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heap_perms··on I spent $220 on Google app ads and 60% of the installs were robots
this is the only correct response.
heap_perms··on Laws of Software Engineering
That's interesting, what makes you think that? Not long ago, I was working on my degree in Computer Science (Software Engineering), and we were heavily drilled on this principle. Even then, I found it amusing how all the professors were huge fanboys of SOLID. It was very dogmatic.
heap_perms··on Claude Code Cheat Sheet
Apologies, the nodejs comment above therefore is wrong. I don't seem to be able to edit it anymore.
heap_perms··on Claude Code Cheat Sheet
> it's a text based env yet sometimes feel like running windows 95 on 386dx

They use nodejs and React. Yes, for real.

https://xcancel.com/trq212/status/2014051501786931427

heap_perms··on Our commitment to Windows quality
Yes!

> With the llms these days, any linux issue is fixable within minutes. I think this point is really it. What in the past needed a 40min google search to fix something, llms now fix it in seconds.

heap_perms··on Warranty Void If Regenerated
I liked it. It has a similar feel to an Andy Weir "The martian" type of novel.
heap_perms··on Adobe Photoshop 1.0 Source Code (1990)
I completed a CS degree just a year ago, and they absolutely wrecked us with UML. I’m still recovering mentally.
heap_perms··on Scripts I wrote that I use all the time
I can't say I relate at all (5 years of experience). They'll have to pry my 1000-line .zshrc from my cold, dead hands. For example, zsh-autosuggestions improves my quality of life so ridiculously much it's not even funny.
heap_perms··on Chess.com regional pricing: A case study
A better analogy: imagine if someone built a public water fountain, then chess.com set up next to it selling the exact same water for $100/year while limiting the public fountain to 1 cup per day through lobbying. Then they sponsored all the popular hydration influencers to only drink their bottled water on camera.

> Cause you can just go to a bar and get it for free.

Not at the same convenience, can you ;) So they are selling convenience. Chess.com isn't selling convenience - both platforms are websites you access identically. They're not offering portability or solving a distribution problem. They're artificially limiting a digital service that costs them essentially nothing to provide unlimited access to.

heap_perms··on Chess.com regional pricing: A case study
Chess.com is fundamentally a scam operation masquerading as a premium service. They've built an empire by paywalking features that should be free - and ARE free elsewhere. Lichess proves every single day that unlimited puzzles, deep analysis, opening exploration, and even advanced features like studies and cloud analysis don't need to cost a dime. They're open-source, ad-free, and completely transparent about their finances.
heap_perms··on PayPal to support Ethereum and Bitcoin
Yeah, it’s textbook USdefaultism.

"Look how global we are… as long as you have a U.S. address, the correct passport, a bank account in a supported country, a smartphone with the correct OS."

heap_perms··on Dynamically patch a Python function's source code at runtime
I get that it works, and it's actually pretty cool that you can do this. But honestly, it feels like it would good, readable code into a tangled mess pretty fast.
heap_perms··on Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux kernel?
> I host this blog on a single core 128MB VPS

No wonder the site is being hugged to death. 128MB is not a lot. Maybe it's worth to upgrade if you post to hacker news. Just a thought.

heap_perms··on Claude Code is all you need
Yes! https://github.com/musistudio/claude-code-router

Claude Code wrapper to run any models. Even local ones.

heap_perms··on CARA – High precision robot dog using rope
Fascinating! I want to get into this type of stuff. But I have no idea where to start, I just have just a CS degree and 3 years experience as a developer.
heap_perms··on Show HN: OffChess – Offline chess puzzles app
For tactics I really like chesstempo.com. It has free, unlimited puzzles. It is to my mind superior for tactics training. It also has a comments feature which I really like.
heap_perms··on Show HN: OffChess – Offline chess puzzles app
There is a nice native app for offline lichess puzzles. Written in rust:

https://github.com/brianch/offline-chess-puzzles/

heap_perms··on Cursor told me I should learn coding instead of asking it to generate it
Yeah exactly forcing it out of a "local minimum" is a neat way to describe it. In the middle of the conversation I drop this sometimes. Works wonders. You just have to tell it it's stuck in a loop and it will suddenly pretend (?) to be self aware.
heap_perms··on Block YouTube ads on AppleTV by decrypting and stripping ads from Profobuf (2022)
AFAIK you need a username to be able to extract anything from instagram at all.
heap_perms··on Cursor told me I should learn coding instead of asking it to generate it
What I also notice is that the very easily get stuck on a specific approach to solving a problem. One prompt that has been amazing for this is this:

> Act as if you're and outside observer to this chat so far.

This really helps in a lot of these cases.

heap_perms··on Bye, Prime
> The search-results page is a battle of tooth and claw among low-rent importers. Also it’s just really freaking ugly

Yes, the search result page is truly horrendous. It shows many results, while most of them are not actually available.

heap_perms··on My Struggle with Doom Scrolling
"amygdala-bait" is such a good, concise way of expressing the phaenomenon. I too try to stay away from infinite scrolling. I installed an extension to block youtube shorts, for example, as they offer no value to me.
heap_perms··on Firenvim – Turn the browser into a Neovim client
> The security risks aren't worth it for me

Care to elaborate? What security risks

heap_perms··on Personality Basins
This is what happens when an engineer tries to apply mathematical models to entirely different fields where they have no applicability. Reducing human personality to machine learning concepts like 'gradient updates' misses the fundamental complexity of human psychology and consciousness.
heap_perms··on Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week
This is Bezos talking about this: https://youtu.be/e47wAgIhZ7o?si=LKZxoabqrCSCQ1ki&t=64
heap_perms··on Tracking supermarket prices with Playwright
I'm curious, can you wear contact lenses while working? I notice my eyes get tired when I look at a monitor for too long. Have you found any solutions for that?
heap_perms··on Optimizing the Lichess Tablebase Server
Not OP but I can recommend this talk by Thibault (the founder): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZgyVadkgmI
heap_perms··on How does AI impact my job as a programmer?
> We got self-styled prophets writing whole books about their personal philosophies and slapping general-purpose-sounding names on them like “Clean Code.” It reminds me of the dudes who ran around the Middle East 2,000 years ago claiming they personally could introduce you to G-d.

Top-tier comedy. When I was in university, not too long ago, all the CS professors were huge fanboys of uncle bob. Lot's of lectures started with a reference to his books, making it seem like a mandatory part of the curriculum.

heap_perms··on 23% of bachelor's degrees and 43% of master's degrees have a negative ROI
> low price of 30-120k

Couldn't help but chuckle.

heap_perms··on Open-source alternative to Heroku, Vercel, and Netlify
The word "Open-Source" is misleading and should be removed from the title.
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