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AMA: I'm a Random HN User, ask me anything (and I might respond)
17 points by SpyCoder77 4 days ago
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Besides life imprisonment without parole, what other punishment is appropriate for those who use the term "compile" to refer to what an assembler does (which is literally "assembling" not "compiling")?
One day blinding stew; Stew that blinds them for one day
What do you think about this Markdown viewer : https://github.com/RivoLink/leaf ?
Looks cool
Thanks
What matters to you deeply beyond survival and family and pets
Programming
Tell us two interesting truths and one plausible-seeming lie about yourself.

(You need not reveal which is which:)

I am male, I know how to code Java, I am not allergic to dogs
You don’t know Java.
Correct
consider the environmental stuff on the dog(s) (mold, bacteria, etc),

vs the dog protein

unless you have a test telling you you’re allergic to the dog protein

PS neat weird thread, thanks

What do you think of my minimalist text editor in a self contained html document.

https://text-edit.go-here.nl

One is suppose to download the doc and use it like a desktop app.

It is very minimalist, yes
What are your favorite podcasts and what are they each about?
Waveform podcast: tech

The Vergecast: tech

Dear Hank and John: random stuff

Training Data: AI Development

Nerdsnipe (I guess, don't really listen that much): Theo's podcast

Why do you participate in this community? What keeps you here?
I participate because I am not currently employed and have nobody else in the dev space to interact with, and even though this place is pretty parasocial, I still like it.
Which one suits you best?

- Spying with coding - Spying while coding - Spying the coding - Coding with spying - Coding while spying - Coding the spying

Or anything else you are actually doing?

Spying the coding, I guess. When I was young used to be really into Spy Kids, that is why that is my name
How much industry experience do you actually have and, with that in mind, do you regularly make opinionated comments authoritatively and beyond your expertise?
I am still in school, so I have no "industry experience" but have been programming text-based languages (so not Scratch) since 11.
It has a piquant nose, not dissimilar to a guavesque beverage i once sampled in Mozambique, before the place was overrun by tourists. What am I drinking?
How do you know you are "Random"?
I guess I should say pseudorandom, shouldn't I...
What's the wildest thing you know that you've never shared online before?
I was cycling and I see an egg shaped cloud of about a million tiny flies across the street. About 3 meters tall and 2 meters wide. It got my attention because it had such sharp edges and had an interesting pattern of waves. I stopped to look at it and thought it looked quite organized. Then I felt it looking back at me. I notice that kind of thing, like someone looking at me from behind. I'm never scared but it scared me a bit.... you won't believe what happened next. The cloud turned into a perfect circle with a dark outline. In the middle of the circle a second circle appeared then between the inner and outer circles 6 more circles formed with the borders touching the inner and outer circle. In the circles lines formed, the center one faded from dense on the edge to empty in the middle. Each of the outer circles had a different geometry to it. I was terrified, I've never been so scared in my life. I jumped on my bicycle and cycled as if my life depended on it with my heart beating hard enough to feel it. 200 meters away I shouted to myself, what the hell was that!

https://imgur.com/a/HFKfffQ

I've taken some liberties with the content of the circles. Only the spiral on the left and the circle filled with circles are somewhat correct.

20 years later, trying to figure out what the hell, I think I've provided a common point for all of them to look at which triggered a common pattern of flight. It was definitely a potent trick worth remembering as I almost pooped myself.

Never told anyone, I mean? Why bother? The response is to predictable.

If I asked you to send me 1000$, would your answer be the same as the answer to this question?
How do you feel about pineapple on pizza?
I have never had it, I prefer to go with things I already know I like.
I'm not him but I love it. :)
What is your favourite fractal?
Don't have one, they are all cool
How often do you play outside?
Durian fruit -- yea or nay?
I have no clue what that is
It was the most random thing I could think of to ask at the time. It is apparently pungent enough to be banned on public transit in some Asian countries, though I couldn't tell you which one(s). I've never had it myself, but they were cutting a large amount of it in the fruit section of a supermarket in Shenzhen once when I was there and that alone was an interesting experience. Some claim it's delicious and it just might be, but hoo boy its smell is strong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian

A pelican riding a bicycle.
https://imgur.com/a/l22fW9G (These are screenshots of SVG's generate at quiver.ai, a very good svg generation tool)
The fact that you didn’t draw them yourself is deeply disappointing yet it’s to be expected for the random HN user.
Tabs or spaces?