mastersummoner

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by mastersummoner 4y ago
Yup, same recommendation. That was my first time even hearing about this massive, landscape shifting chestnut blight; I have no idea how it isn't now commonly known. And it was just a really great story in general. Definitely recommend
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by mastersummoner 4y ago
I wrote an Android app that splits checks. You pre-create groups of people (Adam and Jane are a couple, John is solo, etc), then for each line item on the bill you decide which groups should be charged for it. You can split tax and tip prop
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by mastersummoner 4y ago
Not that I'm particularly familiar with the average Eritrean's diet, but going out on a limb here: are you implying that starvation is better for a person's well being than an overly calorie-rich, generally unhealthy but plen
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by mastersummoner 4y ago
Seems good. My biggest problem with Teams isn't performance though, which has generally been fine for me on the Mac M1 chip, but how awful a lot of their text formatting is. Try creating a code block (``` followed by a space), or inlin
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by mastersummoner 4y ago
My understanding was that this generally improved a lot of indicators of personal and family well-being.
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by mastersummoner 4y ago
> others pirouetting in an almost rotisserie-esque spin. This article had me in honest-to-god tears multiple times while still being informative and interesting. Good show.
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by mastersummoner 4y ago
Just want to say that your dedication to this project and to helping your users is phenomenal.
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by mastersummoner 4y ago
Ok MacOs (Chrome), I'll usually open View and hold down shift. 'Reload This Page' changes to 'Force Reload This Page' and I like the visual feedback that it's actually doing what I intend.
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by mastersummoner 4y ago
But what if they weren't? What if one could create something with similar destructive force with materials easily accessible, and the only hurdle is knowledge of how to do so? It's honestly an interesting moral question.
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by mastersummoner 4y ago
It's always such a strange, bittersweet feeling when some long-running presence in your life like this comes to a conclusion. Though, I'll admit I've never had one running for a decade. Few years at the most.
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by mastersummoner 4y ago
100% same. I absolutely love programming, and enjoy my job at least 9 out of 10 days (though my current has a whole lot more meetings than I'd prefer.) I consider myself immensely lucky.
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by mastersummoner 4y ago
Super cool: security is such a fascinating field. One of the things I love about software is that there's _so many_ interesting and different directions one can go, depending on your own interests and predilections. Either way though,
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by mastersummoner 4y ago
So, I'm sure I've posted my relevant experience before and will likely post it again. Graduated with a STEM (only partial comp-sci though) degree from a state school in NY. The uni prepared me zero for how to interview, as a res
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by mastersummoner 5y ago
I think I ran into a very similar issue recently too, stale closures right? didMount/willUnmount worked perfectly, but useEffect got screwy very fast, even posted a SO article trying to see the best workaround, nothing great.
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by mastersummoner 5y ago
Just want to add: you're lucky to have four months paternity, at least if you're in the US. Many companies provide far, far less, if any at all.
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by mastersummoner 5y ago
Over 900k dead in the US alone from covid. Sure, that's a minority, but can you really shrug your shoulders at that number and say it's just a minority, no big deal?
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by mastersummoner 5y ago
Nice Mitnick callback.
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by mastersummoner 5y ago
I went to Stuyvesant high school, and graduated in 2000. Stuy was a few blocks from the trade center, and I had friends who were still in high school that day. I knew people who saw the first plane fly in. Was a bad day. There was a part of
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by mastersummoner 5y ago
What if there's a Hindi who wants all beef to be outlawed in the US. Is that protected?
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by mastersummoner 5y ago
I find that pretty interesting. I've read a decent number of books of being lengths in my life; I'm no great reader, but I'm not a particular slouch either. And almost every book I've read I found very enjoyable; if I di
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by mastersummoner 5y ago
Unfortunately that's behind a paywall.
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by mastersummoner 5y ago
Well, did we ever learn whether there were other planets in the system? It's been a minute and it's slipping my mind. I really loved the entire trilogy though. Each book had a very different vibe and addressed a completely differe
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by mastersummoner 5y ago
I will say, I think the one point in this article I disagree with is about finding answers on the internet. There are certainly been many times I've needed to dig into the source of something I'm working on, but much more often th
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by mastersummoner 5y ago
I have to say, I really love the back and forth between you and the various posters in this thread. Lots of good discussion and points being made, and reasonable compromises being agreed on - or even polite disagreement with thoughtful expl
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by mastersummoner 5y ago
Any thoughts on Ruby? As someone who's worked with it a great deal of the time, I find it extremely simple and concise to write in.
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by mastersummoner 5y ago
Ouch. Well, never too late to take up piano or woodworking or something. After 40k hours of programming, rock climbing might be out though... your poor hands!
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by mastersummoner 5y ago
I got into programming at 14 because of writing scripts in Gemstone, a text based MMOMUD. Didn't even realize what I was doing was programming until college though...
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by mastersummoner 5y ago
My take is that step by step commented explanations make sense when it's something either extremely complicated or making use of a system or tech that's not widely known. Otherwise, clearer code, smaller methods and better variabl
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by mastersummoner 5y ago
Another reasonable exception is referencing external sources - whether it's a specific library you borrowed code from, a piece of documentation needed to better understand what's going on, or a reference to a SO post explaining so
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by mastersummoner 5y ago
Appreciate the clarification. Comments can (and are) definitely overused and abused, but they absolutely have their place.

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