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by arendtio 6y ago
In addition, the default MacOS Bash is buggy :-/
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by arendtio 6y ago
> Why would anyone want Windows-specific code in a Linux build? It's dead code... You might want to ask the thousands of Electron App users how much they care about dead code ;-) I mean, you are right. But if you offer your users no
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by arendtio 6y ago
Well, the main problem with Electron is that every app ships its own browser using tremendous resources at runtime, having huge attack surfaces and lots of unused functionality. So just giving one optimized electron version to all users, ce
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by arendtio 6y ago
My problem with shells is not just about the obscure syntax, but rather about the point, that it is next to impossible to write reliable and reusable scripts. By default return codes of failed commands are silently ignored and `set -e` does
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by arendtio 6y ago
Actually, I wonder why not every OS comes with a Posix shell and an Python interpreter nowadays. Posix shells should be super easy, because most systems have them onboard already anyways. However, since Posix shells are kinda broken, I thin
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by arendtio 6y ago
I am not sure if I get your point then. I think it is important to see the patterns of bad decisions in the past to improve decision making in the future. That those mistakes were not done deliberately and with good intentions is a complete
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by arendtio 6y ago
Well, but there is nothing that makes it impossible to build logins and the like without 3rd party cookies. Yes, there are certain patterns out there, that use them, but slowly turning 3rd party cookies off and giving major sites time to ad
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by arendtio 6y ago
Actually, I wonder how much better it will be compared to the now ancient PixelQi screens. I mean, those were black and white in reflective mode, but could display colors when used with backlight and had decent refresh rates already. Howeve
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by arendtio 6y ago
A bit OT, but I still fail to grasp why Apple is allowed to restrict all browsers on iOS to the Safari rendering engine. Microsoft had to pay big because they didn't asked their users properly for alternative browsers, yet Apple doesn&
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by arendtio 6y ago
> Fake internet points (clickable, often animated icons with incrementing numbers. Likes, reactions, upvotes, retweets, etc.). This creates ADDICTION. Sounds like the HN karma system ;-)
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by arendtio 6y ago
If the whale would want to follow a ship he would do that. Instead the pattern looks more like he bounces off as soon as he comes close to a ship. Looks more like he wants to avoid ships. Seagulls on the other hand, have a very different p
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by arendtio 6y ago
I don't think the animation type influences the information in a misleading way and I think that the suggested effect is real. Whales use sound to gather information about their surroundings rather than sight. So it isn't about vi
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by arendtio 6y ago
Actually, because I also feel that the word has been used in many contexts and I would like to sharpen the meaning. So you might say, that I could go around an find all things that work aka good practices and say 'This is Agile',
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by arendtio 6y ago
> But methodology should be independent of being able and willing to ask questions. What if asking questions significantly increases quality and productivity? I mean, strictly speaking, Agile is no methodology but more a set of values [1
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by arendtio 6y ago
It is funny to read all the comments and see the dichotomy of coding: On the one hand, everybody wants people who can write code and keep them at the highest productivity level and on the other hand, code writers seem to care about not writ
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by arendtio 6y ago
Just in case you aren't aware, but this is what agile is actually about. Big part of it is communicating with the team. Not having a fixed plan and adjusting when having new insights is also part of it, but I think the communication pa
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by arendtio 6y ago
I agree, this article is a perfect example of the weak parts of Go. I love Go for many decisions that have been made during its development, but the handling of enumerations is certainly not part of it.
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by arendtio 6y ago
> It's painfully clear at this point that we need a consumer "bill of rights" to protect us from these giant tech companies. It isn't the only solution to this problem. Not using their products is another one. However
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by arendtio 6y ago
Isn't that comparison a bit off? When exactly did the Chinese drowned by the thousands in the ocean just to migrate from their home country? And how is that period related to the latest success of their economy?
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by arendtio 6y ago
In principle, you are right and this should at least be done in cooperation with African states. But it isn't about being a savior or missionary, it is about not being a bully. Simply letting advanced industries compete with local farm
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by arendtio 6y ago
The problem is everybody is looking at the symptom and wants to keep the poor people from moving to new places, yet nobody seems to care about the causes why they are leaving their homes. One example is the European food industry that expor
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by arendtio 6y ago
Well, not yet but since they are interested in buying firearms that future doesn't seem to be so far away.
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by arendtio 6y ago
Frontex has been criticized for their methods for years and now it becomes obvious that they are not just doing their job in a morally questionable way, but also don't comply with EU regulation. This is a step forward. Just to be clear
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by arendtio 6y ago
As much as I admire the cause, I can't ignore the irony: First Signal doesn't want to build a federated service because it is too complicated to build (for the guys who brought us a new class of encryption) and now they are asking
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by arendtio 6y ago
I think my problem is less, that there are no alternatives you can setup yourself, but more, that there is no useful standard ;-) But having a list of good alternatives if probably good too.
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by arendtio 6y ago
A few month ago, I found out that Thunderbird can show RSS Feeds within your grouped Inbox. So I just have to keep track of my e-mails and when one of my few selected RSS feeds posts something useful, I noticed it automatically.
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by arendtio 6y ago
Actually, I am more of a POSIX shell person, so I would like to add https://shellhaters.org It is a simple page with links to the corresponding parts of the POSIX standard which makes it a lot easier to find the correct document
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by arendtio 6y ago
> Call-by-value > Mostly Functional > Dynamically Typed Sounds a bit like POSIX shell. Yeah, I know that especially people doing functional programming do not want to be compared to shell scripters, but since I know how horrible sh
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by arendtio 6y ago
Actually, I prefer looking up and down over looking left and right. So for me it is normal to have the upper monitor way above my eye level.
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by arendtio 6y ago
Setting the DisplaySize in a /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/90-monitor.conf is the way I like solving the DPI issue. The advantage is, that even the display manager (in my case SDDM) runs with the correct DPI. If you want to find

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