stepvhen

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   by stepvhen 11y ago

   > Use libaries with good APIs That's the opposite of the suckless philosophy.
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   by stepvhen 11y ago

   I second this. I study new programming languages in my free time and install-friction (or whatever its called, if it has a name) is a major factor in whether or not I bother further with the language. A language that comes with its own IDE
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   by stepvhen 11y ago

   That was a fun read.
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   by stepvhen 11y ago

   >The tl;dr is that we will eventually have AIs which are smarter than humans. Much smarter than humans, to the point that we are to them what chimpanzees are to us. >The second point is that they would have no reason to keep us around
5. 155.▲
   by stepvhen 11y ago

   >And it's very likely to kill us all. This is absolutely absurd. Could you elaborate on that instead of just pointing to a book?
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   by stepvhen 11y ago

   Religion itself does a lot of hand waving, and people tend to talk about the "existential threat" of AI with a lot of hand waving. Its an easy comparison to make. Also, a claim, by itself, can't be a religion. It would need p
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   by stepvhen 11y ago

   J is one of my favorites. The syntax is cryptic at first, but the lack of ambiguity makes programs easier to understand and easier to design in the long run.
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   by stepvhen 11y ago

   If you have gone through many tutorials and feel there is still something missing, then definitely. If you feel you could present the program in a new more effective way, sure. Things to keep in mind: (a) People are only beginners for a com
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   by stepvhen 11y ago

   If you understand Today's lifestyle, that's more than enough. And people always donate. December is usually a big month for that.
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    by stepvhen 11y ago

    I usually play it on a tty, partly because silly decisions, but also I can ssh into a my system that has it installed. I haven't seen a 'noticeable' slow down, but then again most of my forts barely make it to 80 dwarves.
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    by stepvhen 11y ago

    I remember the overpopulation of Mothmen. It was terror.
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    by stepvhen 11y ago

    Mechanical switches are incredibly reliable and durable. After that its really just about how configurable you want your keyboard: switches, keycaps, layouts, layers, programming the firmware, etc. The hype is about 50/50 hardware and
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    by stepvhen 11y ago

    Ordered by purchase date and, incidentally, size 1. Lexmark IBM Model M, 1993, Black modifiers from Unicomp, 100% 2. Noppoo Lolita Spyder, Kailh Browns, Granite Keycaps, TKL 3. Poker 3, Cherry MX White, and Granite keycaps, 60% 4. (on order
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    by stepvhen 11y ago

    I went Ubuntu -> Crunchbang (r.i.p.) -> Arch, with a short stint trying out Gentoo. Arch is my favorite, but that is largely because I am a control freak when it comes to my system. Ubuntu is nice if you have never used Linux. There i
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    by stepvhen 11y ago

    Arch is fantastic, but you need to know a bit of what you're doing. It isn't as user friendly as Ubuntu or others, but it does allow you the most freedom via not getting in your way. Also, pacman/yaourt are the best package m
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    by stepvhen 11y ago

    I hope you have seen this: http://synergy-project.org/
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    by stepvhen 11y ago

    You should learn a new language, a weird one that isn't like others you have used, e.g. if you have only ever done object oriented stuff learn a functional language. I spend some of my free time just learning new, mostly impractical la