devrandoom's comments

On: A month using XMPP (using Snikket) for every call and chat (2023)

[devrandoom]

That was a good read. The furry blog post read like a smear campaign. Extraordinary unprofessional.

On: Google's shortened goo.gl links will stop working next month

[devrandoom]

I suspect there are links to some really bad shit in there. Google is probably in damage control mode.

On: Air Canada returned lost bag, it now had knife,toiletries, ticket scanner inside

[devrandoom]

Gate checking and forced gate checking are very, very different things.

On: Google's shortened goo.gl links will stop working next month

[devrandoom]

Are they all public? Where can I see them?

[jedberg → devrandoom]

You can brute force them. They don't have passwords. The point is the only "security" is knowing the short URL.

[Alifatisk → devrandoom]

I don't think so, but you can find the indexed urls here https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3A"goo.gl" it's about 9,6 million links. And those are what got indexed, it should be way more out there

[sltkr → Alifatisk]

I'm surprised Google indexes these short links. I expected them to resolve them to their canonical URL and index that instead, which is what they usually do when multiple URLs point to the same resource.

[chneu → Alifatisk]

archiveteam has the list at over 2billion urls with over a billion left to archive.

On: New battery has life so long you may never have to recharge

[devrandoom]

I think the tradition is someone else's pocket in some other country.

On: Clashes between web and X11 colors in the CSS color scheme

[devrandoom]

Nonsense. Each are in their own namespace. You can't expect something as debatable as color names to share the same values in different namespaces.

On: Show HN: I made a 2D game engine in Dart

[devrandoom]

The Boing game doesn't work mobile, is that by design?

[joemanaco → devrandoom]

I ported this game from the Book "Code The Classics" which was written in Python/PyGame. It should be relativley easy to add mobile touch inputs to it, but I didn't have time for that yet.

[stpedgwdgfhgdd → joemanaco]

Probably worth it as most people read HN on tablet or phone.

What is potentially a problem is the lack of training material for AI agents to generate games on top of this platform.

[lionkor → stpedgwdgfhgdd]

You can just read the documentation and write code, there's really no need for AI here. Your argument sounds a bit like "What is a problem is that I cant enjoy my hourly whisky while driving". Maybe the problem isn't the platform :)

[bovermyer → stpedgwdgfhgdd]

Anecdotally, I never use HN on mobile devices. I don't have access to data for HN device usage. Do you?

"Training material for AI agents?" The lack of such is not a problem. AI agents are an adversary for many, not a target.

On: All Good Editors Are Pirates: In Memory of Lewis H. Lapham

[devrandoom]

The line between an inspiration and plagiarism is perhaps sometimes blurry but there's definitely a line.

But you have to steal something, themes at least if you want to create a piece in a style.

Trying composing a blues song without any "stealing".

[pryelluw → devrandoom]

I like Jerry Seinfeld’s take on plagiarism in comedy. His point is that whoever writes the funniest joke about a given premise gets the credit. This applies forward as well. As you may come up with a new angle and punchline for a well established premise.

I wrote a fun (to me) take on the good ‘ole horse walks into a bar joke. Here it goes:

Horse walks into a bar.

Bartender says: “Why the long face?”

Horse replies: “I can’t find a stable job.”

…

[chrisweekly → pryelluw]

I like this model for giving credit. Sadly, no attribution avlbl for this one:

a thesaurus walks into a bar. a thesaurus strolls into a bar. a thesaurus saunters into a bar...

On: Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion

[devrandoom]

> cutting traces is definitely crossing some lines.

Pun intended I'm sure!

On: Gridfinity: The modular, open-source grid storage system

[devrandoom]

You'd be surprised how many ways there are to make storage containers. Gridfinity is one of them.