Dark Arc @ Dark_Arc @social.packetloss.gg

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The code in the article isn't complicated enough that I'd bother. It even ends up with about the same number of lines of code, hinting that you probably haven't simplified things much.

I think it's a good example of the problem though. People take that same idea and apply it too liberally. The point isn't that specific code, it's about not apply DRY to code that's coincidentally identical.

But otherwise, I disagree with the article. If it's complicated enough to bother abstracting the logic, the worst that can happen in the above situation is that you just duplicate that whole class once you discover that it's not the same. And if that never happens, you only have 1 copy to maintain.

That's... Not at all true in practice. What often happens with these "DRY" abstractions when they've been improperly applied is you end up with an inheritance hierarchy or a crazy template or some other thing. You're really lucky if you can just copy some code and find your way out of the weeds.

There are plenty of bad abstractions in the wild and novices applying DRY is a common source of them.

It should be about concepts but it's more often applied to duplicate algorithms by inexperienced people (which is a huge mistake).

Just that their names are so similar... It's literally "-Link" with a character or two in front.

They've delivered plenty if you're paying attention. They'd deliver more if they had the votes in Congress.

The right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing; that's just it you're right.

There's no conspiracy where the left and right hand have carefully coordinated this system or conspiracy to protect companies from their legitimate competition. We're not saying this about Taiwan or European devices (even though many of them are better than the Chinese and American devices) and that's kind of "case and point" that it's about more than the economy.

Basically the politicians just screwed up and didn't think through their decisions and effects of trusting a foreign power to do all this manufacturing for important pieces of infrastructure that "think" ... and now there's a problem.

Oof, fair 😅

I feel sorry for D-Link, they're probably going to get caught in the crossfire via people thinking they're the same company.

If you really think this is just about economic competition, you're very wrong.

The FBI didn't recommend using encrypted messaging apps because our infrastructure being compromised is no biggie.

These are computers manufactured by and in a foreign country that's expressed mutual hostility to the US. Computers follow instructions and manufacturers are in the best positioning to add custom instructions like "if you receive this instruction, brick yourself."

After the cyber attacks in the last decade people should realize crypto scammers aren't the only one's that have an interest in shutting down important infrastructure.

I'll save you a read... A developer that worked on the game for a while but left the studio thinks they could've made the game with fewer loading screens even in their engine. That's pretty much it.

https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/08/2020-Democratic-Party-Platform.pdf

https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/FINAL-MASTER-PLATFORM.pdf

I don't know why your saying "okay what's their platform?" I'm criticizing Trump's shitty ones. If you legit didn't know, there were platform documents for the Democrats in both election cycles... there they are. Kamala's campaign itself did not really make much of a platform... It was mostly housing assistance IIRC.

Yeah, but they're way better at marketing that they're good for the economy. This election was lost (I'm convinced anyways) on the grounds that too many people thought Trump would be good for the economy.

I really want us to stop throwing the same candidates back at the wall over and over.

I do think Harris got the short end of the stick, elections internationally show a significant "we'll take the other guy" vote (regardless of who the other guy is). I wish the people voting paid a bit more attention to who "the other guy" is and what they're actually proposing.

I don't have nearly this distaste for the party's platform that you do; I actually really like it ... we just need to get enough people in office that they can actually legislate without having to caucus with Republicans or on the edge Democrats.

Honestly though, I think Sanders or AOC would get obliterated. They're beloved by progressives but this country is just not a country of progressives. I think the last election showed undeniably that the economy rules when it comes to US elections.

Edit: intentionally -> internationally (dumb phone)

Didn't they find a manifesto on him...?

I think overall, this has been a good update for me so far. I haven't been able to play too much yet, but the biggest issues I've had at least seem to be gone.

I don't have a fear of clowns or anything, but the laughs from the clown grunts are downright disturbing.

Crap.

Can I have my bending back?

I would lean towards the 3M stuff... I mean folks are saying 3M plugs muffle things, but look at the decibel reduction rating. The loops linked in your article are 7 decibels vs 34 decibels from the real ear plugs.

Maybe 7 is enough... But I'd say the reason 34 decibel reduction is considered muffling is because it's a real significant reduction vs a minor reduction. Maybe you only need a minor reduction though 🤷‍♂️.

I still think it's generally more good than bad and I appreciate they provide an authenticated ad free RSS feed for subscribers, but I think this was one of their worst headlines.

Kinda annoyed with Ars for perpetuating this trend of dramatized security vulnerability names and descriptions.

Unfortunately, yes, "Git gud" is the answer because the LLM isn't going to cook the food for you.

God help you if it ever attempts to do so.