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Stack Exchange post
Insert PNG comment block (iTXt) using javascript
September 14, 2021
Chunk names are case-sensitive, tEXt is the name of the chunk, TEXt is not. And since the first letter is uppercase, making the chunk critical, no …
Stack Exchange post
What do these FFmpeg APNG encoder prediction methods mean?
September 14, 2021
The PNG specification specifies 5 different filter types that are used to make the image data more …
Pull request
One character aliases for cargo-miri run/test
merged
September 14, 2021
The main cargo command supports cargo r as an alias for cargo run, and cargo t as an alias for cargo test. This adds support to them in cargo-miri for …
Stack Exchange post
What is Roberts's method for gradient estimation?
September 14, 2021
It was originally described in Machine Perception Of Three-Dimensional Solids by Lawrence G. Roberts as a method for …
Stack Exchange post
What is Roberts's method for gradient estimation?
September 13, 2021
Graphics Gems II, [chapter II.9 (*Image File Compression Made …
Stack Exchange post
How to use Cargo commands programmatically in Rust?
September 11, 2021
Add the cargo (docs) crate to your dependencies, and you can use Cargo as a library! It …
HN comment
September 6, 2021
If they did a good job hiding it then you wouldn't know about it. For every case like this where they made a obvious mistake, there are cases …
Stack Exchange post
Could moderators actually review-ban the Community user, and what would happen if they did?
September 6, 2021
No, Community is special-cased to be unbannable: "don’t mess with the Community User!"
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HN comment
August 11, 2021
I have 353 repos and 2146 contributions in the past year and haven't been accepted (yet!). It does seem to be random.
Pull request
CONTRIBUTING.md: fix link to COPYING
merged
August 10, 2021
The current link 404s when viewed on GitHub due to using a relative path that refers to an upper directory.
Motivation for this change The current …
Pull request
whereis: use commands for Bash completions
merged
August 9, 2021
Currently, the Bash completions for whereis <TAB> gives whereis file (“file” is not a placeholder here, it literally expands to that). This fixes that …
Pull request
Add x.py option to --force-rerun compiletest tests
merged
August 7, 2021
This can be used like ./x.py test src/test/ui/abi/ --force-rerun, and is useful when verifying that newly blessed tests don’t change between test runs …
Pull request
Test dropping union fields more
merged
August 4, 2021
Now that #87403 is merged, a few more tests can be added for reads/writes to dropping union fields.
r? @LeSeulArtichaut
HN comment
July 31, 2021
You actually can use SQLite on some browsers with WebSQL today. Unfortunately, WebSQL has been deprecated and is already removed from some browsers ( …
Blog post
Accidentally causing a Switch rumor
July 31, 2021
Nintendo's website wasn't updated because of a big update, but because I asked them to.
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Pull request
Document math behind MIN/MAX consts on integers
merged
July 28, 2021
Currently the documentation for [integer]::{MIN, MAX} doesn’t explain where the constants come from. This documents how the values of those constants …
Pull request
Support -Z unpretty=thir-tree again
merged
July 28, 2021
Currently -Z unpretty=thir-tree is broken after some THIR refactorings. This re-implements it, making it easier to debug THIR-related issues.
We have …
Pull request
11.0.0
merged
July 27, 2021
This is a pretty big update. The ZIP file got 65 MiB larger, and every directory has been updated or renamed.
Stack Exchange post
Data types in Rust
July 25, 2021
The maximum value a i128 can store is 2127 - 1, and the minimum is -(2127). The first bit is used for tracking if the number is …
Stack Exchange post
Why True value returns True with membership in function in python
July 24, 2021
True is implictly converted to a number, 1. (False would be converted to 0) The in operator checks if any element is equal to the left …
Stack Exchange post
What does "package foo in Cargo.lock is yanked in registry" mean?
July 24, 2021
It means that the package has been marked as "yanked". This is usually done …
Stack Exchange post
Why there is no `shutdown` method for TcpListener and UdpSocket in Rust
July 23, 2021
You can use std::mem::drop to drop a value early:
let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:80")?; // ... drop(listener); // ... ``` …
Stack Exchange post
Remove default linker flags in Rust
July 23, 2021
Start by making sure that you are passing the right linker-flavor. rustc …
Stack Exchange post
Can I keep "unused css selector"?
July 23, 2021
You probably want to wrap the selector in :global(...), like
:global(.red) { color: red; } This forces Svelte to keep the class …
Pull request
Make setting due date today an option in context menu
merged
July 21, 2021
This is useful for when you want to reschedule future tasks to today, or bump forward overdue tasks to today.
Blog post
Using Colemak for a year
July 17, 2021
Around a year ago, I started using Colemak, an alternative keyboard layout.
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HN comment
July 16, 2021
There are phones that actually can give you software freedom. The Pinephone and Librem 5 can both run mainline Linux with very few blobs.
HN comment
July 16, 2021
Presumably most employment contracts/usage policies explicitly give consent to the employer to access any private data that is stored on their …
Stack Exchange post
Why does SE track post referrers?
July 15, 2021
I exported my SE data, and in /qa/[site]\PostReferralsInbound.json there are entries like
tip
CTRL-D exits bash right away
July 15, 2021
Fun fact! You can hit CTRL-D to exit bash (and most Unix shells) quickly. CTRL-D is the combination for EOF, and most Unix programs stop when they hit EOF, bash included.
