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Tom Hicks

@hicksyfern.bsky.social

Full stack TypeScript dev working on making web maps. Also: F1, rugby, cricket, music

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If youโ€™re unable to self-report to not being a psychopath then I have some news for you

04.11.2025 21:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

5th place is already nailed on, barring something absolutely miraculous from the other teams.

I was so sure Williams was going to be off the grid a few years ago.

Amazing work!

04.11.2025 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Meh, missing the point. He wasnโ€™t trying to tackle him, he was trying to keep his feet assuming the ball was going back door. Barrett also wasnโ€™t expecting the ball.

If heโ€™d tackled him and it went back door he would have been pinged for a tackle off the ball.

Not sure how to solve this honestly.

04.11.2025 14:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Who do you think will be the next team to really get themselves into the elite 4+5 (excluding Italy, sorry) nations we have now?

Argentina were the last side to manage it, while everyone was waiting for Italy or Georgia to do it.

04.11.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m responding to this chain, paraphrased:
- theyโ€™re just strings
- theyโ€™re not just strings, they occupy a special place in the AST
- they are strings in the AST

Yes, they are strings. But theyโ€™re not โ€œjust stringsโ€

04.11.2025 14:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s that theyโ€™re not โ€œjustโ€ strings.

Much like pi isnโ€™t โ€œjustโ€ a number. Sure it is a number but itโ€™s more than that.

04.11.2025 09:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Absolutely outstanding. No notes.

03.11.2025 18:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Person 1: โ€œWhoa who just rolled that massive stone up that massive hill?โ€

Person 2: โ€œSisyphusโ€

Sisyphus (offended): โ€œwhat did you just call me?โ€

03.11.2025 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œThese things probably have their own opinionsโ€ฆโ€

<violently dies>

03.11.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is something you find out inโ€ฆletโ€™s call them โ€œweird and interestingโ€ ways one day.

In no way does saving 4 keypresses make up for the time lost debugging this when it goes wrong.

03.11.2025 14:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The longer you work in software, the more it becomes clear that โ€œconvenienceโ€ is often not a good way to judge things.

Random example that annoys me every day: โ€œyarn run whateverโ€ can be shortened to โ€œyarn whateverโ€ as long as โ€œwhateverโ€ isnโ€™t in the set of internal yarn script names.

03.11.2025 14:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I donโ€™t know who needs to know this, but about 15 years ago my friend taught me a cure for hiccups and it actually works, instantly, with a 100% success rate over perhaps 20 attempts with various people.

It should be in accepted medical literature.

03.11.2025 12:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My back says click

03.11.2025 12:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My kid lives the Cars soundtrack, which has got some Brad Paisley songs on it. Now Apple Music thinks I like country music.

With LLMs literally everywhere in everything, I really want a box to type in "I don't like country music"

03.11.2025 08:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looking at that Impreza wondering why youโ€™re calling it a historic field. Isnโ€™t that a modern up to date rally car?

I may or may not have played a lot of the first Colin McRae rally

02.11.2025 20:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think the statistics back it up as a viable attacking strategy. England scored two tries from them after all.

Itโ€™s even more viable now with the easier access for the attacking team.

02.11.2025 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a badly aligned search UI in macOS Tahoe

a badly aligned search UI in macOS Tahoe

UI is my passion

01.11.2025 22:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What in particular do you find defensive? Is it the box kicking?

01.11.2025 20:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I live in Catalunya but yeah I watched it. Thought England played most of the rugby.

Test matches are largely a defensive affair, nothing new there.

01.11.2025 19:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How about a masters thesis on machine learning? Will that help?

01.11.2025 17:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Or to make it extra scary, JavaScript

01.11.2025 17:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What about TypesCrypt for a Halloween-themed job posting?

01.11.2025 17:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

AI needs models to train itself?

01.11.2025 17:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Like milk

01.11.2025 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Are you people?

01.11.2025 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looks like it only uses AI if youโ€™re on a canvas pro license. And you can still just not use AI in things

01.11.2025 14:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Which rule is that?

And to be fair, a linterโ€™s job isnโ€™t just about preventing bugs.

01.11.2025 08:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Observationalist - fires are unlikely to happen in the near future for any given building as fires are generally rare

Person who has done lots of these things before - they want me to pretend anything can catch fire at any time so as not to appear complacent

01.11.2025 08:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Data for logical errors, errors array for what the hell broke errors.

Kind of like 4xx vs 5xx in HTTP

31.10.2025 15:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The little bugger

31.10.2025 15:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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