technojamin

@technojamin@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨risky abbreviations⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As an outsider to the scientific community, I wanted to know more about whatever the heck Parafilm is. I’ve definitely been educated 😆

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #2894: Research Account⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Only get into arguments you know you’ll win. So never politics, they’re too subjective.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DeepMind’s New AI Beats Billion Dollar Systems - For Free!⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  TwoMinutePapers is a well-established YouTube channel that does a great job of explaining new scientific techniques/advancements (usually in the areas of computer science and graphics). Do you actually have anything to say about the content of the video?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Give me Options or give me death⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is why many languages have errors and warnings as separate things. Errors for things that for sure prevent the program from working, and warnings for things that are probably wrong but don’t prevent things from working. If you have a setting to then treat warnings as errors (like for CI checks), then you get all the guarantees and none of the frustration.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any games like Diablo but not Diablo because Diablo?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A lot of good suggestions in this post, but the only real answer here in Minecraft Dungeons (only half joking).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So You Think You Know Git? - FOSDEM 2024⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This was a really good talk! I’ve been using git for about a decade, but I learned several new things. Here’s a few:

  • Sorting git log by committer date
  • Speeding up common operations on bigger repos with git maintenance
  • More useful file blame with the -C flag on git blame
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The White House wants to 'cryptographically verify' videos of Joe Biden so viewers don't mistake them for AI deepfakes⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  People aren’t going to do it, the platforms that 95% of people use (Facebook, Tik Tok, YouTube, Instagram) will have to add the functionality to their video players/posts. That’s the only way anything like this could be implemented by the 2024 US election.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The most relaxing part of driving in a city.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Mmm, gimme that salty sodium light.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Advent of code starts in less than 12 hours!⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same. I only got through day 3 last year since I didn’t have time to do both the learning and the solving. I think I need a longer term project to give me more focus when learning a new language. This year I’m just sticking with my usual language Elixir, which I always enjoy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨every damn time ...⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you have a common folder that you clone projects to (like OP’s ~/coding), then that checkbox lets you trust that whole folder easily when this pop up comes up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favourite font for code ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  As a JetBrains Mono user for the past couple of years, I used Monaspace all day this past Friday to try it out, and it was not for me. The oval shape of JetBrains Mono glyphs is so aesthetically pleasing to me, and I don’t think I’d be able to switch to another font that doesn’t have similar styling.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk’s Brain Implant Startup Is Ready to Start Surgery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow, thank you for linking that article, I hadn’t read it yet. That’s absolutely horrible, and it doesn’t surprise me that Elon has orchestrated something so cruel in the name of progress.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientific progress is declining due to bureaucratization of research. Scientific innovations should make ‘zero to one’ breakthroughs, instead making ‘one to many’ improvements to existing innovations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, we need to celebrate negative results, it’s still good scientific work. Hold the “grounding” scientists up in esteem next to the “groundbreaking” ones. All of the people who do scientific work are necessary for further scientific discovery and in the search for truth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I used to go into the store to find a game. Now I go into the game to find a store.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I loved the post, and I love your snarky response. I feel like this is exactly the level of insight a showerthought should have.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 11 adds native support for RAR, 7-Zip, Tar and other archive formats thanks to open-source library⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you used Windows recently? This option currently exists as a right-click option in Windows 11.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favorite programming language?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve gotta go with Elixir. I’ve been using it professionally for about 7 years now, and it’s been amazing to see it grow in the way it has. It’s very well-designed, based on a rock-solid foundation (Erlang/OTP), has an amazing standard library with fantastic documentation, and has a strong culture of pragmatism and developer friendliness.

  I personally work in web dev, and Phoenix has consistently shown itself to be an extremely capable web framework. LiveView has kicked off a new paradigm for making web applications that most major languages are copying.

  There’s a solid embedded story with Nerves, and serious foray into ML/AI with Nx. It’s obviously not suited for the lower level stuff, but that’s when Rust integration with Rustler comes in. Many wouldn’t be interested in Elixir because of it’s dynamic typing, but there’s serious effort by the creator and a research team into developing a gradual type system for the language.

  Just an overall solid language that’s extremely pleasant to use with a really healthy and (slowly but surely) growing community.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favorite programming language?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I really love Elm, and it challenges the common notion of what it means to be a “healthy” language/ecosystem. It’s a beautiful passion project that can really only be used if you adhere to the vision of its creator, but it’s a really admirable and utopian vision.

  The reasons for it not being very popular are pretty clear (slow language evolution, “one way to do anything”, perfectionist design), but it’s an extremely cohesive and friendly language. I’ve never used it for anything serious, but I hope it stays around. Clearly the creator isn’t aiming for widespread adoption, but I hope that the niche it’s created grows nonetheless, because it’s a lovely ecosystem and community.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A new smartphone again? Rethink unhealthy culture of frequent upgrades⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think along this line of reasoning when it comes to evaluating myself. It’s how I keep myself in check and “sharpen” myself as a person. I like to remind myself of how often I fall short of it though. I also like to remind myself of the things that I have going for me that others might not have had.

  When I play the more charitable viewpoint of other people’s life experiences out in my head, it’s usually pretty easy to see them getting where they are. There’s a lot of suffering in this world, and large, effectively international companies are finding ways to exacerbate that in order to keep their businesses growing. It’s nice to sit down after a long day and veg out to short little videos, where each gives you a little chuckle or smile. It’s not that hard to get caught in the trap.

  I guess what I’m trying to say is that I agree completely that the path we’re going down is concerning and scary, and individuals can absolutely put the work in to make their lives better and elevate above the mainstream, but for any given person, that can be very difficult for any multitude of reasons, and we can’t forget compassion for them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PostgreSQL 16 Released⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know exactly what environment you’re working, but Postgres has a reputation as the best DBMS to work with from a developer’s perspective. I definitely feel that way, at least.

  What type of lab are you working in, and what other technologies do you work with?