thunderfork's comments

On: We shouldn't have needed lockfiles

[thunderfork]

You can use `npm ci` for "don't update the lockfile, fail if an exact lockfile match can't be collected"

On: Bad UX

[thunderfork]

You might be seeing Comic Neue instead of the old classic, depending on what device fonts you have

[cdrini → thunderfork]

Ahhh I think that's it! Oh wow it's really quite a captivating font.

On: How to trigger a command on Linux when power switches from AC to battery

[thunderfork]

Problem with theft-proofing is it inherently comes at the cost of both repairability and recyclability. If every part is cryptographically locked to its parent machine, you can't scrap devices for parts.

Sometimes there's "unlock before recycling" flows but generally people are pretty unlikely to know they should do that, and even less likely to remember to do it.

On: Wikipedia: Signs of AI Writing

[thunderfork]

>There are two major problems with Wikipedia doing this:

Doing what, exactly? This is a descriptive, informational page, not a policy.

On: Steam, Itch.io are pulling ‘porn’ games. Critics say it's a slippery slope

[thunderfork]

Elaborate on this?

On: Air Force unit suspends use of Sig Sauer pistol after shooting death of airman

[thunderfork]

EDC !== military engagement

On: Complete silence is always hallucinated as "ترجمة نانسي قنقر" in Arabic

[thunderfork]

Can you imagine if we evaluated property taxes this way? Yeah, nice single family home, better hope nobody offers you the same amount you paid for it or it's back to apartment living for you and your kids.

[scotty79 → thunderfork]

If you live there there should be some protections. But when it comes to rentals or vacation homes I think those rules could be great as well.

On: Game publishers respond to Stop Killing Games claim it curtails developer choice

[thunderfork]

It's peer to peer, isn't it? Afaik you can play it on a LAN with no Internet connection

[aeonik → thunderfork]

Yes it is, I use a VPN to play on LAN mode with my family all the time from across the country.

On: Sleeping beauty Bitcoin wallets wake up after 14 years to the tune of $2B

[thunderfork]

Isn't saving (i.e. sitting on assets) less economically productive than spending? Inflation rewards productivity by making productive use of money the only way to avoid loss over time?

On: Resurrecting a dead torrent tracker and finding 3M peers

[thunderfork]

Easier to just trawl the DHT, like btdigg