Matheus28's comments

On: A 10x Faster TypeScript

[Matheus28]

I love their choice of Go because of how simple it is to generate a static executable with no dependencies (ie no dotnet runtime).

[watermelon0 → Matheus28]

With C# you can either bundle dotnet runtime with the executable, or use native AOT, which compiles to a binary without the runtime.

However, in both native AOT and Go you actually have some parts of the runtime bundled in (e.g. garbage collector).

On: Brazil justice orders ban of video platform Rumble

[Matheus28]

So don’t. And don’t operate in that country. It’s that simple

[Acrobatic_Road → Matheus28]

If people in Brazil want to access Rumble, and Rumble wants to allow them access, why should Rumble defer to the regime? Facebook used to run a hidden service for users in China, this is the example to follow.

[Matheus28 → Acrobatic_Road]

You could say the same about Silkroad in the US, or Google in China, or online casinos in specific states. It’s simply the law of the land. The people voted for it so that’s what it is.

On: Why Legal Immigration Is Nearly Impossible: US Legal Immigration Rules Explained

[Matheus28]

Illegal immigrants can’t vote. Permanent residents can’t vote either. You can only vote once you acquire citizenship (which means doing the whole immigration process, then waiting several more years to be able to apply for citizenship).

[tombert → Matheus28]

Yeah, and it's much harder to get the permanent resident and citizenship status than everyone seems to think it is.

My wife was brought here when she was eight years old, and was able to apply for a quasi-legal status when Obama enacted DACA. When we got married, we were frustrated to find out that we couldn't actually apply for her green card because she was still considered "illegal".

Eventually we got an attorney and she was able to find a waiver for us to apply for a green card, but that took three years of waiting. She finally is qualified to apply for citizenship now, and she has, but we're waiting (probably another five to six months) for an update on that.

When we got married, everyone acted like I was some sort of idiot because "obviously" you get a green card automatically if you marry a citizen. Apparently people are getting their understanding of immigration law from sitcoms.

[Jtsummers → Matheus28]

And waiting 1-3 years to actually get citizenship once you've applied. It was ~18 months for my wife. It also took nearly a year to get a visa for her to move here.

On: Skia Canvas: Browserless implementation of the HTML Canvas drawing API for node

[Matheus28]

The only similarity between the two is that they deal with images.

That library only resizes and does other basic pixel level operations.

Skia is for drawing vector graphics.

[zazaulola → Matheus28]

> Skia is for drawing vector graphics.

What do you mean by "vector graphics"?

Both Canvas and ImageData work only with pixels.

[Matheus28 → zazaulola]

Skia’s api is focused around using postscript-like commands such as “move to” “line to”, etc to produce vectors that it rasterizes.

On: Skia Canvas: Browserless implementation of the HTML Canvas drawing API for node

[Matheus28]

It's the "html canvas drawing api" that "browserless" refers to

On: Sol-Ark manufacturer reportedly disables all Deye inverters in the US

[Matheus28]

Can’t you use ubiquiti fully locally? I haven’t tested my setup but I can access the web ui directly through the device ip

[correnos → Matheus28]

Iirc they've got a one-year timeout for updates, after which they'll make you sign in with a unifi web account in order to update. Deeply frustrating.

On: A C++ Mixin System

[Matheus28]

    std::optional<T&>

Can't have optional references in C++. Use either std::reference_wrapper, or just a pointer

[cocoto → Matheus28]

It is specified previously in the text that support for references would be nice for optionals.

[tialaramex → cocoto]

And unless I'm mistaken C++ 26 gets std::optional<T&> with the preferred representation (ie it's the same size as T& like with Rust's Option<&T> and &T pairing) and the ergonomics are no worse than you'd expect for C++

On: Cash: A small jQuery alternative for modern browsers

[Matheus28]

I find this a little cleaner:

    window.$ = document.querySelectorAll.bind(document);

Since it works properly for any function no matter the number of arguments it receives

[simonw → Matheus28]

I like wrapping it in an Array.from() so you can use .map/.filter/etc.

On: Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer in consumer computing

[Matheus28]

Don’t worry, it’s bad on Windows too

[abhinavk → Matheus28]

Whenever it's open, system animations are very janky.

On: Steam games will need to disclose kernel-level anti-cheat on store pages

[Matheus28]

Seeing the warning everywhere has mostly desensitized people to it, which makes it ineffective.