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New comment by bshacklett in "Always Invite Anna"

bshacklett — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:20:00 +0000

There’s a lot of pain and anger in this reply. I’m sorry you have had to experience whatever has led you here.

New comment by bshacklett in "Always Invite Anna"

bshacklett — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:31:12 +0000

And yet, at the end of the day, I always sleep better knowing that I put the effort in to be a good person, even if it didn’t work out the way I’d hoped.

I get the cynicism; it’s easy to feel like the world is just full of uncaring people sometimes. But, does adding one more help?

New comment by bshacklett in "“Learning how to Learn” will be next generation's most needed skill"

bshacklett — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 16:03:14 +0000

We’re in dire need of this right now. The number of people that I work with who refuse to pick up new tools and technologies is astounding. If they _do_ try something new, they seem to avoid all but the most basic knowledge of whatever it is, and look at me crosseyed if I suggest going the slightest bit deeper (`git add -p` rather than `git add .`, for example).

New comment by bshacklett in "No adblocker detected"

bshacklett — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 14:36:10 +0000

There’s also a browser extension which does the same thing, but attempts to be a bit more content-aware: https://popupoff.org

New comment by bshacklett in "Spacecraft could carry up to 2,400 people on a one-way trip to Alpha Centauri"

bshacklett — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 21:16:09 +0000

Bundles of reusable code for commonly performed operations that lead to dependency hell and supply chain attacks.

New comment by bshacklett in "Dotfiles feel too personal to share"

bshacklett — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 17:54:39 +0000

The better place to spend time might be the automation of operational tasks on those servers so that logging in isn’t necessary in the first place. Then you don’t have to leave your home environment and you can run whatever custom editing configuration you want. Of course the other upsides to that automation overshadow this a bit.

New comment by bshacklett in "Erythritol linked to brain cell damage and stroke risk"

bshacklett — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 12:22:51 +0000

Anecdotally, I have preferred it to sucralose, because sucralose leaves an aftertaste akin to gargling with liquid plastic.

New comment by bshacklett in "I'm switching to Python and actually liking it"

bshacklett — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 12:40:32 +0000

I’m legitimately curious about what you enjoy and why. Rewriting boiler plate code and trying to ensure that I get everything right with a process I don’t often execute is the very definition of toil to me.

New comment by bshacklett in "Thunderbird: Fluent Windows 11 Design"

bshacklett — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 16:12:06 +0000

I would love to know what software Atlassian uses to maintain documentation, because I have a hard time believing they’re eating their own dog food.

New comment by bshacklett in "Apple's MLX adding CUDA support"

bshacklett — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:52:44 +0000

I’m currently working on migrating Java code from mid-range systems to containers in the cloud. The number of code changes required is near zero. They may not have gotten portability perfectly solved, but it’s pretty darn good compared to many other platforms.

Now, if the industry could just get out of the ridiculous Java 8/11 rut, we’d be in good shape.

New comment by bshacklett in "Give footnotes the boot – alternatives to footnotes on the web"

bshacklett — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 23:31:38 +0000

Ugh, this has become a huge issue with text editing controls. More and more, I find that content gets unloaded once it’s out of the editor’s viewport, making the browser’s built-in search fail.

New comment by bshacklett in "Mbake – A Makefile formatter and linter, that only took 50 years"

bshacklett — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:47:50 +0000

Having make doesn't help much if you don't have the commands that it's calling.

New comment by bshacklett in "Mbake – A Makefile formatter and linter, that only took 50 years"

bshacklett — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:43:55 +0000

Any chance you could provide links to documentation around that? I haven't been able to find anything definitive about exactly what's required and what's enabled by default.

New comment by bshacklett in "Mbake – A Makefile formatter and linter, that only took 50 years"

bshacklett — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 13:36:36 +0000

Unless your company forces you to use Windows, which is still much more common than many would like to admit. And yes, WSL exists, but in my experience, if a company is unwilling to allow macOS, there’s a good chance they either don’t allow enabling HyperV, or the security software they use is such garbage that it results in a HyperV enabled system being effectively unusable.

New comment by bshacklett in "Infinite Mac OS X"

bshacklett — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:01:18 +0000

Panther was peak OS X. Spotlight, in Tiger, was amazing, but Tiger’s performance was significantly worse.

New comment by bshacklett in "Ask HN: Options for One-Handed Typing"

bshacklett — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 21:05:14 +0000

Perhaps I missed it, but I’m amazed I didn’t see any mention of Maltron here:

https://www.maltron.com/store/p19/Maltron_Single_Hand_Keyboa...

They’re expensive, and the other options mentioned may be better, but I feel like they should be included for completeness’ sake at the very least.

New comment by bshacklett in "Why we still can't stop plagiarism in undergraduate computer science (2018)"

bshacklett — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 23:24:51 +0000

…but does the hiring manager? They probably don’t want to deal with the political issues that arise from that situation. Besides, if someone has that capability, they’re looking for an architect position themselves.

New comment by bshacklett in "iOS Kindle app now has a ‘get book’ button after changes to App Store rules"

bshacklett — Wed, 07 May 2025 15:58:23 +0000

Now that’s an interesting comment. I’ve been buying Audible books on the iOS app as long as I can remember (both in dollars and using credits). I had to double-check to see if I was crazy or misremembering.

Perhaps it’s because I have a membership that they’re allowed to bypass the Apple store somehow? I never thought about it until just now.

New comment by bshacklett in "An end to all this prostate trouble?"

bshacklett — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 12:36:13 +0000

If they bother. The vast majority of appointments I’ve had, in recent memory, are the provider typing a bit on their laptop, then sending me to someone else.

New comment by bshacklett in "Python’s new t-strings"

bshacklett — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:44:40 +0000

That’s a big breaking change around a brand new feature. I’m sure it could be done well, but it gives me the shivers.