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At least AI seems very useful to quickly write unit tests for the stuff I work with these days, like Angular & C#.

P.S.: I loved Glider and Glypha, great games!


On iOS I have seen ads with very small close buttons, so clearly intended to cause people to miss-click. Buttons should be 44x44 pixels, it’s recommended in the human interface guidelines [0].

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[0]: https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guideline...


Another one would be Bastion - code is even open source [0].

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[0]: https://www.supergiantgames.com/blog/bastions-open-source-br...


In the context of Lua, I’ve taken a liking to LuaLS (Lua Language Server). You can just write your Lua scripts with annotations (where needed) and the language server can help auto-complete and verify type usage. No compilation step needed.

I never tried “typed Lua” variants (such as MoonScript IIRC), but I believe those do require a compilation step.


I'm just a Dutch guy that emigrated to Thailand, but I'd never trade my Toyota Hilux diesel for an electric truck. I don't want to have to rely on electric to be able to drive my car. A hybrid could be ok though.

The nice thing about diesel, in case of emergency is you can have a couple of filled jerrycans around so you can always move if needed. I like the reliability, it feels more anti-fragile, if that makes sense.

I wonder if the Gibraltar company that produces Toyota trucks for UN [0] is going fully electric anytime soon, if ever.

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[0]: https://www.offgridweb.com/transportation/toyota-gibraltar-t...


While ICE vehicles need gas/diesel specifically to run, EVs can be charged from a variety of sources, including a diesel generator. Electricity is the great unifier. You could pedal a bike to make some electricity, but no amount of pedaling will create fossil fuels.


“ in case of emergency is you can have a couple of filled jerrycans around so you can always move if needed”

How many times has this been a problem for you?


Luckily I haven't had any emergencies. But in Thailand recently there's been flooding in the south, many people stuck. And in eastern part many people have been evacuated due to border tensions with Cambodia.

I live in the north-west Thailand, close to the border with Myanmar. An area known as the Golden Triangle [0].

About once a month or so we don't have electricity for a about 10-12 hours or so.

I also experienced a quite big earthquake here about a year ago.

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[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Triangle_(Southeast_Asi...


Seems like an electric vehicle that could serve as an electricity backup might actually be more useful for you than not.


That's a need that can also be met with a towable trailer that locks up tools, carries batteries, and supports panels for charging, eg:

* https://www.solarbatterywarehouse.com.au/solar-battery-shop/...

In an emergency you can leave the house in regular vehicle leaving trailer behind to power the freezer.

In other times it's handy for powering tools away from a main supply.

It's also a honeypot of nickable stuff so it'd be good to invest in quality locks and towball / wheel locks.


Is this style of coding possible using VS Code and free Copilot?


I loved World of Warcraft for many years, but kind of stopped playing during Cataclysm.

And it's kind of weird, but I preferred the old-style questing (many repeated quests and perhaps less streamlined experience) compared to what came afterwards.

In Cataclysm they tried to improve the quest experience, add more variety, but somehow the game lost a bit of its magic - at least from my point of view.


I'm also not a fan. Due to your point regarding code branches, but also because I just don't find the code very readable.

I think Result<T> has its use, but I don't think this is a particular great example.


Basically the Lindy Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect


I haven't checked the Guardian in dept, but I believe they towed the same messaging during COVID as any other major Western publication and the same regarding the Russia / Ukraine situation right now.

Alternative voices are to be found on tight corners of the internet, like an individual on Twitter for example.


That doesn't make that much sense, those issues are ones that the Guardian would be aligned with anyway - at least in general. I'm pretty sure I've read disputing opinion pieces on there on both subjects.


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