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New comment by fantasticsid in "Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store"

fantasticsid — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 06:55:57 +0000

As an iPhone user I much prefer any payment to go through apple payment UI, it’s just safer and hassle free, I don’t need to worry about scammy payment traps.

As a developer I can see the financial reasoning behind implementing third party payment methods.

New comment by fantasticsid in "Yukihiro Matsumoto: “Ruby is designed for humans, not machines”"

fantasticsid — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 00:55:02 +0000

Yeah, sorry for the abbreviation. I meant 'Convention over Configuration'

New comment by fantasticsid in "Yukihiro Matsumoto: “Ruby is designed for humans, not machines”"

fantasticsid — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 00:53:58 +0000

yeah, esoteric is bad, whether Rails or others. But that's just my impression with Rails, and I'm much more comfortable using other less magical libraries. I guess Ruby is just too good at making abstractions, and I tend to believe that 'making and using abstractions feel great and productive, unless it's made by others'

New comment by fantasticsid in "Yukihiro Matsumoto: “Ruby is designed for humans, not machines”"

fantasticsid — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 23:31:30 +0000

I think focusing on the syntax level is a bit superficial. While Ruby (especially in the context of RoR) lends itself very well to making DSLs and making abstractions, and thus writing superficially good looking, concise, easy to follow (on a syntax level) application code, it really breaks down when the abstraction does not work perfectly the way you want it.

If you have debugged a Rails app and tried to find where in the 10 level call stack a side effect is introduced, knowing that at each level a 'method_missing' could've changed things, and thus you're really looking at a non-linear call stack since each function call can branch out, you'll know the beautiful looking syntax is not free and in fact very costly.

And don't get me started on poorly documented (if any) CoC (black magic)..

New comment by fantasticsid in "Apple Watch Series 5"

fantasticsid — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 20:14:45 +0000

I wish someday Apple Watch can charge itself by harnessing the power of arm swing. I know some mechanical watches do that. Not sure though if it can gather enough power to sustain indefinitely.

New comment by fantasticsid in "Amazon Quits China Market"

fantasticsid — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 13:27:17 +0000

They failed because they were not able to adapt to the Chinese market/have any competitive advantage against alibaba or JD which is the point the article is trying to make. None of what you mentioned is alluded in the article.

New comment by fantasticsid in "Rideshare boycott sparked by murders in China"

fantasticsid — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 02:44:47 +0000

Yeah, that’s what companies do : look at the stats. And as long as stats say it’s rare enough, it’s not that bad.

People are boycotting not because there’s a higher chance of being murdered/kidnapped with Didi, but that the company was unresponsive, did not have proper procedure/policy for vetting drivers, and took way too long to get even basic info about the suspect driver.

What the stats say here, higher or lower, is moot. Because the issue is that Didi does not give a shit about passenger safety.

Positioning the traffic lights of your Cocoa App

fantasticsid — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 19:52:48 +0000

Article URL: https://zhenchao.li/posts/2018-07-04-positioning-traffic-lights-of-your-cocoa-app.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17459121

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by fantasticsid in "AI winter is well on its way"

fantasticsid — Wed, 30 May 2018 16:00:33 +0000

> Does anyone check every video afterwards to ensure that all the blocked content was indeed terrorist content?

They might not, but they could sample them to be statistically confident?

Biases: An Introduction

fantasticsid — Sat, 12 May 2018 18:11:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lesswrong.com/rationality/biases-an-introduction

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17055256

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Using your Head is Permitted

fantasticsid — Mon, 07 May 2018 04:56:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.brand.site.co.il/riddles/usingyourhead.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17010481

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Whirlwind Tour of ARM Assembly

fantasticsid — Sun, 29 Apr 2018 21:47:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.coranac.com/tonc/text/asm.htm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16954083

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Mental models

fantasticsid — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 04:32:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.julian.com/blog/mental-models

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16938464

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Instant feedback when coding – game programming with ReasonML

fantasticsid — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 22:42:34 +0000

Article URL: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/my-dear-farm/$94288

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16927014

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Qt vs. JavaFX Showcase (by Sequality)

fantasticsid — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 22:35:59 +0000

Article URL: https://resources.qt.io/videos/qt-vs-java-by-sequality-showcase

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16926961

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Qt for WebAssembly Technology Preview

fantasticsid — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 21:08:06 +0000

Article URL: http://blog.qt.io/blog/2018/04/23/beta-qt-webassembly-technology-preview/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16907402

Points: 243

# Comments: 191

New comment by fantasticsid in "Autonomous braking: 'The most significant development since the safety belt'"

fantasticsid — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 08:36:40 +0000

That’s called a phantom jam, happens right now on 101 with humans;) Won’t happen if only people don’t tailgate.

New comment by fantasticsid in "Autonomous braking: 'The most significant development since the safety belt'"

fantasticsid — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 08:31:33 +0000

I’ve thought about this and and I think the best thing to do here is to relentlessly keep a long, safe distance from vehicles ahead. There are just things you can’t possibly see that the driver before you can.(a puppy/squirrel/whatever that he wants to avoid killing, you can’t possibly know). You can’t anticipate what a human will do here.

You also give yourself a buffer when vehicle ahead have an emergency stop - imagine there’s a truck behind you.

I guess what I’m saying is these ‘brake checks’ are welcome, even if they only serve to educate people.

New comment by fantasticsid in "iOS 11.3 is available today"

fantasticsid — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 18:40:04 +0000

Thanks. I'll wait till 11.3.3 :)

New comment by fantasticsid in "Warren Buffett: Bitcoin Is Pure FOMO"

fantasticsid — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 17:10:26 +0000

He has none but he could be shorting it?