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FloNeu··on My little sister's use of ChatGPT for homework is heartbreaking
Well... how about you don't let your little sister use chatgpt to do her homework? If you think it fries her little brain the responsible thing as a big brother is to buy her a little bit of lsd to microdose and counteract the damage you have already done, right?
FloNeu··on AI-Generated Images Discourage Me from Reading Your Blog
I agree - at least I take it as a red flag that the blogs content is probably also low effort slob and that I should assign it a rather low credibility
FloNeu··on XState – State machines for state management in JavaScript
Well it mostly can be a static config - although some stuff like inputs can’t be passed in during initiation of the machine (which you can easily do yourself), but imho I also think should just work like with most other parts of the config (guards, actions etc.) One advantage of it being a json format is that you can validate/transform and pass it around with all tool available in this space and that it can easily be understood, written, extended and used everywhere (to a point) where you have a json parser. Also, i wanted to learn rust to write wasm stuff - and my idea fir learning project was a parser for Xstate to create a kind of abstract program … well didn’t get to it - but could see usefulness to having a easily portable standard to describe and mock a program between languages
FloNeu··on XState – State machines for state management in JavaScript
Well i feel the abstraction itself doesn’t really hinder… what hinders an i realized costs me lots of time is laying out a good looking machine-layout… the auto-layout for machine introspection still is terrible and currently can’t be used with the layouts in the editors. Also I often end up to having copy the machine json back and forth and this usually requires tweeting as Machine inputs still can’t be mapped using strings and I often end up missing some and then wonder why stuff isn’t working as now errors are automatically caught in the machine. What I really like is that I can visualize my programs and clearly communicate a system using the graphs and delegate the parts that have to filled in. I think it’s also great for documentation and making sure a program is built in a nicely testable way and state is only updated at the appropriate times and places (you need to use an assign action). Model-based testing is also a nice feature… as are the ability to restore machine states at later times using saved state or replaying events. Although I never have done it I enjoy the thought of just taking my machine and put it into another web-fronted and only rebuild the UI by binding the view to state/context and interactions to basic dom events. All in all I think it can have big benefits of having a UML like visualization of your program that can be introspected live at run-time and isn’t immediately outdated because nobody bothers to keep it up to date after a code update (because it is the code). But it surly is a bit of a learning curve… but I encourage you to just try it out beginning with very small machines and build from there. Many of my problems come from just trying to build a giant machine system with many communicating actors from the start. Which totally isn’t needed to assess its features/drawbacks
FloNeu··on XState – State machines for state management in JavaScript
You and your team are real MVPs.
FloNeu··on McKinsey and Company to pay $650M for role in opioid crisis
Also - they already plan for the Fine and put that peanuts on the side… just a nice tax deduction… it would be hilarious if it wasn’t so sad
FloNeu··on Can we make a camera see behind walls? [video]
It’s called a window
FloNeu··on AI Sucks at Code Reviews
Surprise a thing that doesn’t understand context is bad in a task that requires understanding context and intent… Well… I haven’t read the article and never will.
FloNeu··on Steam now tells gamers up front that they're buying a license, not a game
All for that - but I am rather sceptical if this is even possible anymore. Sure you can have a disk which - best case scenario - contains a game in a executable state. But I can’t remember playing a game without installing an gb sized day one patch. Do even when buying a physical copy - you probably don’t have the full thing anymore after the (whatever) server goes bye bye.
FloNeu··on Steam now tells gamers up front that they're buying a license, not a game
So can I refund all games I ‚bought‘ under false pretenses? I only have few games and opted out of this garbage ecosystem a while ago. Would be nice to recover some investment
FloNeu··on Tesla Robotaxi
Lmao … I don’t have anything else to say, but feel it had to be said
FloNeu··on Ask HN: 9-yo son wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do?
Give him a pen an paper to lay out the rules of the game - it’s great practice to sort out the tasks and elements required to design a game and/or program - slowly introduce him to programming simple stuff like minesweeper and game of life… if he holds interest he will work his way into a game engine. Kids think a game is saying - it should be 3d and jumpy/shooty with a pink weapon that makes a ‚preff‘ sound… use this motivation to show them what planing - working hard towards a goal means. Lots of good lessons.
FloNeu··on Fidelity marks down X valuation by 71.5%
Rofl - I guess that’s why the value is down 75% numbnut. Seems like only having some bare bone it staff isn’t what you really need to run a social media site. I love Elon musk quotes - everytime you read one it hasn’t aged well, just like he was just some dumb idiot that feel in a pot of gold (bought with daddy’s blood diamonds)
FloNeu··on I Just Need a Programmer
Reading that makes me think you’re probably at least 10-15 , because when I started out working as a web developer in the early 2000s (when there was no word for unicorns, full -stack developers etc) this felt like happening on a daily basis ^^ Also you are much smarter then me back then - as you had quite a good response ready (I usually just sight finished my beer and looked for the nearest exit)… maybe that’s a side effect of people usually having learned that software development is expensive by now ^^ But some might be a bit slower then others ^^
FloNeu··on Social media platform X suffers global outages
What a genius 4d chess move.
FloNeu··on Twitter Is Still Up
Well I didn’t doubt the site would be running - maybe reducing it to ‚up’ is a bit to simplistic. Their were major hickups and scandals an it is reportedly worth a third of what musk paid for… only having on the staff to run the hardware might mask the problems that are amassing on the business side of things… the guy isn’t even paying rent - not to speak about the government contracts/guidelines imposed on twitter previously all over the world. Twitter emails for press contacts are returning poop smilie’s for godesakes…
FloNeu··on YouTube will stop removing false presidential election fraud claims
You mean the same twitter that melts down because of line five people trying to watch puddingfinger Ron’s presidential run announcement- and lost most of it’s advertisers because the increased hate speech and child pornography since removing the censoring of right wing voices? I am sure that gives em sleepless nights
FloNeu··on Ask HN: Serious mathematics books that can replace a good teacher?