HN comment
July 12, 2021
You can use some Twitter search filters to see all of them: https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3A0xabad1dea%20%40github%2...
Pull request
Check for union field accesses in THIR unsafeck
merged
July 9, 2021
see also #85259, #83129, https://github.com/rust-lang/project-thir-unsafeck/issues/7
r? @LeSeulArtichaut
HN comment
July 8, 2021
It's possible to change that hardcoded limit. By default it is 256, but you can bring it all the way up to 2^64 with #![recursion_limit = …
Pull request
Bump dependencies to fix HTML in tables
merged
July 6, 2021
This updates dependencies to their latest versions, causing #19 to be fixed, and also adds a regression test for that issue. I’ve also verified that …
Pull request
Make work with latest rustc
merged
July 4, 2021
Cc https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/86863, which was caused by PR https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/86255.
Pull request
Support allocation failures when interpreting MIR
merged
July 4, 2021
This closes #79601 by handling the case where memory allocation fails during MIR interpretation, and translates that failure into an InterpError. The …
Pull request
Add suggestions for "undefined reference" link errors
merged
July 1, 2021
This adds a suggestion for “undefined reference to …” linking errors to install or specify the location to an external library. Since there is no …
Pull request
Document how to mark features as incomplete
merged
June 29, 2021
This was changed in https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/86446 such that incompleteness is included in the declaration.
Pull request
Don't make `rustc_insignificant_dtor` feature gate
merged
June 29, 2021
This isn’t a feature gate, it’s an attribute that is feature gated behind the rustc_attrs attribute. Closes #85680.
Pull request
Don't run a publically reachable server in tests
merged
June 29, 2021
This causes Windows Defender’s firewall to pop up during tests to ask if I want to allow the test program to access the public Internet, since it was …
Pull request
Use HTTPS links where possible
merged
June 26, 2021
While looking at #86583, I wondered how many other (insecure) HTTP links were in rustc. This changes most other http links to https. While most of the …
Pull request
Generate glossary table correctly
merged
June 24, 2021
Currently it renders like: This changes it to: The incorrect rendering is caused by a bug in mdBook: https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/issues/1583. …
Pull request
Say "this enum variant takes"/"this struct takes" instead of "this function takes"
merged
June 22, 2021
This makes error messages for functions with incorrect argument counts adapt if they refer to a struct or enum variant:
error[E0061]: this enum …
Pull request
Add pattern walking support to THIR walker
merged
June 19, 2021
Suggested in https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/85263#issuecomment-861906730, this splits off the support for pattern walking in THIR from #85263. …
Pull request
Remove some last remants of {push,pop}_unsafe!
merged
June 18, 2021
These macros have already been removed, but there was still some code handling these macros. That code is now removed.
Pull request
Mention that MAX / -1 and MAX % -1 always panic
merged
June 18, 2021
See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/86099#issuecomment-862857244 for some more context. These operations always panic, even when overflow …
Pull request
Use better error message for hard errors in CTFE
merged
June 17, 2021
I noticed this while working on #86255: currently the same message is used for hard errors and soft errors in CTFE. This changes the error messages to …
Pull request
Peephole optimize `x == false` and `x != true`
merged
June 9, 2021
This adds peephole optimizations to make x == false, false == x, x != true, and true != x get optimized to !x in the instcombine MIR pass. That pass …
HN comment
June 7, 2021
That is the exact idea behind Abstract Wikipedia (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia), the idea of which is to …
Pull request
Mention workaround for floats in Iterator::{min, max}
merged
May 27, 2021
Iterator::{min, max} can’t be used with iterators of floats due to NaN issues. This suggests a workaround in the documentation of those functions.
Pull request
Lint against non-CamelCase trait alias names
merged
May 27, 2021
Type aliases are linted as such, so (unstable) trait aliases should be treated the same way.
Pull request
Remove unneeded workaround
merged
May 27, 2021
This removes a workaround for #24159, which has been fixed.
Stack Exchange post
How to implement serde::Deserialize on struct containing &'static str?
May 22, 2021
I'm trying to implement serde::Deserialize on the SourceConfig struct, which wraps a struct containing an &'static str along with having some …
HN comment
May 17, 2021
The Rust graph is inaccurate since Rust uses FIXME instead of TODO. Almost all of the usage of "TODO" in rustc relates to the todo!() macro, …
Blog post
SecurityClassificationLevel in email headers
May 17, 2021
Recently I got a non-automated email from a government agency. While the email was interesting, what was more interesting was the email headers.
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Pull request
Check for inline assembly in THIR unsafeck
merged
May 16, 2021
#83129 was merged recently and added a THIR unsafe checker. This adds a check for inline assembly. (and this is 2x simpler than the MIR version, which …
Pull request
Document -Zunpretty=thir-tree
merged
May 13, 2021
This flag is useful for debugging the THIR.
Stack Exchange post
Can we implement the Copy and Clone traits to Command struct?
May 13, 2021
No, implementing Copy and Clone is impossible, since Command does not implement Copy or Clone itself. It wouldn't make sense for Command …
Stack Exchange post
importing winston causes 'process is not defined'
May 13, 2021
You can't use Winston in the browser right now, although support for it is currently on roadmap.
