gknoy · HackerTrans

hace 4 mesesdiscuss

> We "log in" by running a Python script that pops a root shell.

I'm surprised that when you do this, you can't then set the root password. (Also, holy cow. What a durable machine.)

gknoy

hace 4 mesesdiscuss

I find that fascinating, because interacting with the tests in our codebase (both Python and JS) answers a _lot_ about "how is this meant to work", or "why do we have this". I won't say I do test-driven development, at least not very rigorously, but any time I am trying to make a small change in a thing I'm not 100% familiar with, it's been helpful to have tests that cover those edge cases. :)

gknoy

hace 4 añosdiscuss

    at traffic lights they cut to the front, 
    only to advance relatively slowly when the light turns green

    they blow through a stop sign as a car is approaching

I thought the former was entirely proper -- motorcycles do similarly, going up the gap between traffic. The latter, though ... I've seen that far too much, and is frustrating.

I also see kids and adults riding their bicycles on the sidewalk, sometimes even the wrong direction. I used to get mad at that, until I realized that our local cycling infrastructure is crap, and _on that street_ I'd not want to cycle on the road either.

gknoy

hace 5 añosdiscuss

> the standard way that this is done allows minor and point releases to be trusted.

I feel like this event (and previous ones) has taught me that one should NOT trust patch and minor version upgrades to work. Obviously we want them to, but I distinctly recall having "minor" patches that broke existing behavior in the past, and has bitten my team on multiple projects over the last several years. Pinned versions are a giant pain, but having builds suddenly stop working seems worse, because you can't plan ahead for the time to upgrade.

gknoy

hace 5 añosdiscuss

I think the main difference might be that in your house, if you season a pan and end up with lots of lasting smoke everywhere, or even an errant fire alarm, you own it so you can elect to not care. In an apartment, neighbors might complain.

gknoy

hace 5 añosdiscuss

Since blood oxygen can be measured with an external sensor, I'd be very surprised if fitbit or Apple watches weren't able to monitor oxygen levels combined with sleep movement to detect this. (They probably already do this.)

Edit: Of course, that only works for people who would own one. People working third shifts might not be common in that set.

gknoy

hace 8 añosdiscuss

For what it's worth, I think it's neat that you shared that the knowledge necessary to build a Shazam-like thing is something an undergraduate might do as a homework assignment. I had thought it would be a lot more complicated. :)

gknoy

hace 13 añosdiscuss

I think he means that the people working on the Github repo have very likely nearly zero capability to do anything about the government shutdown, therefore it's the Wrong Place to Complain. It's not helpful for that project. (It was, however, funny and well-written. :))

Some people deliberately use repos, issues, etc for tracking things like that in their own life, but in general it's pretty discourteous to the developers who maintain a repo about one thing (a theme for the WH site?) if you are complaining about things outside their locus of control.

You wouldn't complain to your congressperson if the White House website is broken, so complaining on the issues page of the White House web theme repo should similarly avoided.

Call your congressman. Write letters to the president. Petition on the Whitehouse homepage. Those are all more constructive ways of complaining. Venting on someone else's repo seems rude, though.

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