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by robotmay 8y ago
JavaScript isn't everyone's cup of tea, and performance isn't always a huge concern :) The more other languages I learn, the more often I come back to Ruby. I'm excited to see it becoming a more portable language, and I
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by robotmay 8y ago
I not only cancelled my Prime subscription last year, but I also bugged the hell out of Amazon customer support until they refunded me for the entire year as well. Word of warning; they classify really inane things as a "use" of y
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by robotmay 9y ago
Ignoring the name (which everyone else has commented on), this looks nice. I like the colour scheme too; it reminds me of custard. The simplicity of the dashboard is pretty refreshing and it looks well documented for a new product.
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by robotmay 9y ago
Awesome. I'm really excited for that, I'll have to try to contribute.
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by robotmay 9y ago
Oh man that makes me happy. I just posted about that this morning. Hopefully I can find a way to contribute!
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by robotmay 9y ago
I have large hands and so I've always had to put battery grips on mine, but as that improves the balance with bigger lenses I never minded :D
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by robotmay 9y ago
I really wish there was an additional implementation in something like Rust (personal preference, but C would be good as it's fairly easy to bind to) for DAT, because what they're doing is rather cool and the experience is tidy.
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by robotmay 9y ago
My dad always shot Nikon (until recently when he picked up a smaller Fuji thing), but I personally have always preferred Canon for two reasons: 1: Variety of lenses. When I was into photography ~10 years ago, you could buy 4 different Canon
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by robotmay 9y ago
Yeah it was only really noticeable when moving between the browser and my terminal (dark theme). I think they cheaped out a bit on the panel used in it, which is a shame as otherwise it's a cracking little laptop.
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by robotmay 9y ago
At the moment I think there are a few bugs with Linux support on the XPS 15 but they shouldn't last long. A friend of mine was having quite a lot of trackpad issues that don't appear to affect the 13" model.
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by robotmay 9y ago
I use a 13" ThinkPad X250 when I'm not at my desk and I've been pretty impressed by it. I picked it up second-hand for <£600 and its performance is solid, and with good battery life (and hinges)! My only gripe is that the
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by robotmay 9y ago
What if you don't like Python?
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by robotmay 9y ago
How do they compare to Revolut/Starling? I think a friend of mine uses it but I never see advertisements so I only really heard of it recently :)
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by robotmay 9y ago
I was quite an early user of Revolut and I do feel like they're gradually ruining their service at the moment. I would actually say that my bank (NatWest) has a better mobile experience than them right now. Revolut seem to spend all th
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by robotmay 9y ago
I just got ahold of an S8 Edge and by god is it full of shite. I won't be buying any Samsung hardware, and I'll definitely recommend my friends/family don't; it might be the least user-friendly device I've ever used
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by robotmay 9y ago
Ah interesting coincidence; I've just started experimenting with building a social network using the Signal protocol. Not made much progress so far, but I think it's a sensible avenue to explore.
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by robotmay 9y ago
Yeah that bit was alright, it was everything after that I struggled with ;) As an example; I don't know what a functor is. I've not come across that term in anything I've done before, so I click on it to read up and get the d
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by robotmay 9y ago
I've been learning Rust for a little while, and while I agree that it can be frustrating, it's nowhere near as bad as trying to learn Haskell. I regularly get a friend of mine to explain things to me, because the documentation and
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by robotmay 9y ago
Ooh I didn't know that, I'll give it a go!
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by robotmay 9y ago
Ah ha, thanks! I must admit that I always skip the guided tours where possible so I might have missed out on that info while actually there.
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by robotmay 9y ago
Actually I go to France for traditional music events and festivals in Berry/Auvergne (I play diatonic accordion), I just happen to particularly like going to castles and my partner is an archaeologist :)
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by robotmay 9y ago
Mont Saint Michel is certainly a fantastic place, however I must admit that I got a bit bored of walking around the cathedral after about the 20th empty room of pillars ;) Unfortunately a lot of monuments/castles in France suffer from
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by robotmay 9y ago
Possibly it will make the official PoE board cheaper? The existing one I have, which works rather well actually, cost almost the same as the Pi, which kinda limits its usefulness (when a PSU costs ~£6 max)
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by robotmay 9y ago
I really wish it was easier to find movies in other languages to help learning. I've been half-heartedly trying to learn French the past few years but it's deceptively hard to either find a decent streaming service, or to find tor
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by robotmay 9y ago
Must admit that I never got into Endeavour, but then I also preferred the Lewis series to Morse :)
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by robotmay 9y ago
Coffee, but there's obviously a limit as to how often you can do that ;) I'll normally alternate coffee, soft-drinks, and snacks for a couple of hours, then bail out, grab lunch, and afterwards head to a different shop. It's
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by robotmay 9y ago
I can understand that. I don't think I've come across many shops near me that don't have a good mix of different people in there during the day, though. I've been in one recently that was largely empty aside from people
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by robotmay 9y ago
This is such a bizarre stance. "Finish up what you’re doing and close the laptop, please" would have me leave a venue immediately and never return. In the UK the concept of people taking up space in coffee shops and not spending e
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by robotmay 9y ago
It's inspired by this quote from Going Postal: "A man is not dead while his name is still spoken." - http://www.gnuterrypratchett.com So no technical purpose, just a fun way of keeping Terry's name alive :) I
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by robotmay 9y ago
EVE's time dilation system is ingenious: https://www.eveonline.com/article/introducing-time-dilation-...

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