sorisos

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by sorisos 4y ago
I once worked with developing PV-inverter software. The web "features" always made be uncomfortable given the projected lifespan of >10 years.
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by sorisos 4y ago
I like that so many unix command tools (like cat, ls...) is rarely updated. Often comes with a man page written in 30 years ago. Same with a lot of C libraries.
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by sorisos 4y ago
I also believe it is a trend not to go over the head of consumers. Can be seen in older documentaries and political discussion. Perhaps this is just a result of everyone already feeling like a expert and should not be insulted by complex la
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by sorisos 4y ago
I have an email like "a@b--c.com" - not that crazy you might think but 1/10 websites reject it as "invalid" due to some stupid regex check.
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by sorisos 4y ago
There should be a exception in every code standard that says SI units are OK where otherwise all lower case is enforced. Example to use mega (M) vs milli (m).
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by sorisos 5y ago
Ableton live (music application) - the only reason I still have mac. I tried to switch to Bitwig that is similar and runs on linux, but I have not had the time to develop a workflow with it.
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by sorisos 6y ago
I think the "hamburger icon"[0] is a good example of conflict between revenue and usability. I wounder if there is more? [0] https://medium.com/@hfuecks/so-we-went-with-a-hamburger-menu...
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by sorisos 6y ago
ripgrep or silver searcher for searching large code bases.
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by sorisos 6y ago
I think we already have a culture that exaggerates this aspect. Tried-but-failed stories do not sell very well. Not everyone can be successful and pretending this is case makes people that feeling left out blame them self (or maybe immigran
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by sorisos 6y ago
> If every time someone shares their success, the response is instantly about how privileged or lucky they are, then our culture is sick. We should listen to and support those stories. I would argue that a culture which attributes succes
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by sorisos 6y ago
Comforting to here someone else react to these "alienated" commenters. I feel they made this the most depressing HN thread I have ever read.
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by sorisos 6y ago
I've seen some research on "relative income happiness" that suggest having poor(er) people nearby should increase happiness. Perhaps it doesn't apply if the income cap is to large...
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by sorisos 6y ago
could also be a niche market product created a decade ago that some other large company depends on. money keeps rolling in with little effort. source: personal experience. the company is no longer in operation but it lasted for a god 30 yea
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by sorisos 6y ago
Sometime ago I stumpled upon a github repo that interested me. Due to several reasons I suspect the maintainer might be dead. I tried to verify it somehow but no luck. Might be easier if you are a Greek citizen. Suggestion? Of-course a pers
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by sorisos 6y ago
Agree no one is going to downgrade but there is another strategy - always build your app against package versions that is in Debian stable. Of-course it can be problematic but have some advantages: well tested, any bugs probably have docume
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by sorisos 6y ago
I believe you can get a lot of information from accelerometer data. Especially when compared with other data for the same road. Is it even used in this way?
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by sorisos 6y ago
Could be used for testing hardware+firmware. Example connect 14 hardware revisions of a $SOME_HARDWARE to each RPi and test firmware changes.
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by sorisos 6y ago
This feature have the potential to remove some christmas trees (nested if statements) in MISRA C compatible code. Publishers should have waited to January! :)
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by sorisos 6y ago
There is a lot of legacy C code out there.
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by sorisos 6y ago
What would they gain?
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by sorisos 6y ago
Using a slow release distro as debian (either directly or as a reference) also have the benefit of compatible versions. I.e. no need trying to figure out how to get both $A and $B compile against a common library.
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by sorisos 6y ago
Interesting! Perhaps I should have phrased the question better, I do not think it is deliberate, but I still do not understand why code quality have such a low priority . Software development is expensive so it seems to me it would be a ma
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Ask HN: Why is code from chip manufacturers of such a low standard?
4 points by sorisos 6y ago|3 comments
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Precious valuelessness: on the negative oil prices(tillfallighet.org)
1 points by sorisos 6y ago|0 comments
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by sorisos 6y ago
I wish and hope just pausing the economy is as easy as you say. I'm worried though, as the last decades the Economy appears to be this unpredictable daemon that affects everything and everyone but no one knows how to please it.
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by sorisos 7y ago
That sounds interesting. Could you please provide a link to the open source project?
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by sorisos 7y ago
I programmed the blue little button on my thinkpad to change i3 layout to/from external monitor. Works great for me, as it allows me to have the monitor connected to several machines.
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by sorisos 7y ago
Perhaps related crash[0] where the autopilot was disabled because it was listening to user input, in this case a child. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_593#Accident
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by sorisos 7y ago
I have long wished for a EU-en locale. Perhaps one day...
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by sorisos 7y ago
Anecdotal argument: I rarely sleep as good as I do on trains, so 16h is not a problem - the price and frequent late arrival is.

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