skydhash

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by skydhash 4mo ago
1. git rebase and last commit amending. 2. That has the smells of a wrong code architecture. If change request leads to unneeded code conflicts, you need to rework your code architecture. 3. That’s valid, but why not create libraries out of
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by skydhash 4mo ago
Portable applications is not a recent need. The only requirement is to have a standardize interface and an implementation for each of the platform. Where you put that interface is an engineering skill. VLC went with QT (which has done all t
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by skydhash 4mo ago
> And for what exacatly? I want them to be identical accross systems, not different For your users. Engineering is about designing things for the convenience of the builder, but for the convenience of the user.
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by skydhash 4mo ago
> You clearly see the issue I don’t. VLC is available everywhere, so your requirement is clearly not a problem. Jetbrains is available on all major desktop OS.
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by skydhash 4mo ago
> I do not have the resources to target something to all platforms What resources is actually needed? More often than not it just requires good engineering. You do not have to duplicate everything across platforms.
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by skydhash 4mo ago
> Users don't actually give a shit. Have you ever had a job as a tech support? If not, you don’t have anything to say. People do complain about inconsistent UX. Especially when it does not behave like the platform it’s on.
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by skydhash 4mo ago
> The operating system has historically trusted the applications not to do dumb things too much. The OS is a thin layer providing an abstract and consistent interface regardless of the hardware configuration. Policing applications is mos
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by skydhash 4mo ago
Making the job boring is a great way to get free time to browse HN.
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by skydhash 4mo ago
> My big issue is that doing DB-like operations is hellish in most programming languages, and if you really want to try and marshal your data into a real DB (say, SQLite or DuckDB via a library), then you have a big messy translation lay
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by skydhash 4mo ago
> Here’s another example: you’re making a static website. No JavaScript, no interactivity. Linking a huge file consuming clients’s bandwith for no reason. Embedding PII in the html source? And if setting up your own server, misconfigurin
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by skydhash 4mo ago
I was just watching a video about system engineering and the following stucks: Stakeholder needs : What people wants to get done with the product Management needs : How to manage the spending of resources (time, money,…) to create the pro
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by skydhash 4mo ago
Not GP and I’m a general AI opponent, but it is the same strategy I adopted at work due to mandates. I can’t give you a past example(they’re all related to $work). But you can probably work out a skill that downloads an emacs package, extra
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by skydhash 4mo ago
Is it systemd/Linux yet? I’m still waiting for shellctl subsystem. /s
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by skydhash 4mo ago
You have to start with the reason there’s a witch hunt. I love reading. I read books (novels) almost every day and I’m almost always perusing a textbook pr an article for my jobs and my hobbies. The signal/noise for entertainment or in
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by skydhash 4mo ago
I don’t get the smug. But complacent has always has the “self-satisfied” and “a bit lazy”. Not exactly what is in your comment, but someone that is rooted in his behavior, but not for stubbornness or arrogance, just “it is ok that way becau
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by skydhash 4mo ago
I don’t think TFA is written by AI. But AI written pieces do have a certain feeling. A sort of saccatto in the succession of ideas that does not feel natural. They emphasize certain points, and you as a reader, you just wonder why is that.
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by skydhash 4mo ago
> but a higher risk that you'll get stuck with an old bug waiting for the maintainer to pull in a patch. Then there's the risk that in their attempt to cherry pick, they don't actually mitigate the issue Which is why the
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by skydhash 4mo ago
I like the Alpine model where they have a set of packages they maintain via the core team and everything else is in "testing".
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by skydhash 4mo ago
In my country, education is the basic minimum for any social status. Dropping before the high school diploma is basically saying that you're going to be mediocre for your whole life. Anyone will try to get the basic down otherwise that
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by skydhash 4mo ago
> Type in "Explain how to solve a simple linear algebra problem" into the AI of your choice instead. I’ve seen this particular philosophy in college where the student focus exclusively on passing exams. They would memorize note
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by skydhash 4mo ago
> to explain a simple linear algebra problem, and if you don't understand it, ask about what part you don't understand. The goal is not to understand a linear algebra problem. The goal is to learn how to solve it using lessons
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by skydhash 4mo ago
There's a reason suits were not invented in such weather
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by skydhash 4mo ago
As jatins says: Why bother with source code? just deploy prompts and specs. It’s rare for C programmers to care about assembly, or python programmer to care about C. Why do you care that much about source code?
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by skydhash 4mo ago
> For example I am following Dirac's book "The Principles of quantum mechanics" to study QM. Pre-AI wouldn't have been able to do so, I am just that dumb Why exactly wouldn’t you be able to learn pre-AI?
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by skydhash 4mo ago
I've never been enticed by a landing page (yes, datapoint of one). It's either recommendation from source I trust (which has included reddit) and some demo/review available somewhere. Never the landing page as they usually to
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by skydhash 4mo ago
> Compared to spending multiple hours reading a book or, worse, the manual, I know which one I'd choose. Why multiple hours? You can always skim it.
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by skydhash 4mo ago
> In HCI, computer interfaces can be referred as languages as they come with their own affordances and symbolism that is not directly associated with real life: There's always jargon and other token words that holds no meaning in ot
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by skydhash 4mo ago
> but "read about the inner workings of an editor before you use it" is horrible UX. You can start using it without reading, but the UX does not follow common patterns like found in Notepad or VSCode. It is its own thing and re
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The capability may be nice to have, but what about its usefulness. Would that have been of use in any real world situation?
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by skydhash 4mo ago
I don’t mind IDE per se, Just like I don’t mind Game Consoles. It can be truly useful, as you say, to have something Plug-and-Play to hit the ground running. But they often use subpar components (code editors, file managements, VCS,..). The

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