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by joepvd 11y ago
Hi jsprogrammer, no one is making an argument about computability. This is about how programmers can express themselves and reason about code. Not many people would choose to write their CMS in assembly.
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by joepvd 11y ago
Hence the euphemism Community Manager.
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by joepvd 11y ago
The mockup interface of i3 + graphical rofi[1] + touch/mouse integration. This is a very powerful paradigm to pursue: An intuitive version of tiling WMs that appeals to everyone. Go, ziburski, go! [1]: https://davedavenport.
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by joepvd 11y ago
> I would personally kill for better mouse integration in i3 (which I use on all my daily-use machines), and I would be extremely happy to augment it with touch screen support (which I would largely want to use for tile manipulation). Th
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by joepvd 11y ago
We have a winner of this discussion!
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by joepvd 11y ago
Configuration files are the main initial resource for information about the configuration. If there is no reason to suspect that reality mismatches configuration, there's no reason to go down that rabbit hole. What the current configu
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by joepvd 11y ago
I agree with you. One notable difference between a bug and a feature is who will pay for development/testing/support time.
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by joepvd 11y ago
I have been told to be very careful when interpreting this kind of number. There is political pressure to keep these numbers low, so only if it is really unavoidable, you'll be counted. I am speculating here, but maybe, if a woman&#
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by joepvd 11y ago
Or... Mounting root as btfs. :)
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by joepvd 11y ago
I am not sure I am agreeing with you here... I mean, take, for example, learning computer related stuff. Learning six languages at the same time, togther with operating systems, shells, databases, network protocols, frameworks, all at the s
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by joepvd 11y ago
I got the metaphor differently: People have natural shields to ward off thoughts about other possible (employment) futures. Actually considering someplace else means that some holes have been punched in this shield.
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by joepvd 11y ago
Not necessarily. The solution could well be to actually hand over the maintainer job. Grant someone commit rights, clearly say so as such, and off you go :)
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by joepvd 11y ago
There was this interesting thread a while ago of someone deciding to give commit rights to anyone who made a pull request. As I remember it, it works out well for the author: Less maintainer time, and the quality of the PRs improved immedia
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by joepvd 11y ago
Good answer to an excellent question. But I do not agree. POSIX is the whole of a lot of utilities. Most of these utilities I never use, and there is a lot of utilities not part of POSIX that I would consider part of the "command lin
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by joepvd 11y ago
Thanks for the link to the Google Bash Style Guide. A good read.
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by joepvd 11y ago
Really awesome to read such a nice writeup of an error. It got me tangentially thinking about why we do not read stuff like: When the patient was brought in, he was barely breathing. Due to the spots on his face, we assumed it was X. Then w
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by joepvd 11y ago
The problem here, is that when one wants to understand how scientific progress is made, the particular perspoectives of the subjects (a.k.a. current implicit and explicit understandings of scientists) is the matter for research. Postmoder
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by joepvd 11y ago
I guess any philosopher of science systematically call into question objectivity, and in recent times will have to come to terms with "situated knowledge" one way or the other. If feminism is defined with these terms, why would e
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by joepvd 11y ago
> temporarily change your mindset from "engineer building software" to "writer building documentation" Excellent suggestion. But also here, focus on a tool and/or workflow is warranted. Meandering the field is
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by joepvd 11y ago
As I am not the first one to shamelessly self plug: I made ngetopt.awk[0] an argument parser for GNU awk that handles long options as well. I've been using it quite a bit, to transform a three-liner awk program into a full fledged comm
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by joepvd 11y ago
Yes. But it is reassuring when a dependency facilitates a relatively painless deep dive into its guts. Not sure if and how one could know this beforehand, except for taking advise from random strangers in places like this.
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by joepvd 11y ago
Please note that the article make the required time dependent on the field, whereas GP talks about persons.
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by joepvd 11y ago
Here a discussion of three months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10064657
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by joepvd 11y ago
Thanks for the write-up, this is really helpful to get the big picture. Looking forward to your next posts.
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by joepvd 11y ago
Alwayhs thought this was a nice depiction, I am guessing it comes from the same time: http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0e8cy88A01qzcdwho1_1280.j...
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by joepvd 11y ago
Correlation != causation. Is screen time per se that would create some issues with kids, or is it the lack of real communication between parent and kid? I love to sit down and actively watch (i.e. point, name, discuss) a show with my 3 y&#x
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by joepvd 11y ago
How about the "show not tell"-principle on the landing page? Got tired of reading "science humor" without anything to trick me into considering an absurd result?
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by joepvd 11y ago
Thanks for writing your experiences down so precise and readable. While reading, I had to think multiple times abouts the movie The Five Constraints[0], where a profound link is made between restrictions and a boost in creativity and new th
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by joepvd 11y ago
Nice! I am using some of the funny characters! Some remarks: I doubt if it is needed to launch a sub-process for each markup directive. This is fine for small output, but will slow down processing of larger chunks of text. I would be intere
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by joepvd 11y ago
Observing that the two (wonderful!) recitations as of yet are affiliated with perl, I am wondering what's up with the rest...

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