ericsanchez

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   by ericsanchez 7y ago

   >Should colleges be putting smart speakers in dorms? No. From the top of the article: >Administrators say installing listening devices like Alexa in student bedrooms and hallways could help lower dropout rates. No. Stop. Just stop. In
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   by ericsanchez 7y ago

   This. Thanks, this was the kind of thing I came here for.
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   by ericsanchez 7y ago

   I picked up _Programming Erlang_ because I like Joe. I'm trying to understand why the platform, and the accompanying language(s), aren't more widely used? People seem to speak very highly about Elixir, BEAM, and OTP. It all seems
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   by ericsanchez 7y ago

   Same. The repo doesn’t disappoint. It’s thorough and very well documented. I am really glad I started reading through the codebase when I did. My only regret is not reading through earlier.
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   by ericsanchez 7y ago

   Damn. Thank you. This comment had my dying in a restaurant earlier. I really enjoy writing rust and I was sad when Steve was sad. I had a similar thought, “why when actix is dead?” I’m glad actix is back. I was coming to SHOW HN a rust tool
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   by ericsanchez 7y ago

   @burntsushi I use ripgrep all the time. I was also able to learn how to go from 0 to release just by reading through your codebase and documentation to see what goes into a release. When I was writing my foss project I asked myself wwbsd (w
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   by ericsanchez 7y ago

   This is cool. I agree about the pricing page. If you're going to charge, charge. I like where this is going. You are right that humans are visual. But we are more than that; we need to create more tools that complement our biological f
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   by ericsanchez 7y ago

   I like that. I feel similarly towards apple products. The consistency of these google products &/or the seamless-ness of apple products means that I can focus on what's important to me. Good tools feel like good tools. Had to
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   by ericsanchez 7y ago

   I could not agree more; especially with the vi advice. I'm still a work in progress, but I agree this would be cool. (I have `ESC` remapped to `JJ` and I find myself trying to exit insert mode in emails, papers, etc. all the time...) I
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    by ericsanchez 7y ago

    hacker news has been incredibly influential on me in exemplifying what a site could be. I too have been thinking about the philosophy of a minimal amount of "design." After a certain point or certain amount of "design" I