HN comment
May 12, 2021
This might be a way to make Google Doc's feature that allows copy/paste to be disabled ( …
Stack Exchange post
How do I get a value from a `HashMap::<&'static str, u32>` using a String as the key?
May 11, 2021
Use &s[..] to convert the String into a &str:
println!("foo={}", map.get(&s[..]).unwrap());
``` …
Stack Exchange post
Why would std::process::Command::ouput fail?
May 9, 2021
There could be some issue opening the binary being executed (i.e. access denied, doesn't exist) When waiting for the process to finish, the …
Stack Exchange post
How can I test my Boxed error for a specific type?
May 5, 2021
Dereference the Box before doing the assert_eq:
let err = tlv.downcast::<BridgeError>().unwrap();
assert_eq!(*err, …
Stack Exchange post
Why doesn't converting a raw pointer to a u8 into a raw pointer to an array of 8 booleans print the right result?
May 5, 2021
The behavior of that program is undefined (so the output is meaningless). From Miri:
error: Undefined Behavior: memory access failed: …
Pull request
Valid underscores in hex/octal/binary literal docs
merged
May 4, 2021
Currently hex/octal/binary literals with computed values are displayed like 0_xff_fff_fffu32, which is invalid since underscores can’t be in the …
Pull request
Throw UB if f*_fast intrinsic called with non-finite value
merged
May 3, 2021
Calling these intrinsics with non-finite values is undefined behaviour, since they result in f* intrinsics in LLVM with the fast flag, and fast math …
Pull request
Ignore commented out lines when finding features
merged
April 29, 2021
This fixes #76246, where commented out lines were being detected as features by tidy, by ignoring those lines when looking for features. It’s still …
Pull request
Allow pressing | to surround closure arguments in VSCode
merged
April 27, 2021
This makes pressing | while some text is selected surround that text with pipes. This is useful when writing closures.
In this demo, I press | to …
Pull request
Make tests pass on Rust 1.53
merged
April 26, 2021
Since all warnings are denyed when cfg(test), new warnings in rustc make tests fail. A new warning was added to rustc, so they fail with warnings like …
Pull request
Make license metadata SPDX-formatted
merged
April 26, 2021
This makes the license metadata be in the standard SPDX format, so tools can correctly interpret the license metadata of this crate.
Pull request
Handle pretty printing of `else if let` clauses without ICEing
merged
April 26, 2021
When pretty printing the HIR of if ... {} else if let ... {} clauses, this displays it the else if let part as match it gets desugared to, the same …
Stack Exchange post
Malicious javascript code in querystring for my website in google analytics
April 25, 2021
Someone is trying to do something malicious. There's no reason to believe that they're succeeding, though. They [appear to be automatically trying …
Stack Exchange post
Rust - Is repr(C) a preprocessor directive?
April 23, 2021
#[repr(C)] is not a preprocessor directive, since Rust doesn't use a preprocessor 1. It is an …
Pull request
Mention -Z unpretty=mir-cfg for debugging MIR
merged
April 23, 2021
This adds a mention of -Z unpretty=mir-cfg, a useful flag for viewing MIR as a control flow diagram.
Pull request
Write Rustdoc titles like "x in crate::mod - Rust"
merged
April 22, 2021
This makes Rustdoc titles for items be like “Widget in cratename::blah::foo - Rust”. Titles for modules and other non-items are unchanged, and still …
Stack Exchange post
What are the GitHub achievements?
April 20, 2021
According to a GitHub blog post, there are currently …
HN comment
April 20, 2021
Using SO data for purposes like that is allowed under the CC licence used. You don't even need to do any scraping, since you can download an …
Stack Exchange post
Is the other person notified if I follow then unfollow a person on github?
April 19, 2021
No. I have set my notification settings such that I receive all types of notifications. Despite this, I …
Stack Exchange post
How to group elements of a vector by a pattern?
April 19, 2021
Iterate over the elements of the nums to build up the split. For every number, compare it to the last number to decide whether to create a sublist, …
HN comment
April 18, 2021
There is work on integrating Cranelift into rustc (https://github.com/bjorn3/rustc_codegen_cranelift) so that rustc can compile to …
Stack Exchange post
How to check if specified char exists on Android ? (jss/css/whatever/…)
April 16, 2021
FontFaceSet.check does not check if a specific character exists in a font, only …
Stack Exchange post
Closed form expression for eigenvectors of 2x2 matrix?
April 15, 2021
Is there a closed form expression for the eigenvalues/eigenvectors of an arbitrary 2x2 matrix $ \begin{bmatrix} a & b \
c & d …
Pull request
Fix error message on client.toml absence
merged
April 6, 2021
Pull request checklist All tests pass. Demo project builds and runs. I have resolved any merge conflicts. What’s in this pull request? This fixes …
HN comment
April 6, 2021
> CNBC has learned
This isn't new information. Google has already been saying this on a (very obscure) blog months ago: …
Pull request
Fix license metadata in package.json
merged
April 2, 2021
Currently, incorrect license metadata is causing the licence to be displayed wrong on the NPM sidebar, since NPM uses the metadata in the package.json …
HN comment
April 1, 2021
Just got another email from them, apparently "the issue appears to have been resolved with Microsoft Azure". Looks like the problem is …
HN comment
April 1, 2021
Looks like this took down the national emergency alert system in Canada. I'm registered as an alert LMD (last mile distributor), and Pelmorex …
Stack Exchange post
What does use crate::body::Body; mean?
