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andywaite

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andywaite··on Adobe's new image rotation tool is one of the most impressive AI tools seen
Weird that YouTube's default error page (xnx's post) is a 1 minute video titled "YouTube is not currently available on this device.".
andywaite··on When did Alan Partridge first appear on television?
Also Veep, a huge success in the US.
andywaite··on When did Alan Partridge first appear on television?
And he appeared in an Alan Partridge episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxSbTlH0K4w
andywaite··on Using a catch-all domain is a mistake
Yes you can: https://haveibeenpwned.com/DomainSearch
andywaite··on The inventor of the screw-in coffin
> - Culturally, at least in the west, there is a desire to make it look like the dead person is asleep (although things always end up looking a bit off because, well, they're dead.

This is not true for most of the West, open caskets are a bizarre North American thing.

andywaite··on Gunship “Tech Noir” Breakdown
https://theriseofthesynths.com/ is a somewhat interesting documentary on the synthwave scene (requires payment).
andywaite··on Gunship “Tech Noir” Breakdown
I've started a Spotify playlist of songs/albums recommended in the discussions here:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/707TEJD6lGwX9mUoeKbzJS

andywaite··on Show HN: Turn your “read later” folder into a physical book
Another option is to use e-ink Android tablet such as Boyue Likebook, where you can install the native Pocket app.
andywaite··on NYC subway and bus services have entered 'death spiral', experts say
Up to 31 miles: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/nyregion/10atrain.html
andywaite··on Auto-expiring TODO notes in Ruby
Developers often add TODOs for tasks that seem essential at the time, but later become redundant.

There is also the use case of when you can't do something because you're dependent on something else, for example you might have a workaround due to a issue in one of your dependencies. Once that's resolves, you can update to the newer version of that library, and remove your workaround.

andywaite··on Auto-expiring TODO notes in Ruby
And it's now implemented thanks to joallard.
andywaite··on Auto-expiring TODO notes in Ruby
This is a Rails feature, not a Ruby feature. But building something based on this could be useful.
andywaite··on Auto-expiring TODO notes in Ruby
Yes, if you're disciplined, and remember to do this regularly. But humans aren't perfect.
andywaite··on Auto-expiring TODO notes in Ruby
Interesting idea, but I'm not sure if that would be possible for all cases, for example what happens if the part of the line before the comment changed?
andywaite··on Auto-expiring TODO notes in Ruby
You're correct, I'm going to change it to be disabled by default.
andywaite··on Auto-expiring TODO notes in Ruby
I think that's a good idea. Perhaps based on a standard format such as '# TODO 2014-01-01 Fix me' ?
andywaite··on Auto-expiring TODO notes in Ruby
Good suggestion! I have noted it: https://github.com/andyw8/do_by/issues/2