pipe2devnull's comments

On: Converting an Integer to a Decimal String in Under Two Nanoseconds

[pipe2devnull]

Wow that’s a bit harsh. You can’t think of any examples where you may need to send a string to something but want to do it quickly?

[amelius → pipe2devnull]

Yeah maybe a bit harsh. But the point is if you are looking for that kind of performance, I don't see why you wouldn't send binary data and then unpack it as needed.

[appreciatorBus → amelius]

If you control both ends of the pipe, then sure. But for better or worse, large chunks of infrastructure expect to send or receive JSON.

[__s → appreciatorBus]

csv/tsv are alive & well for interorg data pipelines

[amelius → appreciatorBus]

But JSON uses floats, not integers.

[bee_rider → amelius]

Does it really? I assumed it used strings.

[Shish2k → amelius]

javascript uses floats as its own default numeric data type; but other languages do have integers, and might want to convert those integers into a JSON (string) representation

[DarkUranium → amelius]

Because maybe the choice of serialization format isn't under your control?

On: I hate soldering

[pipe2devnull]

It’s quite easy to not burn yourself. I’ve done a fair bit of soldering and it has only happened like twice to me and it wasn’t that bad

[projektfu → pipe2devnull]

The most important thing is having your workspace organized. Second most important is to put your iron in the holder when you're doing anything else. ADHD types will get more little burns.

On: Learning the Integral of a Diffusion Model

[pipe2devnull]

Maybe someone wants to hear from an actual human rather than risk hearing a plausible but potentially incorrect answer from AI

On: Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent

[pipe2devnull]

I think with Windows you probably are the customer and the product

[vanderZwan → pipe2devnull]

Cory Doctorow had an essay about that years ago, except he didn't artificially limit it to Windows:

"Even if you're paying for the product, you're still the product: Incentives matter, but impunity matters more."

https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/14/luxury-surveillance/#liar...

On: How Invisalign became the biggest user of 3D printers

[pipe2devnull]

No it’s like a mild pressure on some teeth for maybe a day or two but then doesn’t really feel like much

[silisili → pipe2devnull]

Nice! I hope no kid today has to go through that. It's easy to say it's worth it now that I'm 30 years removed and have straight teeth, but still have vivid memories of those awful days.

On: Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level

[pipe2devnull]

I mean good for you for being able to eat a breakfast of plain soybeans but even if it extends my life a bit I don’t that I could do it.

[Buttons840 → pipe2devnull]

Have you eaten edamame or mukimame? These strange names refer to young soy beans. You can buy them frozen. They're a pretty good snack food. I think they're the best of vegetables.

On: Tesla sales fell by 9 percent in 2025, its second yearly decline

[pipe2devnull]

Congrats on only needing to do an oil change once per year. I need to do 3-4. I’ve done stuff to make it less annoying but I would still love to get an EV as my next car and not need to.

On: Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model

[pipe2devnull]

Also the radar for bikes is great

On: SonyShell – An effort to “SSH into my Sony DSLR”

[pipe2devnull]

Transferring from my D7500 has to crash once the fist time every time when transferring over WiFi before it works. They said they knew about the bug like 5 years ago so I don’t think they are working on it.

On: ChatGPT agent: bridging research and action

[pipe2devnull]

I have always been told expect an intern to be a net loss in productivity to you and anything else is a bonus since the point is to help them learn.