Considering you already have a WebSocket open, why not just send JPEGs over it?

Or if you prefer a GUI (still separate app, so works anywhere, too): https://git-cola.github.io/

Graphical interface won't work well inside WSL, that's why I dropped my subscription on GitKraken and start using lazygit. lazygit simply works in almost any environment, and it works extremely well even if you are not into terminal stuff.

Yeah, that’s the power of TUI. I would probably give it a go, too, but Git Cola works for me on Linux and Mac without too many issues.

(By “works anywhere”, I meant you can use it with any IDE or editor, or just run it from terminal, though it is cross-platform and should work on Windows, just not sure how well it would play with WSL.)

Yeah I really wish VSCode had a TUI option :( That would be so useful and so much more performant

What’s stopping you from using it in the terminal view of VSCode? Perhaps I’m misunderstanding your comment so please forgive me if I am.

Maybe you’re saying that you wish VSCose itself was a TUI?

Yes the latter, that it did have a TUI option for its interface.

I think I’ve seen a project running vscode as a server (?) and rendering it in terminal, but I can’t find it now.

There’s a lot of decent TUI editors nowadays though, and with LSP they’re pretty on-par with vscode. Maybe try Micro? https://micro-editor.github.io/

A TUI editor with a lot of the features of VS Code could be pretty cool... Basically a relatively thin shell on the remote editor server.

Really? While there its certainly slightly annoying because they have the "double menu bar" if they use a non-standard one like the jetbrains ides do... I feel like wsl gui support has essentially become a "solved issue" for a while now.

Yes and no, GitKraken actually have a graphical interface for WSL (or Linux generally), but it is barely usable as the WSL-g does not really work well. It's blurry for Hi-Res screen and the performance is like hell.

I would never try running any graphical stuff in WSL anymore, not worth it. VMWare with a graphical installation of any Linux system would be a preferred choice as I'm testing lately.

Or Proxmox or just virt-manager

Hmmm, is there a native virt-manager build on Windows? Though I suppose running it in WSL and connecting with an external SPICE client would work just as well. (I’m wondering if there’s a way to just run SPICE server in WSL.)

Can you clarify why do you prefer this over an IIFE `(() => {...})()`?

I like it. IIFEs always make me nervous because they look like they beg to be removed if you don't know why they are used. Using an explicit function such as `run` looks much more intentional, and provide a single intuitive place (the documentation of the `run` function) to explain the pattern.

Interesting that you can use blocks in JS:

  {
    const x = 5;
    x + 5
  }
  // => 10
  x
  // => undefined

But I don’t see a way to get the result out of it. As soon as you try to use it in an expression, it will treat it as an object and fail to parse.

Hmm, I think we only need to observe the `elements.at(-numberOfLanes)`, as it should be the first to enter the screen anyway.

Not quite – “bricks” would have a jagged edge on the right side, while “justified gallery” libraries produce even rows of the same length (but slightly different height), e.g. https://justifiedgallery.com/ or https://miromannino.github.io/Justified-Gallery/

TLS means “there’s a certificate”. Yeah, if a VPN/proxy can forge a certificate that the user’s browser would trust, it’s an issue.

But considering those are browser extensions, I think they can just inspect any traffic they want on the client side (if they can get such broad permissions approved, which is probably not too hard).

> I'd still treat it confidential

Estonian isikukood is GYYMMDDNNNC, and is relatively public. You can find mine pretty easily if you know where to look (no spoilers!). It’s relatively harmless.

Kazakh IIN is YYMMDDNNNNNN (where N might have some structure) and is similarly relatively public: e.g. if you’re a sole proprietor, chances are you have to hang your license on the wall, which will have it.

It’s a bit more serious: I’ve got my mail at the post office by just showing a barcode of my IIN to the worker. They usually scan it from an ID, which I don’t have, but I’ve figured out the format and created a .pkpass of my own. Zero questions – here’s your package, no we don’t need your passport either, have a nice day!

(Tangential, but Kazakhs also happen to have the most peculiar post office layout: it looks exactly like a supermarket, where you go in, find your packages (sorted by the tracking number, IIRC), and go to checkout. I’ve never seen it anywhere else.)

> or take the new one instead and having the responsibility to tell people their number had changed

Or have the opportunity to scam people into thinking you’re a different person. (E.g. take a $1M loan, go bankrupt, remember your birthday, and take a loan again.)

What I would really like to see is a TS compiler that emits .js libraries with typing information compiled as JSDoc comments.