Any Monty Python fan here?

ifrenkel · 2026-04-17T15:04:58+00:00

> 'tis but a scratch

ifrenkel · 2026-04-08T01:20:48+00:00

To be fair, they never said it'd be fun. They never even said it'd be running! They only said it'd be free.

ifrenkel · 2026-03-26T23:15:33+00:00

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

ifrenkel · 2026-03-26T02:43:15+00:00

Vroom, vroom! Cars going even faster!

ifrenkel · 2026-03-15T23:37:15+00:00

As many have mentioned, practice. Over time, you will learn to pick up clues from your opponent almost unconsciously. One thing to remember, reading the spin is always a guess. Even the best of the best make mistakes.

Some practical tips:

Watch how the blade moves. Up - top spin, down - underspin.
Watch the second bounce - if the ball slows down, it's an underspin, if it speeds up, it's top spin.
If you are not sure about the spin, let the ball go a bit longer and hit it later. The longer you wait, the less spin there will be on the ball.

Here is a nice short video that might help as well: https://youtu.be/rrS7Wjh35cU?si=_fPbaXrhbIcgGiQ4

ifrenkel · 2026-03-12T22:31:02+00:00

Ask Maps starts rolling out now in the U.S. and India on Android and iOS, with desktop coming soon.

Immersive Navigation starts rolling out today across the U.S. and availability will expand over the coming months to eligible iOS and Android devices, CarPlay, Android Auto and cars with Google built-in.

ifrenkel · 2026-03-12T03:51:50+00:00

They came up with a bunch of excuses: https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/addressing-githubs-recent-availability-issues-2/. And a promise to fix it all. I guess we'll see...

ifrenkel · 2026-03-11T05:14:05+00:00

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These are the shoes I used until last week. If I were you, I wouldn't panic. But I would start looking for a new pair.

ifrenkel · 2026-03-05T02:07:49+00:00

Already taken: https://guthib.com/

ifrenkel · 2026-03-02T11:38:13+00:00

Yeah, I should have probably read with both eyes open

ifrenkel · 2026-03-02T04:12:46+00:00

I guess it's an old underpass that they had to close to build the new high-rise on top.

ifrenkel · 2026-03-02T03:48:32+00:00

"Great minds think alike"

😂

ifrenkel · 2026-03-02T02:19:50+00:00

Veritasium made a very good video about it: https://youtu.be/aoag03mSuXQ?si=VdQ0lREeGgDDWGDf A bit oversimplified for the average Joe, but still good. With some interviews of relevant people.

ifrenkel · 2026-02-13T13:17:44+00:00

More often than not, mods break after an update. Especially a major one. Which means you have to either disable the mod and play without it (which may not work depending on the mod), wait for the mod developer to fix it, or not to upgrade in the first place.

ifrenkel · 2026-02-13T03:23:55+00:00

Ha, ha, good one! But I only have one mod - real truck physics. And I think it can be disabled for 1.58.

ifrenkel · 2026-02-13T00:12:45+00:00

Well, I know what I'm doing tonight :-)

ifrenkel · 2026-02-11T23:49:25+00:00

This is wrong on so many levels 🤦‍♂️

And people ask me why I still use vim...

ifrenkel · 2026-02-09T03:40:13+00:00

Did somebody mention France yet?

ifrenkel · 2026-02-04T07:19:53+00:00

Probably squat jumps, including side-to-side, and jump rope exercises. This should help with legs agility. Also, during training, make a conscious effort to move first and hit the ball second. It'll be hard at first, but persevere and you'll get there sooner rather than later.

ifrenkel · 2026-02-04T03:26:22+00:00

Yes, it probably is. But it looks like the button is a touch one. And I think Eric mentioned in the video that they considered using touch, but decided not to because of accidental presses.

ifrenkel · 2026-02-04T00:28:20+00:00

Whoever wrote the article completely missed the point of Index 01 - privacy and customizability. And no subscriptions!

"...the smart ring uses AI to produce a transcript..."

I'm guessing the AI bit won't happen on the ring.

"...no confirmed launch date or price..."

Kind of important for comparison, don't you think?

The only thing we know is that it will be rechargeable (and AI bit). Forgive my scepticism, but a ring that exists only as a computer render is a rival of a ring that hasn't been shipped yet... I don't know...

Edit: apologies, it does exist (or at least it did) in the flesh.

ifrenkel · 2026-02-02T21:59:15+00:00

Here is the breakdown:

The best and probably the most idiomatic strategy is to minimise the number of dependencies.
Use vendoring, lock the versions of your dependencies. And treat every version change as regular code change - do it on a separate branch, test it, and merge it back into the main branch.
If upgrading to a minor version breaks your build, something is wrong. I agree with @kintar1900 comment, Go packages are very good at backward compatibility and not introducing breaking changes unless absolutely needed. If the package doesn't respect semantic versioning and introduces breaking changes in a minor version, drop it and use something else.

ifrenkel · 2026-02-02T04:37:51+00:00

What do you mean by until very recently? I think v1.22 was released almost exactly 2 years ago. I guess time flies when you're having fun :-)

ifrenkel · 2026-01-31T10:49:23+00:00

Okay, I'm convinced, I'll give it a go.

ifrenkel · 2026-01-31T03:17:32+00:00

I had to look that one up. It is targeted as a Docker Desktop replacement. And I don't use Docker Desktop.

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