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softwarelounge

4 karma · joined May 8, 2023

Blogging about software dev over at https://danicfilip.com/
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softwarelounge··on Show HN: I simulated 1200 Iranian missiles attacking air defences in a browser
> It was quite the challenge to optimize it enough to not completely kill a common laptop

Might want to work on it a bit more, it completely killed my MacBook Air! :')

Anyway, a really cool app!

softwarelounge··on Working with JavaScript arrays in ninja style
The use of the wheelchair emoji for the slow "laydev" is a bit yikes.

Anyway, I tried the benchmark linked and on Firefox the "ninja style" was 12.26 % slower, not 4.2x faster like the article suggests.

softwarelounge··on tea: Get rewards for open source contributions
I assume the "reward" part somehow translates into some money at some point? I don’t really get it. I understand how I earn these token, but I don’t understand what gives them any value.

The threads posted by nullindividual@ are yikes!

softwarelounge··on DeepMind cofounder warns govts must find solutions for jobs lost to A.I
The tags they put on this article are: Cryptocurrency Metaverse, and Cybersecurity. AI could definitely come up with a better categorization that that :p

Jokes aside, I think we are seeing this question come up every other day. Has anyone proposed a solution? Ideally, based on data?

softwarelounge··on Google Branding Generative AI in Gmail, Workspace as ‘Duet AI’
I feel like Google could use AI in more subtle ways to improve their products, but the current trend is to have a chat box on a page so that’s what we get.
softwarelounge··on Elon Musk Flirts with Conspiracy Theories About Texas Mall Shooting
How does he have time to constantly write tweets on every single thing? I get it that he now has an big incentive to drive engagement on his platform, but he used to do tweet a lot in the past as well. Since a majority of his tweets are replies, that might also imply he spends a lot of time doom scrolling Twitter.