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by 1dom 2y ago
Sorry, I'm struggling to make sense of this comment. I don't know C or C compilers very well at all, but I read the full gist and felt I learned a bunch of stuff and got a lot of value from it. But then when I read this top commen
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by 1dom 2y ago
LLMs and the internet both make it easier for us to access more information, which also means we can reach dumber conclusions quicker. It does go both ways though.
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This is interesting. I didn't realise so many people disable it. A lot of what you're saying is completely backwards to my life experience. For me and I guess most people I communicate with on e.g. Whatsapp. "Call me." i
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by 1dom 2y ago
Hey, sorry! I don't want you to feel bad, and I don't think you should. I think there are legitimate reasons to struggle with things like capital letters, and you've named a few: non-native language and interface device limit
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by 1dom 2y ago
I agree. I'm all for Graham's pyramid of disagreement: we should focus on the core argument, rather than superfluous things like tone, or character, or capitalisation. But this is too much for me personally. I just realised I cons
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by 1dom 2y ago
Fair points, thank you. Fortunately the original comment is flagged, and also someone responded with some sources: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43104223 The system works, go us!
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by 1dom 2y ago
This is just as unhelpful than the comment you responded to. Without any context, or links or sources for either side, it's just adding uncertainty and doubt. I'm an outside observer, and I want to to believe your side, but I can&
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by 1dom 2y ago
The way I interpret the decline of software is that part of the problem is because more software has been written with the mentality that it doesn't need to last 30 years. It's a self-perpetuating issue: people build stuff saying
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by 1dom 2y ago
That sounds like a chicken/egg scenario: how are you supposed to know if you have something worth sharing without producing that something first to make that assessment? I think putting more questions and uncertainty in the way of actu
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by 1dom 2y ago
I don't consider myself a writer, but it sounds like you do. I find forum posts far, far less nerve-wracking than a blog post. For me, a forum post is almost like how the original article describes a chat: it feels closer to realtime,
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by 1dom 2y ago
I didn't realise HN locked posts - I have a few posts I keep meaning to respond to that I'm terrified I've missed the opportunity now! Thanks for the reply though, I really appreciate it! I was worried you might say something
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I thought it was a good analogy, it made sense in the context of the article. Any analogy looks like a bad analogy if you stretch it beyond the authors intent and make out like that's somehow their fault or problem. I think it's i
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You have no idea how much joy it brings me to have something written to me, from you :) Your site does such an amazing job of capturing a particular way of thinking and interacting with the world. I can't articulate what that way is ex
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by 1dom 2y ago
Wasn't aware of link blogs. I did some googling, and practically, how is this different from a microblog? It feels like the intent and practicality are both pretty similar. The only real difference I can identify is that a microblog po
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by 1dom 2y ago
12 year old me's website from 2002 on webarchive looks like trash compared to when I made it because framesets and css has evolved since then. Many of my nerdy friends at the time also had fully flash based, or just a flash animation o
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by 1dom 2y ago
I like the sentiment of this, I feel it very strongly. But I also think this is just another expression of personal website anxiety. This is the same sentiment that lead to the boom in digital gardens, notion, PKM etc. I haven't accep
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by 1dom 2y ago
Thanks! Although, curse you, making me think more. Touché. That's a fair disagreement. Although I guess I was thinking that my individually curated sites and sources would include sites and feeds that themselves include diverse and new
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by 1dom 2y ago
Thanks, you made me think, but not in a way that makes me doubt my original point. Browsing HN for 30 mins is a better investment for someone who's life revolves around tech. If you're not a massive nerd, you're probably goin
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by 1dom 2y ago
Sorry to be "that guy", but where and why do you draw a line between social media, Reddit and HN? I do the same, but I don't like it. I "don't use social media", but I use reddit, and I'm commenting here t
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by 1dom 2y ago
Complex programming languages for infrastructure code get used when people who are more comfortable using complex programming languages to solve their problems are given the problem of infrastructure and ops. It is classic "every probl
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by 1dom 2y ago
> No one's forcing you to upgrade when the framework does. Many large companies have entire departments dedicated to forcing you to keep your code up to date.
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by 1dom 2y ago
I feel like your comment is overlooking 2 pretty crucial points that I think these questions will force you to face: 1. one country's court has done something which lead Wikipedia to block content from the entire world. Why do you thin
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by 1dom 2y ago
This sounds really cool - so you point it at individual items of clothing and it reads out the type of clothing and colour? Do you have any more info or links about the setup?
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I find it helpful for generating automated test suites in the style of the rest of the codebase. When working across multiple projects and clients, it reduces the mental load of having to remember or figure out how tests are expected to wor
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by 1dom 2y ago
I like this take on modern tech motivations. The thing that I struggle with is I agree with it, but I also get a lot of value in using AI to make me more productive - to me, it feels like it lets me focus on producing substance and actions,
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by 1dom 2y ago
I'll concede the ratio of crap:good might not have changed, but I feel the point being made is the nature of the crap has changed to be louder. Also, the time spent across the web has changed as do-it-all companies like Google or Amazo
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I'm really torn here. It feels like a good thing for society if everyone has that attitude of "do the right thing". But I also feel that it's important not to be naive: the sad/harsh reality is that there are people
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All fair points. (Although I'm not a fan of the climbing analogy, the joy of programming is that you can practice anything you want without risk of real harm, and I think that's what makes unicorn-like programmers: they've re
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by 1dom 2y ago
I think your post feels overly cynical. It doesn't seem to really address any of the points in the article, and it doesn't really give any examples to support your argument against it. > A lot of the "old" stuff is th
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by 1dom 2y ago
> There is no methodology (organizational, programming, testing, etc.) that can make excellence out of mediocrity. This is a thought provoking phrase, and I liked that. Thinking a bit deeper, I'm not sure if it's accurate, pra

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