March 31, 2021
It refers to to the crate currently being compiled. So in this example, it is resolved as rtsp_server::body::Body. The body::Body part is refering …
HN comment
March 29, 2021
CloudFlare has a "Auto" TTL option, which is the default, and required to be used when reverse proxying through CloudFlare. There is nothing …
Stack Exchange post
How to find the git commit id of an included crate?
March 27, 2021
You can't. Crates on crates.io don't need to be built from a Git repo, and there is no built-in way to determine what commit a crate was built from. …
Stack Exchange post
Anyone is able to see ♦ moderator announcements
March 26, 2021
This appears to be fixed. The mod inbox now 404s on teams:
Stack Exchange post
Check if the lines of a file contains given pattern without regex in Rust
March 25, 2021
You can loop over all possible values:
let line = line.unwrap(); for i in 0..=9 { if line.contains(&format!("PerfectSwitch-{}: …
Blog post
Interesting things in Nintendo's OSS code
March 25, 2021
The Nintendo Switch has some open source parts, and Nintendo very kindly allows the source code for these parts to be viewed.
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Stack Exchange post
Numerically compute intersection of infinite line and rectangle
March 24, 2021
I'm trying to numerically compute where an infinite line defined by two points intersects a (finite) rectangle also defined by two points. Here's a …
Pull request
Don't show welcome message when embedded
merged
March 23, 2021
The welcome pane isn’t very helpful when in embedded mode, since editing isn’t supported, and the person probably just wants to look at the diagram. …
Stack Exchange post
Anyone is able to see ♦ moderator announcements
March 22, 2021
There is a way for anyone to see ♦ moderator announcements despite not being one:
[![A list of moderator announcements][1]][1]
This can be …
HN comment
March 20, 2021
IIRC you have to use their more expensive Tesla cards for these use cases. These cards are basically the same as consumer GPUs with more permissive …
Stack Exchange post
Area 51 uses insecure avatar generation
March 20, 2021
Area 51 uses [a different system for avatars][1] than the rest of the network. While on every other site [Gravatar URIs are salted][2], on Area 51 …
Stack Exchange post
Upvotes on passed review audits disappear
March 17, 2021
I upvoted a [review audit that I passed][1], but after I was told that I passed, the upvote I cast disappeared. Shouldn't upvotes on passed review …
Stack Exchange post
How to delete a contributor on GitHub repository page?
March 17, 2021
I tested this, GitHub appears to treat the list of "Contributors" as append-only: whenever it sees a new one, it adds it to the list, but it never …
Stack Exchange post
GitHub: problem pushing a local branch to the remote
March 16, 2021
The repo URI you are trying to push to doesn't exist, or you don't have permission to access it (GitHub pretends that private repos you don't have …
Stack Exchange post
When we click "accept both changes" in vscode, Which command will be executed during merge conflict?
March 16, 2021
You can check exactly what commands are run in the "Git" console, under the "Output" tab:
[![A screenshot of a Git console window. At the top are 4 …
Pull request
Custom error on literal names from other languages
merged
March 15, 2021
This detects all Java literal types and all single word C data types, and suggests the corresponding Rust literal type.
Stack Exchange post
Destructuring an Option<Box<_>> inside a match statement in Rust
March 15, 2021
Dereference the box after matching:
if let Some(inner) = self.pending_removal.take() { let (temp_structure, some_boolean) = *inner; …
Blog post
Writing a Boolean expression parser in Rust
March 15, 2021
Let's write some Rust to parse and evaluate Boolean expressions.
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Web app
Linear transformation playground
March 13, 2021
Play with some linear transformations in your browser!
Stack Exchange post
In Github, how do you determine which branch the release came from
March 12, 2021
Releases are created from the branch you select when creating the release:
Stack Exchange post
Why can't I access enum fields directly?
March 12, 2021
It is because weight isn't part of the Animal enum, it's part of the Cat type of the enum. Say in the future you add another type of animal that …
Stack Exchange post
Rust: Implicitly convert from usize to the corresponding int type
March 11, 2021
You can use the [TryInto][1] trait in function arguments to do implicit conversions from the perspective of callers. It still involves conversion, …
Stack Exchange post
Rust: Write stdout into a buffer or String
March 10, 2021
Command output is represented as a series of bytes. Use [std::str::from_utf8][1] to convert it to a str:
use std::str; …
Stack Exchange post
GitHub what causes gaps in issue #Number (404 This is Not...)
March 10, 2021
From experience, I've seen that issues and pull requests will 404 if GitHub's filtering system or moderators decide that a PR/issue is spam.
Stack Exchange post
Why mutable reference on `const` is not an error?
March 10, 2021
Taking a mutable reference to a constant creates a new, temporary variable. Your code is treated by the compiler as:
fn main() {
const …
Stack Exchange post
svelte : embedded github gist throws Failed to execute 'write' on 'Document'
March 10, 2021
You can work around this by rendering the Gist in an <iframe>:
<!-- Gist.svelte --> <script> export let gistUrl = "" import { …
Stack Exchange post
How do I get a bytes::bytes::Bytes from a std::string::String?
