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by xigoi 3mo ago
> Makes for horrible footguns like: > history[counter % SIZE] = … The footgun here is that the “modulo” operator does not actually calculate the modulo in C. In Python, this works correctly for negative values.
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by xigoi 3mo ago
I see it as a generic name for the set of modern ideologies that determine someone’s morality based on how many immutable characteristics they share with people who have historically been oppressed.
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by xigoi 3mo ago
Classical apex fallacy. Just because 0.0001% of white men have a lot of power doesn’t mean there is any benefit for other white men.
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by xigoi 3mo ago
> if granted, immediately start downloading their local tileset in the background Nope. I do not want any app to start downloading hundreds of megabytes without my permission.
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by xigoi 3mo ago
That said, I think it would be better if the closing delimiter was different from the opening one. Yesterday I had an LLM output text where it forgot one of the delimiters, causing all text inside code blocks to actually be outside and vice
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by xigoi 3mo ago
Interesting. When I switched from OsmAnd to Organic, the map loaded much faster as I panned it.
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by xigoi 3mo ago
> If you look at it as the extensible markup language for documents that it is, "tags" (i.e. inner content) would be visible and "attributes" would not. <input type="text" value="Is this text vis
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by xigoi 3mo ago
> Your comment on typography. That wasn’t my comment, and GP was presumably referring to things like headings being larger, not some subtle differences that dyslexic people would miss. > The latter. Why?
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by xigoi 3mo ago
> Screw the dyslexic and colourblind, I guess. You can also use checkmark/cross icons for success/failure. And What does this have to do with dyslexia? > What's clearer? [Call] or [(telephone receiver emoji) Call]? We’r
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by xigoi 3mo ago
Much better performance and much less cluttered UI, at the cost of having fewer features.
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by xigoi 3mo ago
The point is that a computer will just be another thing for them to learn, not a replacement for other tools they’ve been using for tens of years. Therefore, the computer does not need to look like those other tools in order to make sense t
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by xigoi 3mo ago
The newly born people grow up in a world where computers are already commonplace, so they don’t need to get used to them.
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by xigoi 3mo ago
> pretty low effort, trivially to Google (or ask AI) and generally a bit on the ignorant side I know the most common reason why people prefer skeuomorphic design (the visual metaphor), which is why my original reply directly addressed th
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by xigoi 3mo ago
> If you're just using an OEM for the "select * from table where ID in ...", then you're saving practically nothing by using an ORM You’re saving hundreds of lines of repetitive boilerplate code. Do you enjoy writing
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by xigoi 3mo ago
I’m being serious. I find skeuomorphic UIs to be too visually overwhelming compared to flat UIs.
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by xigoi 3mo ago
Ideally, SQL wouldn’t be a wholly different language, but a library with bindings for various languages.
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by xigoi 3mo ago
What’s wrong with flat UIs? Skeuomorphic designs have served their purpose of helping people get used to computers, but now that is no longer necessary.
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by xigoi 4mo ago
> There is simply more money invested to make consumer drivers work on NT. Linux is often an afterthought for many consumer device manufacturers. There is still not enough buy-in. This would not be the case in the hypothetical situation
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by xigoi 4mo ago
What if I want websites to have different fonts because it gives them unique voices? Also, what about websites that use OpenType features only supported by some fonts (small caps, math, variable axes, etc.)?
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by xigoi 4mo ago
> 3. Strongly consider using only a generic family Seems clear enough.
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by xigoi 4mo ago
Fuck that. I don’t want my website to look ugly because 99.9% of users don’t bother to change the defaults.
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by xigoi 4mo ago
Same applies to “Markdown”.
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by xigoi 4mo ago
GrapheneOS seems to focus on privacy and security, not freedom.
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by xigoi 4mo ago
I don’t agree with Trump on most things, but my beliefs also definitely don’t agree with most people who hate Trump.
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by xigoi 4mo ago
> 12million photos of your most cherished memories or 800 hours of video in high fidelity Or 3 modern Electron apps.
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by xigoi 4mo ago
The reason I prefer open-source software is that I can inspect and modify the source code if I want to. With this license, I can still do that, even if it’s not technically “open-source™” by the OSI definition. Therefore, I don’t see a reas
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by xigoi 4mo ago
How about not using a photo at all if it’s not relevant to the article?
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by xigoi 4mo ago
Since when is Flock publicizing private information obtained through data leaks?
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by xigoi 4mo ago
Nobody is installing surveillance cameras in you bathroom.
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by xigoi 4mo ago
But crimes against men don’t matter because by being a man, he is responsible for all crimes committed by men. /s

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