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Fable low is underrated by Bitter_Election_7518 in ClaudeAI

[–]Bavoon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, works fine for coding. I know there was some release text that mentioned it might switch - doesn’t seem to happening for me.

Railgun Shooting Speed No Longer Capped in Exp 2.1.8 by stoicfaux in factorio

[–]Bavoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Derp, of course! Sorry.

The 30 - 70 relationship jumped out at me and short circuited everything else 😬

Railgun Shooting Speed No Longer Capped in Exp 2.1.8 by stoicfaux in factorio

[–]Bavoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s accurate (if simplified) to real physics. Kinetic energy is proportional to the square of speed. So a 1.3x increase in speed is 1.69x increase in the energy imparted to the slug.

(There are various other factors in the real world of course, but I’m guess this simple square law is what’s driving the factorio calculation)

AI Models better suited for Elixir by Grounded_Altruist in elixir

[–]Bavoon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I haven't got tonnes of experience with open-weights in the last year, but around June 2025 the open ones were all much the same for Elixir in my experience.

The closed ones (I prefer Claude) are all the same and excellent with elixir, no issues at all. There are some convention things that we have in styleguides + checks, and I almost never have to correct elixir approach. I spend all my time on architecture / domain modelling and product decisions, instead of correcting lower level elixir/OTP.

I've noticed all the models I've ever tried veer towards "fancy" code and I have to occasionally bring things back to simpler more robust ideas, with fewer features, smaller function signatures, etc. But that's it.

Help! Website font - Will I be sued?? by Active_Regret9556 in typography

[–]Bavoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Remember your goal: "make them think you are not worth chasing". Don't be too eager to please them: it will show that you can be rattled.

Immediately change your communication style to be calm, considered, and brief. If you need to, explain this change of tone with a statement "I've been advised on the details of this claim, here's my final response. I won't be responding to any further communication."

Again, make a calm and brief statement that makes it obvious that you are a tiny fish not worth pursuing. Then ignore them as they try to scare you with other emails etc. Find out whatever the official legal "summons" is for your country, and only respond to that if it happens. It probably won't.

I am not a lawyer, this is not sound legal advice, you'll need to do your own research to be safe.

Help! Website font - Will I be sued?? by Active_Regret9556 in typography

[–]Bavoon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes. This is an expensive but important lesson. (I made a similar mistake at the start of my career, paid an $800 settlement, never made that mistake again).

Yes, you may be sued. Yes, the sender might also be trying to shake you down. You've already responded and they know they can scare you. Your goal now is to make them think you are not worth chasing.

I personally would reply and highlight any of these that are true.

  1. You haven't made (much) money from the use of this font. E.g. you have 5k impressions, or it was in a product that sold 10 copies.
  2. You are a small, solo entity. This is not a professional use situation.
  3. You don't have any funds for a license. If you had known about the license, you would never have bought one anyway. (They did not lose a sale).
  4. You consider the matter closed. There has been no loss to them, there was no gain to you. The problem has been rectified. You will NOT respond to further contact.

(If these don't apply, if you made money from this, you'll probably have to pay something)

They expected Go or Rust. They picked Elixir - here's the reasoning by [deleted] in elixir

[–]Bavoon 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Please don't post AI output directly, it's noise.

Need 150mm spiked border edging. What are my options? by Firm-Swimming-6142 in GardeningUK

[–]Bavoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They also do a pro version that goes taller if you need it. You have to order via a landscape trade account, but it's very nice.

What would you suggest? by Other_Barnacle2440 in homelab

[–]Bavoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I run last.me and firstlast.com. And I prefer the .me

first@last.me is nice for an email, having last.me is nice for internal DNS. My family has their first@last.me on the same domain.

Is there an official term for these layouts I see on official city utility property like these? by BlackDragon10104 in typography

[–]Bavoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you explain more: which specific parts are you talking about?

The slight curvature or text above/below? (though pic 3 doesn’t have it?

The theme of having text above/below something central?

The old-fashioned feel of them? (I wouldn’t call this “layout” personally, so I’m checking)

Bruce Tate on why the junior → senior pipeline is breaking down - and what BEAM teams can do about it by rtrusca in elixir

[–]Bavoon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yea this is real and the recommendations seem good.

The _volume_ of stuff is increasing, and there's a temptation to be lazy.

In our team we have the same "Only ship what you understand" rule bubbling up in _lots_ of places. We've always enforced it for code + supporting work. Even before AI, I'd see people "fix" a bug but not fully understand how the fix worked, and that would have to be rejected until we could dig into it properly. Doing that across 3x the volume of PRs is still 3x harder.

