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glitchdout

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About glitchdout

Software engineer, Rubyist, lover of all things web, tech & open-source. Check out my blog at https://guilhermesimoes.github.io/

Recent public activity

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    Comment #48610959

    Your sentences do not agree with each other. "building what it can with anything it can get" is the definition of cheaper. If it was easier or cheaper to create a multi-purpose rob…

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    Comment #48604310

    War in Ukraine does not validate that assessment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiGwWwcnT7M

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    Comment #48082356

    Adblockers like umatrix have options like "Spoof Referer header". I have this setting enabled, so adding tracking query strings to URLs would go against my user preference.

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    Comment #47597806

    For a good reason, don’t you think?

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    Comment #47432598

    You only need to detect structuraly similar code. You absolutely do not need AI for that. You need ASTs. In Ruby we have the Flay gem, for example. https://github.com/seattlerb/fla…

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    Comment #47067942

    ESLint (and typescript-eslint) has the concept of fixers, which updates the source code.

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    Comment #46159846

    const C1 = 505054698555331 // floor(2^64*4/146097) is faster

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    Comment #45568221

    And it won't be the last.

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    Comment #45556742

    Agreed. The list would be more useful if it included that.

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    Comment #45037473

    Oh, that redesign was ludicrous https://nathanboomsma.medium.com/why-googles-new-logos-suck-...

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    Comment #43057143

    That is, until DOGE decides to rewrite (git) history.

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    Comment #40941380

    https://pairdrop.net is a fork that let’s you change your name.

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    Comment #40666900

    Yes. Apple’s own apps should have no advantages over third-party apps.

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    Comment #38268096

    I was also expecting Gregg Pollack and Code School to be mentioned. The "Rails for Zombies" course was absolutely fantastic.

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    Comment #35150541

    It does make you wonder...

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    Comment #34143971

    Yeah, not sure. I did this by trial and error. As per this other thread [1], it appears that if you ask it to do things step by step it usually can arrive at the desired solution. …

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    Comment #33152250

    Why didn't he specify that he wanted a y-axis? Or vertical axis on the left side? This is the issue with prompt engineering, you need to know the concepts and their names in order …

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    Comment #31116614

    > Overall, the community responded to the redesign enthusiastically I have a hard time believing this.

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    Comment #29542450

    Vimeo did the same. I used to subscribe to and watch their Staff Picks. Now I don't.

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    Comment #27483698

    > Stout’s data shows that occurrences of software being used to fix vehicle hardware problems has steadily increased in the past five years. Reminds me of the Boeing 737 Max and MC…

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    Comment #26679960

    The alternative is doing what the iPod does.

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    Comment #26679933

    The lock screen has been annoying me forever and I still forgot to write about it. I've updated the post to mention this. You are absolutely right! As for the back of the album, I …