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veidelis

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veidelis··on Ask HN: What are you reading?
Politics by Aristotle
veidelis··on Don't use your phone while you poop
I don't believe in planning when to stare at the wall. I just do it when I feel like it - whenever - sometimes family members are around. Be reasonably spontaneous - you'll calibrate on you're own. Don't be afraid. Breathe, baby!
veidelis··on European digital ID wallets rely on safety services of Google and Apple
Unfortunately the big game is opaque it's close to impossible to understand for the common folk. So many questions, so tough to grasp answers. Sickening. The enemy is hiding. One could say that paying the taxes in some form is a path toward a destruction. Phrases like "war economy" are lunatic. It all starts in your mind, and that's why it's the most important to protect your children from the propaganda. Take care!
veidelis··on I rewrote PostHog's SQL parser, 70x faster, while barely looking at the code
Honestly there might be truth to it, I don't get the downvotes - why?
veidelis··on The Birth and Death of JavaScript (2014)
I personally think null is useless. I write TS not JS btw.
veidelis··on Organic foods are not healthier or pesticide free
It might be like that. Everyone should strive to make the best decisions and not go with the mainstream. Always question the mainstream, it's dangerous. Make a change for the better. Everything starts with you. Then your family, friends, neighbors... Do you have the opportunity to grow something yourself? Do that.
veidelis··on Port React Compiler to Rust
My company tried it but reverted the changes. The biggest reasons - it's not compatible with mobx and we didn't notice any perf gains on an existing codebase.
veidelis··on Nine Ways to Do Inheritance in Rust, a Language Without Inheritance
Do you find anything "bad" about this code solving the problem?

    use std::rc::Rc;
    use std::cell::RefCell;
    
    struct Button {
        text: String,
        on_click: Option<Rc<dyn Fn()>>,
    }
    
    impl Button {
        fn new(text: &str) -> Self {
            Button { text: text.to_string(), on_click: None }
        }
        fn draw(&self) { println!("[Button: \"{}\"]", self.text); }
        fn fire_click(button: &Rc<RefCell<Button>>) {
            let cb = button.borrow().on_click.clone();
            if let Some(cb) = cb {
                cb();
            }
        }
    }
    
    fn main() {
        let button = Rc::new(RefCell::new(Button::new("Click me")));
        let cb_handle = Rc::clone(&button);
    
        button.borrow_mut().on_click = Some(Rc::new(move || {
            cb_handle.borrow_mut().text = "Clicked!".to_string();
        }));
    
        button.borrow().draw();
        Button::fire_click(&button);
        button.borrow().draw();
    }
Prints:

  [Button: "Click me"]
  [Button: "Clicked!"]
veidelis··on 90M people. 118 hours of silence. One nation erased from the internet
You world view is very one-sided, it borders with total naiveness.
veidelis··on 90M people. 118 hours of silence. One nation erased from the internet
The US also are by law not allowed to start a war without the approval of Congress, right? But they did anyway in Venezuela.
veidelis··on How to store a chess position in 26 bytes (2022)
+ 3 bits for piece type?
veidelis··on Rust in the kernel is no longer experimental
From kernel side, I meant - I wasn't clear. Now I understand what's the meaning of "don't break rust code". Happy that rust's journey in the kernel is successful so far. The pace seems strong.
veidelis··on Rust in the kernel is no longer experimental
Is rust code part of user space?
veidelis··on Why aren't smart people happier?
Totally agree. One might require to be "in their head" a lot of the time to not get swung down, and enjoy himself such as laughing at his own jokes. To make it possible, one has to be free enough to express oneself (also internally). But freedom of thought and action is on the decline as I've come to observe lately, but that's another topic.
veidelis··on Why aren't smart people happier?
Yes, that's an OK take, no big deal. Also it can be added that life in itself really doesn't have a choice, on some level it just happens (thinking more about chemistry here).
veidelis··on React is winning by default and slowing innovation
Is there a way to connect components similarly like react-redux so that they can access external state without prop drilling? Good job.
veidelis··on Deeper Than Deep: David Reich's genetics lab unveils our prehistoric past (2017)
Here's the archive.org link - https://web.archive.org/web/20250615092146/https://www.lapha...
veidelis··on The Core of Rust
Can one do 3D in Gleam?
veidelis··on Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others
Does not work for me on desktop Firefox. When I press the "make it swim!" button, there's an error in console: "Uncaught (in promise) Error: Fish model not loaded"
veidelis··on Why Elixir? Common misconceptions
For a simple dev like me, that would be learning the lang and using it for some project.
veidelis··on Why Elixir? Common misconceptions
I don't find Elixir appealing for various reasons personally. But on a related note, I'm willing to bet on Gleam big time.
veidelis··on I've launched 37 products in 5 years and not doing that again
Can you tell more, please? I'm interested to know what did you build that had an interesting growth to you. Could you please expand on one project of yours? Thank you!
veidelis··on Eastern Baltic cod grow much smaller than they did due to overfishing
What I've had heard so far about cod's troubles in the Baltic sea is that it's not salty enough for them. For cod to reproduce, their eggs need a certain salinity so that they swim to the right depth after they are spawned.

Here's an article in Latvian news site about it - https://nra.lv/neatkariga/intervijas/481931-mencu-zveja-balt...

veidelis··on Error handling in Rust
Probably yes, with From and Into traits.
veidelis··on In React {Transitions} = F(state)
"This is the famous UI = f(state) mental model of React". Famously incorrect generalization. Why? For example, the useRef hook enables components to hold their own state. React components are not guaranteed to be pure functions. Of course, it can depend on how one writes their code, but it's not a guaranteed that UI = f(state) in React in general.
veidelis··on Earth's inner core may have changed shape, say scientists
Sorry to tell you, but Bruce Willis has dementia.
veidelis··on Software development topics I've changed my mind on
No, not really. Some do, some don't. There are valid criticisms to dislike them. I'm on the side that thinks they are bad.
veidelis··on Software development topics I've changed my mind on
Not a crazy take.

Then try something like snabbdom or mithril.js.

veidelis··on OpenRA – Classic strategy games rebuilt for the modern era
That's right.
veidelis··on Do any languages specify package requirements in import / include statements?
As for me - it's a no go.
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