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elyobo

732 karma · joined October 21, 2013

Melbourne based software dev. Mainly JavaScript.

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/elyobo; my proof: https://keybase.io/elyobo/sigs/jPuVNyTCFzvji8CUgsRjZ5pRSxbXU8LuielfgWymV-U ]

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elyobo··on Why some US restaurants are banning tips
Is that why US service ("checking on the customer every few minutes") is so incredibly annoying...
elyobo··on .gitignore Isn't the only way to ignore files in Git
Relatedly, some aliases I have in place.

  assume = update-index --assume-unchanged
  unassume = update-index --no-assume-unchanged
  assumed = "!git ls-files -v | grep ^h | cut -c 3-"
  unassumeall = "!git assumed | xargs git update-index --no-assume-unchanged"
  assumeall = "!git st -s | awk {'print $2'} | xargs git assume"
elyobo··on DoD Officially Drops 180 Faiths from Military's Recognized Religion List
What's the effect of this? I don't really understand why they have a "recognised" list at all or what the implications are.
elyobo··on Uv is fantastic, but its package management UX is a mess
non major updates in the npm ecosystem are pretty reliable in my experience; my much more limited python experience suggests that semver is much less respected on that side of the fence
elyobo··on I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?
I tried it on Tuesday and, having used CC a lot lately, was shocked at how bad it was - I'd forgotten.
elyobo··on The challenges of soft delete
postgres with rls to hide soft deleted records means that most of the app code doesn't need to know or care about them, still issues reads, writes, deletes to the same source table and as far as the app knows its working
elyobo··on The architecture of “not bad”: Decoding the Chinese source code of the void
Yeah, Kiwi English also, e.g. describing something as "not bad" rather than "good" is normal.

> How's things? > Not bad.

elyobo··on The fall of Labubus and the mush of modern internet trends
They're falling already? Excellent, I was hoping I could get to this point without ever having to figure out exactly what they were.
elyobo··on Show HN: A CSS-Only Terrain Generator
Came to say this!
elyobo··on Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in
oh my sweet summer child

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45769504

elyobo··on Meta Superintelligence Labs' first paper is about RAG
Can we have a more informative, less clickbaity, title?
elyobo··on Electric cars produce less brake dust pollution than combustion-engine cars
also once everybody else is obstructing your view with a bigger car it becomes necessary to have a bigger one, it's a race to the metaphorical bototm
elyobo··on Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update
Really? I've been FF only for years and everything works reliably, including banking sites (Australia & New Zealand).
elyobo··on Australia is introducing age checks for search engines like Google
Reasonable assumption but really our politicians just are that dumb.
elyobo··on Highest-resolution images ever captured of the sun’s surface
I assumed it was the result of the "bubbling" that they describe in the video that also accounts for the grainy appearance of the surface; presumably the bubbling would be visible like this side on?
elyobo··on Guess my RGB
Fun game, a convenient wordle style social media sharing utility would spread the word. Not sure what would work.
elyobo··on Apple pulls plug on Goldman credit-card partnership
I don't really understand how whipping out your phone is harder than whipping out your card even if you don't have a watch. In my case I gave up carrying the cards at all a few years back and pay for everything on my phone anyway; the convenience of not needing a wallet or any cards at all is high.
elyobo··on Jury Finds Realtors Conspired, Awards Nearly $1.8B in Damages
US fees seem very high; Australia & New Zealand have a selling agent fee in the 2-3% range (+ variable vendor paid advertising on top) and buyers agents are uncommon so not a fee most pay at all.
elyobo··on Bill to ban hidden fees in California signed into law
> "Now we can put the consumer first and create a level playing field for those businesses that advertise the real price, up front,"

I hope this means they're banning the common US practice of omitting sales taxes and tips from prices.

elyobo··on Flexoki, an inky color scheme for prose and code
Screenshots would have and I don't know why the author didn't add them when they have added them on Twitter[1]. I like the idea but still too low contrast for my personal preference.

[1] https://twitter.com/kepano/status/1710807755140030754

elyobo··on 'Couple,' 'Few,' and 'Several'
I'm being informed by other Aussies that it's not consistent here either, lots of people seem to use it imprecisely as well. I'm actually a Kiwi (but have lived the most recent 15 years in Australia) so it seems I've been misinterpreting the Aussies for years...
elyobo··on 'Couple,' 'Few,' and 'Several'
I'd only say a couple of minutes if I thought two minutes was actually a likely time period, yeah, otherwise I'd say a few minutes if I was less certain.
elyobo··on 'Couple,' 'Few,' and 'Several'
Only if I was confident there were only two other ways, I'd say a few (or, bearing the weirdness of English in mind, probably "many").
elyobo··on 'Couple,' 'Few,' and 'Several'
Why does English ever have synonyms? I'm not saying you're wrong, clearly (as a a Kiwi) I've been misinterpreting Aussie usage, but "there's already another way to say that" is pretty common.
elyobo··on 'Couple,' 'Few,' and 'Several'
I'm a Kiwi living in AU; perhaps I've been misunderstanding Aussies all this time! I've never been aware that anyone would interpret it as anything other than exactly two, I'll have to bear this in mind.
elyobo··on 'Couple,' 'Few,' and 'Several'
Yes, but that's just a white lie :D
elyobo··on 'Couple,' 'Few,' and 'Several'
Kiwi here, would never ever do that, I'd just say "a few". Amongst those few things there might be "a couple of apples" which would definitely mean exactly two, no more, no less.
elyobo··on 'Couple,' 'Few,' and 'Several'
> Couple is used to refer to two things, but is also often used for a small number greater than two

Is this an American thing? It would be obviously wrong to refer to any number not two as a "couple" in AU/NZ English.

elyobo··on My Unhealthy Relationship with Keyboards
Less ergonomic for people that don't do a lot of number entry - I'm a dev, not an accountant, I never used the number entry when I had it.

The MS Sculpt (in the article) comes with a number pad as well, I've had it for years and left the number pad in the drawer.

elyobo··on My Unhealthy Relationship with Keyboards
The MS Sculpt keyboard is great, the weird mouse that comes with it too.
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