skeezyjefferson

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by skeezyjefferson 11mo ago
you lost your leg to a rabbit?
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by skeezyjefferson 11mo ago
> because of technical limitations that inhibit iCloud competitors or any compatible storage solution. ah thats not quite true is it now?
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by skeezyjefferson 11mo ago
lined his own pockets carving out companies and making people unemployed. that americans worship a man who never worked a day in his life is telling
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by skeezyjefferson 11mo ago
medals. they all like a medal.
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by skeezyjefferson 11mo ago
it was constant if it could have been redefined, by the basic definition of what constant means. so no, not constant, but constants
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by skeezyjefferson 11mo ago
the whole "tell me your x without telling me your x" is tedious. its not half as witty as it feels
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by skeezyjefferson 11mo ago
...? because you have to deal with them? as in theyre paying you to write software. so now what? the idea falls apart when it meets reality
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by skeezyjefferson 11mo ago
what do you think the cambrian explosion was
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by skeezyjefferson 11mo ago
this covers only the most technical fields that already specify things rigorously. most people arent technical enough to even understand what a formal spec is, so how do you deal with them? insist they learn formal methods?
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by skeezyjefferson 1y ago
emacs, great if you dont mind coding it all yourself, in which case you could have coded an application directly for what you need, instead of it being a plugin to a text editor. but I guess its cool to use, so theres that intangible piece
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by skeezyjefferson 1y ago
> The next best thing I love about Emacs is that I can do anything conceivable with code. you already could though, no? emacs didnt allow you to execute lisp for the first time
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by skeezyjefferson 1y ago
funny, did you come up with that one yourself?
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by skeezyjefferson 1y ago
I argue in your example there are 6 constants, not 1 constant with 6 different values, though this could be semantics ie we could both be right in some way
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by skeezyjefferson 1y ago
compiler flags with line and column number seems like the easiest way
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by skeezyjefferson 1y ago
it would be like every time a business gets broken into you berate them for their lack of physical security. nobody does it because that would be inane, and what you are doing is a straight analog to it
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by skeezyjefferson 1y ago
but we already had the word variable for values that can change. on both counts it seems redundant
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by skeezyjefferson 1y ago
> As in - it's not very "constant" if you keep re-making it in your loop, right? you cant change a constant though
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by skeezyjefferson 1y ago
> In your sample there really is no benefit to using the "is" operator over just checking for null Microsoft give the same example though. I understand what hes saying, theres conceptual overlap between is and ==. Many ways to
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by skeezyjefferson 1y ago
> If you want a language where const is the default and mutable is a keyword whats the difference between const and mutable?
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by skeezyjefferson 1y ago
whats the difference between immutable and constant, which has been in use far longer? why are you calling it mutable?
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by skeezyjefferson 1y ago
> Extending Visual Studio in more than the ways it has already provided....It means freedom. if youre able to edit the source code of a program, youre probably a programmer. you already had the freedom. and that can be done with git and
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by skeezyjefferson 1y ago
> Go seek some professional help maybe, it really hurts to see someone being so miserable. theres a bit of the pot calling the kettle black there
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by skeezyjefferson 1y ago
> It seems you're missing the point - that example is 'reductio ad absurdum' - a showcase of the logical extreme of capabilities, not an illustration of concrete practicality. such as? >I can edit the URL of any tab in
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by skeezyjefferson 1y ago
> Changing individual human behavior to be more present and more self-aware to what though? Id argue people prefer going on a website for something to do than dealing with the sad reality that is modern life. Dont blame a UI designer bec
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by skeezyjefferson 1y ago
thats not true though is it. youre talking about a UI designer being some king of evil nazi... get real
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by skeezyjefferson 1y ago
> I don't use addictive social media on my phone and when I receive notification, my phone makes a sound, it vibrates and yet I don't feel urged to look at it. the hysterical mob has decided it is literal crack rocks and EVERYO
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by skeezyjefferson 1y ago
> We have the equivalent of unlimited crack in everyone’s pocket 24/7 i think you might be slightly overreacting there bud. and smartphones dont connect to a different internet, youre on social media right now.
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by skeezyjefferson 1y ago
> I can start a fresh new instance of plain, vanilla, clean-slate instance of Emacs; then open a scratch buffer and piece-by-piece rebuild my entire configuration, consisting of a dozen thousand lines of customizations; install third-par
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by skeezyjefferson 1y ago
> AFAIK, actual case outcome just hinges on details about "nonpublic data" and similar. that sounds like insider trading. price fixing would need not involve nonpublic information (beyond the actual conspiracy to fix the prices
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by skeezyjefferson 1y ago
> For instance there is absolutely no need to keep those documents on the live server for applicants once they have been used for their intended purpose. Blast radius reduction and all that. I hate this kind of post-hoc finger pointing p

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