grog_tremor

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by grog_tremor 4y ago
I was unaware of the guidelines. For a long time I was only a lurker here. I won't contribute any other way however. Perhaps I don't feel comfortable having an "identity others can relate to". That said, off I go back to
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by grog_tremor 4y ago
That account is actually a few days old. My guess is that GP does the same as me. Create a throwaway account, use for a few weeks, then abandon it to create a new one. This account I'm posting from is close to EOL, for example.
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by grog_tremor 4y ago
Just a sec, need to find the crack on astalavista
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by grog_tremor 4y ago
> it's the only way a tragically slow language like Python can keep up. Those were your words, not mine. I need not make any assumptions. I just replied listing use cases where Python shine due to its strengths, performance being m
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by grog_tremor 4y ago
I sometimes wear earbuds or headphones just to avoid people trying to talk to me. I'm not even listening to anything, those things are completely silent. I just don't want contact with people.
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by grog_tremor 4y ago
Eh, you massively overestimate the importance of performance. For the vast majority of use cases, performance just isn't a priority. Doubly so for Python, that shines for simple automation, command line applications, and perhaps some s
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by grog_tremor 4y ago
Speaking here as an employee that was affected by layoffs in one of those companies that hired like crazy during the pandemic. I see no problems in their behavior. The insane rate of hiring was useful to give a good boost to my salary in a