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by vvillena 7y ago
"git branch -d" doesn't remove a branch if that means losing track of some local commits. "-D" doesn't check that. The "git branch" commands only operate on your local repo, they don't push any c
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> Usually I accidentally committed to local master and then did a couple other things Create a new branch and check it out while you are on the last commit (git checkout -b my-branch), delete the master branch (git branch -D master), and
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Upgrading org-mode should count as tweaking the config. Is there any part of org-mode that stopped working suddenly?
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This article is a love letter to both mathematics and programming. It is awesome to read something and grasp the joy and playfulness of the author. The maths are explained in a simple way. The programming concepts go from the straightforwar
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Collapse is usually caused by overpopulation and mismanagement of resources. Decentralize the people and the collapse just comes sooner. The total human impact is way way bigger when population is sparsely distributed. Cities enable people
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by vvillena 7y ago
Leaving aside the terrible environmental consequences that lowering population density results in, there's two main reasons that keep people living in cities: work and service availability. Tesla is doing impressive work, but they won&
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> Oracle JDK 8 contained some small parts that were proprietary. And they mostly had the proper package name. You took the risk. I did not. Some libraries I depend on did. > You mean, bundling a JVM exactly like all JetBrains IDEs cur
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The problem isn't usually with the runtime itself, but with all the ecosystem and tools around it. This becomes very apparent when venturing beyond web services and you start depending on those tools.
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> Why would that be the case? I have a desktop Java app with platform-specific installers (.msi, .deb, .dmg). The Windows and Mac installers include a Java runtime, so the user doesn't have to worry about installing an external runt
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It's my own personal and professional experience. Yours may differ, but please don't call it FUD.
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Not really. The newer open versions still don't match Oracle JDK 8. Wanna bundle a JVM with your app so your users don't have to worry about the Java runtime? Well, you can't do that anymore. Wanna use JavaFX? You have to jum
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You can write "lambda" instead of λ. DrRacket also has a shortcut to insert λ easily.
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I run Archlinux on a gaming laptop (a Lenovo Legion) and it's perfect for my needs. And everything works! Linux becomes better and more compatible with each passing year. This laptop is a portable development machine with a nice keyboa
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No you don't. You had automated updates before, and you'll have automated updates now. Same with Chrome.
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Yes! Perl is what I turn into when I have a Bash script that is becoming too big or too complex. It's easy to to turn Bash code into bad Perl code that is still better than Bash. From there, it's easy to create a maintainable Perl
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The problem is that underprovisioning uses some statistical average that will fail on special situations. Content streaming is so common now that there are peak hours where almost everyone is streaming video. If ISPs need to have that use c
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It's not that Google never supported Windows Phone. They actively harmed the platform by heavily restricting 3rd party apps.
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That's also possible with a common set of hardware controller devices. Just like multiple games are played with the same controller on a console, or the way we use personal computers with a keyboard and mouse.
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Present (1.1+) SBT is much much nicer. It's the same core, but the new syntax does a great job of exposing what it does. It's still a complex tool, but it has become learnable. Oh, and it's much faster nowadays.
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Scala 3 is all about baking common Scala patterns into the language, while making everything a bit nicer to use. It's an evolution and pretty much everyone in the Scala community is eager to adopt it. The fact that it will be binary-co
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Scala 3 (known in its prototype phase as Dotty) will solve lots of the issues you describe. The language is reevaluating how some of its features are used in practice, and lots of common use cases that now are a bit clunky will be streamlin
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by vvillena 8y ago
PS5 will support 8K just like PS3 supported 1080p: it was there but almost no one used it. Nearly every game opted for 720p instead. It's a way to future-proof the generation, allowing for a future enhanced version of the console.
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Async/await is probably the next "big" feature.
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Software too. The Nokia-made apps on the 920 were all extremely polished and worked perfectly with the rest of the phone.
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The Nokia 920 is still the phone I've been the happiest with, of all I've had. A catchy design, a screen with a sunlight mode that worked, amazing call quality, great photo quality, great video quality, and impressive audio record
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There was a comment in another thread that talked about the benefits of using the ownership mechanism to control access to all the I/O. It's possible that Rust is useful to manage not just memory, but all kinds of hardware resourc
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VW uses urea injections, but they wanted to make it transparent to the end user. The urea was to be refilled during maintenance, and disconnecting the system was the only way to make the tank last that long.
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The same thing is happening with blockchains. A good chunk of developers and companies are working on creating monopolies and walled gardens, instead of focusing on open market schemes and infrastructures. It's the old, known Zero to O
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They were quick to ground the 787 when some of its internal batteries started to catch fire, so let's hope they act with the same speed if this crash turns out to be caused by the same reason as the Lion Air one.
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The issue is that Boeing added a software layer to make the plane behave like the old 737, so pilots would be able to fly it without any extra training or additional certifications. If it turns out that the pilots actually need some trainin

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