Damian
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Damian
@ootsby
Software dev. Mostly tweets about tech, datavis, ML, creative coding, game dev, peppered with the usual random life observations and mumbled opinions.
UK Katılım Mayıs 2008
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In #postgresql, when comparing strings, special signs seem to be removed.
select 'A'<'# # # B' --> true
select 'A'<'# # # ' --> false
How to avoid that, e.g. how to sort all strings starting with # at the top?
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Unsurprised by this. In the 2000s I moved from C-based games dev to business dev. When I used techniques like bitmasks people thought it was insane voodoo. It has only gotten worse since then.
Тsфdiиg@tsoding
WebDevs discovering Bitmasks
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I've been working on a new experimental hardware game that's played entirely inside a two-way-mirror-dodecahedron! In HYPER WOBBLER players control multi-dimensional beings by bending metal springs 🤯
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@rikarends The lack of respect for people's time and attention is depressing. There's no recognition that they're automating lying (the bot posts as a random dev, not as open marketing). Nothing new in spam, but it's unfortunate that AI tools are such efficient multipliers for them.
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This kind of stuff is going to make humanity deaf, blind and mute. No way to communicate through the AI noise anymore, no truth, no voice.
Fekri@fekdaoui
i built an ai agent that does marketing for me on autopilot! 🤯 it searches reddit for relevant posts, provides a valuable response to the users & promotes my product in a subtle and natural way. i'm using claude 3.5 sonnet, it's so good i can't actually believe it haha
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@GMShivers Yeah, I've done pallet building. It's unskilled labour in the sense that there's no apprenticeship/cert. However, it is nearly always piece-work so the people doing it long-term are very skilled at it because that's how they make it worthwhile. Same for jobs like fruit picking.
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"Dispelling the myth of what academics call people who are not academics" (and still getting it wrong somehow)
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🧵 / Britons have a more positive opinion of lesbian and gay, bisexual, and transgender people than lesbian and gay, bisexual, and transgender people think
yougov.co.uk/topics/society…
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@PublicHealthW Hi, can you point me to the actual research from PHW behind the various stories popping up today concerning plans to curb unhealthy lunch deals? Thanks.
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Most VR marketing images show people grinning like loons while fllnging their limbs about. What is this person experiencing while draped languidly across their coach? Contemplating some achingly tasteful off-white minimalist geometry floating in their off-white minimalist room?
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Spotted this Spectrum ad in a TV show. Is that a real ad and was that spectrum briefcase a real thing? Any ideas @RMCRetro ?
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In 2021, the UK’s output per hour worked was lower than:
▪️ France
▪️ Germany
▪️ the USA
But higher than:
▪️ Canada
▪️ Italy
➡️ ow.ly/op1T50MnqZX
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Massive UX error by @observablehq . Signed me up for a free trial of a paid tier without opt-in and I just received a notice of an upcoming $144 payment when the trial ends. Maybe I wouldn't be charged but I still have to go track down the settings and unsub just in case.
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@UridiumAuthor Looks like there's a Brief emulation extension for VS Code if you want a lighter editor than a full IDE. I haven't used the extension myself but maybe worth a try: marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName…
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The best editor is the most invisible, the one that just gets on with the job, is intuitive to use, that you never fight with and don`t have to sit there with the manual for hours on end. I liked Brief. I used to set VS up with Brief customisations until that got tiresome.
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I wonder if anyone has run one of the giant power generating wind turbines in reverse as the worlds biggest fan. Give a perfect gentle breeze across a resort?
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One of those code questions that seems dangerous to put forward as an interview exercise without caveating why a "top scoring" answer isn't necessarily the best answer in a given situation. Certainly not something to be used by non-technical gatekeepers.
CodinGame@CodinGame
Test your Python level with this interview exercise! app.coderpad.io/sandbox?questi… Move all the zeros to the end of the list. To reach the legend level, you'll also have to optimize RAM usage!
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@llamasoft_ox Our local DPD guy used to be excellent. They've changed staff and now they're as bad as Hermes. Had a delivery the other week go hours late then just "Sorry we missed you" and a blank image that I guess was meant to be evidence they went to the house.
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