brianpeiris

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brianpeiris ,

Not a fan of Poilievre by any means, but I'm glad we don't live in a world where he immediately takes the anti-trans attack angle. I won't be surprised if he does in a few days or weeks, but I'll take what I can get.

brianpeiris OP ,

Ugh, that is utterly disappointing to see from Ars Technica. Here's a bit of context about it: https://mastodon.social/@nikclayton/116065459933532659

Fortunately, the article was already archived, for what it's worth: https://web.archive.org/web/20260213194851/https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/after-a-routine-code-rejection-an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-someone-by-name/

brianpeiris OP ,

I think it's best to leave the post link as is. I don't want to point people to misinformation. I've added a post description instead with context and the archive link. If people downvote this post because of the 404, so be it.

brianpeiris OP , (edited )

In a supreme sense of irony, it seems this article was quickly taken down when the subject of the article commented that Ars had fabricated (or hallucinated) quotes from him. So disappointing to see from Ars Technica.

Context:
https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/journalistic-standards.1511650/
https://mastodon.social/@nikclayton/116065459933532659

Archived article (containing the fabricated quotes), for what it's worth: https://web.archive.org/web/20260213194851/https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/after-a-routine-code-rejection-an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-someone-by-name/

Canada’s new AI strategy is off to a bad start | BetaKit ( betakit.com )

The consultation format was widely criticized for its prioritization of business interests, its lack of attention to human rights and labour concerns related to AI, and its disregard for deliberative public dialogue: the short, 30-day time window and specialized knowledge required to meaningfully answer many of the survey ...

brianpeiris ,

You really don't need to reach for conspiracy when the entirety of silicon valley has gone AI crazy.

brianpeiris ,

3.78 Trillion dollar market cap. You don't get to that valuation by being generous to your customers.
Apple is as capitalist as any of them. They're just wrapped in shiny marketing. Now only if their fans understood that.

CRTC makes it easier to find information about Internet and cellphone services with a National Broadband Map, a decision to provide information per street, and a public consultation - Canada.ca ( www.canada.ca )

First, in today’s decision, the CRTC approved a request to provide Canadians with more detailed data on the service providers, technologies, and speeds available in their area. This will make it easier for Canadians to compare options and make informed decisions, and will support future investments to improve connectivity ...

brianpeiris OP ,

Many areas have bandwidth up to 50Mb/s, which I think is the minimum standard the CRTC is aiming for. The useful feature of the map is the list of providers for the selected area, which is in a collapsed section below. They're planning on updating that with the latest providers with this new decision.

brianpeiris OP ,

Fair point. Maybe you should respond with that in the public consultation!

brianpeiris OP ,

It's when you make AI available to every employee at your company, instead of on an individual or team basis.

brianpeiris ,

It's basically 50/50 if they're a Drumpf supporter or fascist in general, and the smart ones won't reveal their politics, so I'm not taking that chance.

brianpeiris ,

Astonishing how quickly we now turn to AI without even thinking about the ramifications. Really bad look for Ashton.

brianpeiris ,

Maybe browse this list a bit https://alternativeto.net/software/udemy/
Canadian universities or colleges might offer online courses, though they are likely to be more expensive, especially for international students.
You may want to search for general game development courses, since Godot is still a bit too niche, and there was a major overhaul between Godot 3 and Godot 4, which may make older courses irrelevant.
If you don't care so much where the educator is from, maybe find ones you like on Udemy and ask them if they offer their courses elsewhere.
Other than that, there are always books you could pick up.

brianpeiris ,

Looks like the guy behind this is based in France: https://www.gdquest.com/

brianpeiris OP ,

Good call. I'll add a version with his name.

brianpeiris OP ,

Nice. I'll have to check them out. I turned the idea into a little generator web app, so feel free to generate your combination of names if you're inclined: https://brianpeiris.github.io/ampersand-names-generator/

brianpeiris ,

Nardwuar!

brianpeiris ,

This is true of other dynamic languages. For example, Python will also allow you to add arbitrary properties to objects without complaining.

As others have mentioned, you need to read MDN, and more specifically, understand the browser APIs and DOM structure. When you have an HTMLElement, you should know that you need to set style properties on .style, and you should know that .style is a CSSStyleProperties object which uses camelCased version of the CSS property names, and each property takes a certain type of value, like the various value types for the width property, which include length values, percentage values and keyword values.

One of the main skills of being a frontend developer is learning this object model. It doesn't make sense to complain about it, because that is the job.

Trial and error is not an efficient way to learn. You should at the very least experiment in the browser with the dev tools open. Have a hypothesis for how something should work (like changing a particular property), try making the change and observe the effect on the webpage and in the dev tool inspector, and if your hypothesis is wrong, understand why and update your mental model. The goal is to avoid using trial and error eventually and build an understanding instead.

brianpeiris OP ,

I took it to mean that newer AI browsers were taking mind-share, if not market-share. I think you're right that they're minuscule in terms of actual user numbers, perhaps because there are many of them now.

brianpeiris OP ,

Widevine is the defacto standard proprietary technology for DRM-locked content. It's used by all the major streaming services like Netflix and Disney+. Without it, publishers would not make their content available to those platforms for fear of rampant piracy, especially for high quality and 4K content. I guess Widevine requires some sort of vetted relationship with any browser that wants to use their tech.