whichdan

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by whichdan 9d ago
I kinda feel the same way. I loved slowly going through the main story and probably put 50hr into the game, but the sandbox alone (amazing as it is) just doesn't do it for me.
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by whichdan 2mo ago
The issue I have with stacked PRs isn't merging, but rather, when I change branch A, and I'm working on branch C, I then need to merge A into B and then B into C just to continue working. Collapsing/merging them at the end is
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by whichdan 2mo ago
I agree that the stability is quite nice. But there are plenty of areas where the language could use some improvement - for instance, the ergonomics around writing nested Single Page Apps is pretty cumbersome.
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by whichdan 2mo ago
There's a lot to love about Elm, and I've written quite a bit of production code with it starting around 0.18.0. But in 2026 I'm not sure why a company would newly choose a language that hasn't otherwise been updated in
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by whichdan 4mo ago
Honestly the feedback loop of "do math to roll more" would make this an excellent game for kids IMO
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by whichdan 4mo ago
Yeah I agree. I grew up in a very blue-collar town, and anything I wanted to learn (outside of public schooling) either came from emaciated websites or whatever books I could find at the library. Having YouTube and Khan Academy and everythi
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by whichdan 11mo ago
The nice thing with the Elixir example is that you can easily `tap()` to inspect how the data looks at any point in the pipeline. You can also easily insert steps into the pipeline, or reuse pipeline steps. And due to the way modules are us
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by whichdan 1y ago
I wonder if the thinner profile will make it more comfortable in smaller hands (both in terms of reach and center-of-gravity), but I'm skeptical.
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by whichdan 2y ago
Oh, don't forget, if you click "Allow (current location)" it will also reload the page.
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by whichdan 2y ago
Elm works a lot like this and it's quite nice.
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by whichdan 3y ago
Totally agree; I started replaying 13 somewhat recently, and just felt worn down after playing for a few hours. The nonstop battles with no real break between them just isn't fun, despite the game having amazing aesthetics.
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by whichdan 3y ago
I'm really bummed there isn't a Mini - I'd be happy with getting one every third generation, even. For the size of my hands, the center-of-gravity is too high in the 6.1" phones, so I can't comfortably hold it with
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by whichdan 3y ago
I got a 500 on first load, and intermittent issues on subsequent loads, so it's not just you!
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by whichdan 3y ago
Without compile-time type checking, every single line of code needs to be evaluated with a unit test to ensure there won't be any runtime syntax errors.
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by whichdan 3y ago
I think Rails is a victim of its own success: many of the hot new Rails codebases from that time are now 10 year old monoliths. And those monoliths need incredible amounts of tests to compensate for the lack of compile-time type checking, R
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by whichdan 3y ago
Basically we'd need laws enforcing a minimum wage for waitstaff, otherwise restaurants that allow tipping will always have an advantage over more expensive ones that don't. And no, you're not required to tip, but that only en
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by whichdan 4y ago
Ugh, yeah. I used to adore Spotify's "radio" algorithm, but depending on the genre - namely indie rock - I constantly hear repeats now.
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by whichdan 4y ago
Okay, so people who had historically high-paying jobs, who were at a high-paying company with above-average severance, didn't have anxiety around layoffs. You can't say anxiety around layoffs is purely about mental health without
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by whichdan 4y ago
Tiny suggestion - instead of .map(g => { return { key: g.key, rows: g.rows.map(r => r[1]) }}) you can write .map(g => ({ key: g.key, rows: g.rows.map(r => r[1]) }))
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by whichdan 4y ago
https://htmx.org/docs/#parameters Simple doesn't mean "I should be able to intuitively understand this with under a minute of reading"...
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by whichdan 4y ago
My gut reaction was "wow that sounds boring" but then I reread it and realized I would have absolutely been excited about this in high school.
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by whichdan 4y ago
I know they don't have plans to work with AMD but I'd consider switching to AMD for my next card if EVGA was manufacturing it. They fixed an old card of mine way out of warranty so I have some brand loyalty here.
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by whichdan 4y ago
If you're just building an MVP I think doing "magic link" auth is underrated. It's super easy to set up, relatively secure, doesn't need any of the complexity of passwords/sso, and is easy to migrate to a diffe
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by whichdan 4y ago
I forgot where I read it, but there's a rumor that Apple is only planning to release a Mini phone every other year.
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by whichdan 4y ago
Ruby Under a Microscope - https://patshaughnessy.net/ruby-under-a-microscope
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by whichdan 4y ago
I have an LG C1, which is an amazing TV, but even after disabling every single ad-related option, I'll still occasionally get a pop-up ad when the TV turns on.
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by whichdan 4y ago
Employers cover a majority of the cost of insurance. In Boston, I pay maybe $70 every 2 weeks for health insurance, but on the private market I'd be paying 5-10x as much for worse coverage.
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by whichdan 4y ago
MySQL has a MEMORY[0] storage engine which might be of interest? [0] https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/memory-storage-engin...
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by whichdan 4y ago
So many fond memories of playing weird DBZ games on BYOND!
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by whichdan 4y ago
Sure, but getting hundreds or thousands of people to join your Mastodon instance or whatever is a huge barrier when Twitter works fine /most/ of the time.

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