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by rgoulter 3y ago
> If we can’t say that “comprised of” is objectively wrong, then what _can_ we say about English? I haven't read John McWhorter's "Words on the Move", but he addresses this question there, and this review has a summar
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by rgoulter 3y ago
> My “Google-Fu” is failing me. FWIW, I tried asking a chat LLM, ("explain the word '<blah>' in '<sentence>'") and it was able to catch it. That's another tool to consider. Seems good for mi
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by rgoulter 3y ago
> but learning a new layout is a lot easier when the keycaps match I'd suggest learning a new layout is easier on an entirely different keyboard, so as to minimize confusing the fingers' motor memory. > who only knows qwerty
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by rgoulter 3y ago
> which is a really bad idea on many keyboards, with cap angle differing by row Even when keycaps have uniform profile, the 'F' and 'J' keycaps will often have bumps on them. These are the 'homing keys', so
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by rgoulter 3y ago
If you mean "I saw a keyboard someone else had, I'd like one too", then you're probably going to get good results if you send a message like "wow, this is really cool, how do I go about making one of these". Ge
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by rgoulter 3y ago
In the final game, the commentators on the chess.com stream pointed out that Ian could have gone for a draw, but wanted to push on.
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by rgoulter 4y ago
> You might also want to look up the paradox of tolerance, it's a fun read.. I often see 'paradox of tolerance' cited as meaning something like: "if you're intolerant, I don't have to tolerate you". But
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by rgoulter 4y ago
> Use a Dockerfile and the official Nix image to build your application using Nix using roughly one shell command. I'd misread the title, & thought this would be about using nixpkgs' dockerTools. https://nix.dev&
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by rgoulter 4y ago
Could you elaborate? How much effort had to go into the Nix expression to make the image smaller, compared to what you'd do with a Dockerfile? I'm guessing you / your team is otherwise already familiar with Nix?
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by rgoulter 4y ago
For projects where you need to collaborate with others, yeah. For personal projects like "how I generate my static site", and where you're already using a tool like nix, 'tool already installed' isn't worth goi
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by rgoulter 4y ago
IIRC, "spaces in file paths breaks programs" is explicitly why Windows uses "Program Files" as its default installation path; so that programs would be written with robustness to that.
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by rgoulter 4y ago
Using `make` with `.PHONY` targets is what I'd call a "task runner". -- In NodeJS, a package.json's "scripts" serve a similar task. I think the main/only reason to go out of your way to use `make` as a tas
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by rgoulter 4y ago
Historically, Luty's 9mm: """In response to more restrictive gun control laws, he set out to prove that all such laws were ultimately futile by showing that one could manufacture a functional firearm from hardware store
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by rgoulter 4y ago
The M1917 uses a Mauser action, and isn't directly related to the Lee-Enfield (SMLE).
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by rgoulter 4y ago
I wonder in what conditions this is true for. I can imagine that moving the mouse to open an app from the macOS dock is about the same speed as using the Cmd+Space or some shortcut. I can't imagine using the mouse to go to the start&#x
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by rgoulter 4y ago
> The main inconvenience of fish is not even having to go into another shell for some tasks like virtual env activation For stuff like "in this directory, I want this virtual env activated", I'd recommend using direnv. ht
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by rgoulter 4y ago
Related: ProZD's skit "before and after you discover the subreddit for a hobby" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZK8Z8hulFg
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by rgoulter 4y ago
I can live without split. I would consider any keyboard with a large spacebar less than ideal, though. I like my thumbs to be able to reach 2-3 keys each. That way, as well as space, my thumbs can be used for tab, escape, backspace, and ret
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by rgoulter 4y ago
> Honestly for pure programming don't focus on typing speed, as bulk of the work happens in the mind. It's worth being nuanced here. I think nobody is spending hours typing out code without interruption. So, roughly (and imprec
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by rgoulter 4y ago
> I can't touch them anymore. In my experience: while learning Dvorak, I found it difficult to type with QWERTY. However, now that I'm used to split and ortholinear keyboards, I can type at the same speeds with either.
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by rgoulter 4y ago
> Compare that to an ultra precise AR-15, if you get a little dirt in it, it begins to malfunction. That 'ultra-precise machining' does have some advantages, though: InRangeTV simulated whether a weapon will still work if it ge
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by rgoulter 4y ago
The "not actually a fact" usage is the original intent of the word. "Trivial fact" is how 'factoid' is commonly used. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factoid
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by rgoulter 4y ago
> lots of people use it to try to claim they're being oppressed when really they're just losing their privilege. FWIW, "those people are oppressors, and are now being treated equally" is just as emotionally charged. I
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by rgoulter 4y ago
One thing I've noticed about this line is it gets used from all sorts of groups feel like they are the ones which were oppressed / the other group is the oppressor.
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by rgoulter 4y ago
If you do desire "external keyboards, more than one, slightly different configurations for each one", ... then at that point I think it would be worth considering the benefits of a keyboard where the keyboard firmware itself can b
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by rgoulter 4y ago
If you come up with a way of describing two things, I'd encourage better names than "thing 1" and "thing 2". "false positive" and "false negative" are easier to understand than "type 1 erro
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by rgoulter 4y ago
I've given the "(I know the answer but) this is a dumb question" in response to "using two stacks, how would you implement a queue". I think being able to implement a queue using two stacks is kinda neat. But, never
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by rgoulter 4y ago
Ruby is another language where I wouldn't want an unrestrained/undisciplined amount of smart/clever code. My impression of Scala from a few years ago was that the language itself was so flexible (ranging from 'not quite
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by rgoulter 4y ago
In my experience, the failure mode for "GSD" is more likely a thoughtless approach of pumping out code, without consideration for efficiency or effectiveness towards providing value.
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by rgoulter 4y ago
As I see it, VSCode takes a bunch of inspiration from a well set up Emacs. Obviously, VSCode isn't as extensible as Emacs is; and isn't free-as-in-freedom. (And a few people understand 'emacs' to mean its non-modal keybi

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