stodor89

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by stodor89 3y ago
Just gonna point out there's a significant difference between proper fairy tales and adapted (aka butchered) fairy tales.
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by stodor89 3y ago
Oof, that's a spicy thing to say with so many IT folks getting fired lately.
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by stodor89 3y ago
I'd advise gaining some more experience first. Also, financial independence is first and foremost a state of mind. As an extreme example, Diogenes the Cynic was arguably more financially independent than Elon Musk is.
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by stodor89 3y ago
> The principal flaw of the rotary engine was inefficient combustion, which led to poor fuel efficiency and emissions issues. Wasn't the principal flaw of the rotary engine that it tends to die?
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by stodor89 3y ago
Looks like Facebook drew inspiration from Unity's failed suicide attempt and wants to one up them.
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by stodor89 3y ago
Some people are born ahead of the curve.
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by stodor89 3y ago
I remember from playing Heroes of Might and Magic that "few" is 1-4 and "several" is 5-9.
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by stodor89 3y ago
Tbh the browser is alright.. the problem is that nobody uses it and nobody tests their code on it. I'm not sure how (or if) they can fix that.
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by stodor89 3y ago
The fact that you can't access your passwords when offline really blew my mind. Also that one time when they randomly blocked my IP and wont do anything about it, wtf?! From then on I've started occasionally exporting the JSON fil
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by stodor89 3y ago
Because they grew up on Discord, and because it's easier. It's easier to make the discord server, keep it running, and get people to join it. I'd also prefer that people used Matrix, but hey, at least it's better than Fa
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by stodor89 3y ago
Is there some way to donate money to LibGen? Anyone who is hurting Pearson is a friend of college students.
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by stodor89 3y ago
Okay, I don't care much about all of the unproven "software engineering" cargo cult rituals, but maybe 10,000 lines is pushing it a bit!
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by stodor89 3y ago
I still can't believe we're having an argument about whether kids should learn writing...
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by stodor89 3y ago
I'm sure they'll figure out the sound stack any moment now. 2001 will surely be The Year Of The Linux Desktop. What an exciting time to be alive!
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by stodor89 3y ago
Google isn't Walmart, and automating ad-clicking isn't looting. At least that seems to be the world we live in, no?
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by stodor89 3y ago
If it's okay for the corporate leviathan to automate the serving of ads, then it should be okay for me to automate viewing them, lol.
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by stodor89 3y ago
It do be like that sometimes :)
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by stodor89 3y ago
Looks like an amazing place for remote workers. Sadly, the internet connection is probably dogshit.
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by stodor89 3y ago
You can do this PhD any number of times, and each time adds another "Administration" at the end.
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by stodor89 3y ago
Yeah, I think people often underestimate the role of ego in this kind of stuff. Hell, it can even be used as a philosophical razor: Never attribute to necessity that which is adequately explained by egomania.
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by stodor89 3y ago
Saturation? That's not how programming works.
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by stodor89 3y ago
Awesome! All I could do at 17 was chase skirt and get drunk.
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by stodor89 3y ago
That's the lifecycle of most subcultures: https://meaningness.com/geeks-mops-sociopaths
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by stodor89 3y ago
Got three doctors in the family and two among our neighbors. All of them hate software with a burning passion. And I can't blame them, to be honest.
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by stodor89 3y ago
"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by." -- Douglas Adams
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by stodor89 3y ago
I've got a different personal perspective: Any code that helps achieve one's ends is good code.
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by stodor89 3y ago
I was in my wonderful homeland of Bulgaria. Every time a person died, the hospital always wrote down Covid, so they can get extra money from EU and the state. Car crash? Covid! Old age? Covid! AIDS? Covid! Drank bleach? Covid! F***ing Bulga
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by stodor89 3y ago
Rejoice, brothers, for the year of the Linux desktop is upon us!
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by stodor89 3y ago
I love that OP changed the title to comply with the Betteridge's Law of Headlines.
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by stodor89 3y ago
Exactly. I hate it when people pretend the question is not on the table. The author+publisher chimaera has made a conscious decision to give me the finger. Well, fsck you too! I haven't pirated lately because there's enough great

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