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joeframbach··on Debounce
And I've used coalesce to describe Array.prototype.reduce and Object.assign as well.
joeframbach··on Debounce
That doesn't sound correct. An async function ought to return a _new_ Promise on each invocation, and each of those returned Promises are independent. Are you conflating memoization? Memoized functions will have these problems with denouncing, but not your standard async function.
joeframbach··on Show HN: Whittle – A shrinking word game
Ghostwriter. https://youtu.be/sGByxW2R3hQ?t=1080
joeframbach··on Internet Artifacts
When I think early 2000s I think Jagex Games Domain Castle.
joeframbach··on Dotless Domains
They could define a Holy C-Name, for convenience.
joeframbach··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell
Firefox Android here, the page zooms in and out when I double tap on a keyboard.
joeframbach··on Math4devs.com: List of mathematical symbols with their JavaScript equivalent
1. Floor operator is `⌊n⌋`.

2. Exponentiation implementation depends on the size of the power. For very small powers normally they are represented as their reciprocal, then operated on within the exponent.

    y = b ** (1/x)

for very large x is rewritten as

    y = Math.exp(Math.log(b) / x)
joeframbach··on We spent $20 to achieve RCE and accidentally became the admins of .mobi
I can *assure* you that php is expressly prohibited for use at Amazon.
joeframbach··on Ask HN: Nitter officially declared "over" today – alternatives?
...yes. The rule deletes this comment as well.
joeframbach··on Ask HN: Nitter officially declared "over" today – alternatives?
uBlock Origin rules:

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joeframbach··on Ask HN: Nitter officially declared "over" today – alternatives?
I tried responding here but my comment isn't showing up -- was it autoremoved? I'm commenting with this meta-comment to check.
joeframbach··on Ask HN: Nitter officially declared "over" today – alternatives?
I have Tampermonkey scripts that delete Twitter entries from HN and anywhere else on the web. Seems to work well for me.
joeframbach··on Amazon overcharges shoppers with Buy Box algorithm, fresh lawsuit claims
Most likely, the example of the $55 FBA item has free shipping, but the $51 non-FBA item has a shipping cost > $4.
joeframbach··on Steamboat Willie [video]
The Shimasen traditionally is made with cat skin. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamisen. In the Clannad VN, one character names his cat "Shimasen".
joeframbach··on Rough.js: Create graphics with a hand-drawn, sketchy, appearance
On mobile, at least on Android, you can long-press on a title then dismiss the "open in" modal, but the hover effect remains.
joeframbach··on Tell HN: iCloud Password Sync turns on by itself on iOS 17
This sounds like a violation of the CFAA per unauthorized use of computer resources. Think Apple would be held liable for it?
joeframbach··on A reality bending mistake in Apple's computational photography
It's not so farfetched. https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/10/22775580/kyle-rittenhous...
joeframbach··on Sqids – Generate short unique IDs from numbers
California allows one hand, star, or heart shape in the plate.
joeframbach··on Developer account removed by Apple
The change.org petition seems like a non sequitur in the article. What are you hoping to achieve by incrementing some counter in the void? Change.org is not the legal system nor is it Apple's customer service system. It is nothing.
joeframbach··on Spotify will end service in Uruguay due to bill requiring fair pay for artists
This sounds like Bandcamp.
joeframbach··on Amazon will cut 'several hundred' Alexa jobs as it ends unspecified initiatives
You can say "stop by the way" and it'll stop for some inderterminent amount of time then come back. I've heard that some people set up a Routine at 3am every day to turn the volume to zero, say "Alexa stop by the way", then turn the volume back up. I haven't tried it but I heard it works.
joeframbach··on Amazon will cut 'several hundred' Alexa jobs as it ends unspecified initiatives
Even for measurements, it'll sometimes say a cup is 236ml and sometimes 250ml, because "cup" is ambiguous.
joeframbach··on From email to phone number, a new OSINT approach (2019)
It's clearly AI generated, blatantly so.
joeframbach··on You can't share an IP from military networks over Facebook
How about 185339150 or 0x0b0c0d0e?
joeframbach··on Amazon is blocking promotions of employees who don't comply with RTO policy
The 401k match also has a 3-year vesting period.
joeframbach··on Typing fast is about latency, not throughput
To put it into networking terms, the brain-finger output is a leaky bucket. The brain fills the buffer, and the fingers commit at some interval. The buffer is fairly small, and overflows are simply forgotten. The buffer has both time-based and size-based eviction policies. The faster you can type, the less you might forget.
joeframbach··on Despite growth in revenue, Informatica lays off hundreds
Generally I agree with the HN rule that the submission must match the headline, but this is definitely a case where the submission title needs to be changed.
joeframbach··on Reflections on quitting my job
Laziness, impatience, and hubris.
joeframbach··on Pemmican
No Pain was still doing laps in '08 when I hiked.
joeframbach··on Pemmican
Philmont '00 and '04 here. Had Pemmican bars on both trips.
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