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bhdlron Treat your CI system as a product for faster and better feedback

> Sure you can. Class constructors are still a thing.

Definitely. I do 99% of my dependency injection as constructor "injection".

Injection frameworks and Whitebox testing just introduce layers of complexity that can be very difficult to debug

bhdlron Treat your CI system as a product for faster and better feedback

> Sure you can. Class constructors are still a thing.

Definitely. I do 99% of my dependency injection as constructor "injection".

Injection frameworks and Whitebox testing just introduce layers of complexity that can be very difficult to debug

bhdlron Important Coding Habits

> Too true. I’ve come to particularly dislike the way we design computing devices and interfaces. They ruin our bodies and require exceptions to accommodate people with different capabilities. And to afford those accommodations is a privilege many do not have access to.

> The best thing we can do is spend less time in front of them.

While I think this is great advice, the author of the article lost all credibility as soon as he mentioned a chiropractor

bhdlron FedNow Is Live

> > Is this akin to government-backed Venmo, or something?

> Yes, exactly. But you have to keep in mind that this is a two-edged sword. On the one hand, it's going to be convenient and probably secure. On the other hand, it's going to let the government see every transaction you make, which for some people will be a very high price to pay.

No, exactly wrong. It's a gov Blockchain

bhdlron FedNow Is Live

> > Banks and credit unions of all sizes can sign up and use this tool to instantly transfer money for their customers, any time of the day, on any day of the year.

> Whoa. Is this as awesome as it sounds? Is this akin to government-backed Venmo, or something?

No, under the hood it's a government Blockchain

bhdlron Crosswords and chess may help more than socializing in avoiding dementia

> N=1 but my grandpa loved doing the NYT crossword and still ended up with absolutely terrible Alzheimer's. Notably the article only mentions a 9 to 11 percent reduction, so I wonder what the mechanism at play here is (or if there's some sort of reversed cause and effect here, i.e. people with a certain brain characteristic that reduces Alzheimer's are more likely yo play crosswords etc.).

Good question - I'm also curious the effectiveness of this vs placebo. Does any regular critical thinking help stave off Alzheimer's?

bhdlron Undocumented 8086 instructions, explained by the microcode

> Aside: If you are writing stuff this good (and this niche) I would say ditch the ads. They really will turn off the audience you want to attract. Or at least use one of the developer-focused ad networks that just inline ads not pop them up.

Similarly, not having https properly configured is a huge turnoff - it literally takes 5 minutes with LetsEncrypt

bhdlron Blocking Threads won't be enough to protect privacy once they join the Fediverse

> "Privacy" and "fediverse" are like water and oil: they don't mix.

I'm not sure I agree, privacy can be achieved via anonymity. Use a VPN, block cookies, change usernames, etc

bhdlron Joplin – An open-source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation

> How does it compare to obsidian?

Definitely personal preference, in my experience the Joplin UX is terrible but the pricing and company are much more consumer frienldy

bhdlron Joplin – An open-source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation

> How does it compare to obsidian?

Definitely personal preference, in my experience the UX is terrible compared to obsidian but the pricing and company are much more consumer friendly

bhdlron Magit

> It's magit, not magit, nor magit.

I pronounce it like gif

bhdlron Proof-of-Stake is better than Proof-of-Work; the Merge won’t fix other problems

> His article mostly says what you just said... He didn't elaborate a lot on PoW, but he didn't say anything wildly offcourse.

He said that Bitcoin is centralized because there may be 51% of miners controlled by one entity. However that has been proven to be false (see The Blocksize War). Bitcoin is controlled by the nodes, not by who has the most mining power

bhdlron Freedom and Privacy: Two Sides of the Same Coin

> Yeah I realized that, but still it feels sloppy or disingenuous when you consider the extent of the subject matter.

> It's supposed to be an article about Freedom, Privacy and financial communication, not specifically about Bitcoin (or is it?).

Dergigi is a Bitcoin maximalist

Here's their book: 21 Lessons: What I've Learned from Falling Down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083L93MJ7/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_ZN4ZBQ...

bhdlron Ask HN: What Chrome plugins do you use?

> What chrome plugins do you use? Are they stand alone (e.g. the augment the browser behaviour) or do they have a "backend" somewhere (e.g. Evernote, Google Keep etc)?

Bitwarden! It has a backend

bhdlron Proof-of-Stake is better than Proof-of-Work; the Merge won’t fix other problems

This guy has a weak understanding of how Bitcoin's proof of work functions and fails to acknowledge the fact that PoS is just putting the Eth supply in the hands of the rich

bhdlron John Carmack's new AGI company, Keen Technologies, has raised a $20M round

> Carmack sounds like someone who lives his job, so I don't think age/life stage is a factor here.

He said on lex Fridman that he's going all in on it. He said he was tired of his 1 day a week consultancy at oculus and wanted to work full time on this.

bhdlron Programming and Writing

This is one of the foundational tenets of Extreme Programming

https://asana.com/resources/extreme-programming-xp

When following this process you should strictly adhere to TDD and constantly be refactoring/rewriting code