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by gregjor 2y ago
That tells me what Delta does, but not why I might want syntax highlighting in the diff context. I want to quickly see the differences, not a kaleidoscope of colors. I normally use vimdiff and lazygit to see diffs. No syntax coloring.
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by gregjor 2y ago
Let’s stay focused on building that beautiful wall and making Mexico pay for it. No distractions please.
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by gregjor 2y ago
Here comes the boomer who learned arithmetic in grade school. Start with the bill total before taxes and service charge, if any. Round to the nearest dollar. Divide by ten (move the decimal place one digit to the left): 127.80 -> 128 -&g
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by gregjor 2y ago
Why? How does syntax coloring help in this context? I don't use syntax coloring at all in my editor, I don't think it adds any information or clues that help me understand the code. I think colored diff output (beyond red for dele
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by gregjor 2y ago
Known as Goodhart's Law. "When a measure [heuristic] becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."
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by gregjor 2y ago
"Good at hard video games" may tell you something about a candidate, but it also introduces bias against people who don't play video games. I had a boss once, really into competitive sports, who would say that he wouldn'
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by gregjor 2y ago
As a C/C++ programmer I want the US government to stop wasting billions on failed IT projects, web sites that don’t work, systems that resist upgrading, and a rich vein of ongoing leaks and hacks.
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by gregjor 2y ago
Free coffee should lead to a dramatic morale boost. I heard they will bring back toilet tissue in the restrooms next quarter.
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by gregjor 2y ago
What differences in policy? I haven't heard from either side that sounds like coherent policy, unless "we must win" describes a policy. In any case the outcome will almost certainly have no affect on any of my plans.
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by gregjor 2y ago
Many families live on much less. And many struggle with more. What’s your point? This reads like virtue signaling. You budget a modest (below median) income in a way that works for you. Congratulations. I raised three kids in Portland on on
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by gregjor 2y ago
You probably shouldn’t eat a microfiber cloth.
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by gregjor 2y ago
So-called AI (LLMs) can’t incorporate life experiences, interests, knowledge, etc. They tokenize strings of words then produce more strings of words by prediction. Having software, or a ghost writer, continue to churn out novels similar in
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by gregjor 2y ago
Like every other similar forum, heavily used by people apparently unfamiliar with searching Google, using Maps, or simply asking Thai people in person.
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by gregjor 2y ago
https://archive.is/2024.09.26-031155/https://www.bloomberg.c... Of course this happened all over the world, including in the USA.
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by gregjor 2y ago
I suggest the book Mastering Regular Expressions by Mark Friedl, published by O'Reilly. PDF here: https://github.com/pengbo-learn/books/blob/master/Mastering%... Using regexes to parse structured
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by gregjor 2y ago
So you’re running an outsourcing agency and offering to pay for leads? That isn’t the same thing as a professional referral.
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by gregjor 2y ago
Same. My reputation has more value than a few hundred dollars.
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by gregjor 2y ago
Mastering Regular Expressions published a long time ago by O’Reilly. Still relevant, regexes haven’t changed much.
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by gregjor 2y ago
https://archive.is/2024.10.31-212035/https://www.washingtonp...
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by gregjor 2y ago
https://archive.is/2024.10.30-182635/https://www.economist.c...
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by gregjor 2y ago
Clever name, icon or mascot, then the t-shirt.
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by gregjor 2y ago
Lots of information relevant to how you arrived in your situation, but not relevant to solving the problem of finding a safe place to live. In your situation I would start with a long-stay hotel. Join their loyalty program, get long-term ra
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by gregjor 2y ago
I don’t know any of those people except by name and reputation. I met Alan Kay once, briefly. He seems smart. I worked for a smart guy years ago. Two PhDs math and comp sci, serial entrepreneur, wealthy. He probably taught me more than anyo
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by gregjor 2y ago
Why did I know them? Or why do I think of them as extraordinarily smart? I think of "smart" as highly situational. I've known people with genius math or programming skills who can't change a tire or follow a recipe for m
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by gregjor 2y ago
I travel and live abroad permanently, but I need to maintain a US mailing address and phone number. I have used TravelingMailbox for many years. Good customer service, addresses all over the USA. I looked at several services (and the new on
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by gregjor 2y ago
A title only means something in the context of an organization. Titles refer to boxes on org charts and rows in a pay scales spreadsheet. Look at all of the titles in your job history and re-word them into descriptive labels if necessary. &
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by gregjor 2y ago
You can put them on The Blockchain and the write smart contracts to trade your HN karma tokens.
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by gregjor 2y ago
Answered in the linked article. That Apple Intelligence only works on hardware with their neural chip should give a clue. It mostly happens on device. In December they will offer anonymous ChatGPT integration, free, opt-in.
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by gregjor 2y ago
Nothing about government policies in my lifetime tells me either party or any administration makes increasing individual incomes a priority. Instead they created a system that puts young people in debt to pay for devalued degrees, then don&
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by gregjor 2y ago
Not really. Or if I take that as face value, schools fail at it. School mainly serves as day care and social programming: obey authority, believe what we tell you, remember what will appear on the test. Some people get more out of it than o

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