Posts by sayrer@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AUNm9qbVwOcsmgNvJQ by sayrer@mastodon.social
2023-04-06T17:32:10Z
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@lmorchard @simon They're really good at any syntactic task. I use it to write Rust macros sometimes. I don't use the exact code most of the time, but it demonstrates the tricky parts.
(DIR) Post #AUNmYpkcFZINNTYZ3Q by sayrer@mastodon.social
2023-04-06T17:46:20Z
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@simon @lmorchard the other thing that's really interesting about them is that the interface keeps context. So I have stuff like “Do the same task, but use a nested loop to reduce repetition” in there. The voice cylinders have a hard time distinguishing whether a phrase is a new query or a continuation.
(DIR) Post #AUOAOv6VtFI1z5bXe4 by sayrer@mastodon.social
2023-04-06T22:13:25Z
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@simon it's just price anchoring. almost no one needs that, and anyone that does is not paying the list price.
(DIR) Post #AV1UCQseWEqfTxOFsW by sayrer@mastodon.social
2023-04-25T21:28:47Z
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@simon what about “The Streets” lol
(DIR) Post #AXGfLCvhOSduhLtqMa by sayrer@mastodon.social
2023-07-02T01:00:36Z
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@ian these are also good at verifying you turned something off, so I have a HomeKit powerstrip, and I can turn it off by internet
(DIR) Post #AYf7rXZbaWd5CjHZKK by sayrer@mastodon.social
2023-08-12T18:03:28Z
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@simon people get really weird about this stuff. I've moved 3 huge apps to “ship every week” schedules instead of big bang semi-annual releases, and there's always some people that go nuts. My absolute favorite is "version inflation”
(DIR) Post #AYf9iQfw453T741hc8 by sayrer@mastodon.social
2023-08-12T18:24:08Z
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@simonFirefox: on version 114Twitter: used a different numbering system, but here: https://androidapksfree.com/twitter/com-twitter-android/old/VSCO: version 333.0Some people get mad when it says “bug fixes and performance improvements", but it's like... what? do you not want those right away?
(DIR) Post #AYhnIhpM3a1XGJdo24 by sayrer@mastodon.social
2023-08-13T17:31:52Z
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@chucker @simon Well, consumer software isn't really done this way anymore. most things are A/B tested and gradually rolled out. So, the number is pretty meaningless. the numbers are kind of an artifact of paid upgrades and distribution on physical media. I know some people don't like it, but no one is going back to that.
(DIR) Post #AYhnIjM0NfjdzrvOYy by sayrer@mastodon.social
2023-08-13T17:47:23Z
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@chucker @simon Usually the way it goes is that it's in the release notes once it's to 100%.Most of the time, it's not done for scummy reasons. It's just a way to iron out problems across large audiences faster than would otherwise be possible.It sounds like you're expecting a level of control that is unrealistic for popular programs. But at least you can make your own Mastodon client and compile a version of Firefox or Chromium that you like. This is better than it used to be.
(DIR) Post #Aa8qLplwX8sHRAm4rQ by sayrer@mastodon.social
2023-09-26T00:00:29Z
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@simon I think it's because it should be in Rust these days (and can still provide a C API). No shade on the author or the algorithms, but I saw enough C things to make me skeptical.
(DIR) Post #Aa8qwSD36PLp4aumGW by sayrer@mastodon.social
2023-09-26T00:07:07Z
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@simon Mmm, I think you are wrong here. It is really not difficult to give a Rust library a C API. You give the structs a C layout via an annotation, and then provide functions as a C library would.
(DIR) Post #Aa8rAtgPkjdMKqXMnI by sayrer@mastodon.social
2023-09-26T00:09:16Z
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@simon that's good, but I think he means "address sanitizer" (ASAN) and Valgrind.
(DIR) Post #Aa8rfVzVtAfZpi4Q4W by sayrer@mastodon.social
2023-09-26T00:15:44Z
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@simon Ah... true five years ago, but now totally trodden. Even back then, it would probably be C compiled with a C++ compiler.Now, even Android OS is doing it. Those are pretty cheap devices, so it must make sense.https://google.github.io/comprehensive-rust/
(DIR) Post #AcBPlz2GaQ6RnYNus4 by sayrer@mastodon.social
2023-11-26T01:33:07Z
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@ian doesn't seem like that difference will grow as you write, but this repo seems to cover the details: https://github.com/johnthagen/min-sized-rust
(DIR) Post #Ad0sMKncoooZDLiPpo by sayrer@mastodon.social
2023-12-20T21:09:37Z
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@siracusa @FormerlyStC it does make it worse to have both, but I think macOS is just buggy here. I also get “duplicate MAC" warnings on a fairly average Ethernet switch.One issue with turning off WiFi is that Airdrop doesn't work, so I actually have it on even though I don't want to.
(DIR) Post #AdbzxfYXLORiwDofiq by sayrer@mastodon.social
2024-01-07T19:07:32Z
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@simon @glyph this is well covered in the older Norvig books (I just looked because I am sitting next to them). PAIP has a very humorous chapter on “GPS" the general problem solver, and AI: A Modern Approach covers the history very well in Section 1.3 (~page 17), and mentions escape from cybernetics, but not the personal stuff.
(DIR) Post #Ahg7M1rSKYsSbE1Dlo by sayrer@mastodon.social
2024-05-08T00:23:18Z
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@simon It is an old term from the blog company days. They were churning out this kind of suff in like 2015 or so.
(DIR) Post #AtgJEKijEdxUpXv0wC by sayrer@mastodon.social
2025-04-18T19:33:32Z
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@marcoarment @james Isn't YouTube the biggest competitor now anyway?
(DIR) Post #AtgJEMTCjKjGFyfe1A by sayrer@mastodon.social
2025-04-18T23:50:06Z
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@james @marcoarment you’re counting downloads. I would say my usage is 50/50 Overcast vs YouTube. You can't count that.
(DIR) Post #Aub8GAZrF1LeBLQhiC by sayrer@mastodon.social
2025-05-29T20:57:10Z
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@twylo that is a crime