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Re:Playground Wisdom: Threads Beat Async/Await on Saturday November 23, 2024 @12:50PM (#42222272)
Oh sorry for irritating you, I will return to my pod.
Re:Playground Wisdom: Threads Beat Async/Await on Saturday November 23, 2024 @12:34PM (#42222150)
In c#/python you are forced to await the whole chain, the compiler forces you. While in javascript it allows me without a warning. That's why it seems as if things work differently in javascript, if it allows me to (not) use await freely. (I don't remember if c# was just a warning or an error).
Re:Playground Wisdom: Threads Beat Async/Await on Saturday November 23, 2024 @12:20PM (#42222053)
I'm still not sure if function coloring is also a problem in javascript. The problem became very clear in other languages like python or c#. But in javascript i've been writing code only awaiting a function when I need to and haven't ran into issues. I might write some simple experiment to check myself.
Re:Software-defined (Internet) radio with Liquidsoap (2023) on Friday November 22, 2024 @05:17AM (#42212584)
I never quite got to fix my issues with firefox stopping playing my radio stream after changing songs. It just happens occasionally though I haven't tried recently to see if the problem is still there. At some point I thought liquidsoap cured this but it didn't. Also when I was into that, I got the feeling most of the internet didn't care about radio streams anymore since video streaming is the standard.
I think they monitor the world through satellites and AI. Intelligence software for NATO I guess.
Re:Show HN: Tinder, but to Decide What to Eat on Sunday November 03, 2024 @07:53PM (#42037432)
Think of a pun and pay for a Shark Tank ad, they'll love the idea
I just want the Black Mirror machine to work faster.
Re:Tell HN: We (Causal) got acquired – thank you HN on Friday November 01, 2024 @09:46PM (#42023414)
You announce these big news so causally. Grats for collaborating with "Last Universal Common Ancestor".
Re:Claude for Desktop on Friday November 01, 2024 @09:33AM (#42016774)
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2024) on Monday October 28, 2024 @06:41AM (#41969693)
Since 2022
This was written in the context of a discussion about showing resistance or not to feature requests by users sorry for the confusion.
Implementing choice is superior. Not only can your program be capable of more actions, but the process of thinking about how to include these features leads to focusing on your codebase which leads to refactoring, better code. With time the code becomes so flexible that adding features is easy, because your foundation is superior. And in the process other core functionality gets fixed and becomes better.
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2024) on Monday October 28, 2024 @01:04AM (#41968003)
Grasshopper tab manager for firefox.

Currently it has 688 settings and 485 commands.

I think it's a good foundation for something great.

https://addons.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/addon/grasshopper-u...

Re:The Anvil Text Editor on Thursday October 24, 2024 @08:48AM (#41934974)
I find multiple cursors very useful, a must-have. However I think there needs to be more "safety" around them. It's very easy to accidentally have multiple cursors active without you knowing, and the next thing you type changed something you didn't intend to. I would appreciate if there was some sort of lock I can apply to multiple cursors, to only use them when I need them and when I'm aware that I'm using them.
Re:Search Engine Shortcuts in Firefox on Monday October 14, 2024 @12:07AM (#41834081)
I just add the customs one. wiki for wikipedia, yt for youtube, i for image search
Re:Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read? on Monday October 07, 2024 @02:11PM (#41769064)
I couldn't get enough of the Goosebumps series when I was a kid. Just encountering the books and looking at the covers was an experience. I would get them from the school library.
Re:How Many Visionary Artists Are Mentally Ill? on Sunday October 06, 2024 @06:06PM (#41760738)
Downvote this so I don't get stuck with 13
I think there's a yuge market for 3d printed fidgets. I would order a sample array of curious plastic/metal fidgets just to have on my desk or to scratch a literal itch
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2024) on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @09:38AM (#41720534)
Location: Upper Heaven near the dungeons.

I'd be up to riding motorbikes continental or keep a mega yacht afloat.

Re:Don't build your castle in other people's kingdoms (2021) on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @09:31AM (#41720463)
Building castles on the intern-net is fun.

Maybe the knowledge can be transferred to the doctor-net.

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)? on Sunday September 29, 2024 @06:24PM (#41691323)
Re:SunVox: Powerful Modular Synthesizer and DAW on Saturday September 28, 2024 @07:14PM (#41683576)
I was impressed by how fast it launched when I tried it.
Re:Help select new Firefox Recommended Extensions on Friday September 20, 2024 @02:46PM (#41604540)
They don't have all the permissions. They state which ones they require, which can be none at all.
Re:Help select new Firefox Recommended Extensions on Friday September 20, 2024 @10:35AM (#41602418)
Is it even a good idea to join that program?

Mozilla would basically tell you what to do, takes longer to approve extensions, etc

Re:Ask HN: What have you built with LLMs? on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @03:13AM (#41508839)
This is what I thought the future will be like since years ago. Everybody is going to be harmless since llms will translate and cushion, or outright censor any problematic communication.

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