dr0verride's comments

On: PHP 8.5

[dr0verride]

PHP is still an incredibly verbose and tedious language to work with. I'm glad that it's continuing to improve because I'm stuck with it everyday.

On: Goblin.tools: simple, single-task tools to help neurodivergent people with tasks

[dr0verride]

It's a defence mechanism, I think. Most of your life people tell you your lazy, weird, etc. These things become part of your identity and they hurt and hold you back. ADHD is a problem with solutions so replacing those internalized labels helps. Even if it's not the most healthy solution.

On: I still don't think companies serve you ads based on your microphone

[dr0verride]

The system knows to serve you ads about the new topic because it's new. You're already getting ads for the stuff you're normally talking about. The new topic stands out easily.

It doesn't have to be your phone. Could be your TV or any other device.

Most importantly there's just patterns of behavior. Companies are absolutely desperate for every scrap of data they can get on you. Why would they not capture audio from your mic?

On: Video chats short-circuit a brain function essential for trust?

[dr0verride]

It seems arbitrary to single out video games. How are sports less made up?

[Domenic_S → dr0verride]

I think it's more about the near-infinite number of people you have to play with on video games vs in-person sports.

If you blow up at someone during a sports game, there will be real-world consequences for you, eventually you will not be able to play that game at all in your geographic area.

If you yell at people over a computer headset it doesn't matter what they think of you, you can simply move on to the next group of people. Very rarely (mostly at the very top levels) does reputation matter. And at the end of the day you can simply name change and escape your rep.

Interpersonally the stakes are orders of magnitude lower in video games than in RL.

[imtringued → Domenic_S]

That's why guilds exist in videogames. You are surrounded by the same people every day just like at a physical company.

On: Minimalism – An undervalued development skill

[dr0verride]

I like using minimalism as an starting place, but I think it's idealistic in most cases.

We use senrty and we rely on many of the features you miss out on by just posting minimal exception information.

[tipiirai → dr0verride]

I see your point. Sentry is clearly the least bloated service from the three examples mentioned.

On: Smart Toaster Can’t Hold a Candle to the Apollo Computer

[dr0verride]

Its pretty amazing that these systems were using a form of virtual machines.

On: Tetrachromats: people who see colors invisible to most of us (2014)

[dr0verride]

7bits would be 128 times.

[blattimwind → dr0verride]

Basic tolerance in biology is +-40 %.

On: Some Employees Chafe as Google’s New Internal Rules Take Hold

[dr0verride]

Since it's so difficult to solve all social issues we shouldn't waste any effort trying. There's no ponit in having morals or even independent thought if we're being honest.

On: Health system sues thousands of patients, seizes pay and puts liens on homes

[dr0verride]

I see this kind of arguement a lot. It's also common to read about people traveling abroad to receive better treatment that will save their life.

I'm not sure which anecdotes to believe in this case.

[Ididntdothis → dr0verride]

Believe both. The US does some things better, others do other things better. And maybe you get more cutting edge stuff in the US but there is also a big risk to go bankrupt over standard stuff. Having lived in both Germany and US i find the US situation terrifying. If you have a serious health problem in the US it’s a total gamble whether you will go bankrupt or not. And there is no way to avoid that.

On: Chrome extension manifest v3 proposal: comment from uBlock Origin author

[dr0verride]

Thanks for mentioning this. I had no idea Firefox Mobile supported add-ons even though I've been using it for a year.

[stavros → dr0verride]

Yeah, just browse to the addon page (e.g. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin...) and click "add to Firefox", it works as usual. Not on iOS, though, since Apple doesn't allow real third-party browsers.

[ronjouch → stavros]

iOS / Safari / Content Blockers are not as full-featured as Android / Mobile Firefox / uBlock Origin, but I'm quite content with https://1blocker.com/ , it provides several lists (with a less stringent limit than the crippled webRequest API discussed here) of rules to pick from, and the possibility to create your own rules through a Safari extension.

[warp → stavros]

Apple does allow real third-party ad blockers though.

[saagarjha → warp]

Depending on your opinion of content blockers, not on iOS.

[msbarnett → saagarjha]

The content blocking API it allows on iOS is significantly less restrictive than Chrome’s proposal

[sudo_rm → dr0verride]

I think add-ons only work on Android though, not iOS.

[lstamour → sudo_rm]

iOS has native Content Blockers though, so it’s not as bad, and actually quite battery-efficient!

[ce4 → dr0verride]

there's lots of gold. eg the "oldreddit redirect", or "background video playback" addon is also nice. kind of a YouTube premium ersatz :)