March 9, 2021
[Bytes][1] implements [From][2]/[Into][3] for [String][4] to allow conversion from strings to the bytes representing that string in …
HN comment
March 8, 2021
Recently I was curious as to how the wireless emergency alert systems work. But the actual specifications [1] from ATIS (another standardisation body) …
Note
First note
March 8, 2021
If you are reading this, then I've sucessfully set up my notes system. This is for notes with less content than full blog posts.
Pull request
Update models URIs in notebook
merged
March 8, 2021
This updates the model URIs in the notebook to the new ones from fd6c1443c2810c207fc6ea0cea10db6abf86e25d, to make it easier to use them.
Stack Exchange post
macos clipboard is parsing "/n" as "⏎"
March 7, 2021
When [eagerly evaluating][1] expressions, Chrome puts the entire output on one line. Hit enter to (uneagerly) evaluate the expression for real to get …
Stack Exchange post
Rust trying to maintain self-defined list: cannot borrow `self.array` as mutable more than once at a time
March 6, 2021
Rust doesn't allow multiple mutable references to the same variable at the same time. The easiest way to fix this would be to interleave the borrows, …
Pull request
Support breakpoint intrinsic
merged
March 5, 2021
The breakpoint intrinsic raises a SIGTRAP signal. If a debugger is attached to a normal program, then SIGTRAP can be used to trigger breakpoints in …
Stack Exchange post
Convert Gemtext to HTML
March 3, 2021
[sed 4.2.2], 160 bytes s!&!&!g
s!<!\<!g
s!>!\>!g
s!"!\"!g
ta
:a
s!^*\(.*\)!<li>\1</li>!
s!^#\(.*\)!<h1>\1</h1>! …
Stack Exchange post
Error selenium wire linux with dependency cryptography
March 3, 2021
rustc failed compilation with a SIGKILL. This probably happened as a result of it using up too much memory, and the [OOM manager deciding to kill …
HN comment
March 2, 2021
The Firebase Data Processing and Security Terms [1] (section 5.2.1) limit Google's usage of any data they obtain through Firebase and would seem …
HN comment
March 1, 2021
I think you misread the sentence. It's not the largest value JS can represent, it's the largest value it can "reliably represent". …
Stack Exchange post
How to run a single doc test in Rust?
March 1, 2021
You can run doc-tests at the granularity of individual documented items.
If you have some source code like this:
/// ## Example /// ``` …
Stack Exchange post
Print A-Z and their alphabet index without using 1,2,4,6
February 28, 2021
Rust, 56 bytes ||for(i,x)in(9..).zip('A'..'['){print!("{}. {} ",i-8,x)}
Stack Exchange post
Function that gets slice of strings and extracts them as arguments to shell command in Rust
February 28, 2021
Use [Command::args][1]:
fn apt_install(package_name: &str, options: &[&str]) { let mut c = Command::new("apt-get") …
Pull request
Suggest character encoding is incorrect when encountering random null bytes
merged
February 28, 2021
This adds a note whenever null bytes are seen at the start of a token unexpectedly, since those tend to come from UTF-16 encoded files without a BOM …
Stack Exchange post
Collatz Conjecture (OEIS A006577)
February 28, 2021
Rust, 62 bytes fn c(x:u8)->u8{if x==1{0}else{c(if x%2==0{x/2}else{x*3+1})+1}} This recursively determines the total. For 2 extra …
HN comment
February 9, 2021
They tried that at one point, and it didn't work out very well for them: …
Pull request
Add note about Webpack 5 workaround to changelog
merged
January 17, 2021
Webpack doesn’t make it obvious how to fix this error, so we should document it in the changelog to help those upgrading to Webpack 5.
Pull request
Re-enable all num tests on WASM
merged
January 17, 2021
This was partially done by #47365, but a few tests were missed in that PR.
Pull request
Document compilationoptions
merged
January 17, 2021
Per https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte-loader/issues/76#issuecomment-761686961, this closes #76.
HN comment
January 16, 2021
Some web hosts use Safe Browsing to automatically perm-ban any sites on the list. I've been banned from Heroku for a couple years at this point …
Pull request
Provide example when format string is rate limited
merged
January 13, 2021
Here’s an example log line in the new format:
[RATE LIMITED] format string "open-conn-track: timeout opening %v; no associated peer node" (example: …
Pull request
Fix emitCss test
merged
January 13, 2021
This re-adds the test and makes the tests pass.
Pull request
Return NOERROR instead of NOTIMP for most records
merged
January 12, 2021
This is what every other DNS resolver I could find does, so tsdns should do it as well. This also helps avoid weird error messages about records don’t …
Pull request
Explicitly licence under MIT
merged
January 12, 2021
Currently the licence name “MIT” is in the package.json but it there isn’t an actual licence in the repo. #136 would have added a license but now #146 …
Pull request
Document 3.0.0 release
merged
January 11, 2021
This should help people updating know exactly what they need to do when updating.
