote to change it, and this was sustained by the US Supreme Court: https://en.wikipedia
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by nuclear_eclipse 6y ago
California ballot propositions have the possibility of amending the state constitution (see Prop 13 [1] as one of the historic examples), and once you're allowing that, anything is possible. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/
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by nuclear_eclipse 6y ago
> Actually I am using a Retina display. I’m still noticing the difference very much. I suspect you are not running at the "correct" 2X Retina resolutions, which for whatever reason are no longer the default on Apple Macbooks.
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by nuclear_eclipse 6y ago
You can do very similar things on macOS. `Option+E, A` generates á, `Option-U, U` yields ü, and so forth. There are tons of alternate characters available like this using the Option keys, generally covering the most used glyphs I've ne
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by nuclear_eclipse 6y ago
You'll be interested to look up Foveated Rendering.
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by nuclear_eclipse 6y ago
Because I really like the model/UX of the staging area. I'm not worried about the tool being simple; I use it every day, so it's worth learning inside and out. It's a much nicer experience IMO to be able to work on vario
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by nuclear_eclipse 6y ago
It's a lot better than it was in 2014, but I still miss using git.
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by nuclear_eclipse 6y ago
Nit: the standard library includes a module to fetch and install pip . It doesn't include pip itself.

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