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New comment by explodes in "Show HN: A cartographer's attempt to realistically map Tolkien's world"

explodes — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:34:00 +0000

In all for these maps, unfortunately this is a "Show HN: paid only products", not open source maps, free maps, or anything fun like that. At least I couldn't find the actual maps that are mentioned in the title.

New comment by explodes in "Hershey says it will shift back to classic recipe for all Reese's products"

explodes — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:52:34 +0000

> starting next year

I'm guessing contracts for the existing sludge need to expire first before they improve their product.

New comment by explodes in "Fedware: Government apps that spy harder than the apps they ban"

explodes — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:36:48 +0000

If the webmaster notices this, the squares aren't great on mobile.

New comment by explodes in "Copilot edited an ad into my PR"

explodes — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:34:22 +0000

Huge miss. Again. And again. And again.

New comment by explodes in "Why solid-state batteries keep short-circuiting"

explodes — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 23:59:01 +0000

Dendrite Crack is a really cool name for something... Not sure what...

New comment by explodes in "Working on Products People Hate"

explodes — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 23:19:04 +0000

> In fact, a reliable engineer ought to be comfortable working on products people hate, because engineers work for the company, not for users.

I prefer to take pride in my work. This sounds like hiding ones neck to collect a paycheck.

I prefer to have hard discussions about pivoting or making changes so that we can improve the product, or company, for our users. Anything less is simply "not doing the job", or at least making a serious consession, in my opinion.

New comment by explodes in "'Project Hail Mary' Crosses $300M in Sales to Become Amazon/MGM's Highest-Gross"

explodes — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 22:54:54 +0000

That part bugged me too!!! Like, why! There are two places at least, guh.

New comment by explodes in "Updates to GitHub Copilot interaction data usage policy"

explodes — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 06:04:37 +0000

We all knew Microsoft was going to destroy GitHub eventually when it was first bought.

How much longer do you want to tolerate the enshittification? How much longer CAN you tolerate it?

New comment by explodes in "The Big TDD Misunderstanding"

explodes — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:16:01 +0000

When your code uses inversion of control, which can allow your code to inject different versions of your dependencies, such as a mocked disk API, or network resource, the code is often more testable because of the separation of concerns, and thoughtful design.

I would answer your question by stating your alternative _might_ be an easier test to write now, but amortizing the (already low) cost of having a code written with first practices in mind will be much easier to work with in the long run. Including across small and large teams. Ultimately we want our code to be reliable and scalable, and we can do that by making our code testable and maintainable.

New comment by explodes in "Pinterest sacks two engineers for creating software to identify fired workers"

explodes — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:01:34 +0000

Let's not pretend there isn't a huge difference between automated privacy invasion and manual.

New comment by explodes in "Go 1.26 Interactive Tour"

explodes — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:32:00 +0000

This was a great read, even without having been working with Go for some time. It was well written, the examples demonstrated nearly everything, and being able to edit samples to test everything else, all on my phone, is quite delightful. Cheers to the author

New comment by explodes in "Steam "Offline" status leaks exact login timestamps (Valve: Won't Fix)"

explodes — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 23:06:57 +0000

People should always consider the "abusive friend" scenario with regards to privacy.

Even marriages can be extremely abusive...

The assumption that people on your friend's lists, Steam or anywhere (even just people in the same household) should be able to see your personal information, such as computer use, is a bananas assumption. It is an assumption that I'm pleased to say has failed privacy reviews at at least one company larger than Steam.

New comment by explodes in "[dead]"

explodes — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 15:12:43 +0000

Point 1 may be a problem if you're embedded. Otherwise, enjoy the fact that the 150,000 lines of c-code are some of the most tested lines of code on the planet.

Point 2 doesn't tackle the reasons why there is a mismatch between in-memory representation and tabular data. Some benefits include the wins obtained from a schema built to utilize "normal form". Object databases have their place, but so do fully normalized database tables.

Point 3 doesn't strike me as useful. I don't find myself reverting rows to previous points in history that often, if I ever have. Tracking versions of rows is useful. I would argue that "reverting" is not, since the reverting would be better tracked by adding a new version as a forward update.

Overall, sure, a new, "light weight", object database that uses data structures* may have a place somewhere. But to replace SQLite? I think not.

*The Java API gives me the same recoil as Java JSON API. Pulling out data key by key feels like pulling teeth tooth by tooth.

New comment by explodes in "Squishy Go"

explodes — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 14:36:39 +0000

Awesome! I've always wanted to try this game so this is a good breezy intro.

New comment by explodes in "DuckDuckGo is asking for a Yes or No vote on AI"

explodes — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 14:09:30 +0000

Who all have you seen crying? Nobody really? Oh ok.

New comment by explodes in "Consent-O-Matic"

explodes — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:33:56 +0000

Indeed. I challenge all bored-enough readers to an exercise: compare your doomscroll to your friend's doomscroll. It's wild how much they can differ.

New comment by explodes in "Meta has discontinued its metaverse for work, too"

explodes — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 02:49:09 +0000

Were these cannibalized companies working on an implementation that is not a terrible idea? I'd go as far as saying that it was a decent enough idea that we can applaud the efforts while also rooting for the 'underdogs'.

New comment by explodes in "Can You Disable Spotlight and Siri in macOS Tahoe?"

explodes — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 08:59:22 +0000

The point of saying this is to let you realize that the last ten years weren't a disaster.

New comment by explodes in "How Kraft Heinz lost its lock on mac and cheese and American shoppers"

explodes — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 06:07:37 +0000

Whatever the pasta is now, it cooks quite differently. You'll get softer noodles much quicker, and will congeal into a blob unlike the old recipe. Additionally the water gets extra starchy with the new recipe. I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere else but the quantity per box has decreased as well. Special shapes came in smaller weights, but now even the regular box does too.

New comment by explodes in "Bluetooth Headphone Jacking: A Key to Your Phone [video]"

explodes — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 16:03:58 +0000

For other mobile users:

https://www.cvefind.com/en/cve/CVE-2025-20700.html

https://www.cvefind.com/en/cve/CVE-2025-20701.html

https://www.cvefind.com/en/cve/CVE-2025-20702.html