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by folkhack 7y ago
> I am thinking of something on the lines of computational science I would consider doing some Python projects then! Start tinkering every day and treat it as an educational experience. Python is a very popular and ubiquitous tool that h
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by folkhack 7y ago
I'm not in computational work as a dev, but I would argue that coursework and the how things work in the professional world are two different ballgames. Jumping into the deep-end isn't always bad advice =) I also agree with you at
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by folkhack 7y ago
Anecdotal, but I have definitely seen people be hurt when it's not intentional... and honestly, I feel for them. I can't truly relate but I can be empathetic. Folks bug me sometimes when they assume in conversation that I'm c
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by folkhack 7y ago
Agreed on the high risk - when you have such an established and entrenched competition from day one you have to be sorta crazy to bite something this big off. (and I mean "crazy" in a good way)
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by folkhack 7y ago
If it's that much of a concern just put a validation filter on the comment submission box that has you "gender neutralize" your submission/answers if they find "he/her" type language in there. I mean - it&
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by folkhack 7y ago
The scope is huge and software is unavailable/incompatible.
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by folkhack 7y ago
There were so many bits of this that I found weird but this one stood out: > Linux 2000: There is only One True Way of installing software: using distro packages. If you do anything else you are bad and you should feel bad. I was in my &
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by folkhack 7y ago
Agree on missing Vine - there was a high level of quality there and people did some amazing things with the constraints. I don't think there's been something that's really had the same base features outside of TikTok? (and lo
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by folkhack 7y ago
Doesn't surprise me but I think that the VMware trend will flatten out because there will always be a need for full system virtualization. I say this as a huge proponent of both. There's TONS of needs that Docker just can't c
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by folkhack 7y ago
Not sure on how recent but I picked it up about a year ago. Looked into the Celeron ones and although they're impressive I decided to go with something that's a bit beefier due to how many containers I planned to run/experime
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by folkhack 7y ago
That's the one! This early stuff gives me chills man - I'm so into it. Pioneers of a new era =)
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by folkhack 7y ago
Those with vast amounts of wealth never go to jail unless they step on the toes of someone else with a vast amount of wealth. It's how it's always been. The only people who were imprisoned were those oppressed, I guarantee it.
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by folkhack 7y ago
Man stuff I love stuff like this - what a trip. Reminds me a lot of Xerox's mother of all demos (in the same year 1968). These animations/graphics have such a wonderful feel to them that are still compelling and interesting in 201
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by folkhack 7y ago
Yep - had the same experience because I got into Procreate with the pencil and all (which is amazing). Had the same exact experience. It's a great device but I feel like they're dumbing computing down too much =(
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by folkhack 7y ago
OS: Debian 10 + XFCE Terminal: highly-customized Terminator bound to F1 + XFCE Terminal for "floating" instances Text/Programming: Sublime Text, Intelij IDE, nano (yeah yeah bring your hate vim users - I know it well and I&#x
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by folkhack 7y ago
Personally, I'm not a huge Django fan, but then again lots of people aren't huge Laravel/Symfony fans which is my web framework of choice if I'm building a monolith web app/API "software bus" sorta solutio
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by folkhack 7y ago
I've never heard that one, and not going to take a stance... but I WILL make the argument that if true, that's a HUGE strength!
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by folkhack 7y ago
I'll bite because I love threads like this! I run an Intel NUC with an i5, 8G RAM, a OS SSD, and an external USB3 4TB RAID attached. OS is Debian 9. I've always ran a "general utility" Debian server at home due to projec
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by folkhack 7y ago
> I guess I just didn't realize how bad a programmer knowing (only/mainly) JavaScript causes you to be. Hey now - not all of us ECMA devs are total crap, but, I guess I know a fair bit of other languages. This guy is just total
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by folkhack 7y ago
Yep - tried going to a hybrid solution but the thing is 80% of my utilization of a browser is working on my startup, with the additional 20% being "general surfing" (ie: reddit, HN, blogs etc.) If my split was different I'd f
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by folkhack 7y ago
I'm a heavy YouTube consumer and this just seems like a headache with extra steps/complication, while shooting features like live streaming + chat in the head. Also it's a normal use case to view videos in your browser.
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by folkhack 7y ago
Mapbox and Hangouts as well - both products I use on a daily basis. I'd say Mapbox is about 20% performant in comparison to Chrome, and Hangouts w/video chews up 50%+ CPU utilization.
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by folkhack 7y ago
I'm a proponent of this mentality of investing in your people. I'm a huge Louis Rossmann fan because I feel he builds his business in a way that puts his people first. Recently this was clear when one of his board repair specialis
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by folkhack 7y ago
I mean... in some ways yeah? I have to run a dedicated Win10 box because native Office automation is a huge part of what I do. I've had to go to lengths to get the LTSB (and am working on the LTSC) license because it's the only
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by folkhack 7y ago
Even simple stuff like finding text on a page... I use the highlighting of occurrences in the scrollbar WAY more than I ever realized. The breaking point for me to go back to Chrome a few months back was Mapbox was chewing up SO MUCH MORE r
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by folkhack 7y ago
I'm out this is getting too political. Sorry I just don't want to piss off the mods by bringing a specific politician into the convo.
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by folkhack 7y ago
IMO they're on the same level but I think it's just my style of how I manage my Node.js applications down my try/catch blocks, exception handling, and primarily process isolation. > usual ad-hoc JS nodejs server Yep - that
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by folkhack 7y ago
> We rely on third-party fact-checkers to help reduce the spread of false news and other types of viral misinformation, like memes or manipulated photos and videos. We don’t believe, however, that it’s an appropriate role for us to refer
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by folkhack 7y ago
Genuinely curious - and not trying to be a jerk... but where do you find Perl fits well? I can only imagine needing it if I'm stuck on a legacy OS/strictly governed environment where it's the only option I have. (ie: governme
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by folkhack 7y ago
> That's what programming is. In my realm I need things to be supportable by lots of people. I use languages that are modern + people want to use, I document like crazy, I use opinionated frameworks that have good track records, I n

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