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by lynx97 1y ago
Most criticism of C++ comes from people not really into the language. Sure, learning curve might be an issue. But if you are really into C++, there are a lot of things to like about it. At least I do love it. However, only since C++11.
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by lynx97 1y ago
I tried to use Neovim several times. However, it appears to not be very friendly for my usecase, which is using it with a Braille display. A lot of Neovim UI elements only use background/foreground color to indicate highlighted posit
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by lynx97 1y ago
Since you mention Emacs, I'd like to point to one thing that really only Emacs has, and nothing else: If you implement your "app" with Elisp, it is truly UI independant. It will work in a terminal, and with a GUI. To my kno
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by lynx97 1y ago
2025 is the year where I finally have to ask myself: "What is Google actually doing for me?" and the answer is "Nothing". I am no longer able to search with Lynx. I had to move to startpage.com for that. I never used,
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by lynx97 1y ago
At first glance, this looks like way too much to trust in the long run. I use git-annex since roughly 10 years to archive files I don't want to loose again. Does everything I want, and is pretty simple for what it gives me. A chec
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by lynx97 1y ago
Just happened to me yesterday. I realized I'd really like to watch a long-form video on Huygens Clock. Something between a short (god damnit) and Quicksilver. Thought there must be something detailed. Nope, at least Youtube let me
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by lynx97 1y ago
> not wanting to put anything on record It is clearly this. Management hates written communication.
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by lynx97 1y ago
If you say so--for the sake of winning an arguemnt--there you go. You can have your victory, I don't care. The difference is still very fundamental, in a literal sense. Most people opposed to organ donations have religious reasons.
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by lynx97 1y ago
Organ donations pretty much happen after the fact, so that isn't really worth a comparison. There is a reason why Monty Python did their "can we have your liver then" sketch...
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by lynx97 1y ago
I am not so sure about this. What would motivate someone to willingly transform their last moments into a medical experiment, with all the risks of being treated in not-so-nice ways? Almost nobody wants to die in a hospital in the first p
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by lynx97 1y ago
I am blind. So no eye contact with drivers. And I am still alive, despite usually going alone as pedestrian. However, I guess I benefit a lot from the austrian "Vertrauensgrundsatz", which basically translates as "princi
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by lynx97 1y ago
Having a lot of partying people at a place, combined with sensible policemen, is the best recipe for not getting busted. Had that at least twice in my life. Once at a house party with a lot of young, just around the driving age, people.
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by lynx97 1y ago
Even when plain sober, I consider aglio e olio the best spaghetti there is.
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by lynx97 1y ago
Sure, I life with a disability, that my country categorizes as "100%" since 40 years. I am working 40h/week since more than 25 years. However, I have never made use of "discrimination laws", simply because I am co
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by lynx97 1y ago
That sounds like a very convincing reason to switch over to OpenBSD. Great system, minimalist, good documentation, and NO ACTIVISTS!!!!!!!!!!!
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by lynx97 1y ago
Weird POV considering your ears do 360 degrees which your eyes will never be able to do.
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by lynx97 1y ago
Wha? Felix had a stroke? <schocked> Didn't know that.
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by lynx97 1y ago
I don't get it, why is this mentioning "anti-discrimination legislation". Is being part of a minority prerequisite for personal health care?
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by lynx97 1y ago
Well, while I can never be sure about my own biases, I submit this particular instance is/was not an "illusion". I truely never heard the word dreck used in english before. Why do I know? I am a german native speaker, and
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by lynx97 1y ago
Very interesting, thanks! Quetsch in german actually means "to squeeze". So while apparently related, has changed its meaning.
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by lynx97 1y ago
That is probably a US specific phenomenon, as we in Europe don't have so much dislike towards communism as you guys over there seem to have. However, I could draw the same conclusion as you did regarding left leaning people. People w
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by lynx97 1y ago
Add actual accessibility on top, and I'd happily pay 20 EUR/month.
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by lynx97 1y ago
Ads are not the only problem with the modern web. Accessibility (or, the lack thereof) is more of an issue for me. 20 years ago, we were still hopeful the Internet would bring opportunities to blind people. These days, I am convinced the
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by lynx97 1y ago
Complete unrelated to what you actual wrote about, but... This is the second time in a week that I hear dreck used in english. Before, I never noticed it anywhere. First was from the "singing chemist" scene in Breaking Bad, and
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by lynx97 1y ago
To me, smartphones are a godsent. I use mine to communicate, get public transport information, have text read to me, describe pictures, get a GPS fix and help me navigate the city as a pedestrian, use devices where I wouldn't be able
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by lynx97 1y ago
From my POV, you are pissed that your people lost, and can't get over it. Remember that democracy is a pendulum. Swinging from side to side is a necessary ingredient of democracy. You can't always win, and, you shouldn't.
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by lynx97 1y ago
Same for "far left", those can't be trusted either. However, what strikes me as interesting: Do you actually destinguish between right and far right? Because I have a feeling, many people don't. Why do I think that? I
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by lynx97 1y ago
It depends. Windows: Definitely NVDA (github.com/nvaccess/nvda) Linux: AT-SPI, ATK, Orca for the graphical side of things. The console/terminal is pretty well supported.
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by lynx97 1y ago
It's an attempt to whitewash the issues, and not use words which imply real problems. I prefer visually impared, however, in the US, legally blind basically says the same thing. My gf (blind herself) recently met a teacher on a train,
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by lynx97 1y ago
Ahh, and to the language police people who downvote my POV: You are the problem. Stop patronising us.

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