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by epicide 5y ago
(For me) while I also get distracted from work while at home, I find it is about the same amount as in an office. The biggest difference is the distractions are far more healthy and productive than the ones I'm left to in an office.
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by epicide 5y ago
While it's always a good thought exercise to ask oneself "what else might (partially) produce this result", that does not mean one is equipped to answer it accurately. Additionally, if your goal is to "expose" peopl
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by epicide 5y ago
Not OP, but I assume they meant "free as in speech, not as in beer". AKA FOSS.
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by epicide 5y ago
Right, which is why it feels like a bad-faith argument in this case to say "a machine can't produce copyrightable code, etc." We aren't talking about a server sitting in a Microsoft data center shuffling code to another
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by epicide 5y ago
> The output of copilot is macnine-generated and is not subject to copyright. Microsoft cannot claim copyright on what it generates. That does not affect my rights, or anyone else's. What about when I, a developer working on a propr
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by epicide 5y ago
I don't see this often talked about, but some of the biggest value that (n)vim provides for me is that I've configured it myself. I know what's in my .vimrc because I'm the one that put it there. It takes me longer to
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by epicide 5y ago
Exactly! In a lot of areas, we hear talk of how "the developers"[0] made this decision or that decision (e.g. mobile apps, games, web). But in reality, most developers have very little agency over technical decisions. Sure, they&#
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by epicide 6y ago
If you mean for script portability: you can still easily call scripts with bash directly. For scripts that modify the environment, use bass. If you mean that you still have to use bash on other machines: yeah, I feel you there. At least for
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by epicide 6y ago
I'm glad you bring that up. I think Python is the closest we have to a "universal language" (even so, it still has some limitations). I think it works well for beginners because the language itself is so consistent and they h
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by epicide 6y ago
Not OP, but I'd be happy to try and differentiate, as well. Simple means uncomplicated, not a lot of pieces. A violin is arguably simpler than a guitar because of a lack of frets. Easy means it is not difficult. A guitar is arguably ea
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by epicide 6y ago
> Go is not an easy language, it is a simple language, those 2 things are not the same. This distinction is fundamental to any sort of design, but is unfortunately lost on a lot of people (especially developers, in my experience). Easy
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by epicide 6y ago
Well said! Communication is a two-way street. Effective communication is the hardest problem I'm aware of and there is no universal solution. Alan Alda's book _If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?_ does a great
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by epicide 6y ago
A good slogan should say something. If the inverse of your slogan is invalid or the same as your slogan, then your (original) slogan is probably not saying anything. If you aren't giving something else up, then you aren't saying a
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by epicide 6y ago
(F)OSS by itself is not a security solution. Largely because you can't "solve" security. There are plenty of insecure open source apps. To deny that would be to deny tons of security-related CVEs. Yes, open source software is
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by epicide 6y ago
By far one of the most useful courses I had while pursuing my degree was on writing assembly for 16-bit DOS. The course didn't just focus on writing assembly for its own sake, but rather as a way to teach lower level concepts. e.g. the
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by epicide 6y ago
It is not delightful to accidentally annoy someone with the same message several times because you thought it did not send.
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by epicide 6y ago
Overall, I agree it's a problem, but I see responsive design as a (perhaps poor) solution to the convergence of three more fundamental problems. The first being screen size fragmentation. Most tablets fall into a similar size/scal
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by epicide 6y ago
Also very good points. I'll admit I'm not up to speed with a lot of CSS, myself. I'll definitely be looking into how to better use columns. While I think frameworks can be helpful to keeping a standard look and feel to the we
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by epicide 6y ago
Print media also doesn't have to deal with: resizable windows, accessibility, user styles, navigation, mixed media, comment sections, SEO, browser compatibility, load times, or security. I understand we are just talking about page layo
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by epicide 6y ago
Not all therapy works that way. For a lot of people seeking therapy, their issues do start with a personal sense of lacking. Starting with helping them to love themselves first makes sense. If someone goes to a therapist with narcissistic
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by epicide 6y ago
Yep, and Post-Its were made from the scraps of what was supposed to be a really strong adhesive. It speaks more to me that they released Proton rather than shelving it after losing the original motive.
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by epicide 6y ago
You make a good point to bring up indie development (WoW excluded), but I think looking at the storefronts is also important. For these big conglomerates, the trendy thing is to have your own games store. Complete with exclusivity deals, pr
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by epicide 6y ago
I think for a lot of people, their fear of public speaking comes from not having gone through that first time you sound legitimately dumb. For example, saying something obviously flat-out wrong and tripping over your words doing so. Up unti
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by epicide 6y ago
Because a lot of drivers start driving because they already can't find an alternative form of work? Or they already have another job (or several) that does not pay enough. However, they can't find yet another job with flexible eno
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by epicide 6y ago
Not saying Lyft is without fault, but this argument excludes all possibility of provocation, which is reductionist.
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by epicide 6y ago
> if we are just developing it without real purpose and mentally/emotionally enslaving ourselves to do it Or worse yet: the purpose is mental/emotional enslavement.
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by epicide 6y ago
I also often long for that magical feeling of everything being new and exciting again (to you). Like the computer was waiting for you to just press the right sequence of buttons... I obviously can't guarantee getting that feeling back
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by epicide 6y ago
Yeah, first sentence no less. No excuse for that one!
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by epicide 6y ago
I can Google medical terms until I pass out, but that doesn't make me the intended audience for a medical research paper. Besides, I'm not suggesting (or "demanding") that all articles explicitly state their target audie
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by epicide 6y ago
The author never really expresses the intent of the writing, so the reader is left to assume it is meant for them -- experienced programmer or no.

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