jtwaleson

This is pretty normal, depending on the amount of variation of course. Basically, for each calculate the spherical equivalent (SPHEQ) = SPH + 0.5 * CYL. If SPHEQ is within 0.5 diopters of each other i…

Just like in geoguessr you could have different game modes. Or maybe you can move choose to step through the repository (up in file, down in file, up to parent directory, etc) but lose points/sec…

Aw snap! I had this exact idea last year but didn’t build it yet. See GitShuffle here https://blog.waleson.com/2022/11/things-i-didnt-build-yet.ht... I even bought gitshuffl…

They could have done a lot worse for sure ;)

My grasp on electricity is elementary, but as I understand it: measuring current in a circuit with a scope is always done via a conversion to a voltage, because that is what the scope is designed to m…

Hahaha you’re actually right, I bought my first scope a couple of weeks ago. But the primary mode of operation is voltage rather than current. It’s a bit like saying a thermometer is used to measure a…

Am I the only bothered by the tagline “Now you can tell time and measure current on the go.” ? An oscilloscope measures voltage, not current.

I switched to freelance earlier this year and now make 6x compared to before. Granted, I was underpaid for the market because I was CTO in a small startup. Contract work is for when you can take the r…

Afaik: you have a contract where you promise to work X hours per year. Some companies include clauses for unpaid leave but if not, they are not obliged to grant it.

Mendix does allow this. It runs on JVM containers so from their own "action blocks" you can just say "Call Java action" and execute your code there. There is a java api that you ca…

This is probably a stupid question, but would it be possible to use these models to rate existing code and point to possible problems, rather than generating new code? That would be extremely useful t…

Yes! Email is in my profile.

I’m working on exactly this idea, if it goes well I’ll launch it as a product. I am trying to figure out the value proposition and who to sell it to and for how much. If anyone has ideas, please reach…

It's an interesting possibility for sure but to me these concepts are not linked. With the recent LK-99 craze, I learned that theoretical optimal efficiency for computing is many many orders of m…

Wild to correlate biological organisms to planet scale economies. They are different beasts.

Yes I guess that is slightly better, but only for the two words read separately. The combination is still atmosphere.

Dutch nitpick: "Dampkring" isn't "Smoke Ring", it means "atmosphere". If you translate the two words separate it literally is moisture ring rather than smoke ring.

Is it just me or does anyone else hate .env files? They accumulate unused cruft, it's not typed, and typically many systems in the same repo point at the same .env file. It all feels so ... impli…

Do you have some sources? I'm interested in this topic as there is also asbestos in my house.

You are clearly wrong about that! ;) I love the song “There is a War” by Leonard Cohen as it also shows the inherent binary conflict in many human things.

Looks like a good start! We definitely need more documentation that does not go stale. Is this for single repository? If so, do you have any plans for visualizing multiple repos?

Not a patent attorney, but as far as I know: The patent is currently pending (as in, being evaluated to see if it will be granted). Once it is granted in one country it can be expanded to multiple cou…

“And if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him Bill or George, anything but Sue! I still hate that name!” So no, not endorsing.

Always fun :) Years ago I wrote a similar single file python script “decrypt.py” which does roughly the same thing. Sadly it’s still my most popular GitHub project: https://github.com/…

While I agree on the first part I think it’s hard to separate the economies of USA and Canada due to their proximity and collaboration. I think a fairer comparison would be with Australia or New Zeala…

I think it just means the author does not like software too much and can be reached via fax.

There's definitely appeal to it. I took this role at a startup with 2% equity and a not terrible but lower-than-market-grade salary. It was a great way to get acquainted with the CTO role but did…

Sure: https://blog.waleson.com/2022/03/the-worlds-first-cowboy-key... …

I'm riding a Cowboy right now, and I chose it because they didn't have the service and quality issues that Vanmoof had. I've been very happy with it and hope they will not go under. I w…

Definitely does not rule so absolutely that you can ignore iOS development. In Western Europe my anecdata is that iPhone is winning with high frequency users.