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allannienhuis

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About allannienhuis

self-employed full-stack developer specializing in web & mobile.

allan+hn@gardenbaysoftware.com

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    Comment #49222002

    I've always assumed that insurance and/or government departments that would spend money due to storms would be the ones funneling money to these sorts of efforts. It's not exactly …

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    Comment #49127593

    On the ground/lowest floor, there's only one button as there's only one way to go.

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    Comment #49070946

    I use the clock feature on my iPhone (pretty sure there's equivalents for android), where if your phone is horizontal and charging, the lock screen shows one of several large clock…

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    Comment #49051984

    you might be thinking of https://www.greenlightning.ag/ - seems really cool tech. combined with variable cheap power source like solar or wind, seems like a good way to give ai bit…

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    Comment #48949823

    Generational ships would of course need to be very large, but I doubt it would need to be as large as you think. And it doesn't need to look like metal tubes. Many northern cities …

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    Comment #48921149

    what is a good test for magnesium deficiency?

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    Comment #48912521

    Whenever I use AI generated content in direct communication - ie slack, email, jira tickets, etc, I always prefix any AI content with an obvious label: 'Claude says' or 'AI analysi…

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    Comment #48037208

    I get much better results the more thought I put into crafting my prompt. including using llms to help create that prompt. There's definitely a declining rate of return on that tim…

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    Comment #47189234

    what rock have you been living under?

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    Comment #47020127

    Yes, I certainly don't think taxing the richer is the only dial available. that was my point about the problem being the wages - the labor or non-capital portion of the pie is one …

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    Comment #47017745

    sorry didn't see this question earlier. we didn't run into this problem, as we just accepted a popular set of linting rules, and lived with them. but I imagine you could just manua…

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    Comment #47017417

    > Having someone work themselves to a bone with no real hopes of retirement, so you can have other people live a much easier life than they are. But isn't the real problem that the…

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    Comment #47016030

    > I ain't giving people something for nothing but I suspect you do, or would do that for your children or immediate family. I'm just some dude on the internet, so my opinions are w…

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    Comment #47015779

    who do you think is responsible for all of those things, if not the ownership class?

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    Comment #46858069

    I did something like this years ago for a really large team (~50 devs) when first introducing linting into a legacy project. All we did was count the gross total number of errors f…

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    Comment #46208619

    Bruno’s Threejs course is great. I’m about 2/3 the way through it, taking my time. Well organized and extremely well documented. Highly recommend, if a recommendation from a threej…

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    Comment #46088508

    yes, seems the site is completely broken and I suspect someone is in the middle of a panicked reinstall or reconfigure of WP. I feel for them. [edit] back up now, it seems.

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    Comment #45160558

    That last statement isn’t true. I know people with a blueberry farm that machine processes (with extra human qa step) blueberries packaged for retail sale.

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    Comment #43213074

    I did this with a project that was worked on by a large team (50+ devs, many, many, many kloc) when we first added linting to the project (this was very early 2000s) - we automatic…

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    Comment #42230149

    Perhaps its because your comment seemed to equate errors with crimes, or at least malicious intent. The language seems a bit provocative for many, detracting from whatever message …

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    Comment #42189944

    I think you are both using different meanings for the word 'least'.

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    Comment #42036806

    I rarely need to open the software to make my car open the door automatically. Once in a blue moon I need to actually open the app to force it to connect. I actually can't remember…

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    Comment #41967252

    Then what I'm carrying around is a bunch of codes in my head which is its own form of baggage, or I re-use the codes and that comes with the same risks as reusing passwords has. Us…

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    Comment #41963247

    "Why anyone wanted to unlock their door with their phone instead of tapping a fob, " I would want to do it with my phone because then I only have to have one thing to carry around …