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leighleighleigh
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About leighleighleigh
Socials: - github.com/leighleighleigh
Interests: IoT, Startups, Robotics, Programming, Open Source, Networking, Hardware, Hacking, Data Science
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Comment #43442827
I also use UUID's everywhere - primarily due to concurrency requirements - but I ended up writing a bunch of functions (`MACRO`s) that lookup UUIDs and join them to other tables wh…
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Comment #43077678
I've been looking for a service just like searchcode, to try and track down obscure source code. All the best, hope it can be sustainable for you.
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Comment #42353486
Really helpful introduction to DRM for the uninitiated, thanks
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Comment #42348250
I am beaming with joy upon opening this game, I've had a long day and this is just what I needed. Perfect game, the alert math question popup made me laugh out loud
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Comment #42151005
I've been learning Postgres and SQL on the job for the first time over the last six months - I can confirm I've learnt all of these the hard way! I'd also recommend reading up on t…
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Comment #42081639
1. good to hear! 2. The bulk of them are convenience wrappers which resolve UUIDs into other values, so most are read-only with only a single table lookup.
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Comment #42080709
Definitely checking this out today! I use postgres for ~30 GB of machine learning data (object detection) and have a couple workflows which go through the Postgres->Parquet->DuckDB…
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Comment #41886931
It's my first time encountering your writing Steve, loved it! Time to give JJ another crack...
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Comment #41536702
Regarding the custom PID controller script: I could have sworn the Linux kernel had a generic PID controller available as a module, which you could setup via the device tree, but I…
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Comment #41406904
Thank you for publishing the free chapter, it felt very down-to-earth and relatable. Looking forward to reading the rest of it!
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Comment #41223518
A lotta negativity in here... My immediate reaction was "fuck yeah I always wanted to host OSM but I couldn't figure out how last time". thanks dude :)
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Comment #40944686
I couldn't really tell you why, but I wrangle many gigabytes of UUID-keyed data for work, and adding a BRIM index yesterday sped things up by 400%. Just my two cents!
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Comment #40095500
Hell yes, I just spent half a day theming my Linux box with Chicago95! I've already got Space Cadet pinball from Flatpak, and now I've got Solitaire - nostalgia levels are off the …
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Comment #39623760
That is awesome to hear! Good riddance to Matlab!
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Comment #39623739
keen to see it! I'll definitely give it a whirl using ReRun as a front-end, it looks like it would pair really nicely.
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Comment #39623696
ahh what a bummer... 'naming things' continues to be an ongoing challenge in programming lol
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Comment #39623690
also while I'm asking annoying, non-profit-driving questions... how about a self-hosted option? ;)
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Comment #39623685
There is a huge talent pool of student engineers who compete in the University Rover Challenge each year, who would love to have access to this. Would you guys consider a non-comme…
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Comment #39623634
Hell yes, this looks awesome - do you see a future where Gazebo uses this as a physics engine? Also just in case you were unaware, the name 'nox' refers to a popular Python testing…
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Comment #39608842
This fad of using an AI-generated image as the tacky doormat of an otherwise interesting blog post is making me pissed off /uncaffeinated
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Comment #39254436
This is written so thoughtfully - thank you to the author! :)