Lyngbakr

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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
There's a second edition of the legendary K&R book¹ to get you started. ¹ https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-2nd-Brian-Kernig...
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
Small Gods is my favourite so far. I think it's a great example of how Sir Terry could be silly and funny whilst making very interesting points about (usually) serious matters.
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
In terms of everyday workflow, does Fossil differ radically from git? If so, what's the learning curve like?
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
Weird. This is the correct link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62e36jm4jro
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Did Iron Age 'begin' in India? Tamil Nadu dig sparks debate(bbc.com)
3 points by Lyngbakr 2y ago|5 comments
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
> It still blows my mind how dogmatic some people can be about things like this. I don't understand why anyone takes these things as gospel. IMO, this is one of the key differences between the two books. CC has a vibe of h
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
Personally, I prefer it when there is a solid default tool chain for a language rather than having to choose from one of several. That way, I know pretty much what to expect when I open any project in that language. I feel like this is on
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
Unless you're using Graphene or similar, you're still plugged into a US corporation when using Android.
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
Who do you use instead for hobby projects?
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
On the Pacific Crest Trail, there is a lake called Gillette Lake presumably because it's the best a man can get. I, for one, quite liked it, as it's bright turquoise due to rock flour.
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
I'm surprised that Lua wasn't included in the discussion. I'm not saying they necessarily should have chosen to use it, but it's a notable omission given its popularity as a config language.
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
A metric I think is useful is responsiveness to issues. If there haven't been any recent commits and if I open the issue tracker and the maintainer hasn't even acknowledged issues that have been opened in the last 6 months, the
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
Why? There's the possibility that Zig will introduce breaking changes and the Roc compiler will have to be revised in light of those changes.
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
The rationale given makes perfect sense, but isn't it risky to rewrite in a language that is yet to hit 1.0?
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
There's no deeper meaning, just done on a whim.
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
They did an episode of Signals and Threads (Jane Street's technical podcast) about their build systems back in 2020¥. Highly recommended, as are the other episodes, especially The Future of Programming with Richard Eisenberg° and What
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Garmin users say smartwatches have stopped working(bbc.com)
4 points by Lyngbakr 2y ago|0 comments
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
Perhaps Helix? https://helix-editor.com/
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
I've tried my damnedest, but simply cannot get into Rushdie. Given that Midnight's Children won the "Booker of Bookers", I thought that would be a great place to start. When I finished the book I turned it over in my han
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
I was an Emacs user for years, then discovered Helix. I tried it on a whim and it turns out that I really enjoyed a modal editor that requires minimal config. I'm not sure if it's due to my an age, but I no longer want to constant
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Elon Musk's 'social experiment on humanity': How X evolved in 2024(bbc.com)
4 points by Lyngbakr 2y ago|0 comments
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
Very little organic carbon actually reaches the seafloor, though, because it is remineralised while sinking through the water column. Then, most of the organic matter that actually does reach the seafloor is similarly remineralised rather
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
The only person I've worked with over the past 20+ years who used Perl was a bioinformatics guru. When he taught students in the lab, however, he'd switch to Python.
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
IME, Pirate Fluxx is the best of the various themes. A good mix of silliness and solid gameplay.
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
We bought Netrunner because it looked amazing, but we laboured through as many of the rules as we could stomach before putting it away without playing. That was 10 years ago. We've haven't had the energy to try again yet.
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
I came to say the same about JotL. They got so much right in that game with the way they introduce the rules and the spiral-bound book game board being the most prominent.
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
They don't cover it in the book, unfortunately. A serious omission, in my eyes.
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
I'm still looking around, but Owl is a frontrunner.
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by Lyngbakr 2y ago
I had exactly the same experience (minus reading the book). Often, I'd just see the function signature and no further explanation. I do realise that it takes a lot of time and effort to build up extensive docs, but it happened enough t
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Owl Lisp – A functional Scheme for world domination(gitlab.com)
110 points by Lyngbakr 2y ago|35 comments

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