Pull request
Move CI to Github Actions
merged
January 11, 2021
Per https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte-loader/pull/140#pullrequestreview-514153012, most Svelte repos are using Github Actions now, so let’s use it …
HN comment
January 3, 2021
Here's a list of implementations: http://doc.beeminder.com/tagtime (I also wrote a web implementation: …
Pull request
Clarify that raw format strings are intentional
merged
December 19, 2020
This caused some confusion in issue #460, since usually raw format strings aren’t printed directly. Hopefully by directly logging that they are …
Pull request
Require at least Go 1.15 in go.mod
merged
December 14, 2020
This is actually already required, this just updates go.mod with that fact. If you try and fail to build Tailscale with an outdated Go version, an …
Pull request
Remove unused .gitignore lines
merged
December 13, 2020
These removed lines ignore built files that don’t exist anymore, and just serve to clutter up the .gitignore file. (I was initially confused when I …
Pull request
Test on Node v14
merged
October 21, 2020
This makes it so we test the same versions as Svelte itself.
Pull request
Fix URL for internals thread on 1.47.0 post
merged
October 6, 2020
The current link 404s, this fixes the post so the URL points to the actual forum thread.
Pull request
fix(left-sidebar) extra scrollbar when opening left sidebar
merged
September 30, 2020
This prevents an extra vertical scrollbar from being displayed at the bottom when opening/closing the left sidebar. There is still a vertical …
Pull request
Set creation time when a page is created via link
merged
September 29, 2020
This stops the creation time from showing as (unknown date) in the list of pages when a page was created via link.
Pull request
Remove old "exprd" parameter from test .bb files
merged
September 6, 2020
Since jsbrain refuses to process files with unrecognised parameters, it gave errors when handling these files. I am now able to successfully generate …
Blog post
TagTime Web: my stochastic time tracking web app
August 26, 2020
It randomly samples what you are doing
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August 3, 2020
No. There is no version of the env! or include_str! macro! in C++ (they are implemented in the compiler for Rust). These macros can be used to the get …
Pull request
Fix logging code on latest Nim
merged
July 28, 2020
This was causing the code not to compile on recent Nim.
HN comment
July 9, 2020
> it's theoretically possible for it to create an entire simulated CPU
A Javascript x86 implementation already exists: …
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Reddit's website uses DRM for fingerprinting
July 8, 2020
But hey, at least Reddit gets less ad fraud!
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Gmail's fake loading indicator
July 4, 2020
Gmail's loading progress bar doesn't *actually* measure the progress of loading.
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June 25, 2020
This is probably the keyboard adjusting the tap area of the keys based on the predicted likelyhood of that key being pressed: …
HN comment
June 19, 2020
Here are the App Store Review Guidelines, section 3 is about in-app purchases: …
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Generating our own knowledge panels
June 14, 2020
About how I made a simple clone of Google's knowledge graph.
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June 13, 2020
You can pass "-C overflow-checks=on" to rustc to generate an optimized build with over/underflow checks enabled, even in a release …
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June 8, 2020
DuckDuckGo pays money to Bing to use their API [1], presumably enough to outweigh any loss of revenue. DDG also uses Bing's ad network, so Bing …
HN comment
June 3, 2020
Their terms of service disallow reverse-engineering or even disassembling the binaries: https://zoom.us/terms
> You agree that You …
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May 25, 2020
If these companies notice, they can file a UDRP (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Domain-Name_Dispute-Re...) request, on the …
HN comment
May 23, 2020
You can sideload on Chromebooks if you enable developer mode. But enabling developer mode wipes all data on the system and displays a warning message …
Pull request
Several minor UI improvements
merged
May 18, 2020
This incorporates several minor UI changes:
style.cljs is now formatted idomatically. Fixed two lint warnings about the order of requires. There is …
Pull request
Add basic styling
merged
May 14, 2020
See #10. This uses Garden for some basic styling. Now, the body uses the browser’s default sans-serif font, instead of not specifying one (some …
Itch game
Doubleshoot
May 11, 2020
Shoot the red enemies with your duel-sided laser, while avoiding the good guys!
HN comment
May 3, 2020
This has happened to me. I have been able to get it to work by retrying the download until it works, it took me three tries. If that still …
Pull request
Add Roman::value_checked
merged
April 25, 2020
This adds Roman::value_checked. Unlike Roman::value, this returns an Err instead of panicking. I also added some tests to ensure it behaves correctly.
HN comment
April 12, 2020
Their Terms of Service (https://help.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-terms-o...) say:
One person or legal entity …
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April 7, 2020
Just tested this, I was able to create an account without a phone number. I think it doesn't require a phone number if Botguard is highly …
HN comment
April 5, 2020
> If you wish to make more than 1k calls per second or 1m calls per month, you must use reCAPTCHA Enterprise or fill out this form and wait for an …
Pull request
Add documentation examples for members and entries
merged
March 29, 2020
Adds documentation examples for JsonValue::members and JsonValue::entries.
HN comment
March 11, 2020
You can bypass hard HSTS errors in Chrome by typing in "thisisunsafe". There is no textbox to type it into, you have the press the letters …
HN comment
March 5, 2020
It is still possible for websites to access indexedDB by using Web Workers:
new …HN comment
March 5, 2020
They used to be a reseller, but in early 2018 they completely moved off of Enom and registered domains directly: …
HN comment
February 12, 2020
On a related note, if you start an SMS with "!", then the leading exclamation point will be stripped, and a delivery confirmation SMS will …
HN comment
January 14, 2020
It is still possible to determine what browser caused an exception. The "sec-ch-ua" header is used by Chrome (but only to HTTPS websites) to …
HN comment
December 31, 2019
Since GH URLs are github.com/<name>, you also can't register usernames like @login, since that would cause a conflict. However, …
HN comment
December 4, 2019
On most lyric search results, Google cites LyricFind as the source: https://www.lyricfind.com
Blog post
A bookmarklet to amplify YouTube
November 15, 2019
A bookmarlet to amplify YouTube videos.
