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jonny_eh

11,906 karma · joined January 21, 2011

- Software Engineer

- Retro games and pinball fan

- https://twitter.com/JonathanAbrams

- http://github.com/JonAbrams

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jonny_eh··on PeerTube mobile app: discover videos while caring for your attention
> Mastodon is the only ActivityPub-using social network I'm aware of that has broken away from this

I tried signing up for Mastodon a couple years back, and failed somehow. Thankfully Threads and Bluesky are easier to use. Hopefully Mastodon has improved, but I'm already using two other competing micro-blogging platforms now.

jonny_eh··on Devin is now generally available
Amazing claims, if only it could be publicly shared and scrutinized.
jonny_eh··on Devin is now generally available
> We're using it only for particular use cases

Can you share concrete examples?

jonny_eh··on Devin is now generally available
Does it open PRs?
jonny_eh··on Devin is now generally available
I doubt Devin could write an integration for an underspecified legacy API like that. Whenever I have had to, I've needed to talk to support/engineering on the other side.
jonny_eh··on From where I left
and remains truly open-source, unlike Redis.
jonny_eh··on Tokyo University Used "Tiananmen Square" Keyword to Block Chinese Admissions
Or they scrape sites and block domains that have pages that contain keywords.
jonny_eh··on Rivian is opening its charging network to other EVs
Unfortunately, the lost income is marginal. The risk for Tesla/Rivian, or even a gas station, is more existential.
jonny_eh··on Tokyo is set to introduce a four-day workweek for government employees
Is this the largest test/rollout of a 4 day work week ever?
jonny_eh··on Every V4 UUID
> I'd hate for you to not be able to see the last UUID

No spoilers, but the last one's a doozy!

jonny_eh··on Every V4 UUID
I thought this was going to be a list of every .com domain that is a valid uuid. Now I'm wondering how many of those exist?

Update: Another commenter already shared: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42342653

jonny_eh··on Congo gov. says it's 'on alert' over mystery flu-like disease that killed dozens
> Less likely is an emerging infectious disease. The most concerning possibility is something novel or highly unexpected.

What's the difference between an emerging and novel disease?

jonny_eh··on OpenAI o1 system card
The opposite
jonny_eh··on IMG_0001
That's a shame, I like the ephemeral nature of these.
jonny_eh··on IMG_0001
I use Google Photos. Apple Photos would work too. Or any of the messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, etc.
jonny_eh··on IMG_0001
That was possible then too, but took an extra step. Defaults are important.
jonny_eh··on IMG_0001
Link? :P
jonny_eh··on Epic Allows Internet Archive to Distribute Unreal and Unreal Tournament Forever
No link to the actual downloads?

Update, found it: https://www.oldunreal.com/downloads/unreal/full-game-install...

jonny_eh··on Wonder is acquiring Grubhub
That's called fair market compensation.
jonny_eh··on Porygon Was Innocent: An epileptic perspective on the infamous Pokémon episode
Modern games can just not include them!
jonny_eh··on Porygon Was Innocent: An epileptic perspective on the infamous Pokémon episode
That's a better solution than putting warnings in front of every game.
jonny_eh··on Wonder is acquiring Grubhub
FAANG wasn't involved at any point
jonny_eh··on Switch 2 will be backwards compatible with Switch
It's like how mobile games can stop supporting old phones. e.g. Hearthstone
jonny_eh··on Passport Photos
All the fun stuff is happening out of frame.
jonny_eh··on Trump wins presidency for second time
I see, the past becomes a forgone conclusion after it happens.
jonny_eh··on Trump wins presidency for second time
> We might even see the GOP successfully get a woman into the White House before the dems do it, which is just embarrassing.

That happened in the UK with Thatcher.

jonny_eh··on Trump wins presidency for second time
And he got 71M votes, not even half of the US population.
jonny_eh··on Trump wins presidency for second time
Except even that isn't in the best interest of anyone. Immigrants increase the health of the economy, even for the working class.

https://www.cbpp.org/research/immigrants-contribute-greatly-...

https://www.bushcenter.org/catalyst/north-american-century/b...

jonny_eh··on Trump wins presidency for second time
> Might be a good learning experience for the Red states.

There's been plenty of opportunities to learn, facts don't matter apparently.

jonny_eh··on Battleships Logic Puzzle
Click and drag that doesn't overwrite non-blank squares is a nice feature in Nintendo's Picross series.
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