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by fernandotakai 1y ago
almost the same reason i started using arch: i wanted to install linux into my macbook, and the only wiki with enough info to make it work was arch's.
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by fernandotakai 1y ago
django is the framework that made me fall in love with software development 18y ago. everything just worked out of the box (compared to using java + spring and their endless xml config files), the orm was (and still is!) lovely compared to
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by fernandotakai 1y ago
kind of of topic, but i had to google to find out which female part rhymed with dolores, because it made no sense to me (as an ESL). (for people wondering, it's clitoris). https://seinfeld.fandom.com/wiki/The_Junio
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by fernandotakai 1y ago
i don't know about you, but i would never EVER submit a PR that fails to compile . not tests are failing, those happen (specially flaky ci), but not compiling. that's literally the bare minimum.
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by fernandotakai 1y ago
you can also use stern for that! https://github.com/stern/stern
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
you can use double dashes to symbolize an em-dash (i prefer to using an actual em-dash, which is option+shift+- in macos). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash#Approximating_the_em_dash...
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
uh, really? i really like using em dashes -- for some reason, it feels "better" in my head than using something like a comma or a semi-colon.
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
for me, atuin's history sync is a huge must since i use 5 different machines across my house.
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
yeah, android authority has said that 2025 is the last year of old google assistant. i dread having to use gemini every single day. https://www.androidauthority.com/google-killing-assistant-35...
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
if people want more info on these devices, russ from retro game corps does a ton of reviews on them, from the cheapest (that are less than 30 euro) to the really expensive ones (600+!). i myself own a retroid pocket 5, one trimui brick (whi
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
>In fact I'm afraid they'll break it by shoving down Gemini. i have a pixel 9 with gemini. i absolutely hate it. google assistant is miles ahead. and btw, i'm not the only one complaining https://www.reddit.com&
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
>Some people are really fetishizing iterative failure - but just because you are wandering in the desert does not mean there is a promised land. i guess you didn't follow the falcon 9 failures right? here's two minutes of failu
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
i still can't believe they can actually catch that first stage. it makes no sense, but works!
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
another solution for fuzzy finding is telescope.nvim https://github.com/nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim the thing i like the most about it is the amount of plugins you can add (including things like looking at nvim'
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
i felt for ding, even though i was cheering for gukesh. i was so sure it was going to go into tiebreaks.
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
from my own experience, running stateful services in k8s is not easy and prone to errors. so unless your devops/sysops/whateveryouwannacallitops has a lot of experience, it's just not worth it when things like RDS/Elasti
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
>That doesn't mean that no one should ever ask questions like that. If the candidate explains that they can't think of the answer at the moment and why, and if the interviewer doesn't hold that against them (as long as the
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
i disagree with you 100%. maybe for the jobs you are applying this is true, but for the places i've been searching for candidates, there are only answers and those answers will tell me (and other people in the pipeline) what to think o
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
you totally got it btw -- because questions should be conversation starters, not just "question -> answer" ad infinitum. when i ask about a bug, i just want to know how you go debugging, understanding logs, dealing with other f
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
the first one: depends on experience! i had a guy answer with a kernel nevel bug that honestly, i didn't understand the fix. the second one: i think most (if not all) developers have at least one strong opinion -- even if it's jus
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
i disagree. i've been a dev for about 17 years now, and i remember a bunch of random stuff that i had to fix that were super interesting. and honestly, it's not about the specific answer: it's about creating enough conversati
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
> Agreed. What are the questions you ask to determine their detective abilities? in my experience, talking to a candidate across a couple of rounds and asking some generic question that can create discussions, will get some answers. some
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
my two favorite questions for interviews: "what's the favorite bug you've ever fixed?" and "what's your strongest opinion in tech?" why? because they are open answers and 99% of the time they bring really
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
i was actually playing with hetzner and k3s over the weekend and found this https://github.com/vitobotta/hetzner-k3s to be super useful.
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
you are talking about two different things here: availability vs cuisine. it's super easy to go to albert heijn and get really tasty ingredients and cook amazing food. it's also super easy to find great restaurants that are not du
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
sometimes, i want to share a script with a friend or with a coworker and setting everything up from scratch is such a pain. this makes everything SO much easier.
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
when i moved here, people told me the greatest issue with the country was not the weather, it was the food. and i remember saying "there's no way it's that bad". after being here for 2y, holy shit it's true. one dut
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
> Following a nominal ascent and stage separation, the booster successfully transitioned to its boostback burn to begin the return to launch site. During this phase, automated health checks of critical hardware on the launch and catch to
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
yes, 100%. it's not only faster, but it makes sense.
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by fernandotakai 2y ago
engraçado, eu acabei de ver esse post no reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/fivethirtyeight/comments/1gkq7k7/at...

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