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johnmc408··on ISBL: Information Systems Base Language Implemented in Tcl
Passed my QA checks, ship it!
johnmc408··on Engineers test autophage rocket engine
Be careful of the astrophage...we don't need another lab leak!
johnmc408··on AzuraCast: A Simple, Self-Hosted Web Radio Management Suite
In looking at this software, it seems like it will fit my needs, but I thought I would ask before I try it: I listen to a wifi radio at night (ccrane model), but want to add my own stations. For example, there is a Neil Degrasse Tyson station that plays older episodes and Art Bell has one (that are obviously not live), but they are stations on the Internet that I can play from from my wifi player. For example, I would like to download 100 podcasts of a blogger and then have station1 be a random stream of all of their shows. I can imagine that I have a few stations of my favorite bloggers. Automatic downloading of RSS would be nice, but I can download manually if needed. Ideally if a stream has 0 listeners, it isn't using up my wifi bandwidth (I'll host a local home server) and only starts streaming once a connection connects. I will be the only one listening. Thoughts? Thanks!
johnmc408··on YouTube Premium Lite has been cancelled
This is what I want. Just Youtube w/o ads, but it is $14/month/USD. TY Premium includes music; Spotify costs $12/month/USD. Premium is over priced. Youtube really doesn't want you to buy Premium, they want the data more than the money.
johnmc408··on NPR cancels 4 podcasts amid major layoffs
No OP, but I stopped when they renamed themselves to AdPR, which might have been around the same time...
johnmc408··on Ask HN: Software Development Final MSc Project Ideas?
What do you want do to after your MSC? It might be possible to set yourself up for the job/industry you want to enter...
johnmc408··on Ask HN: Is there an editor with insert mode and free cursor?
There is a setting to use vi this way (sorry not at computer), but I think it is ‘virtualedit’. I use it myself! I wish vscode would add it…
johnmc408··on Rust: “Explain GATs Like I'm 5 Years Old”
awesome and simple!!!
johnmc408··on Even Physicists Don’t Understand Quantum Mechanics
Not sure why you would believe the opinion of an evolutionary developmental biologist about Quantum Mechanics /s
johnmc408··on Not Your Grandfather’s Perl
Looking forward to v7 and intro docs that only use "even more" Modern Perl. For a bigger push, we should all volunteer on those "Do X in Y" language sites and add Perl examples. Same with Amazon Lambda and other opportunities where pick your language is available.

Also a modern OO seems nice, though not sure what is in it. Would also like to see a default async library (maybe POE, but I never used it and find the name a bit strange for a default...but then I like Tokio...) Not my area at all, but an opinionated way of async seems nice.

johnmc408··on Sublime Text 4
It allows you to move the cursor up/down w/o regards to the end of line. If you move the cursor up to a line and you are passed the end of line and you type 'c', then a bunch of spaces are added then the 'c'. Basically it allows you to move up/down and have the cursor stay the the same column instead of moving left/right to hug the end of line...I really like it :-)
johnmc408··on Sublime Text 4
Any 'virtual cursor' fans here? Do you know if v4 supports it? It is a long time requested feature, but not as common in recent times...
johnmc408··on Sublime Text 4 [video]
Any "virtual cursor" fans, know if it is supported in this release? (long requested feature, but not that common anymore...)
johnmc408··on Netflix cancels 'Altered Carbon' after just two seasons
Did the show have a good ending (ie no cliff hangers?) It is on my watch list, but not if everything is unresolved...
johnmc408··on Ask HN: Best ways to start learning Rust?
If you normally use a search engine for programming questions, I suggest you only look back (up to) 2 years for Rust questions...I found lots of older posts that were outdated...There are tons of Rust learning materials...again, go with recent ones.
johnmc408··on GoPlus – The Go+ language for data science
Is there any talk on changing garbage collection from standard go? Is that needed in the data science world?
johnmc408··on Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust
Non programmer here, but would it make sense to add a keyword (or flag) to Go to manually allocate a piece of memory (ie not use GC). That way, for some use cases, you could use avoid GC for the critical path. Then when GC happened, it could be very fast as there would be far less to pause-and-scan (in this use case example). Obviously this would have to be optional and discouraged...but there seems to be no way to write an intensive real-time app with a GC based language. (again non-programmer that is writing this to learn more ;-)
johnmc408··on Amazon customers will be able to return purchases to any Kohl’s store in July
You could be in Diamond Bar...
johnmc408··on Quantum Machine Appears to Defy Universe’s Push for Disorder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gods_Themselves
johnmc408··on Yelp accused of manipulating reviews to coerce small business into buying ads
Fixed: Yelp accused of manipulating reviews to coerce small business into buying ads (2018)(2017)(2016)(2015)(2014)(2013)(2012)(2011)(2010)(2009)(2008)(2007)(2006)(2005)(2004)
johnmc408··on Spain's minimum wage will jump by 22% in 2019
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46539748
johnmc408··on Vonnegut’s Asterisk (2013)
I kinda had the same feeling with Slaughterhouse Five as you. I know with music this has happened to me...but some albums, if I listen to them enough, I start to really like them. Maybe you should try reading SH5 a few times and see how it settles in...the first time reading it was soo good...
johnmc408··on Ask HN: From “IT Manager” to Software Engineering Management
Haven't done it myself, but would suggest you try and take on some IT software projects on your team. Maybe start with some scripts or automation and offer to help on other IT software projects.

Once you have some real-world experience and a reputation for delivering, you can branch out.

Would also suggest that you be as capable on the development side as your developers. Python is perfect to start with.

johnmc408··on Quora User Data Compromised
Just got my email from Quroa...Who writes this drivel:

Conclusion

It is our responsibility to make sure things like this don’t happen, and we failed to meet that responsibility. We recognize that in order to maintain user trust, we need to work very hard to make sure this does not happen again. There’s little hope of sharing and growing the world’s knowledge if those doing so cannot feel safe and secure, and cannot trust that their information will remain private. We are continuing to work very hard to remedy the situation, and we hope over time to prove that we are worthy of your trust.

johnmc408··on Quora User Data Compromised
Who is getting fired? Oh that's right, no one...
johnmc408··on Show HN: Telescope – News and RSS Reader
One more vote for being able to use your app w/o signing up. My current RSS reader doesn't require a signup...
johnmc408··on Netflix, Long an AWS Customer, Tests Waters on Google Cloud
Adding my turtle as a CDN employee ;-)
johnmc408··on Two top Equifax execs to retire after security breach
Oh wow...I think I disagree with everything in this comment.

If you can't monitor critical bug notifications and can't fix or provide a compensating control, you should not be in security.

I hope all affected parties are able to sue them.

johnmc408··on Sublime Text 3.0
Do they support "virtual cursor" yet? (that is where you can move the cursor up/down/left/right over "empty" space and not have the cursor "hug" the text...I really miss this feature and didn't see it in Sublime or VSCode (never tried Atom)
johnmc408··on Facebook activated my dormant account and won’t let me deactivate it
I am in this situation as well...Facebook does not have my picture or real age. They do have my correct name and I still have the original registration email. I don't want to upload my ID as I can't see how it will do them any good...of course I can't get in to my FB account though ;-)
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