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echoangle · 2026-01-03T01:29:40 1767403780

> light grey polyfills

Those grey loading placeholders for text are called skeleton loaders BTW, polyfills are libraries used to support newer browser APIs in older browsers and not something you can exactly see on a website (without checking the devtools)

jiggawatts · 2026-01-03T01:34:33 1767404073

echoangle · 2026-01-03T01:16:58 1767403018

Would it be practical to have a round port as a universal connector? USB C uses a lot of pins, how would that work? Like an audio plug with a lot of rings?

perilunar · 2026-01-03T01:37:13 1767404233

I think it would be practical with glass fibre. Two wires/rings for power, and fibre for data. Something like a Mini-TOSLINK, but even smaller. Ideally the plug would be barely thicker than the cable.

echoangle · 2026-01-03T02:39:28 1767407968

Glass fibre is pretty fragile though, it would probably break in the first hour for most people if used like a normal USB Cable.

perilunar · 2026-01-03T03:19:16 1767410356

Just use polymer fibre for consumer gear. Cheaper and more robust.

echoangle · 2026-01-03T10:04:19 1767434659

Can that still transfer data at full speed with reasonable cable length while bent?

echoangle · 2025-12-28T15:55:54 1766937354

Why would you take an LED over something on the screen? The notification is only really relevant while the laptop is open, and the screen is going to be on anyways.

echoangle · 2025-12-28T15:42:25 1766936545

Then you still don't need a switch on every website. Just set the browser to display the light version and have it ignore the system setting.

extra88 · 2025-12-28T20:37:57 1766954277

That's what we need, for browsers to have a setting to remember our light/dark preferences per-domain.

echoangle · 2025-12-25T22:51:40 1766703100

The class isn’t called URL, it’s called URLPattern. Because it represents a pattern that URLs can be matched against.

socketcluster · 2025-12-25T23:25:14 1766705114

I was aware of the first part though I foolishly assumed by the name that it was designed specifically to work with the existing URL object. I then experienced a bout of Java PTSD.

Upon further analysis of the full API, it's not as bad as I initially thought.

My initial reaction was kind of surface-level eye-rolling "Oh no, don't tell me they managed to find a way to make URL parsing even more complicated than it needs to be."

But in a way, this is almost an attempt at rolling back the previous complexity introduced by the URL instance and acknowledging the utility of the URL as a string primitive.

It is additional complexity but I guess at least it might prevent the need for additional future complexity.

I hope that's the idea.

echoangle · 2025-12-23T03:14:46 1766459686

Why do the drones need to be able to work underwater? Can’t you just connect some floats to them and launch the drones once they’re at the surface?

engineer_22 · 2025-12-23T12:59:07 1766494747

The floats would mark the location the mission originated

echoangle · 2025-12-23T03:13:29 1766459609

IMU that determines rotation rates and acceleration without vision. A drone can fly and hold attitude with some accuracy without any outside help, it doesn’t need cameras or outside control. Only GPS to counteract drifting but that can be neglected in the very short term.

echoangle · 2025-12-21T13:11:15 1766322675

The value in the collection could be the actual value None, that’s different from the collection not having the key.

eesmith · 2025-12-21T13:55:00 1766325300

    missing = object()
    data = collection.get("key", missing)
    if data is missing:
         ...
    else:
         ....

IshKebab · 2025-12-21T14:39:22 1766327962

That's why I said "normally".

echoangle · 2025-12-20T21:35:21 1766266521

> The power of parametric cad is such that I wouldn't be a 10th as productive using an interactive cad system.

This sounds like parametric and interactive CAD are polar opposites. Normal CAD software is generally parametric too.

The other points about the advantage of text files still applies though.

jacquesm · 2025-12-20T21:41:17 1766266877

'Normal' cad software is parametric in an entirely different sense. You don't normally build up from entities just like you would in software, which you can then manipulate symbolically.

There are cad packages that can do this but unlike OpenSCAD the main interaction there is the 3D window, not the text editor.

Though AutoCAD of course had this with AutoLISP since 1986.

Interestingly, I'm not sure which has the steeper learning curve, OpenSCAD or AutoLISP. OpenSCAD is really great once it clicks but most people give up long before then.

avmich · 2025-12-21T03:13:41 1766286821

Interesting to read that. I don't remember any learning barrier for OpenSCAD, while FreeCAD and Rhino3D took many days before I had to put it down. I guess people differ...

WillAdams · 2025-12-21T14:01:55 1766325715

Same.

Two 3D CAD tools which seem to be focused on ease-of-use are:

- Dune 3D --- this has been discussed here a couple of times (I think I posted the two most active posts elsethread)

- Moment of Inspiration --- created by the developer who created the program Rhinoceros 3D was based on and who was the lead developer for that program for years, it focuses on ease of use and apparently started with the idea of making a CAD Program suited to use on a computer pen tablet --- there's a video series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUilfM8GEmrS3yRLygdFO... which makes it seem very approachable

jazzyjackson · 2025-12-20T22:19:31 1766269171

Iirc autolisp applies to 2D drawings, so it's not a competitor for generating meshes

Mathematica however is Lispy enough and has a lot of helpful geometry primatives and can export STL

echoangle · 2025-12-16T23:22:10 1765927330

Lying implies intent, I don't think the person you're replying to is necessarily lying, even though they might be wrong on this specific point.

gheltlkckfn · 2025-12-17T04:37:34 1765946254

GH enterprise cloud is charging for storage separately, as an organization admin just navigate to the org admin page to see it.