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nextcalleron Playground Wisdom: Threads Beat Async/Await

Oh sorry for irritating you, I will return to my pod.

nextcalleron Playground Wisdom: Threads Beat Async/Await

In c#/python you are forced to await the whole chain, the compiler forces you. While in javascript it allows me without a warning. That's why it seems as if things work differently in javascript, if it allows me to (not) use await freely. (I don't remember if c# was just a warning or an error).

nextcalleron Playground Wisdom: Threads Beat Async/Await

I'm still not sure if function coloring is also a problem in javascript. The problem became very clear in other languages like python or c#. But in javascript i've been writing code only awaiting a function when I need to and haven't ran into issues. I might write some simple experiment to check myself.

nextcalleron Software-defined (Internet) radio with Liquidsoap (2023)

I never quite got to fix my issues with firefox stopping playing my radio stream after changing songs. It just happens occasionally though I haven't tried recently to see if the problem is still there. At some point I thought liquidsoap cured this but it didn't. Also when I was into that, I got the feeling most of the internet didn't care about radio streams anymore since video streaming is the standard.

nextcalleron Claude AI to process secret government data through new Palantir deal

I think they monitor the world through satellites and AI. Intelligence software for NATO I guess.

nextcalleron Show HN: Tinder, but to Decide What to Eat

Think of a pun and pay for a Shark Tank ad, they'll love the idea

nextcalleron Hollywood is dead, according to Justine Bateman. Here's what comes next

I just want the Black Mirror machine to work faster.

nextcalleron Tell HN: We (Causal) got acquired – thank you HN

You announce these big news so causally. Grats for collaborating with "Last Universal Common Ancestor".

nextcalleron Claude for Desktop

I'll keep using mine https://github.com/Merkoba/Meltdown

nextcalleron Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2024)

Since 2022

nextcalleron Write code that is easy to delete, not easy to extend (2016)

This was written in the context of a discussion about showing resistance or not to feature requests by users sorry for the confusion.

nextcalleron Write code that is easy to delete, not easy to extend (2016)

Implementing choice is superior. Not only can your program be capable of more actions, but the process of thinking about how to include these features leads to focusing on your codebase which leads to refactoring, better code. With time the code becomes so flexible that adding features is easy, because your foundation is superior. And in the process other core functionality gets fixed and becomes better.

nextcalleron Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)

Grasshopper tab manager for firefox.

Currently it has 688 settings and 485 commands.

I think it's a good foundation for something great.

https://addons.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/addon/grasshopper-u...

nextcalleron The Anvil Text Editor

I find multiple cursors very useful, a must-have. However I think there needs to be more "safety" around them. It's very easy to accidentally have multiple cursors active without you knowing, and the next thing you type changed something you didn't intend to. I would appreciate if there was some sort of lock I can apply to multiple cursors, to only use them when I need them and when I'm aware that I'm using them.

nextcalleron Search Engine Shortcuts in Firefox

I just add the customs one. wiki for wikipedia, yt for youtube, i for image search

nextcalleron Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read?

I couldn't get enough of the Goosebumps series when I was a kid. Just encountering the books and looking at the covers was an experience. I would get them from the school library.

nextcalleron How Many Visionary Artists Are Mentally Ill?

Downvote this so I don't get stuck with 13

nextcalleron I made a game you can play without anyone knowing (no visuals/sound)

I think there's a yuge market for 3d printed fidgets. I would order a sample array of curious plastic/metal fidgets just to have on my desk or to scratch a literal itch

nextcalleron Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2024)

Location: Upper Heaven near the dungeons.

I'd be up to riding motorbikes continental or keep a mega yacht afloat.

nextcalleron Don't build your castle in other people's kingdoms (2021)

Building castles on the intern-net is fun.

Maybe the knowledge can be transferred to the doctor-net.

nextcalleron The best browser bookmarking system is files

You might like this one too https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/grasshopper-u...

nextcalleron Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?

Making a tab manager for powah usahs

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/grasshopper-u...

nextcalleron SunVox: Powerful Modular Synthesizer and DAW

I was impressed by how fast it launched when I tried it.

nextcalleron Help select new Firefox Recommended Extensions

They don't have all the permissions. They state which ones they require, which can be none at all.

nextcalleron Help select new Firefox Recommended Extensions

Is it even a good idea to join that program?

Mozilla would basically tell you what to do, takes longer to approve extensions, etc

nextcalleron Show HN: A whiteboard that writes math equations

Yeah https://i.imgur.com/DvcFRe7.jpeg

nextcalleron Ask HN: What have you built with LLMs?

This is what I thought the future will be like since years ago. Everybody is going to be harmless since llms will translate and cushion, or outright censor any problematic communication.

nextcalleron Ask HN: What have you built with LLMs?

I built a client to interface with gguf models or ChatGPT

https://github.com/Merkoba/Meltdown

100% made in Python (and tk). I made my own markdown parser.

Hundreds of commands and command line arguments.

I use it everyday myself.