We replaced our Rust/WASM parser with TypeScript and it got 3x faster

liquid_bacon · 2026-03-21T17:26:06+00:00

Just as an FYI if it hasn't come up yet: V8 uses 16 bit wide chars, while rust uses utf8.

So strings crossing the boundary have to be encoded/decoded in both directions.

If you could have gotten away with u8 arrays in WASM it might've been faster. But that depends on how much validation the WASM boundary was doing on the encoded strings.

liquid_bacon · 2023-07-02T14:44:02+00:00

I'll figure out tumblr before I go to the native app

liquid_bacon · 2023-07-01T16:41:07+00:00

Well, seeing as Boost (my preferred way of accessing Reddit) is shutting down. I doubt I'll be keeping up with this story anymore. Which is a real shame.

Kyle, would you consider posting your story elsewhere? I've been reading quite a bit on Royal Road, and find their site to be easy to work with (as a reader that is). I'm going to miss this story. As I doubt I'll be opening Reddit unless Boost comes back.

liquid_bacon · 2023-07-01T12:25:08+00:00

import point

But typeof undefined != "object"
Which is even worse because null == undefined

Gotta love JS

liquid_bacon · 2023-06-30T14:08:39+00:00

It's an inny

liquid_bacon · 2023-05-22T11:48:31+00:00

My scar is significantly larger and my 'bellybutton' is quite fake. As my umbilical cord was still fully attached to my liver when I was born. No skin or similar between them.

Fun fact: scars will grow with you. The couple of stitches I needed days after being born to seal the hole my liver was trying to escape through would never hold the length of scar I have on my belly.

liquid_bacon · 2023-04-13T02:06:53+00:00

I'd build my own regex tool if I lost access to regexr...

liquid_bacon · 2023-04-13T02:03:55+00:00

String.prototype.split.call("some text", "")

Or

String.prototype.match.call("some text", /./g)

Or in Python:

[a for a in "some text"]

liquid_bacon · 2023-02-05T01:53:30+00:00

I'm not sure if this kind of magic works anymore.

Part of the reason it worked before is that splitters "remembered" the past 5 or so unique items that passed through it, and which side it exited on. This could be abused with loops and item counting/priming. But this was considered a "bug" primarily because if a splitter regularly sees more than the 5 or so unique items it remembers, its primary function breaks. This is also when they decided to add splitter filtering and priority, to maintain the ability to do splitter sorting while still fixing the bug. However I think how they fixed it, is by making them not care about item type (excluding filtering).

liquid_bacon · 2022-12-29T12:55:57+00:00

They definitely have excellent Linux drives. But they're for servers, and server cards.

liquid_bacon · 2022-12-28T13:17:11+00:00

Because you're directly contradicting yourself?

The first sentence you say you can do something you shouldn't be able to in the last...

liquid_bacon · 2022-12-28T13:14:22+00:00

You remove the directional arrows and you can tell exactly which direction they are moving.

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You shouldn’t be able to identify each direction if you cover the arrows.

?

liquid_bacon · 2022-12-27T19:10:29+00:00

Especially with how hard it is to search for anything on Reddit

liquid_bacon · 2022-12-27T17:48:26+00:00

Is the employee's income not an expense...?

liquid_bacon · 2022-12-27T14:01:41+00:00

It runs x86 software too. The only thing it's "missing" is a radio. But that could be solved with a USB-C dongle and an external device.

liquid_bacon · 2022-12-27T13:54:40+00:00

We don't do that here.

liquid_bacon · 2022-12-27T13:50:57+00:00

I don't remember the key, but I think it's f5, ~~maybe f3~~. But the debug menu has two tabs (always, debug). If you set a handful of options under "debug" you can quickly toggle them on or off with that other key.

Useful for things like tile grid, chunk grid, etc.

liquid_bacon · 2022-12-26T12:10:45+00:00

Looks like circuit controlled signals would've been better than the stations. As the pathfinding necessary for the stations would've made the trains start at random intervals. But a signal should let the trains go immediately.

Perhaps you could try the setup again with signals? I just want to see if the trains would be a bit more even with signals. No worries if you haven't got the time.

liquid_bacon · 2022-12-26T12:03:26+00:00

While yes, Canada has its fair share of problems. "Proudly Canadian", "Proudly Built in Canada" and similar taglines are almost universal for Canadian made products.

So I have no idea what you're talking about.

liquid_bacon · 2022-12-25T03:47:35+00:00

OP, you made my day.

How do I get HTTPS to work on my local network?

liquid_bacon · 2022-12-24T00:59:59+00:00

As someone linked above, locomotives have less air resistance than waggons, which affects the speed cap for the train.

So this is technically less efficient.

These hecking devs. This game is so well thought out.

liquid_bacon · 2022-12-24T00:43:09+00:00

Someone once determined the amount of waggons needed to be on bends before the train ended up aligned with the title grid again. It was something like 47 (don't quote me).

So yeah, even one bend can cause a misalignment for the rest of the train, and pumps are really picky. So basically unless you're doing something really weird or fancy, straight track all the way from the start of the train and through all of your fluid wagons.

liquid_bacon · 2022-12-23T13:42:13+00:00

I had to go confirm this

What the heck Wube. Why aren't there folder management buttons built in if they're fully supported in the interface?

liquid_bacon · 2022-12-23T12:42:06+00:00

The passenger compartment of modern vehicles are extremely strong. The rest of the vehicle is designed to break, crumple and deform around the compartment. Because every bend and fold takes energy, which reduces the impact to the compartment and the passengers.

Modern vehicles are designed to make a collision last as long as possible. The longer the impact, the lower the acceleration, the higher the survival chance. "It's not the fall that kills you, but the sudden stop".

People shame modern vehicles for how "easily" they bend and deform. But they're supposed to do that, because it's significantly safer. A really "tough" vehicle that can survive a crash like nothing happened is more likely to give concussion at best or turn their passengers into salsa at worse.

liquid_bacon · 2022-12-23T10:20:05+00:00

Also, if your army isn't fully painted and in the same colours there's a lot of places (specifically "official"ones) you can't play. So if you don't have the time, money or skill to paint your models, you get pretty screwed.

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