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November 7, 2019
It doesn't appear they have a CLA. The old license was BSD 3-clause, which states:
> 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above …
HN comment
November 6, 2019
For those interested, the demo instance is at https://sandbox.ebay.com/ The message at the top says "eBay and PayPal will be …
HN comment
October 27, 2019
The recent Canada federal election used paper ballots (all of them have), and those attacks are mostly preventable. Ballots are counted by two people …
Web app
Is your shift key pressed?
October 24, 2019
Wondering if your shift key is pressed? Not anymore.
HN comment
October 12, 2019
The Canadian Human Rights Act states:
> Every person who is an employee has a right to freedom from harassment in the workplace because of sex, …
HN comment
October 6, 2019
Amusement ride tickets have inherient utility: you can redeem them for a ride. What utility can you get from BAT, other than selling it?
Blog post
How to use private JS class variables
September 30, 2019
A short tutorial on using private class variables in JavaScript.
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September 20, 2019
> the repo "network"
This is actually an optimization done by GitHub. It would take up a lot of space if GitHub copied the entire repo …
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September 18, 2019
Probably the upcoming Area 51 raid: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Area_51,_They_Can%27t_...
HN comment
September 18, 2019
When I read the headline I assumed it meant that GitHub was hiring an employee named Semmle, which confused me until I realized Semmle was a business.
HN comment
September 14, 2019
Stripe Issuing lets you specify a webhook can approve/decline transactions [1], so you could use that to only approve transactions at a certain …
HN comment
September 10, 2019
> couldn't find nofollows on either HN or Reddit links
HN nofollows job ads and posts under ~10 points (it's 5 in the opensource code, …
HN comment
September 7, 2019
The ipfs.io is just a web-based way to access IPFS, called a gateway. There are a bunch of different gateways. In addition, you can run an IPFS node …
HN comment
August 31, 2019
The Metanet protocol isn't Bitcoin SV specific. Any immutable datastore could serve as the backend for a Metanet.
HN comment
August 12, 2019
This is because it's illegal to require a Canadian to provide their SIN, unless the use is on the list of exceptions [1].
One can still ask a …
HN comment
August 6, 2019
Couldn't a bad actor abuse liveTr() and call it with a ton of random strings to make me pay to translate a ton of garbage data?
Pull request
Fix URI to testing.md
merged
July 23, 2019
It got broke when it was moved to the devs directory.
HN comment
July 23, 2019
That wouldn't comply with the license terms, which require the first two paragraphs (The above copyright notice and this permission notice) to be …
Blog post
AlertReady To Retire Ku Band Alerts
July 5, 2019
Pelmorex, the company that runs AlertReady will stop providing alerts over the satellite Ku band on August 31.
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HN comment
June 28, 2019
If the details of a ranking algorithm are open source, it would be easy to manipulate them.
HN comment
June 28, 2019
I think they mean "the data of Google users", not "Google's data about users".
HN comment
June 28, 2019
Both the app and the website have ads, I just checked. They look like normal email messages, but they start with an advertisement indicator. I only …
HN comment
June 21, 2019
Most articles are free, but some articles are designated by their authors as member articles. Authors get paid when members read member articles.
HN comment
June 14, 2019
GCC has the GCC Runtime Library Exception: the resulting binary of code compiled with GCC doesn't need to licensed under GPL.
Blog post
Easily upload files to IPFS, online
June 5, 2019
Easily upload files to IPFS with my new online tool!
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Pull request
Make net module compile with --taintMode:on
merged
June 1, 2019
Currently the net module doesn’t compile when the --taintMode:on flag is passed to the compiler. Not well tested, I’ve only tried it by patching my …
HN comment
May 19, 2019
Stack Overflow Enterprise is either self hosted or hosted by SO, but on a individual Azure server instance, so each instance would probably need to be …
HN comment
May 6, 2019
It seems weird that they would ask survey respondents to check their browser settings to determine if they had Do Not Track enabled. DNT status is …
Blog post
How to watch YouTube video frame-by-frame
April 14, 2019
Watching YouTube videos frame-by-frame is simple: here's how.
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HN comment
April 12, 2019
That incentivize upvoting everything, since there is no punishment for upvoting posts that don't make it to the frontpage. That could be solved …
Pull request
Make clone URL work for those without push access
merged
April 11, 2019
SSH URLs only work for those with push access to this repo, HTTPS urls work for everyone.
Blog post
Next Canada-wide emergency alert test announced for May 8
April 9, 2019
Pelmorex has announced the test alert, which will be played across phones, TV shows, and radios.
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Blog post
Nim: How to use a cstringArray
February 6, 2019
A overview of how to use a cstringArray in Nim.
