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I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself

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Re: I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself

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Post by wpm »

SoftTalker wrote: post #28

> I added an AbortController to the debounced search function, so that it aborts any previous queries when a new one is made. This means that the search results are always relevant to what the user is currently typing. To me one of the most annoying things an application can do is go off and do something before I'm done telling it what to do. Filters that apply themselves without an explicit indication that I'm done…

It is loathable and contemptible behavior. I despise it. Writing in fancy code editors is an exercise in "remember this display was very expensive calm down".

> type out 'i' and 'f'

RED ALERT! RED ALERT! UHHHHH HEY THERE CHAMP YOUR IF-THEN STATEMENT ISN'T CLOSED OUT PROPERLY!

Yeah, I know, I'm not done fucking typing yet. Give me a second.

Thankfully I can usually turn this crap to only show these after a certain delay, for many languages I write in I usually turn it off completely except for on build/run. Let the complier/shell throw me errors, the LSP can take a chill pill.

Re: I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself

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Post by wpm »

zac23or wrote: post #67

The software quality is so low that if a bug bothers you, it's easier to get hired to fix it than for the company to fix it! Wow. It reminds me of the programmer who mitigated the GTA 5 loading time problem. If even with a lot of money of GTA 5 the quality doesn't improve...

It's because the people who spend the most money on the scam cards for GTA:O didn't care. I personally stopped playing the game after getting so fed up with the loading times, I timed it for an hour and found out I was spending more time watching the loading screen than I was actually playing missions.

Re: I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself

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Post by Symbiote »

jodrellblank wrote: post #182
MagerValp wrote: post #173

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> In the same vein. Why is there no, I want this thing, but from a German seller. eBay used to let you filter results by region, but apparently that ruined some kind of metric and the option is gone. When buying games or books or what have you I only want sellers in the EU. I don’t care that it’s available in the US or UK, shipping and duties are going to be 4x what the product is worth.

This https://i.imgur.com/fTRrVnP.png is not gone, look it's right there.

It was gone for years, it's useful that they've recently restored the option.

Re: I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself

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Post by Symbiote »

jasonkester wrote: post #129
stevesimmons wrote: post #53

If Google Maps would like to hire me so the km/miles switch can remember I only ever want to see distances in km, my contact details are in my HN profile. I must have changed that back from miles once a fortnight since Google Maps launched 20 years ago. That's 500 times. Totally ridiculous for a company who core goal is profiling their users...

While you’re at it, can you find and punch the guy who thinks it’s a good idea to zoom the map to “actual size, 1cm = 1cm” mode for your entire trip? I assume he’s also the one that taught it to spitefully let you drive off the side of the screen if you ever zoom out manually so that you can see more road on the phone than you can in real life. (With a “recenter” button that will zoom you all the way back in). Satnav…

Also punch the guy that allows Google Maps navigation to flip back to a route that's been specifically rejected.

Earlier this week Google prompted me with "your route may be affected by tsunami warning". Indeed, so I chose the longer, inland route rather than the coast roads.

15 minutes later I realise it's rerouted me "due to traffic conditions" -- obviously the coast road isn't as busy!

(This has happened many times before, but this was the first time I had a safety reason not to take the faster route.)

Re: I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself

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Post by Symbiote »

EspadaV9 wrote: post #62
stevesimmons wrote: post #53

If Google Maps would like to hire me so the km/miles switch can remember I only ever want to see distances in km, my contact details are in my HN profile. I must have changed that back from miles once a fortnight since Google Maps launched 20 years ago. That's 500 times. Totally ridiculous for a company who core goal is profiling their users...

Wait, there's a setting for this? I've lived in Australia for over 16 years now but everything is still in miles instead of Kms and I have never been able to find a setting to change it (although it sounds like even if I did find itz it would be mostly useless).

It could be using your phone/browser language settings; try English (Australia) rather than English (United States).

Re: I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself

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Post by MagerValp »

jodrellblank wrote: post #182
MagerValp wrote: post #173

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> In the same vein. Why is there no, I want this thing, but from a German seller. eBay used to let you filter results by region, but apparently that ruined some kind of metric and the option is gone. When buying games or books or what have you I only want sellers in the EU. I don’t care that it’s available in the US or UK, shipping and duties are going to be 4x what the product is worth.

This https://i.imgur.com/fTRrVnP.png is not gone, look it's right there.

It’s gone for me, and there are a lot of frustrated support threads from other Europeans so I’m not alone.

I managed to find the option on the advanced search on ebay.ie, but I still get page after page of American items as the result…

Re: I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself

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Post by EspadaV9 »

Symbiote wrote: post #205
EspadaV9 wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait, there's a setting for this? I've lived in Australia for over 16 years now but everything is still in miles instead of Kms and I have never been able to find a setting to change it (although it sounds like even if I did find itz it would be mostly useless).

It could be using your phone/browser language settings; try English (Australia) rather than English (United States).

Ah, thank you, this was it. I had the language set to English (UK), but changed the distance setting to KM. I got the app wrong, it was Uber, and Uber doesn't respect the override, so it always uses miles. Changing it to English (Australia) and Uber switches KM.

Re: I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself

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Post by EspadaV9 »

worthless-trash wrote: post #160
EspadaV9 wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait, there's a setting for this? I've lived in Australia for over 16 years now but everything is still in miles instead of Kms and I have never been able to find a setting to change it (although it sounds like even if I did find itz it would be mostly useless).

Ive lived in Australia for 45 years, everything is in km.. never had to touch it for miles. However i did go to the US and it showed units in miles on my phone which made no sense. In Gmaps, Tap your profile picture, then select "Settings" and "Distance units". Choose between "Automatic", "Kilometers", or "Miles". Pick the units you want.

I got the app wrong, it was Uber. I have my phone set to English (UK) and change the measurement system to metric. Uber doesn't respect that though, so it keeps using miles.

Re: I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself

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Post by hsbauauvhabzb »

Flimm wrote: post #186
xp84 wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Imagine the data they must have on the speeds people actually drive on every mile of every road, they’d easily be able to warn you not that you’re “over the speed limit” as in driving 70 on the freeway, but more usefully, if you’re in the top X percentile of speeds usually or even currently driven, which actually is a decent measure of unsafe was and would also be a great predictor of likelihood to get a ticket.

I share your intuition that your likelihood of getting a ticket is related to the speed of other vehicles. Presumably, police choose to prioritise ticketing the worst offenders when there are too many offenders to handle. But I don't share your intuition that safety is also relative in that way. If you're driving dangerously (too fast, or while drunk), you're driving dangerously, even if everyone else is driving dang…

Relative speed is important though. Where I live it’s completely legal to drive half the speed limit, and people often drive above it. People driving a consistent speed would reduce lane changes, breakaway traffic etc. imo speed consistency is what’s valuable, not preventing upper outliers.
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