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by xedrac 4mo ago
You sound like you would prefer Emacs over Vim.
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by xedrac 4mo ago
While this is true, the fact that it is Rust provides a much greater level of confidence than if it was Python or something.
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by xedrac 4mo ago
I have felt this many times. However, the effort involved in writing code does not indicate the amount of issues that code may have. This is why I prefer Rust to C++ these days - it just removes 90% of the development tail, which can be q
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by xedrac 4mo ago
I built my career on C++ and I agree with you. Rust is just superior in almost every way. C++ is dead to me for new projects.
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by xedrac 4mo ago
It's funny how people take this perspective for Waymo, but when it comes to Tesla FSD, they are much less forgiving, even though I think Tesla's performance is at least as good, if not better.
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by xedrac 4mo ago
> I happen to subscribe to the general belief that we should aim to make life suck less for others in the future. In pursuit of this noble goal, one can do more harm than good, if not careful. Take for instance a wealthy parent that gif
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by xedrac 5mo ago
It wasn't legal for the US to separate from England either. Just hypothetically, say Alberta ultimately decides to separate and proclaims their independence. They stop paying into the federal system and set up their own federal governm
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by xedrac 5mo ago
I wouldn't be so certain about that. What happens when the vote passes, and the USA formally recognizes an independent Alberta?
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by xedrac 5mo ago
5 weeks, even contiguous is not enough to unwind from decades of job induced stress. I took some time off between jobs, and it was a solid 3 months before I noticed major improvements.
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by xedrac 5mo ago
I loved working in Haskell for a few years. I wasn't actively looking it, but the opportunity just sort of landed in my lap. It was exciting and mentally stimulating. But the unfortunate fact is, I am easily twice as productive in Ru
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by xedrac 5mo ago
Compared to who?
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by xedrac 7mo ago
Maybe this will help people kick their doom scrolling habit.
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by xedrac 7mo ago
This sounds good in theory, but it means Beagle needs to understand how to parse every language, and keep up with how they evolve. This sounds like a ton of work and a regression could be a disaster. It'll be interesting to see how th
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by xedrac 8mo ago
> I doubt it's caused by the use of dynamic programming languages. Depends which ones. Python? Definitely a source of slowness.
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by xedrac 8mo ago
You say it hasn't saved you any time because you're doing more work now - e.g. documentation. I would say that's being pedantic, but I guess the expectations shift with it, so in practice, you can't just maintain your
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by xedrac 8mo ago
Yeah, I want another 950" of snow at Alta Ski Resort again. That year - 2023 I think, was unreal!
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by xedrac 8mo ago
Having a family solves this issue nicely. I have a wife and five kids, and none of us are lonely because we have each other. It's one of the choices I made in life that I am most grateful for.
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by xedrac 9mo ago
> The current Linux desktop didn't get us there, but we believe that what was made, can be unmade. This is a strange thing for them to say when they are pretty much a clone of Fedora Silverblue, with a few minor tweaks. If Bluefin w
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by xedrac 9mo ago
I would argue that hardware support in Linux is superior to any other operating system on the planet.
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by xedrac 9mo ago
There certainly is: https://www.researchwiki.org/read?id=2
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by xedrac 9mo ago
One thing I would add to this site is to avoid seed oils like the plague. PUFA is in almost everything that is processed, and it absolutely wrecks havoc on your metabolism.
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by xedrac 9mo ago
I tried the latest nightly release AppImage on Fedora 43 and got a nice undefined symbol error: /usr/lib64/gio/modules/libdconfsettings.so: undefined symbol: g_assertion_message_cmpint Failed to load modul
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by xedrac 9mo ago
Yes! I love growing my own food. I have 1/4 acre with 10 fruit trees, 12 grape vines, and a 20×60' vegetable patch.
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by xedrac 9mo ago
I'll take my sprawling suburb with a big yard to grow ample food any day over a densely populated and carefully planned cityscape. With the advent of cheaper solar panels and electric vehicles, it's not a big issue.
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by xedrac 9mo ago
Any privacy benefits of blocking ads are incidental compared to the usability improvements it brings. I have near zero tolerance for ads.
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by xedrac 9mo ago
I would go as far to say that ad blockers are the primary value proposition of Firefox at this point. If they lose that, I have little reason to use it on my phone or my workstations.
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by xedrac 10mo ago
I've written C++ for 15 years. It's the language I have the most experience with. And yes, pattern matching is a must, particularly for any language that has sum types.
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by xedrac 10mo ago
I agree it probably won't make it faster. But there is absolutely no comparison when it comes to safety/stability. I've written a ton of C code, and it's just not even close. Rust really outshines C and C++ in this reg
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by xedrac 10mo ago
Both can be true. The question is, do the benefits outweigh the consequences? I'm of the opinion that parents need to help regulate teen exposure, not the government. It does feel a bit like censorship.
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by xedrac 10mo ago
While I generally think constructive criticism is usually the right choice, I suspect Github will never get the message unless there are some very strongly worded criticisms. In Andrew's defense, he did post some constructive evidence

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