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by _xiaz 2y ago
I don't believe the Go team deciding not to break GDPR law after massive backlash is anything that should be applauded.
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by _xiaz 2y ago
Exactly. There usually is some stuff about the deeper, darker corners of a language in the type of book I pick. I usually pick the authoritative book / advanced book. Think "Programming PHP", "The joy of clojure", &
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by _xiaz 2y ago
We may concede that it could be difficult from an engineering/sensors perspective, but the software side should be about as easy as a traffic light
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by _xiaz 2y ago
Of course. My methodology is usually this: Day 1: read the introduction of a book, set up editor and environment Day 2: (superficially) learn flow control and type system Day 3: practice with coding problems on codewars Day 4-7: reimplement
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by _xiaz 2y ago
As would anyone that has ever had the displeasure of interacting with him
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by _xiaz 2y ago
This one is the straw that broke the camels back for me: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/4965 "Are you sure you want to close this window", meant to only trigger in interactive scenarios
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by _xiaz 2y ago
kitty has the rudest maintainer I know in all of open source software
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by _xiaz 2y ago
At the same time using purely php is about as convenient as it gets. Just rsync, ftp or scp your index.php to the server and deployment is done. PHP+Laravel is more akin to ruby on rails or python django. Pure PHP is similar to Go in terms
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by _xiaz 2y ago
The whole issue of readability is overstated and can be reduced to familiarity with syntax and idioms
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by _xiaz 2y ago
I'm in the same boat. I believe it's a matter of taste mostly. We prefer expressiveness and power, other prefer simplicity of semantics and verbose code
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by _xiaz 2y ago
I believe people over-estimate the benefit of properly learning a language. 3-12 months seems to be sufficient for the specialisation benefits to outweigh the small hit to language competency. My strategy is to be a generalist superficially
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by _xiaz 2y ago
I maintain at least one reasonably large open source project myself and pride myself on our turnaround time. Our users/contributors don't need to wait weeks, months or even years until their issue is categorized, addressed and res
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by _xiaz 2y ago
In our little IT bubble where 3+ interviews are the norm, it's fine to envy the straightforward hiring in food-service. Ofc we still got the better deal overall and should only complain in hush tones
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by _xiaz 2y ago
Time to kill the zombies, good position
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by _xiaz 2y ago
In the alpha stage Also, how hard can it be to touch up on docs or some other small parts at least once a week? If you don't have the time for that maybe don't start a new project?
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by _xiaz 2y ago
So it's more complex than markdown while being less powerfull than latex or org-mode? What a waste
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by _xiaz 2y ago
>AI is rapidly accelerating its improvement rate Is it? All I see are desperate AI companies slapping on multi-modality because text generation is nearly peaked
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by _xiaz 2y ago
At the risk of being ignorant/heretical: Why use this over "raw" templating (e.g. jinja2) at this point?
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by _xiaz 2y ago
I have no idea where you've been in europe, but speaking for southern germany specifically this is bullshit
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by _xiaz 2y ago
Yet more spam from me: Clojure - thread-last: https://clojure.org/guides/threading_macros CL - The loop macro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4tmF_1nZng Guile - Ideal for SICP: https://git
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by _xiaz 2y ago
With Lisp the paradox of choice is especially unwarranted since moving between lisps is even easier than say moving between dynamically typed scripting langauges. Learning Guile for 4 weeks and then do CL for 2 leaves you no worse than doin
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by _xiaz 2y ago
Given CL and Guile (never heard of Janet), with a focus on practicality, I suggest CL. I go into more detail in the posts I linked. While a few months old they still hold up. https://port19.xyz/tech/other-lisps/
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by _xiaz 2y ago
Assuming this isn't just rhetorical: - Language - Culture - Time Zone - Bias (Racism to some degree) - Tax Law just the top of my head
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by _xiaz 2y ago
Ironically I like the shared toilets because they are cleaned daily and I can get away with cleaning mine at home a little less frequently.
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by _xiaz 2y ago
Ideally noone gets forced and group 2 just has a little more space in the office
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by _xiaz 2y ago
It's not even your fault. You'll be so distracted by the turbulence of the open floor plan that even at your best you'll barely concentrate
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by _xiaz 2y ago
Noise is a real concern that is largely unaccounted for in those CAD renderings sold to management. I'm sure that office done well can beat out remote jobs, but so many fail short
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by _xiaz 2y ago
Some kind of rating / ranking system could be a nice enhancement for the solo-player experience. But best focus on the marketing for now so we can find the study partners :)
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by _xiaz 2y ago
Great idea, I hope this takes of big time. I'll be sure to add a post, as I'm trying to learn PHP by reading the "Programming PHP" book
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by _xiaz 2y ago
This is exactly right. Disclaimer inflation has made disclaimers worthless since noone wants to bear responsibility unless absolutely necessary

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