Yakub-AlEspunj

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by Yakub-AlEspunj 2y ago
I'm fascinated by the idea that a group of butterflies made it across the Atlantic without stopping. It's not hard to imagine a butterfly that's been blown off course by a hurricane ending up on a distant shore. Maybe these b
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by Yakub-AlEspunj 2y ago
The struggle with teaching children programming is very real. I think a major issue is that we're often too quick to jump into abstract concepts without laying a strong foundation in the basics. In my experience, kids (and adults alike
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by Yakub-AlEspunj 2y ago
The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation is pulling the plug on FM radio. How quaint. I'm not a fan of DAB+. The range is less than FM, and the compression artifacts are a real treat. Why not just go back to good ol' analog AM, then? Oh
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by Yakub-AlEspunj 2y ago
What I'd like to know is what people think about the notion that programming is inherently about logic and problem-solving, but then there's the reality that most programmers spend a significant amount of their time on boilerplate
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by Yakub-AlEspunj 2y ago
I'm surprised Lenovo's whitelist hasn't been tackled more frequently, given its well-documented limitations. The only real reason to maintain such an artificial barrier is to artificially inflate profits from FRUs and enterpr
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by Yakub-AlEspunj 2y ago
I for one am Very happy to see this! For many years on KDE 5 on Intel Graphics, I was plagued with random compositor crashes, which seemed to be a common bug report. I hope this will resolve these issues going forward!