Nothing can replace a good teacher, as nothing can replace natural interest and motivation. A good teacher makes topics graspable... Shows why this is an awesome thing to know and how this can propel the child and society further... Most stories of people I know that are great in something was a person who lead them to find the purpose and interest in a thing
FloNeu··on Ask HN: Could you share the notes you took on a typical work day?
Here they are ' '. Oh, I wrote an email and a teams msg - does that count.
FloNeu··on Russian rouble near 5-year highs
I am sure this is not because Russian oligarchy is trying to move all the stolen money back into Russia because of fear it being confiscated in the west.
FloNeu··on Bitcoin Is Acting Like Just Another Tech Stock
The word you are looking for is 'bubble' maybe 'scam' - ok, maybe stock is appropriate... A 'stock' that's weeks away from being forbidden to be bought/traded in Us dollar or even banned like in china
FloNeu··on Show HN: Tool for freelancers to calculate how much money to set aside
According to your tool I am overpaying myself :) I think you did a great job with this - I did take this rather on the light side when I started... Paniced a little later (when I got my first tax invoice), then decided to be on the save side... Luckily I was never a big spending guy - so it turned out alright.
FloNeu··on Show HN: Tool for freelancers to calculate how much money to set aside
My formula was 50% (of every deal - set aside for taxes and social security (that includes pension) - 25% savings/rainy-day-funds, 25% spending money... Keept my bacon alive until now. Even when pandemic beginning in my 3rd year would probably not have been survived without state funds (as it cost me work that would have been planned to last most of the year)
FloNeu··on Ask HN: How to stop thinking about work and software engineering on the weekend?
Sorry for the late reply... I have no idea... it finds me. I haven't even updated LinkedIn page - since I started to freelance, I just tell people what I do - blabla angular web-applications full-stack development. Have a PWA project with one of my former employers that i developed in freelance, that provides me with work every now and then... Another PWA that is currently in the top5 nominees for state price... I probably should go actively looking for projects as I could do more work (and paying taxes sucks haha). But I am earning enough and currently slack a bit
FloNeu··on Ask HN: How to stop thinking about work and software engineering on the weekend?
Fun thing is... Everybody always told me learning new things is my job, my logical conclusion was that I get paid for that... Turns out no they won't pay for that - so we'll fuck them, yes I will learn something on my own time, then find a new job where I get paid for this new skill and the skills I already have... Well I am now working freelance now and it's great, sure I had lots of exciaty in the beginning, but I choose who I work for, when and how I work and I set my price point... Another tip... If they don't try to pay you less, you where much to cheap and should double the price for similar work - you can always go lower, but not higher (and ignore what everybody says - the goal is not to work harder or longer, if that is what turns out to be - go back to a 9-5job... Goal is to work less and get more money, like I am only working 24hours a week for same/more pay). Getting an expert in everything is a fools errand
FloNeu··on Ask HN: At a peak of my dev career, I hate my life
Upvote... I took up some new sports, but one of the things bringing me joy in my free-time is me rediscovering comic books and playing adventure games with my gf... (All the good stuff - currently monkey island series, previously toonstruck, discworld, Sam&max and all the Lucas arts stuff
FloNeu··on Ask HN: At a peak of my dev career, I hate my life
I am a dev - but it's not a dev problem really, more a mid-life crisis problem. I went through a rough patch myself during my mid-thirties... All I can say - even if you don't want to hear it - it's a you problem. If you are not pleased with the crowed you meet at the hobbies you enjoy, you may have to find something else... But well women in their 30s-40s aren't looking as lively - same with yourself, but honestly to me it felt like man have a lot harder time to become self aware of the fact they aren't what a 25 year old is looking for either... Btw younger you could have gone up and ask if you could join for a drink... We always had neighbours at parties... Much better then cops, also how I learned I am way to fucking old for that shit. (Way out for me was finding new hobbies I enjoy - a girlfriend, giving up on weed and drinking 99%, and going freelance and being very selective with the work I do and who I do it for/with, also I enjoy hanging out with old friends and their kids every once in a while)
FloNeu··on How do we solve Bitcoin’s carbon problem?
How about fuck this whole scam used to create another useless financial bubble (and try aggressively to solve the money/banking problem as a whole...) I mean - at pretty much everything that was thought to be the promise of bitcoin it fails terribly... The only real use-case seems to be giving criminals a untraceable payment channel for ransomware and idiots to fall for pump&dump over and over again... For all I care anymore - crypto turned out to be even worse then traditional money...
FloNeu··on Use spacer components instead of CSS margins (2020)
You can also apply margin via element and nth-child selectors, just as a note... Also - custom/shadow dom elements should allow classes - I think it doesn't work in angular yet - but should arrive in the next version(?). Also you could just use ::before ::after pseudo selectors instead of divs...
FloNeu··on Use spacer components instead of CSS margins (2020)
I strongly disagree... That breaks the separation of markup and styling - and requires the markup being adapted for different styling. Pretty dumb solution for a non-existing problem... I don't even understand we you think (outer)margins are part of a component... Just don't but it into a components style if it isn't required or wanted ... That I may agree. But you realize you can add margins in a parent layout - like the page-layout and add and manipulate for the child components this way? Another of this considered harmful articles that need the byline - if you don't really know what you're doing and/or talking about...
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