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by hoosieree 2y ago
Prefer "zillion" or "kajillion" to avoid these sorts of pitfalls.
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by hoosieree 2y ago
Talented people are valuable in general which gives them bargaining power so they can demand to use their preferred tech regardless of whether that tech is niche or not . I generally agree with the notion that talented folks are more lik
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by hoosieree 3y ago
I'm a regular emacs user but I completely understand this sentiment. It looks gnarly and puts many people off. On the other hand, nobody bothers writing out the equivalent in VSCode or another conventional editor because it's so
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by hoosieree 3y ago
High Frequency Theology
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by hoosieree 3y ago
Wow, I'm so glad I use $OTHER_SERVICE. This will definitely never happen to me.
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by hoosieree 3y ago
It seems like image-based interactive development is on a spectrum from "less alive" edit-compile-run, adding some interactivity with tools like gdb, continuing up through IDEs and REPLs, and up through Elm/Dart-style hot cod
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by hoosieree 3y ago
Jumping through arbitrary hoops sounds an awful lot like "push hard, the door sticks".
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by hoosieree 3y ago
I'd like a sofa that: - is comfortable - isn't full of fire retardant chemicals which turn out to be cancerous right after the warranty expires - for less than $10k. Pretty sure that means I'm going to have to learn how to se
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by hoosieree 3y ago
This was my first thought too. I've not used it (just clicked through the tutorial) but it has a strong flavor like "Rust, but pleasant".
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by hoosieree 3y ago
> well-tuned ... well-written These are good for actual business needs, but bad for resume-driven development.
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by hoosieree 3y ago
Glad to see it's written in C#. Can we get a port in F# please? https://github.com/rottytooth/Velato
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by hoosieree 3y ago
I think the show struck a good balance for an English-speaking audience. We see Belters code-switch between "more Belter" with Belter-only crews to "more English" when they gather in groups with other factions or Inners.
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by hoosieree 3y ago
Come hang out on the [redacted] social network: - you're required to post at least 1 video every day or the platform doxes you automatically - video content autoplays with audio - surge pricing - every video within the viewport autop
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by hoosieree 3y ago
"GenAI" was not meant to describe the literal offspring of GenZ, what are you doing? Oh well, Torment Nexus gonna torment.
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by hoosieree 3y ago
The usual resume advice to quantify everything so each bullet point conveys "number go up" also falls apart when you invent something, create a new revenue stream, new product, etc. The previous value was nil, therefore I improved
106.
by hoosieree 3y ago
I just started a new project in C++ for two reasons: 1. I already know (some) C++ 2. more mature GPU ecosystem, particularly CUDA support I don't mind learning new languages, so CUDA was the deciding factor for me. Maybe someday as Rus
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by hoosieree 3y ago
Parents with a single baby can simulate the twin experience like this: 1. get your baby to fall asleep 2. wake them up, then immediately try to get them to fall asleep again
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by hoosieree 3y ago
Dijkstra on APL: https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/Dijkstra_Letter.htm In one short letter he makes an insightful critique yet misses the the point so hard I can practically hear the woosh 42 years later.
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by hoosieree 3y ago
Unexpectedly wholesome resolution to the name dispute!
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by hoosieree 3y ago
Did Cory Doctorow write this? It seems almost too on-the-nose.
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by hoosieree 3y ago
RIP static type advocates who forgot fires can happen outside.
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by hoosieree 3y ago
The word "filter" is an auto-antonym. It means both to remove (filter out) unwanted things as well as to keep (filter in) wanted things.
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by hoosieree 3y ago
Simple fix: floating-point indexes to all your tries. Or switch to base π or increment every counter by e.
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by hoosieree 3y ago
Tired of 0d pacman? Try -1d pacman!
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by hoosieree 3y ago
Real life is imperative, dynamically scoped, all global variables, and every instruction contains an implicit branch.
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by hoosieree 3y ago
Oh wow that takes me back. I originally got into engineering as a career over a decade ago because of DIY electronics (especially guitar stompboxes) and I remember the CMoy making the rounds then too. Thanks for posting, I'm now starti
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by hoosieree 3y ago
DC has zero capacitive (or inductive) coupling.
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by hoosieree 3y ago
Looks like Vim compiled with Actually Portable Executable [1] headers to make a cross-platform (and perhaps also bare metal) vim binary. But I apparently am distracted by shiny things and couldn't focus on any of the other stuff after
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by hoosieree 3y ago
Amazing! Python is consistently bringing some of the best-loved features from other languages to the mainstream, and then ever-so-subtly ruining them.
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by hoosieree 3y ago
You could try the old Monsanto/JohnDeere approach: copyright your own DNA then sue them under DMCA.

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