Yep. If you go and register a new gmail account today, there will likely be no option to enable IMAP access for that account, altogether.
> glue together some massively bloated thing that they have absolutely no understanding of Relevant: https://xkcd.com/1988/
> writing "return condition" instead of "if condition then return true else return false end" > using the conditional-value ("ternary") operator in any capacity Looks like author of some code I had to comb through…
With newer android versions, you might want to check the "disable adb authorization timeout" option too. Otherwise, phone will "forget" your computer's adb key after a week.
That is quite nifty implementation of reverse HTML escaping. But in python that could be done with much less work: import html print(html.unescape(foo)) And the best part - you don't need to debug/update the (g)sub list…
Hug of death from HN visitors. For fellow website admins, this is your regular reminder to use static site generators, where possible, and server-side cache where not.
Yep: $ cat foo.tsv name foo bar Alice 10 8888 Bob 20 9999 $ cat foo.tsv | sqlite3 -batch \ -cmd ".mode tabs" \ -cmd ".import /dev/stdin x" \ -cmd "select foo from x where bar > 9000;" 20
Talking about tricks to make python faster, there is an interesting one that is essentially exact polar opposite of what Nuitka does: Micripython's "viper" just-in-time compiler. It can only be applied to one function…
> tried qemu, and spent many days trying to figure out the correct set of parameters It's really not that hard, once you get used to it. Or, if you rather not spend that precious time, there is a GUI tool that would…
To search very long texts by the "text shape". Same idea as some popular editors show on the right, next to the scrollbar: https://www.ultraedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ue-img-...
Unlike RAM, where you always get exact power-of-2 number of bits per chip, modern flash storage normally ships with defects, plus error-correction codes to deal with those. Number of defects vary. Chips coming from the…
Same kind of basic programming that was "threatened" by no-code/low-code solutions before that.
> given the right prompts and constraints Yep, that seems to be the key, and some realized that already: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34463061
You'd probably want to first check that /etc/resolv.conf is a real file, first. SystemD has a nasty habit of replacing it with a symlink. That prevents "chattr" trick from working.
> Linux kernel is written in C Not exclusively in C, not anymore: https://docs.kernel.org/rust/index.html It might take another decade for a C-free build to be possible, though.
In addition to tax-dodging, or selling off-the-books, there is one other, small legitimate reason for a vendor, to avoid card payments: Most banks/payment processors would charge a fixed amount per small transaction.…
You're right, but I'd argue this problem is already here. Thanks to glaciers melting, earth rotation is (temporarily) accelerating. Because of that, positive leap seconds, regular before, didn't happen since 2017 - so…
TAI - atomic clock, ignores earth rotation. UT1 - based on Earth's rotation only, strictly 86400 seconds per day; length of each second varies; takes a heck of a lot of effort (and time) to measure accurately. UTC - has…
...but UTC is still offset from TAI by 37 seconds. Any plans to do anything about that, I wonder?
Ah, yes. The infamous 1024-week (19.5 years) GPS epoch. I take back my "two decades" claim.
Very misleading article indeed. I have to add that GPS messages include TAI-UTC offset. That means that user of even old, non-internet-connected GPS receiver that didn't have any software updates in a decade, will still…
Also, typical lead-free solders oxidize in air at their soldering temperature much more readily than near-eutectic Pb-Sn at its respective soldering temp. That oxide film tends to interfere pretty badly with wetting of…
Perl has some weird quirks - dollar-variables vs. percent-variables vs. at-variables (and sometimes you can "cast" one into other), round-brackets where most others have squiggly (and vice-versa)... But once you get…
Ah, yes. The classic "all our customers are morons" approach, with no opt-out for those 0.1% who, in fact, are not. Very typical among ISPs/Telcos. Where I am, we used to have a different, "nerdy" ISP [0], where…
Is it actually in stock at this price? Where I am, local price tracker, tweakers.net, also shows some listings for ~100 euro, but if you click through to the seller's website, it says there "not in stock, delivery date…
Yep. If you go and register a new gmail account today, there will likely be no option to enable IMAP access for that account, altogether.
