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Comment · 3 years ago
I just had a realization. Usually in my private repos I do “what;why” so I can go back to commits when I brake stuff. But I should be using branches for what and commits for why…
Comment · 3 years ago
My suspicion is it is a bias to one’s mother tongue. I feel the same way about Arabic. English feels “lawless” and “undeconstructable” in some cases, no equation for “creating” words that works every time. In this sense Arabic is way more “Mathematical “ to me although all the number theory, graph theory, discrete math etc. books I’ve read are written in English.
Comment · 3 years ago
A workflow like this:

RTM -> SO question (not found) -> IRC/Discord -> post question on SO.

As opposed to this:

LLM -> RTM -> SO (maybe post a question)

Simply has SO earlier in the pipeline. The later does not render it obsolete (yet?) from what I can tell.

If a simple annotation to how the LLM got the answer is deployed I think that is where SO will be visited only to ask questions rather than find an answer (still not obsolete).

P.S. this is speculative at best at this stage. SO can be rendered obsolete by some hidden side effect of LLMs/search engines

Comment · 3 years ago
What about httpd? (Sarcasm)
Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
Built a crkbd. Got a sensor watch.
Comment · 3 years ago
Windows > Tabs every single time. What helped me most was a good window manager:

• A single floating window acting as an opener*

• windows are always arranged in the case of tiling wms.

• In the case of Firefox user.css can help u remove the tab bar entirely. And opening in windows rather than tabs can be configured.

• I built my own window fuzzy searcher for finding windows.

The effect is compulsory need to close windows asap but keep a couple of windows forever that are actually for doing work. In my case :

• newsboat > firefox. • Cmus > firefox. • Aerc > firefox. • Irssi > firefox.

The list goes on and on.

The benefit is this: every job has it’s own window.

Note that still it is 100% the case that when not in “production/building” mode the default is consuming. This setup merely helps heighten awareness to the fact.

Hope it helps!

* lf, ranger, nnn are all good choices.

Comment · 3 years ago
The declassifieds on Malcom X are even wilder.
Comment · 3 years ago
This brought back amazing memories of 8th grade. Thank you for this :)
Comment · 3 years ago
Lego mind storms. The blue kit with lightning all over it. “Programming” the RCX was probably what got me hooked on computers. And oh those damn alien Lego pieces, I probably spent more time with these thing than with almost all my siblings combined for the next 3 years.
Comment · 4 years ago
Chatterbait
Comment · 4 years ago
CRKBD with kailh chocolate keys.
Comment · 4 years ago
Add-on bidet.
Comment · 4 years ago
WTH?!??? I’m never buying a thing directed by this douchebag Marty ever again.
Comment · 4 years ago

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