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by allendoerfer 3y ago
> the obvious choice is "downloaded", but instead some people prefer the weird hodge-podge of "down-ge-loaded" You are using an English word in a German sentence, while they are (almost correctly, downgeloadet) applyi
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by allendoerfer 3y ago
Dear neighbor, with all due respect to Belgium, you are underselling your country.
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by allendoerfer 3y ago
The weather in London is not terrible per se, it just changes rapidly, so it could start to rain at anytime during the day.
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
The others might be bad, but they are not Enron (EY Germany = former Arthur Andersen Germany) and Wirecard bad.
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
The most useful comparison is between implementations of each ecosystem‘s best practices.
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
You do not owe anything to anyone here. You just cannot construct a moral high ground based on your childlessness. It is not moral to not have children. Paraphrasing Kant: An action is moral, if the state improves when everyone does it. You
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
> What's selfish about not having children? To whom or to what do I owe bringing a child into the world? Since life can just be given to the next generation and you have already gotten yours, it would be logical to return the favor
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
I get your point and am on neither side of the fence here, since I do not think, we should rely on individual action at all. I just want to add to the conversation, that somehow your reasoning strikes me as a bit selfish. It is of course tr
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
OP is referring to the license.
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
Avoid adjectives by specifying verbs. Possibly conflicting with Orwell's rule 2 and 5.
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
We are on the same page, which is why I would advise to use TypeScript instead of JSDoc.
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
> That structure can be parsed and used for documents, editor hints, diagrams, and even type check validations. > Instead of having to traverse the entire callgraph of a function to have an idea of what guarantees it provides, you sim
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
> Why do all keyboard projects either mindlessly adhere to antique conventions or hopelessly diverge into zaniness? Why is it so difficult to find a multi-platform split keyboard with no gimmicks, standard layouts, and sane defaults. I w
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
I second this, because you will have a goal to work towards and something measurable afterwards. If you are not really inspired, many other suggestions might be harder to really follow through on, so you might end up with having done nothin
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
I realize that this highly depends on the country and its medical system. I live in a country where there is universal healthcare and you can just book an appointment with any doctor of any kind without going through any gatekeeping. I thin
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
It will be exactly the opposite. You are missing what doctors are mostly doing. Caring for elderly people. They will still need human communication, attention and care, the expertise can come from something like ChatGPT.
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
So Windows 10/11 is supposed to have a finished look at this point? Just polish the damn thing and finish what you started with WSL1 instead of suddenly adding advertisement popups and sports news into a released product and creating n
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
> hip-hip hurray, hip hip hooray > This term was used by German citizens during the Holocaust as a rallying cry when they would hunt down Jewish citizens living in segregated neighborhoods. I don’t know, might have been used that way.
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
Quick googling showed, that the average salary in Kenya is about 1/10 of that in the US. So the prices are the same to the respective people living there. Technology doesn‘t matter much here, economics are the reason why prices hav
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
You do not really need parody sites. You can accomplish the same using rsync and 3 lines of bash.
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
It's the number one reason, why I am not upgrading and tell everyone who asks me, to not do it either. This law is so good, even its anticipation has environmental benefits.
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
Never miss an opportunity to add complexity!
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
> How does that not make it safer than using a memory unsafe language? It was never compared to using a memory unsafe language. It was compared to a wildly used and battle-tested open source software.
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
I guess they have read "Bullshit Jobs".
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
> 2. Joel Test[1] was 0 out of 12. Sorry, but then you and your colleges were not senior enough to handle an environment like this. This is not a question of missing management, but also missing (technical) leadership. While I do not kno
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
> Humanities specialists argue that these majors open up higher-earning opportunities later in life because they don’t lock students into a narrow programming language, certification or career path. The critical thinking taught in humani
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
It's on "Did you win the Putnam?" or "xkcd 927" level and does not really need a link on HN at this point.
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
> I must confess that I did roll my eyes at black characters acting normally in the middle of a tavern in medieval Europe recently. It ruins the whole viewing experience, because you stop buying what you see. Characters are just very obv
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
> the best thing to do would be to keep your spend way below your means. this maximizes your options and gives you choice. but who does that? Many do. The FIRE movement shows this.
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by allendoerfer 4y ago
I do not like comments, which are basically upvotes, but yes, Stow is the answer and this should be the top comment.

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