https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-perfect-match/

do {
  /* something */
} do hast {
  /* something */
}

Sure, for a new project. But when inheriting code I’m not in a position to pick.

The point is that the state of python package managers is a hot fucking mess compared to npm. Claiming that “npm is just as bad” (or worse) honestly seems ridiculous to me.

(And isn’t pip/venv the one the requirements.txt one? Completely flat, no way to discern the difference between direct dependencies and sub-dependencies? No hashes? Sucks when it’s time for updating? Yeah no thanks, I’d like a proper lock file. Which is probably why there are a dozen other tools.)

More like rtfms. I really didn’t feel like learning 20 different tools for repos my team didn’t touch very often.

Sorry but nah. My last job we had a couple different python microservices. There was pipenv, venv, virtualenv, poetry, Pipfile.lock, requirements.txt (which is only the top level???), just pure madness

Apparently all this shit is needed because python wants to install shit globally by default? Are you kidding?

Well, we also had a couple node microservices. Here’s how it went: npm install. Done.

Afraid you fucked something and want a clean environment? Here’s how you do it with node: delete node_modules/. Done.

Want a clean python env? Uhhhhhhhh use docker I guess? Maybe try reinstalling Python using homebrew? (real actual answers from the python devs who set these up)

Well what’s currently installed? ls node_modules, or use npm ls if you want to be fancy.

In python land? Uhhhhhh

Let’s update some dep–WHY AREN’T PYTHON PACKAGES USING SEMVER

So yeah, npm may do some stuff wrong, but it seems like it does way more shit right. Granted I didn’t really put in the effort to figure out all this python shit, but the people who did still didn’t have good answers. And npm is just straightforward and “works”.

“But JS projects pull in SOOOO many dependencies” Oh boohoo, you have a 1TB SSD anyway.

Oh interesting.

But you can sell apple gift cards on eBay, yeah? Sure you won’t get the full value, but you get most of it. And as you said, in this case Roblox is taking a cut for the conversion anyway.

So it seems like they could’ve washed their hands of this by making Robux transferable/ebayable: the “casinos” would still exist, they would still benefit from the popularity of the casinos, and the Robux are still “worth something”. But they got too greedy and dug too deep by trying to become the “eBay” in the situation and take a cut off both ends, and now they might be forced to make Robux effectively worthless.

outside the Roblox ecosystem

I have no love for Roblox, but if it’s a completely different website, isn’t this kinda…not their fault?

It sounds like those IRS scams that want you to pay with iTunes gift cards – no one claims that Apple is running the scam.

The article claims they were aware and didn’t stop it, and that’s why they are at fault. Maybe they could’ve revoked the API keys for those gambling sites? But is that even how it’s set up? (I don’t actually know how Robux work.)

I’m not an infra dev, but a previous project used SOPS and it seemed alright

“Sometimes there is a better choice than JavaScript”

We call it TypeScript

AI firms will just scrape anyway.

Not if deletes don’t propagate well.

Not a guarantee, but a reasonable effort would be good.

Consider doxxing. It would be better if instances propagated delete requests to the fullest extent possible so that that information would be as hard as possible to find.

But what about the shareholders?!

Yeah the stuff popping in while scrolling is weird and can be a bit aggravating.

Not even just the downloading–Chromecast needs some weird encoding or something, apparently?

Last I checked (which admittedly was a few years ago), Plex was the only thing that could add subtitles to something being Chromecast’ed. That’s the primary way I watch things on my actual TV, and since apparently I’m deaf AF and need subtitles for everything, Plex was the best choice. The others would’ve required processing stuff with handbrake ahead of time.

Bought a lifetime subscription though and it’s been well worth it.

What does that make Teams? 😛

Discord still runs way better than Slack though.

The beginning is a bit slow, I will admit, but the first season is a very good adaptation overall (later seasons skip a lot). So maybe it’s just not your cup of tea. I don’t think I follow the base-building analogy 🤔

As for its popularity, I think it does a lot of things really well, better than most other series, and the sum of it is superb.

• Characterization: there are almost no 1-dimensional characters. Even random side characters, or seemingly comic relief characters, have their own motivations and goings-on outside of what Myne (the unreliable narrator) sees. These are often revealed to the reader in side stories, and can recontextualize a lot of what’s happening.
• World building: we start with a straightforward medieval city. Then a small bit of magic is introduced. Then we find out about a bit how the country is governed, then more about how magic works, histories, politics…all in a satisfying way, because Kazuki-sensei planned the whole story from the beginning. Which brings me to:
• Foreshadowing: EVERYTHING is a Chekov’s gun. There’s a lot of stuff to find on a re-read, and the theorycrafting people come up with in the weekly chapter releases is a lot of fun too.
• Themes: this series does not shy away from serious themes. Poverty, children starving, sexual assault, the ramifications of a strict caste system, slavery…There’s a lot that sucked about medieval times. But also:
• Humor: absolutely great comedic moments. It’s rare for a book to make me laugh out loud. For example, there’s a scene where Myne hosts what is essentially a J-Pop concert and it’s just nuts.

I could go on…tl;dr it’s a great series!

I’ve been meaning to check out Kumo for a while. I’m a big fan of Honzuki no Gekokujou and apparently there’s a lot of overlap in the fan base.