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by werdnapk 6mo ago
You simply can't get hung up on what could have been. Same applies to trying to time the stock market... should have bought, should have sold. Best thing is to know there's nothing that can be done about the past and move along an
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by werdnapk 6mo ago
Almost anybody who grew up with video games in the 80s played Sokoban and knows exactly what that refers to. It was THE puzzle game in the early days of video games... that and maybe millipede.
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by werdnapk 6mo ago
I'm in Canada and have been a Deezer subscriber for almost 2 decades now. Their premium subscription is well worth the money - I pay less than $90 for the year. They also have one of the highest track counts available compared to othe
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by werdnapk 6mo ago
And sometimes the maintainer simply doesn't respond to a perfectly acceptable issue due to either the maintainer abandoning the project, not enough maintainers or simple neglect.
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by werdnapk 6mo ago
The use of epsilon is correct here. It's exactly what I was taught in comp sci over 20 years ago. You can call it's use here an "epsilon-delta".
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by werdnapk 6mo ago
insert "AI is just if statements" meme
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by werdnapk 7mo ago
I've been using gitosis to manage private repos for almost 2 decades now. It's extremely easy to host your own repositories. I just looked up gitosis on github though and it was last updated 12 years ago.... still works for me tho
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by werdnapk 7mo ago
I'm a native English speaker who's very exposed to French, but doesn't speak it, I find the use of accents in French very welcome to getting the pronunciation right when exposed to a new word. English is just a mess in compar
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by werdnapk 7mo ago
I have stacks of them still saved in boxes from the 80's.
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by werdnapk 7mo ago
When I was in CS, we were taught theory. If you wanted to be caught up with the current tech, you'd teach yourself.
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by werdnapk 7mo ago
CSS on the <a> tags: word-break: break-all;
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by werdnapk 8mo ago
For a thorough breakdown of everything CDs, here's Technology Connections playlist on the subject: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv0jwu7G_DFWBEyCKt4tK...
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by werdnapk 8mo ago
A designer knows things from experience and would be aware of small details that if not designed correctly, become very apparent when built in reality.
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by werdnapk 8mo ago
I've been waiting years for my word to be my first guess and still nothing... it's been my opener for years. I know my word hasn't been used as I've checked the list of used words. So for me, reusing words is not what I
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by werdnapk 8mo ago
Gold and silver were up the most they'd ever been the previous 1-2 days... followed by them going back down. So don't mention the fall without the literal massive rise that happened hours before.
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by werdnapk 9mo ago
No need to read text, AI can talk in a voice of your choosing.
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by werdnapk 9mo ago
You can "talk" to AI, so I assume this is what they'd be referring to. No need to write prompts or read responses.
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by werdnapk 9mo ago
From the summary of video: "40% of fourth graders can't read. Kids are asking their teachers why they need to learn to read when AI can do it for them. Social media has destroyed their attention spans and now teachers aren't
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by werdnapk 9mo ago
Firefox and ublock origin... no ads. I avoid youtube on my mobile device as it's a lot more difficult to control the ads there.
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by werdnapk 9mo ago
I see many many F-150 lightnings in Canada (Quebec at least) used by construction people. Are there any country or more detailed stats on where F-150s were sold?
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by werdnapk 9mo ago
I haven't used autocomplete in over 20 years. Why does this even need an autocomplete? The "API" is dead simple.
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by werdnapk 9mo ago
I have a fully functional iPad mini for my kids that only supports iOS 12. I can barely install or use any software though because it's not supported on such an old OS.
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by werdnapk 10mo ago
I think the major version change is more of a celebratory thing with Ruby being 30 years as of 2025.
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by werdnapk 10mo ago
I've been a normal user of Firefox for over 20 years.
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by werdnapk 10mo ago
I've had good success with Turbo (previously Turbolinks). The newer versions (ie. Turbo) really fixed up the shortcomings of the older versions (ie. Turbolinks) and I enjoy using it. Any big reason to use HTMX instead? Is Turbo not re
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by werdnapk 10mo ago
uBlock Origin! Years and years of not seeing spam like that.
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by werdnapk 10mo ago
Tommy's still at it!
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by werdnapk 10mo ago
I reloaded a second time and it worked in Firefox. First time, the circle loaded and then nothing. After it loaded, I saw no issues.
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by werdnapk 10mo ago
I had to load the site a second time in Firefox to get it working. So, try again?
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by werdnapk 10mo ago
I saw many billboard ads on Portugal (Europe) highways. As a Canadian, it seemed like a lot.

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