nepeckman

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by nepeckman 8y ago
There are a couple different libraries, not sure which one is the best though. I know an official one is in development as well. https://github.com/VPashkov/awesome-nim/blob/master/README.m...
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by nepeckman 8y ago
Nim is my favorite language right now. If you look at the different metrics that we use when discussing programming languages, it might not be the best of any category, but its "good enough" in every category. It might not have as
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by nepeckman 8y ago
So is it fair to say its a React specific ORM, that automatically makes the mapped objects observable (an OORM, if you will)? Just trying to understand the level of abstraction that you're going for.
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by nepeckman 8y ago
This really bothers me too. For a while, I've been considering writing a window manager (or wayland compositor) that tabs all windows by default, and provides an easy model around un-nesting tabs and tiling the new window. Something li
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by nepeckman 8y ago
> If, as seems to be the case today, almost nobody gives credence to their ideas, then we just let them make fools of themselves, kind of like how no one minds David Icke's claims about how the British royal family are secretly rept
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by nepeckman 8y ago
> It's like a lot of the classic civil liberties scenarios, like how the "ticking time bomb scenario" can justify torture... That's all good, but we still have a bomb to find. If we say censorship is off the table of
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by nepeckman 8y ago
> Although, I'm curious to hear how the witch hunt you describe would not, in fact, happen with a similarly concerted attempt targeted at far-right views. This is a concern of mine, which is why I took time to differentiate Jones an
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by nepeckman 8y ago
> Which makes those screenwriters far, far, far worse than, say, Alex Jones or James Damore, to name two recent victims of the current left-wing “witch hunt”. I'm honestly surprised to see Jones and Damore mentioned in the same sent
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by nepeckman 8y ago
While I do agree with your stated premise, I disagree with the notion that agreeing with the premise forces me to choose between McCarthy and Stalin. My counter point is this: McCarthy started a witch hunt that targeted nonmurdous views as
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by nepeckman 8y ago
Believing in near-absolute protection of free speech is a lot easier when you're not the direct target of that "free speech." Not trying to assume your specific social location, but I know a lot of centrists who feel as you d
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by nepeckman 8y ago
The other side of this is when you rent, you're beholden to the company you're renting from. If the car-as-a-service company says "Car service is now $10 more per month" you have to pay that. If the company says "We
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by nepeckman 8y ago
> So it is _not_ a theorem that a * (b / 0) = b * (a / 0) As the article explains, the whole issue about dividing by 0 is the lack of multiplicative inverse. If you define division for 0 as something other than multiplication b
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by nepeckman 8y ago
This is pretty condescending to your team. They might not be rockstar developers, but they are adults and can probably manage their time themselves. You don't need to be the best programmer to manage your time, you just need some commo
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by nepeckman 8y ago
Thank you so much for the work you've done with wlroots and sway. Custom window managers are one of my favorite parts of linux, and I'm glad wlroots exists to make custom wayland compositors more accessible.
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by nepeckman 8y ago
I'd argue that the more pure FP languages have a higher learning curve, but that doesn't equate lower productivity. Plenty of people are productive in FP languages, and there are a good number of FP languages with decent adoption
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by nepeckman 8y ago
Where functional programming really shines is in large, complicated codebases. Pure functions helps you reason about code and the way different pieces of code interact. This is probably controversial, but I think that for scripts/small
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by nepeckman 8y ago
I'd upgrade RAM if you anticipate using such resource heavy applications. The processors are pretty close in speed, I would anticipate RAM being more helpful.
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by nepeckman 8y ago
It was probably posted in response to the firefox lockbox announcement.
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by nepeckman 8y ago
Agreed. Personally, I much prefer ClojureScript's approach to react, which is to use native vectors combined with keywords. So a component could be declared like this example from the re-frame framework. [:div.garbage-bin :on-cli
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by nepeckman 8y ago
I feel like the author dismissed Nim pretty unfairly. Github stars and issues are one signal for a project status, but its hardly conclusive. Nim's development has been pretty consistent and is approaching 1.0. Ultimately, a lot of lan
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by nepeckman 8y ago
The price of a high end MacBook pro is pretty ridiculous too. I haven't bought from them yet, but System 76 has been on my radar for a while now. Their computers seem to have better specs, while being considerably cheaper. A high end G
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by nepeckman 8y ago
I'm curious, what are your thoughts on Nim? I've used it a little, and compile has always seemed fast. It has garbage collecting on by default, and other language niceties. I feel like it fairs pretty well as an application langua
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by nepeckman 9y ago
I know taste is subjective, but this really threw me for a loop because I love cold brew. I brew a new pitcher every week, and can use it whenever I need in a variety of drinks. Usually, I just add a little milk in the mornings. I've n
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by nepeckman 10y ago
The slow part of static languages isn't just typing out the annotations. Its needing to describe the type in the first place, and needing to change that type description if the shape of your data changes. If you want to prototype quick
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by nepeckman 10y ago
From what I understand about copyright law, it has to do with use and distribution of content. As long as I'm not redistributing or using your data in my product, I don't think I'm breaking copyright. If I have a book and a c
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by nepeckman 10y ago
Yeah, its a cost thing from what I understand. Sony and Microsoft actually sell their consoles at a loss, they lose money on hardware sales.
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by nepeckman 10y ago
I feel like every new language has a honeymoon period. Clojure is still alive and well (and growing bigger consistently) but it doesn't have that new language hype anymore.
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by nepeckman 10y ago
Fun game! Tutorial interface was a little lacking, it felt like the information went by too quickly. The army selection process is a little difficult. Sometimes I'm just trying to highlight the army, and I accidentally split my army. I