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by dlandis 3y ago
> It's less of a popular choice for new projects than it ever was. Totally disagree. I think it was at its trough of popularity in the Java 8 initial release timeframe around 10 years ago, when many companies were still stuck on Jav
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by dlandis 4y ago
Could you try one of the remote services like Better Help? (I have no idea if they have good therapists, I just see their name a lot lately).
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by dlandis 4y ago
Is there any downside to having a prepaid plan as opposed to a normal plan ? For example when the next year comes up, is there any additional hassle to continue with the same account and pay for another year ?
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by dlandis 4y ago
Yeah, genuinely curious for how many people in their 90s that are “put in a home”, does that change end up being the right move for them. Kind of wish the question was studied so people could make more informed decisions.
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by dlandis 4y ago
Is there any way to "report" streams in the app, when you come across them and they seem inappropriate?
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by dlandis 4y ago
Curious how you feel about donut holes.
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by dlandis 4y ago
> It's mostly just premium models from GM and BMW that come with this feature. Some Mazda SUVs (e.g. CX-3) had a HUD starting back in 2018 or earlier.
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by dlandis 4y ago
I'm curious why is this warning only being issued now? Until now they haven't issued any warnings about this type of product?
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by dlandis 4y ago
Agreed. That part was not well written. It seems like a vacuous, self-important phrase unless it is immediately tied to something else like, "I take full responsibility and as such I will be <taking the following meaningful actions
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by dlandis 4y ago
Haha carvana is banned in Illinois and under investigation in a bunch of other states due to their shady practices.
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by dlandis 4y ago
> We’d never discussed custom illustrations, but it seemed like a small amount of work, so I let it go. > “To be clear, the project is still a rebranding and not a redesign, right?” I asked. It's a very interesting post, but when
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by dlandis 4y ago
My thoughts exactly. One game away from playing for the world championship. Would have been awesome to see, and I think he would have had a very solid chance against Ian.
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by dlandis 4y ago
You could start small and block off a certain chunk of time during which you won’t respond. And communicate that to people ahead of time and the reasoning for it. Also set your statutes msg during that period. It could catch on and more peo
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by dlandis 4y ago
Great write up, but I would also be interested to learn what the total number of hours was that the author devoted to this case, including all the phone calls, email, research, preparation, etc. His main takeaway was to not be afraid of the
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by dlandis 4y ago
I'm not familiar with this situation, but this is such an immaturely written post. For example, the third bullet point in the summary is: > On March 1, 2022, Stanford student Katie Meyer died by suicide. During that time, Dean Calde
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by dlandis 4y ago
> But to me, they are like the old grey beard who didn't update his knowledge as the times changed. Maybe it's just me but with all the rampant age discrimination nowadays in tech, I really don't like to see the continued
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by dlandis 4y ago
Yup but it seems to me like the default behavior should be reversed. It should be accessible by default, and for the few special cases sites where zoom interferes with their functionality, then the setting could be toggle to disable it.
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by dlandis 4y ago
I like nano for quick edits , but I was always bemused that it only gained an undo feature around the mid 2010s despite existing for many years before that.
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by dlandis 5y ago
> If there's only developers who test their own code then they're not incentivized for finding the ways their code breaks. It totally depends. In many cases it will come back to the original developer if their code breaks in pr
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by dlandis 5y ago
Also, it bears mentioning that there has been a lot of momentum around new language feature in the past 5 or so years. Good overview here: https://advancedweb.hu/new-language-features-since-java-8-to... And many other chang
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by dlandis 5y ago
FYI, people have been posting about this on stackoverflow meta going back at least 8 years: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/200177/a-site-or-sc...
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by dlandis 5y ago
Yeah, I know someone who did the exact same thing. I guess it's similar to a pyramid scheme in that the more people you "coach" or "mentor", the bigger your personal brand will get and the more opportunities you wil
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by dlandis 5y ago
I think a big part of its future will be using it to implement Kubernetes operators. See https://www.ansible.com/integrations/containers/operators It seems like a good fit in that role, as the other main option is
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by dlandis 5y ago
I guess I still don't understand the "why", in terms of why someone would use or be interested in the product. What differentiates it? It would be so helpful if companies talked in terms of some very specific use-cases that t
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by dlandis 5y ago
I tried a couple mechanical keyboards recently, but in both cases the left `control` key was further away from the center (I guess because the space key was significantly longer) than with a mac keyboard. It made it an uncomfortably long re
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by dlandis 6y ago
A quick google reveals a large number of people facing the same issue every year, going back to at least 2014.
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by dlandis 6y ago
I just tried FF again today for the first time in months and updated to the latest Mac version and...I found the Quit feature didn't work. Neither Command-Q nor Quit option from the menu...And it's something like this every time I
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by dlandis 6y ago
> The main reason this company exists, or that ad tech can maintain a facade of not being a mainly bullshit industry with made up metrics, is the lack of informed consent. Exactly, the industry is built on a foundation of obfuscating the
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by dlandis 6y ago
I’m familiar with the gathering they are writing about. It’s really not a disturbance whatsoever anymore. It’s a shame there are people being so up tight about it. In years past it definitely got out of control sometimes and the bass was so
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by dlandis 6y ago
One thing to keep in mind is that ASL, for example, is the first language of many people and it is a totally different from the English language.

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