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by niek_pas 5y ago
This is an important point. Communication is not about dumping information on your conversational partner, but about doing so timely, appropriately, and with empathy.
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by niek_pas 5y ago
I am Dutch and this does not at all reflect my experience. I'd be curious to see some real data on this phenomenon.
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by niek_pas 5y ago
Same on my iPhone SE 2
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by niek_pas 5y ago
The column number for errors and warnings is a welcome, long overdue addition.
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by niek_pas 6y ago
Just to provide a different voice: please don’t use magic links, I hate having to open my email client just to sign in to your app.
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by niek_pas 6y ago
This is almost impossible to read on a phone.
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by niek_pas 6y ago
How about "underpay relative to the value they produce"?
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by niek_pas 6y ago
There’s usually no such thing as “the right metrics”. Metrics are helpful, yes, but they can only take you so far.
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by niek_pas 6y ago
Do you have sources to back up your claims of spyware?
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by niek_pas 6y ago
I am from the Netherlands. The use of low opening quotation marks („hello world") is extremely uncommon and generally considered archaic — so much so that I forgot they even existed until I read this article.
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by niek_pas 6y ago
It’s not really “fine” it’s just “not quite as bad as some others”.
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by niek_pas 6y ago
Mathematical notation is highly limited in the sets of ideas it can express.
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by niek_pas 6y ago
Brython has been around for _years_ now and AFAIK has not shown any signs of taking off. I think you're better off placing your bets on newer ECMAscript features and full-conversion libraries like React.
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by niek_pas 6y ago
Don't forget about the 40-hour work week as part of the "horrible world for sleep".
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by niek_pas 6y ago
Doesn’t this quickly become untenable? Sure, you might be able to code some of your own tools, but what about the OS those tools run on? Hardware? Drivers?
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by niek_pas 6y ago
Well, design can be postmodern (like postmodern architecture), but this is not that.
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by niek_pas 6y ago
> Moribund: (of a thing) in terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigour.
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by niek_pas 6y ago
Interesting. I wonder if orangutans would use pain relief medication as well, one which has no anti-inflammatory effects (e. g. Paracetamol). This would imply a subjective experience of pain.
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by niek_pas 6y ago
Where will we be able to buy a copy? Is there a mailing list? I will certainly forget about this book in n months time.
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by niek_pas 6y ago
I’m not sure open-sourcing an older game would gain them many eyes, since this news will likely only reach programmery types and the most hardcore of gamers.
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by niek_pas 6y ago
There could be, but there won't, because that would be aesthetically unpleasant.
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by niek_pas 6y ago
Perhaps, rather than speculating on his work, you could read some of it, and refrain from commenting on it until you have done so.
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by niek_pas 6y ago
Has anyone got this to compile on macOS?
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by niek_pas 7y ago
Can you give an example of a boycott effecting a change in company policy?
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by niek_pas 7y ago
"Slaves are raised to work the fields, there is no moral component, provided we make some effort to limit the suffering." Is this equally true to you?
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by niek_pas 7y ago
Not everybody has the luxury to own. Limiting long-term stability to the those with stable, well-paying jobs will only further marginalise and destabilise those who are already struggling. Rent control is one possible solution to this probl
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Why Linux LibreOffice Packaging Sucks(lo.richardlloyd.org.uk)
1 points by niek_pas 8y ago|1 comments
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by niek_pas 8y ago
The tragedy of the commons is not a natural law.