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devrandoom··on F-Droid build servers can't build modern Android apps due to outdated CPUs
It's still a binary from a stranger. You don't know from which source it was built.
devrandoom··on F-Droid build servers can't build modern Android apps due to outdated CPUs
So I should take a binary from a random stranger because trust me bro?
devrandoom··on A month using XMPP (using Snikket) for every call and chat (2023)
That was a good read. The furry blog post read like a smear campaign. Extraordinary unprofessional.
devrandoom··on Google's shortened goo.gl links will stop working next month
I suspect there are links to some really bad shit in there. Google is probably in damage control mode.
devrandoom··on Air Canada returned lost bag, it now had knife,toiletries, ticket scanner inside
Gate checking and forced gate checking are very, very different things.
devrandoom··on Google's shortened goo.gl links will stop working next month
Are they all public? Where can I see them?
devrandoom··on New battery has life so long you may never have to recharge
I think the tradition is someone else's pocket in some other country.
devrandoom··on Clashes between web and X11 colors in the CSS color scheme
Nonsense. Each are in their own namespace. You can't expect something as debatable as color names to share the same values in different namespaces.
devrandoom··on Show HN: I made a 2D game engine in Dart
The Boing game doesn't work mobile, is that by design?
devrandoom··on All Good Editors Are Pirates: In Memory of Lewis H. Lapham
The line between an inspiration and plagiarism is perhaps sometimes blurry but there's definitely a line.

But you have to steal something, themes at least if you want to create a piece in a style.

Trying composing a blues song without any "stealing".

devrandoom··on Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion
> cutting traces is definitely crossing some lines.

Pun intended I'm sure!

devrandoom··on Gridfinity: The modular, open-source grid storage system
You'd be surprised how many ways there are to make storage containers. Gridfinity is one of them.
devrandoom··on Brave creates new TLD on the blockchain
How is Brave a scam?
devrandoom··on How malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy
Sections of Reddit and Twitter have been taken over by incredibly toxic cesspit of bots. They fuel polarization and hate like nothing I've ever seen before.

It's catered for the algorithm which pumps it out to users.

devrandoom··on Introduction to the A* Algorithm
There are a lot of people on HN that aren't you.
devrandoom··on The Grug Brained Developer (2022)
This will be discussed in the next standup and everyone has to have an opinion. We'll need approval from legal and that takes at least a week so we want to minimise ping pong emails.

But it should be fairly quick, expect an updated version around end of summer or just after.

devrandoom··on The Grug Brained Developer (2022)
C++ called and filed a complaint about receiving a haymaker of a suckerpunch out of nowhere.
devrandoom··on Luxe Game Engine
I'm surprised they do this. The unity rugpull is still fresh in memory and mystery pricing is scary for newcomers.
devrandoom··on Web designs are getting too complicated
Websites aren't art. They can be, just like this comment can be art. Especially if I add a fancy made up word to it. Forthedolomaznia.
devrandoom··on Math Symbol Frequencies
I hope you irony of your comment isn't lost.
devrandoom··on Getting Past Procrastination
I've done that too. Especially if I have to stop working, but I'm in the middle of something. There are no compilation errors or tests failing but the feature isn't completed.

Introducing a syntax error is like a saved game, portal back in time. I'll come back to it tomorrow and it'll take me max one minute to reload the context into my brain.

devrandoom··on A Complete Guide to Meta Prompting
This is why "Google is burying the web alive".

Most websites in your search results are using SEO to trick you there, give you a slither of information then try to shell you their shit.

Google might be at the helm of the web's death journy to hell, but corporations and merchants are the crew onboard.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44097490

devrandoom··on Nitrogen Triiodide (2016)
> Many experiments need supervision from someone that knows what they are doing.

Of course. He was neither saying or offering that though.

For the record, 3 meters are more like 10ft.

devrandoom··on Nitrogen Triiodide (2016)
If you weren't asked for patronising advice you probably shouldn't offer it.
devrandoom··on “Bugs are 100x more expensive to fix in production” study might not exist (2021)
Bug found by you, the developer vs. user in production? Easily 100x.
devrandoom··on The Polymarket users betting on when Jesus will return
Fat chance based on the treatment he got last time.
devrandoom··on Compiler Explorer and the promise of URLs that last forever
> despite Google solemnly promising ...

I'm pretty sure the lore says that a solemn promise from Google carries the exact same value as a prostitute saying she likes you.

devrandoom··on Prohibition and ice cream in the US Navy
Sailors in WWII drank the fuel for the torpedos, which happened to be clean ethanol.

https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2024/12/15/torpedo-juice-the...

devrandoom··on CheerpJ 4.1: Java in the browser, now supporting Java 17 (preview)
> why Oracle doesn't seem interested

It doesn't come with any lucrative extortion options to squeeze millions out of enterprises.

devrandoom··on Show HN: Malai – securely share local TCP services (database/SSH) with others
Feedback: This crowd likes technical docs. These docs are nothing like that, and raise more questions than they answer.
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