RandoHolmes

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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
I avoid header-only libs like the plague and don't really understand why people prefer them. I mean, I get it, I just don't agree with the tradeoffs. header-only slows compilation down just so you can avoid adding in a single lin
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
I'm of the opinion that all great abstractions have explicit methods to allow you to pierce them when needed.
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
endorses is too strong a word here. I get your intent, but as an American I don't endorse anyone having slavery in their supply line.
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
oh wow, that's a really good idea.
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
If interaction with the big screen were purely passive then I wouldn't have an issue with it. The problem is that it's a touch screen and is, by definition, not passive.
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
Here's what I actually said, with added emphasis. > I don't want to have to stare at my console just to change the radio channel, to turn up the A/C, ETC . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Et_cetera &gt
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
> As for the rumours and claims about seeing his lawyers, I don't have a strong view on it, since the claims seem quite weird and unsubstantiated. I've looked and I can't find any actual reliable reporting on whether he is
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
> I guess what I'm saying is this all feels quite ordinary. Just in case you missed it, the point here is that if this feels all quite ordinary it means the legal system is biased. There's no world in which limiting the defense
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
100% agree with you hear and made much the same point in another post (just not as eloquently). An analogue would be arguing that you have to be an official whistleblower in order to be protected by whistleblower laws, rather than simply be
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
Wikileaks 100% had a narrative, it was one of the things that disappointed me most about them. In general, I was on the side of this information needing to come out, I just really wish Wikileaks hadn't politicized it the way they did.
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
Reality means your opinion can't happen without abuse. If there's a subset of the people that are given special rights, the giver of those special rights can then cull anyone who would potentially act in opposition. Since it&#x27
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
I think that's a reasonable opinion, but I would also like to point out that in the US it's neither formalized, nor scrutinized.
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
I don't think My Lai can be blamed on the US government. The cover up can be blamed as trying to cover up a shameful act, but the act itself was done by men who were in a shitty situation and snapped. Unless you have evidence that the
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
For what it's worth, I was in my early to mid 20's when 9/11 happened and the aftermath made me super angry because it woke me up to the reality vs what you're taught when you're young. MANY of us in the US absolute
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
Inevitable. I've been saying for 10+ years that browsers will integrate more and more into the OS until they become another layer that users aren't even aware of. Sort of like Electron. Imagine web apps that can render native wi
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
But it's not the same as advertisement today. If I search for shoes on Amazon and I see an advertisement for a different brand amongst the search results, that's fine. I'll ignore it. If I ask someone what shoes Kardashian w
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
Do you also believe that Disney doesn't love money, or that the Car Insurance ad claiming they love the environment wants you to prefer public transportation rather than owning a car that you then pay them for insurance? At some point
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
> Im locked into alexa. and now, i'm digging my way out. I fell into the trap! I'm curious, how do you get locked into alexa?
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
I've started not taking my phone anywhere with me unless I think I may need it for something (grocery shopping, for example). mobile phones are not nearly as necessary as people seem to think, especially during covid.
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
> Even though I don't care a bit about brand loyalty, I can definitely see the appeal of every device (PC, phone, car, TV, eReader, watch, whatever) all sharing the same abstract "operating system" interface, sharing your
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
If you're going to have the car for 10+ years, why in the world would it be a problem to learn the system in it?
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
> and no big screen for maps One of the reasons I haven't bought a new car is because I pretty actively don't want a touch screen in my car. It just screams unsafe to me, and all the research I've seen coming out recently
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
Those have specific answers, why would advertisers be involved at all? That would be asking Amazon to specifically bring in middle-men they don't need to go through. "Alexa, what's the most healthy butter" would be a be
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
Apple products are a bit special in that the integration has always been a huge part of their value.
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
I would never turn my lights on while trying to use the restroom at night. I explicitly don't want to turn them on because it wakes me up fully. As for your A/C suggestion, that's what thermostats are for. Those have been
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
I've been driving the same vehicle for 16 years and the only parts I've had to replace are the starter (< 3 months ago) and the battery (3 times in 16 years). You damn well better believe I have some brand loyalty.
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
I'm pretty sure everyone is aware of the motivation for the correction...
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
That's why you don't respond immediately. My policy is that if it's super important they'll either come by my office or they'll call me directly. Anything else, and it gets looked at during specific times of the da
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
I don't disagree, but it's particularly bad on the frontend. This particular frontend person had convinced the owner of the company that there were things you could do in SCSS that you couldn't do in CSS. I had to explain to
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by RandoHolmes 6y ago
Java : 1995 : 25 y/o. RoR : 2004 : 16 y/o. Scala : 2004 : 16 y/o. Django : 2005 :15 y/o. golang : 2009 : 11 y/o. Rust : 2010 : 10 y/o. Kotlin : 2011 : 9 y/o. Typescript : 2012 : 8 y/o. React : 2013 :

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