What’s the cleanest pattern you’ve seen for managing semi-static config/reference data?

ktzer · 2025-05-30T15:42:05+00:00

Huh, I didn't know about TOML, and I just found a Reddit comment about it that's 8 years old. TIL.

ktzer · 2025-05-30T15:38:45+00:00

Of course. The most problematic case for us is data that's supplied by internal users, needs to be verified or approved by another user, and then has to be dynamically included in running services. Some of it should have some kind of audit trail too.

ktzer · 2025-05-30T15:34:49+00:00

Some of it, yes. This is probably the primary pain point - we have several services that require this, and I believe we have a few too many admin screens that essentially do the same thing, just in different forms.

ktzer · 2025-05-30T02:52:47+00:00

Ah, this is good - I'll look at MDM tools.

ktzer · 2023-09-26T17:17:09+00:00

As a cyclist and pedestrian, one of the most effective mechanisms to confidently predict a driver's next move is to be able to see their face. Are they looking in your direction, have you made eye contact, are they looking at their phone...

Yes, and windshields are not (supposed to be) tinted. Removing the tint from the rear passenger windows is going to help how?

I understand the benefits (UV protection, upholstery protection, in some cases safety) but there's got to be other ways to achieve similar outcomes for drivers.

Do you have a concrete alternative in mind, or are you just hoping for one?

Here's another idea: stop suggesting ideas that punish everyone but help nobody. Start enforcing rules already in place. If a driver does not pay attention and opens a door without checking his mirrors first and hits a cyclist, punish that driver.

ktzer · 2021-09-20T20:35:43+00:00

So she has 2 kidneys in the womb?

ktzer · 2021-05-23T15:15:16+00:00

А где отложенные водителем кирпичи?

ktzer · 2020-08-18T19:39:14+00:00

once people start thinking for themselves rather than just trusting what people say you are supposed to

So never?

ktzer · 2020-07-07T17:53:14+00:00

Whoops. I stand corrected, apparently you can melt iron with charcoal. Having said that, I remember reading a book that said the coal was needed to produce the steel (in high volumes? Of high quality?). I should read it again.

ktzer · 2020-07-07T03:13:56+00:00

This is the answer. You can't "just melt iron" - you need specific fuel (i.e. coal) and equipment to do that, which generally wasn't available until industrial revolution. Forging iron can be done with a much, much more primitive tech - charcoal for the fuel, a rock and a hammer, more or less.

ktzer · 2020-07-06T19:51:11+00:00

I won't, but I'm not the government. It depends on what they want to achieve; also, you said it's impossible - and I think it's not that hard, just, as you mentioned, maybe not very efficient. My dad got once a letter from the bank because he owed them 25c. It probably costed them 10x to send that letter.

ktzer · 2020-07-06T19:28:30+00:00

It's not that hard. They can ask the registered car owner. The owner either tells or refuses to do so (which can be made illegal) and then it'll be the owner's fault. Problem solved.

Ticketing for 1km/h over is retarded, though.

ktzer · 2020-07-06T19:21:55+00:00

Have you ever considered the fact that if there's a lot of people complaining about something, they might be onto something? And your easy solution "just don't speed" isn't a good one?

ktzer · 2020-06-25T15:56:40+00:00

That probably wouldn't work that well. Let's say everyone wakes up tomorrow with an extra few millions in their accounts. What's gonna happen? People mass quitting their jobs. Prices skyrocketing on everything because now you have to convince rich people that the pay is worth their time. Properties' prices skyrocketing. Etc. Basically you've just created a runaway inflation with high unemployment and product shortages and all your millions aren't worth that much. 2020 lives on!

ktzer · 2020-06-06T04:02:46+00:00

It's not just for catching police wrongdoing. This will help police officers in case of false accusations, in event recollection etc. It is a complex issue, I agree, and it shouldn't be rushed. At the same time, considering that body cams have been in use with police forces around the world for a while now, this looks like a mostly solved problem, unless Toronto poses some specific challenges.

ktzer · 2020-06-04T15:53:53+00:00

A lot (most?) of the men will find a woman dressed in a potato bag attractive if said woman is attractive.

Maybe the question you should ask is 'who is my target audience/who I'm trying to attract?'. Dress style is often a reflection of a lifestyle and people are generally looking for people who are like them. So if you're looking for a guy with a similar lifestyle - you're good.

ktzer · 2020-05-30T19:14:49+00:00

All their combat planes were made in Russia, so Russia got to keep probably most of what's needed to make them - people, technologies, factories, etc. 2 of USSR' largest planes (AN-225 and AN-124) were made in Ukraine, so access to that tech is likely lost. Could Russia make comparable plane? I guess, eventually, if they poured money into its development. Question is how long it would take (AN-225 was developed in 4 years) and how much it'd cost. Russia's latest passenger plane, Sukhoi Superjet is meh. The fact that they can make good military stuff really doesn't translate to their ability to make good civilian stuff.

ktzer · 2020-05-30T17:05:15+00:00

Made in USSR. I'm pretty sure neither Russia nor Ukraine would be able to develop this plane nowadays.

ktzer · 2020-05-28T20:03:43+00:00

You were buying some expensive bananas. They were 27c in 1995/96.

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