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HN comment
February 1, 2019
The location-based filtering is easily evaded. It doesn't check your IP address, just uses the HTML5 geolocation API, which is client-side. In …
HN comment
January 11, 2019
HSTS errors can be bypassed on Chrome by entering "thisisunsafe", if anyone wants to bypass these HSTS errors. Of course you probably …
HN comment
December 13, 2018
It seems like they moved the article to tkrunning.com, which is a Medium custom domain created before Medium custom domains were disallowed. From …
Pull request
Add "deleted" account
merged
November 26, 2018
See https://github.com/steemit/condenser/pull/3058. This account has been “deleted” (blacklisted by Condenser), because the user wanted their account …
Pull request
Add UP token support
merged
October 30, 2018
This adds the UP wallet. UP tokens are created by @steem-1up sending custom_json operations with an id of 1up. Moderators can make posts containing …
Pull request
Improve formatting consistency for geolocation
merged
October 27, 2018
Improves formatting consistency for geolocation address object
Pull request
Improve language used in README
merged
October 27, 2018
Improves the language used in README.md
Pull request
Bump version to 1.1.0
merged
October 3, 2018
Changes from v1.0.2:
Adds Partiko, SteemPress, Tasteem, and APPICS info Adds SteemPeak info and URL scheme Removes trailing slash from Steemhunt, …
Pull request
Don't let users enable beta option
merged
September 16, 2018
Fixes #98
Changes Summary of changes you made.
Option to enable beta is removed Users aren’t redirected if they have beta enabled Test plan Explain …
Pull request
Fix typo
merged
September 10, 2018
Fixes a typo in the filename of the Git guildelines file
Pull request
Add mineNIM Pool and Nimiq Tip Bot to address book
merged
August 4, 2018
mineNIM website: https://minenim.org/
Pull request
Release 1.0.2
merged
July 19, 2018
Adds changes from #15, and bumps up the version number from 1.0.1 to 1.0.2. Could you deploy this to NPM, please?
Pull request
Make Zappl templated
merged
July 18, 2018
Makes Zappl a template.
For steemit/condenser#2947.
Pull request
Add Nimiq Foundation and Charity to address book
merged
June 18, 2018
Adds Nimiq Foundation and Charity to address book.
Pull request
Add Nimiq Faucet to address book
merged
May 29, 2018
Adds my faucet to the address book.
Pull request
Fix 404 links in README
merged
May 21, 2018
Fixes dead links in README, as nimiq.com/wallet is now safe.nimiq.com, and the miner has moved to miner.nimiq.com
Pull request
Fix code in latest post
merged
May 8, 2018
Should be relayTransaction, mempool.pushTransaction is for light clients.
Pull request
Add post: Sending NIM with the Nimiq API
merged
May 7, 2018
Basically just this post by me.
Pull request
Update discord link in more files
merged
May 4, 2018
Fixes a few more files, using the link from 36589bd. No more #secret-nimiq-chat.
Pull request
More accurate error messages for Steem/SBD transfers
merged
December 9, 2017
Changes:
If username being attempted to have money transfer to, has a username of less than 3 characters, say that the username is too short. Same …
Pull request
Use correct domain in meta tag
merged
December 2, 2017
netify.chainbb.com, doesn’t exist. It appears that it used to be some sort of testing domain, and is no longer active. It’s still mentioned in a meta …
Pull request
Add steemd.com to "View this account on..." account sidebar
merged
November 21, 2017
This adds steemd.com to the sidebar, on the account page.
Pull request
Fix bug: Only allow one vote per person
merged
November 4, 2017
Only allow one vote per person
Scratch project
Infinity Jumper v2 with restart button
June 9, 2017
Like the original (by @sohan2), but with a restart button.
Pull request
Linkify "ChaoBot's logs"
merged
May 30, 2017
Makes the text “chaosbot’s logs” in the README a link to the logs, where people can find the meritocracy information.
Pull request
More browser support for voters.html
merged
May 29, 2017
Before, this code used Object.values, which is only supported in Chrome and Firefox. This new code works replaces the line by mapping the keys array …
Scratch project
testing...
September 3, 2015
-just testing remixing
-removed everything from @Glitterglamz101's project
Scratch project
Gravity1 - Bounce Working
July 9, 2015
Just a demo that it does work - only one time per flag press, though. Uses the same code made by @KEGroovn
Scratch project
Crack the Passkey! cracker
July 2, 2015
Original by @iamunknown2.
Attempts to crack a hash made by it. Just brute forces it.
-updated to allow for 10 digits
-uses new algorithm
Scratch project
Cloud Art
January 29, 2015
Uses relrel's cloud list system. If you're a New Scratcher, your work won't be saved.
Scratch project
Favourite Cookie Type
January 29, 2015
Trying out cloud variables. Uses relrel's cloud list engine.
Scratch project
There's no going back! remix
January 18, 2015
This project was made by zondareeds - I just added some improvements.
Added:
-better jumping
-not starting in ground
-touching the bottom of the scree
Scratch project
Box Game
January 18, 2015
The game is very laggy. If you find out why, could you tell me?
Scratch project
Color Saver
January 9, 2015
I made this so I could save levels in "The Swimming Ball". It works best in turbo mode (the level maker needs to go threw each letter of the input)
Scratch project
Pong Game
January 4, 2015
This was my attempt at making a good gravity simulator. If you go to the "Paddle" sprite, you can make the cursor control the platform.
Scratch project
Test Computer Speed
December 30, 2014
This works best in turbo mode. Basically, what it does is find how long it takes to wait 1 second.
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