rstefanic

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by rstefanic 3y ago
> It's not that philosophy is dumb. It's just that it's useless. If I take a moment and think through that statement, I highly doubt you even believe this. And if it is sincere, then it just reinforces the point of the per
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by rstefanic 4y ago
When working with a larger code base, there will always be parts that you don't remember writing and you'll inevitably have to read the code to understand it. That's just part of the job/task, regardless of the style it&
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by rstefanic 6y ago
My post was mainly in regards to the recommendation of having someone just pick up a primary source and just start reading it. But I agree that, if you're taking a class and you have someone who can go through the text with you, then t
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by rstefanic 6y ago
It's an unpopular opinion depending on what you're recommending. Telling someone "read the Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle" will lead someone to just pick up any copy of the Nicomachean Ethics. There are a lot of trans
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by rstefanic 6y ago
> Our next major challenge: We are dealing with 21 million lines of code. I think I just fail to understand the true complexity of a browser, but how is Firefox 21 million lines of code? How can a browser be 21 million lines of code? Tha
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by rstefanic 8y ago
Sure, I don't think anyone would disagree with you on that. But still, how is the initial comment an example of the Hegelian Dialectic?
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by rstefanic 8y ago
How is this an example of the Hegelian Dialectic?
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by rstefanic 9y ago
Right. But what I was saying is that, I wouldn't throw that into a beginner's tutorial right away.
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by rstefanic 9y ago
Definitely. Beyond vimtutor, I've found Practical Vim to be a fantastic book. I strongly recommend that book once someone has the basics of vim down.
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by rstefanic 9y ago
It's true, but since vim is a bit old, copy/pasting can be a bit awkward due to having an internal clipboard with the buffer and not using the system's clipboard. I wouldn't put that in a beginner tutorial (at least the