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by sgbeal 2y ago
> "no single developer can sensibly manage $LIST" .. that why there's the variety of systems that attempt to avoid the laundry list. And that variety further contributes to $LIST. < https://xkcd.com/927&#
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> Imagine trying to use the internet like an end user or a webdev if you couldn't use cloudflare. Anecdote: i've been an internet end user for 30-ish years, an active FOSS developer for most of that time (with no small amount o
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by sgbeal 2y ago
> I'm using "AppImage" ... AppImage is another one of the aforementioned "vagaries of the ecosystem." No single developer can sensibly manage snap, flatpak, appimage, deb, rpm, apk, and whatever other package for
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by sgbeal 2y ago
> the developers claim that too much of their time is spent supporting and packaging the software for Linux relative to the size of the user base. That is a fact. Even those of us who _only_ target Linux-esque OSes cannot keep up with t
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Curse of Knowledge: What It Is, How to Overcome It(forbes.com)
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Believe it or not, there are people (myself included) who _actively decide_ to "move forward in their lives" without children for reasons having nothing to do with economics or stability. Some of us _don't want_ children.
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by sgbeal 2y ago
> And one bad experience isn't enough to get a feel for how reliable something is. For non-critical subsystems, sure, but certain critical infrastructure has to get it right every time or it's an abject failure (barring interfe
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by sgbeal 2y ago
> losing a file to a tired ... If the file isn't in source control, a backup, or auto-synced cloud storage, it can't be _that_ important. If it was in either, it could be recovered easily without replacing one's filesystem
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> I've lost so much data due to btrfs corruption issues that I've (almost) stopped to use it completely nowadays. Just out of curiosity: is there a specific reason you're not using plain-vanilla filesystems which _are_ sta
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Recognizing that you're in one is half of the battle. After that, make a conscious effort not to be trapped there. Exposure to diverse views does a mind good.
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The question of whether such a thing exists came up in the SQLite forum a couple of weeks ago: < https://sqlite.org/forum/forumpost/ef344a902703f69e > A link to this article has been added to that thread.
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by sgbeal 2y ago
That makes sense. Thank you.
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by sgbeal 2y ago
Though i don't significantly disagree with anything you've written, i've got to ask: is "Ask HN" the right forum for this? Your post asks no questions except for rhetorical ones.
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> U.K. policymakers asked the tech giant in February to pause its planned phase-out of cookies over antitrust concerns. i'm trying to understand how eliminating such cookies could lead to antitrust concerns. Any enlightenment on tha
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by sgbeal 2y ago
Noting that it's dated 2004 and starts with: > I wrote this back in 1989...
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> In C++ lingo they are called function objects or callables, not functor. The word "functor" has a long and glorious history in C++. Try entering "C++ Andrei Alexandrescu functors" into your internet search engine of
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> From what I read and experienced, it makes the size of the Git repository much bigger than it should be... Of course, it's a trade-off, but how is that particular one more painful than being at the whims of (and paying for) a thir
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"Significant whitespace" (e.g. python) is idiotic. Programmers should be free to write their own code in a manner which suits their sense of style (for which there is no accounting).
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> God forbid that the solution is committing binary images to the Git repository. Where does the misconception that that's somehow a problem stem from? In 30 years of having web sites, that approach has invariably served me well.
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by sgbeal 2y ago
The disclaimer about not using Java for X, Y, and Z was part of the Java EULA for many years (and my still be - no idea).
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How very odd and unfortunate. Name brand recognition is an invaluable thing which can't simply be replaced on a whim.
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Just FYI: site is inaccessible from outside the US.
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> I always wonder about the people that implement this. In my experience behind that curtain, it's not the developers, it's the marketing and sales people. Yes, they have such meetings, then they spend an inordinate amount of t
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> Also, it is very entertaining to hear your friends talk to an AI. i would fire any friend who attempted to use an AI as a proxy for talking with me. > Mitra calls people using your caller ID so the people you know will actually pick
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by sgbeal 2y ago
From the article's top-most paragraph: > However, the Japanese honey bee ... repels ants by placing its wings directly in contact with intruding ants and flicking them away.
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by sgbeal 2y ago
> This is why I feel a little scared too scared to attach my main profile with thousands of karma to this post. If you've got a surplus, there's certainly no harm in risking a few points?
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> You also never actually share what gameplay looks like, ... To second that as a buyer (not creator) of games: if a game's intro video shows only cut scenes and still-frame screenshots, i pass on it without exception, simply as a m
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Let's not forget that it is possible to not have a lock on one's phone.
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> I'm curious to know what software projects you've worked on and how long for? The longest i've contributed to a single project is the Fossil SCM ( https://fossil-scm.org ), since early 2008. > How did it cha
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Aha, that makes sense. BTW, i would like to reach out to you to discuss, if you like, your corruption cases and pain points so that we can improve upon them. i don't see a way to get in direct touch with you, but if you are up for such

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