Viewing profile — ukoki

I have a blanket, unignorable 'files must be <= 1000 lines' lint for my Rust projects for exactly this reason. Exploring large files is _costly_ for agents, so it's much better to …

The solution is to mandate that websites are built for browsers/devices as much as they are for humans. That way you never see a cookie banner because you've set up your device to …

This reminds me of my experience as a senior contractor joining teams that seem to enjoy endless discussion. For example, when implementing a new feature using an open-source libra…

Only the median (or pair around the median) needs to be sorted, the other numbers can be unsorted :)

> lack of automated testing and TDD Rust has testing in the standard library -- IMHO Bevy is far easier to test than most game engines because it's "just rust". You can test game l…

If you get paid by the government to do research you should make all your raw data, code, results etc, accessible to the public. If it then turns out any of it is fabricated, you s…

Not OP but I'm currently make a city-builder computer game with a large procedurally-generated world. The terrain height at any point in the world is defined by function that takes…

Interesting to consider the effects of GLP-1 drugs on the environment then

I don't think its about profits, its about incentivising using as many AWS products as possible. Consider it an 'anti-lock-in fee'

First I thought "WTF why" and I'm still thinking "WTF why"

> If anything they're a hindrance. Absolutely. As a brit used to waiters and waitresses in the UK and Europe generally leaving me alone until I ask for something, I find the consta…

it's the critical insight I was missing!

Ok so what if I run the website in a VM allowing full execution of ad/tracking code, and then stream the video to a "browser" that blocks out the adverts?

In London contactless payment via credit/debit/Apple/Android has automatic daily and weekly caps https://tfl.gov.uk/fares/find-fares/capping Depending on the frequency of travel, i…

> was clocked to be offset after 5.3 months of running the turbine .. if the power would have otherwise been generated using non-renewable sources. But even when (if?) electricity …

Your contract is legal and enforceable. The parent commenter is just saying that there's no _automatic_ right to work you do in your free time (ie it has to be specifically mention…

Michael Fassbender's character has an apartment there in The Agency as well

Two additions: * Teams wanting to be a viewer for all kinds of filetypes. Why the hell would I want to view a Powerpoint presentation in Teams? What if I want to chat about the pre…

My version from ten years ago with Victorian erotic fiction :) https://gentletouch.peterellisjones.com/

It doesn't matter if it rots, burns etc -- all that matters is that it rots slower than the time it took to grow the wood it was made of Eg: You have a forest of trees that take 20…

This technique and a lot more was discussed recently in Diary of a CEO's interview with Vanessa Van Edwards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldizQkuWpDE https://podcasts.apple.com/g…

> Pretty sure that I’m really the only person that cares about it. Even if you don't get any useful organic traffic, I find having a technical blog is useful so that when you do go…

The News Agents podcast just did an interview with Wynn-Williams https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/special-episode-inside...

https://hotdogeatingsurrendermonkeys.com/