When an app asks for permissions, it should have a “feed fake data” option — and Why I Hate Frameworks (2005)

Issue #1187 — July 09, 2023

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When an app asks for permissions, it should have a “feed fake data” option mastodon.gamedev.place \| points: 750 \| comments: 311

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Why I Hate Frameworks (2005) factoryfactoryfactory.net \| points: 615 \| comments: 354

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If PEP 703 is accepted, Meta can commit three engineer-years to no-GIL CPython discuss.python.org \| points: 507 \| comments: 363

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ProtonMail Rewrites Your Emails jfloren.net \| points: 383 \| comments: 241

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TypeScript please give us reflection/runtime types github.com \| points: 303 \| comments: 269

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Software engineers hate code dancowell.com \| points: 291 \| comments: 178

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The Horror Game of the Year Is a Doom II Mod kotaku.com \| points: 248 \| comments: 67

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How the new Threads app is made emergetools.com \| points: 248 \| comments: 224

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Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now having doubts washingtonpost.com \| points: 242 \| comments: 511

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Top suspect in 2015 Ashley Madison hack committed suicide in 2014 krebsonsecurity.com \| points: 217 \| comments: 137

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Matrix multiplication using only addition arxiv.org \| points: 217 \| comments: 87

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Langchain Is Pointless old.reddit.com \| points: 214 \| comments: 101

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When did Alan Partridge first appear on television? dirtyfeed.org \| points: 208 \| comments: 150

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Scams upon scams: The data-driven advertising grift anotherangrywoman.com \| points: 208 \| comments: 134

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LlamaIndex: Unleash the power of LLMs over your data llamaindex.ai \| points: 189 \| comments: 51

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Train an AI model once and deploy on any cloud developer.nvidia.com \| points: 177 \| comments: 95

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Why Use Pascal? castle-engine.io \| points: 176 \| comments: 160

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How and Why I Stopped Buying New Laptops (2020) solar.lowtechmagazine.com \| points: 170 \| comments: 260

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iVentoy iventoy.com \| points: 170 \| comments: 29

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ServiceNow Insecure Access Control to Full Admin Takeover x64.sh \| points: 167 \| comments: 70

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