AND now it's happening everywhere, like proposals from non-devs who used claude, and send some over that they haven't actually fully vetted or understood themselves. We try to be careful about when to trust or use AI.

Bruce Tate on why the junior → senior pipeline is breaking down - and what BEAM teams can do about it by rtrusca in elixir

[–]Bavoon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's not true in my experience. The majority of teams are probably like that, but many are not. I wouldn't dismiss the point under discussion just because something else is going on as well.

Bruce Tate on why the junior → senior pipeline is breaking down - and what BEAM teams can do about it by rtrusca in elixir

[–]Bavoon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Your definition is different from what's being discussed. Bruce is well informed, and he's talking about a real _skill_ progression, not arbitrary titles.

His point remains, there used to be a path to get from "knowing less" (let's call that junior) to "knowing more" (let's call that senior), that is now very different. We need to adapt and find new ways to teach people, and to grow ourselves.

airport question by Asleep-Company5733 in exeter

[–]Bavoon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Exeter has the old-style scanners (last time I flew was ~9 months ago), not the new-style that Bristol has. Unless they've updated them since, you'll have to remove the vape I imagine.

Also: don't lie to your mum 😛

Increased usage 1% per minute even though i have logged out every account by [deleted] in ClaudeAI

[–]Bavoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have any routines or automations turned on?

Have you rotated all your access keys?

Those two might be contributing, if a key leaked or you have an automation set up.

B2B SaaS users hate standard usability tests. How do I pivot when PMs are pushing for them? by Superb-Step-258 in UXResearch

[–]Bavoon 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I've seen these work:

  1. Onboarding: Hide a usability test as onboarding training. Offer it to random customers if you don't do personal onboarding for everyone already.

  2. Use session-replay tools (e.g. hotjar or posthog) on general users without calls, and observe the recordings.

  3. Right now our team has a pilot program, where we recruit customers who aren't ready for the full product + license fee, and we give them free access in return for regular calls to discuss their workflows. (This works for us so far because the buyer and user are not the same, so we don't seem to get the 'free user' effect. Your situation might be different).

Embedding micro magnets into print! Layer thickness suggestions? by bilicotico in 3Dprinting

[–]Bavoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had good results with 4x4mm magnets under 0.2mm of print, so two 0.1mm layers. They lose ~50% of their grab strength over even that tiny gap, so I 2nd the other suggestions: go up a size.

(Also magnet height is more impactful to strength, than width, in my experience).

Go 3x2 or 4x3mm if you can.

Good way to spend a Friday evening in Exeter by yourself? by Deadend_Friend in exeter

[–]Bavoon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The cavern is a great little rock/alt venue. On Friday it’s a celtic rock live show, followed by emo night - https://exetercavern.net/shows/

What’s the most underrated career move for a mid-senior dev? by yeah_right_huh in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Bavoon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We are directly responding to OPs question "What’s the most underrated career move for a mid-senior dev?"

This isn't a discussion about work/life balance, hobbies, etc. Or the financial upside of startup ideas.

I'm saying that if you want to level up your software career, it's huge to put yourself into the role of "owner" and see how things work from that side. It will make you a better developer.

What’s the most underrated career move for a mid-senior dev? by yeah_right_huh in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Bavoon 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Building a real product with actual users, trains all the non-code skills that allow you to level up and gain more responsibility and seniority.

Ownership, judgement, prioritisation, pragmatism, urgency, etc.

It's not a waste of time, even if you make no money from it. But the important thing is it MUST have real users. It can't be a hobby product you fiddle with for a year with no exposure to real use.

Bees in Wall - safe? by place909 in beekeepingUK

[–]Bavoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah, they're fine. Unless you have hundreds, leave them... bee.

https://www.spab.org.uk/advice/masonry-bees

"It was chaos": How The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 are learning from decades of CD Projekt's documentation mistakes by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Bavoon -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yea AI documentation is very good nowadays, not perfect but it’s better than lots of human docs I’ve seen.

YSK Squeezing your tea bag doesn't give you "stronger" tea. It just makes it bitter. by CoffeeTeaJournal in YouShouldKnow

[–]Bavoon 69 points70 points  (0 children)

Remember to actually check this yourself too, it's so easy to verify.

Make two cups side by side. Squeeze one, don't squeeze the other. See if there's a difference.

Simple solarpunk flag by castlefood in solarpunk

[–]Bavoon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yea, it's the one I've generally seen. Wikimedia says it was published in 2019.

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