> glue together some massively bloated thing that they have absolutely no understanding of Relevant: https://xkcd.com/1988/
> writing "return condition" instead of "if condition then return true else return false end" > using the conditional-value ("ternary") operator in any capacity Looks like author of some code I had to comb through…
With newer android versions, you might want to check the "disable adb authorization timeout" option too. Otherwise, phone will "forget" your computer's adb key after a week.
That is quite nifty implementation of reverse HTML escaping. But in python that could be done with much less work: import html print(html.unescape(foo)) And the best part - you don't need to debug/update the (g)sub list…
Hug of death from HN visitors. For fellow website admins, this is your regular reminder to use static site generators, where possible, and server-side cache where not.
Yep: $ cat foo.tsv name foo bar Alice 10 8888 Bob 20 9999 $ cat foo.tsv | sqlite3 -batch \ -cmd ".mode tabs" \ -cmd ".import /dev/stdin x" \ -cmd "select foo from x where bar > 9000;" 20
Talking about tricks to make python faster, there is an interesting one that is essentially exact polar opposite of what Nuitka does: Micripython's "viper" just-in-time compiler. It can only be applied to one function…
> tried qemu, and spent many days trying to figure out the correct set of parameters It's really not that hard, once you get used to it. Or, if you rather not spend that precious time, there is a GUI tool that would…
To search very long texts by the "text shape". Same idea as some popular editors show on the right, next to the scrollbar: https://www.ultraedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ue-img-...
Unlike RAM, where you always get exact power-of-2 number of bits per chip, modern flash storage normally ships with defects, plus error-correction codes to deal with those. Number of defects vary. Chips coming from the…
Same kind of basic programming that was "threatened" by no-code/low-code solutions before that.
> given the right prompts and constraints Yep, that seems to be the key, and some realized that already: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34463061
You'd probably want to first check that /etc/resolv.conf is a real file, first. SystemD has a nasty habit of replacing it with a symlink. That prevents "chattr" trick from working.
> Linux kernel is written in C Not exclusively in C, not anymore: https://docs.kernel.org/rust/index.html It might take another decade for a C-free build to be possible, though.
In addition to tax-dodging, or selling off-the-books, there is one other, small legitimate reason for a vendor, to avoid card payments: Most banks/payment processors would charge a fixed amount per small transaction.…
You're right, but I'd argue this problem is already here. Thanks to glaciers melting, earth rotation is (temporarily) accelerating. Because of that, positive leap seconds, regular before, didn't happen since 2017 - so…
TAI - atomic clock, ignores earth rotation. UT1 - based on Earth's rotation only, strictly 86400 seconds per day; length of each second varies; takes a heck of a lot of effort (and time) to measure accurately. UTC - has…
...but UTC is still offset from TAI by 37 seconds. Any plans to do anything about that, I wonder?
Ah, yes. The infamous 1024-week (19.5 years) GPS epoch. I take back my "two decades" claim.
Very misleading article indeed. I have to add that GPS messages include TAI-UTC offset. That means that user of even old, non-internet-connected GPS receiver that didn't have any software updates in a decade, will still…
Also, typical lead-free solders oxidize in air at their soldering temperature much more readily than near-eutectic Pb-Sn at its respective soldering temp. That oxide film tends to interfere pretty badly with wetting of…
Perl has some weird quirks - dollar-variables vs. percent-variables vs. at-variables (and sometimes you can "cast" one into other), round-brackets where most others have squiggly (and vice-versa)... But once you get…
Ah, yes. The classic "all our customers are morons" approach, with no opt-out for those 0.1% who, in fact, are not. Very typical among ISPs/Telcos. Where I am, we used to have a different, "nerdy" ISP [0], where…
Is it actually in stock at this price? Where I am, local price tracker, tweakers.net, also shows some listings for ~100 euro, but if you click through to the seller's website, it says there "not in stock, delivery date…