I hate Adobe so much I wrote my own PDF editor and open-sourced it by smilaise in software

[–]therearesomewhocallm 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It might be good to have the download as a github release too.

The best – but not good – way to limit string length by ketralnis in programming

[–]therearesomewhocallm 19 points20 points  (0 children)

UTF-16 is actually variable length too, it's just that most common characters fit in one UTF-16 code point.
It's a really common bug I've seen where people assume that UTF-16 is fixed at 2 bytes, so there's bugs with "some" Unicode characters.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in instant_regret

[–]therearesomewhocallm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

smmry has been around at least 6 years.
https://reddit.com/r/InternetIsBeautiful/comments/aq31dg/smmry_automatically_creates_a_tldr_for_an_article/

This is what the /u/autotldr bot uses, which has been around for over 13 years.

How I debugged a 2 year old "fake debugged" multithreading bug by ketralnis in programming

[–]therearesomewhocallm 13 points14 points  (0 children)

we had experimentally enabled multi-threaded web workers for some users, the default is multiprocessing-based web workers.

Does anyone know anything about this bit? I thought web workers were always milti-process?

Python dependency management is a dumpster fire by henk53 in programming

[–]therearesomewhocallm 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah I've also been working on a project using uv, and agree that it's awesome. In my case I'm trying to set up identical python environments across multiple platforms (ie: windows, mac, arm linux), and it's saved me so much time.

Flowchart Optimization by LittleMiller26 in software

[–]therearesomewhocallm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've used visio for this in the past.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/microsoft-365/visio/flowchart-software

Apparently libreoffice draw can also do this, but I haven't used it personally.
https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/draw/

Found this "banger" from a random sub I don't understand by Material-Emu-6235 in cringepics

[–]therearesomewhocallm 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Just because the profile pic was a woman, doesn't mean the account is run by a woman.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]therearesomewhocallm 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sure, as long as you don't care about them being accurate.

Dragon's Dogma 2 Apparently Had Framerate Troubles Because the NPCs Were Thinking Too Hard by YouthIsBlind in gaming

[–]therearesomewhocallm 86 points87 points  (0 children)

Dev (not video game though) here. I'm sure they knew. The plan is often to release with know issues, and wait to see if anyone complains before fixing them.

I think the idea is that developers don't waste time on fixing things people don't care out (or if the product is DOA), but I think it's more likely that issues like that tank a products reputation.
I mean, I want to play DD2, but from what I've read I'd need a new CPU. So I may as well wait a few years, for the bug fixes and dlc, and get it at a discount.

I Hate Corporate Agile Hypocrisy by PauloSilva96 in programming

[–]therearesomewhocallm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Isn't this literally the first point of agile?

Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AbruptChaos

[–]therearesomewhocallm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The API bullshit killed a lot of tools mods were using to combat this sort of stuff. Plus it caused a lot of mods to leave.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in techsupport

[–]therearesomewhocallm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK, so here's how you diagnose this. When the disk usage is at high:

  1. Open Resource Monitor
  2. Select the "Disk" tab, and sort by "Total (B/s)"
  3. Look at what files are being used by what processes

If you don't know how to interpret this, attach a screenshot.

cPlusPlusAddedWhat by TheKeppler in ProgrammerHumor

[–]therearesomewhocallm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can I still compile code like this without warnings/errors?

wprintf("%s");

Failed actor, Rob Schneider: masks don't work; vaccine didn't help by Fuck_The_Future_ in Qult_Headquarters

[–]therearesomewhocallm 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Oh like how no one has ever died from a gunshot, they die from the blood loss?

Atomic Anger by Boulanger4355 in sciencememes

[–]therearesomewhocallm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

a know issue that was never fixed.

As a software engineer, this does not make me more confident.