CodeGlitch

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   by CodeGlitch 5y ago

   I just tried VsCode for Java development. Frankly I wasn't expecting much as Java is one of those languages that requires a lot of ide features to be useful. Previously used heavyweights like eclipse and Netbeans. And you know what? In
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   by CodeGlitch 5y ago

   Fair enough, in that sense we already are experiencing the "metaverse" for many online activities... Except no one refers to it like that.
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   by CodeGlitch 5y ago

   Both my wife and I are really careful about covid, as she had asthma. I'm double vaxed and she is triple. Came down with COVID 11 days ago with symptoms similar to what everyone is reporting here. What's really annoying is that my
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   by CodeGlitch 5y ago

   You're exactly like me. I'm in day 11. Sense of taste and smell have returned a little... Reduced appetite is definitely what I'm experiencing now. I didn't have to take any time off work. Felt well enough to go out toda
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   by CodeGlitch 5y ago

   I'll probably eat my words saying this, but "normal people" ie non techies and non gamers are pretty reluctant to don VR headsets for anything. I predict meta will be a failure if it requires VR hardware. Not to mention the c
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   by CodeGlitch 5y ago

   Looks like it may be using metaballs? Pretty cool demo. Happy holidays / merry Christmas all
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   by CodeGlitch 5y ago

   > now let's imagine this matrix bot becomes a product, running on thousands of servers. the python version is 100x less energy efficient than the rust version. that 5 hours extra work now becomes a bargain. Not necessarily. If the l
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   by CodeGlitch 5y ago

   > What, specifically, is the radical subjectivism of LGBTQIA+ groups that you object to There have now been numerous cases of children having been encouraged to have a sex change and now deeply regret the decision. Not to mention they ar
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   by CodeGlitch 5y ago

   It's fine. I'll just put down I'm gender fluid, and I'll just always turn up to work as a guy. If anyone questions it I'll claim I change at night in the privacy of my own home.
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    by CodeGlitch 5y ago

    Yeah I have, and they're really good. We need something similar for software engineering. HN: make it so!
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    by CodeGlitch 5y ago

    There are plenty of video courses, stuff on Udemy teaching you databases, etc. I think it's an untapped market for the webbased coding challenges, although quite hard to pull off if you are needing to have a database for the users to i
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    by CodeGlitch 5y ago

    I've never use codeacademy, but with exercism and the like the exercises are all very much "puzzles" rather than actual software engineering challenges. I want to see database problems, architectural questions, networking, re
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    by CodeGlitch 5y ago

    I dunno - recent cancelling feels different. Take J K Rowling as an example: https://www.thenational.scot/news/19723926.harry-potter-reun... Cancelled from her own creation, for having a pretty uncontroversial viewpoi
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    by CodeGlitch 5y ago

    This is how I do it - consistency is key. Every day just need to work on my project for 10 minutes. If I can only manage 10 minutes, then that's fine... The same goes for exercise, or anything you need to get done.
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    by CodeGlitch 5y ago

    Beyond general web searches, I just thought I'd expand on how I don't use Google. For code documentation, I install Zeal and perform local searches. For opensource information (medical, geopolitical, people, etc) I'll just se
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    by CodeGlitch 5y ago

    I use Brave search. I just tried "Duckduckgo browser" in both Brave search and google, and the 1st few top results were the same (except google had a load of ads scattered everywhere). Obviously YMMV, but I rarely need to use Goo
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    by CodeGlitch 5y ago

    Well it's using Webkit on MacOS. No mention of Linux. So until then I won't be able to use it.
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    by CodeGlitch 5y ago

    > The UK isn’t immune to these issues either I remember looting in 2011 or so? That's right we did. It was due to the killing of Mark Duggan by the police : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_England_riots It
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    by CodeGlitch 5y ago

    I live in the UK, and what you describe sounds like a 3rd world country, and yet the US is an incredibly wealthy country. Why do you put up with this? It's pretty depressing. (Not that I'm blaming you personally in any way, I mean
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    by CodeGlitch 5y ago

    Digital Personal Assistants. What we have now are like the early mobile phones: Large, bulky and don't work very well. Imagine a personal assistant that you could have a full on conversation with. I don't believe this requires f
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    by CodeGlitch 5y ago

    C. It's like driving a classic manual car. Yes it's easy to make mistakes and goes wrong all the time, but that's what makes it "fun". My least favourite is PHP.
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    by CodeGlitch 5y ago

    > why take on responsibility through having children? Why not pickup any other type of responsibilty? like, community service, tutoring/helping kids from less fortunate places or in the worst case even Picking up more responsibility
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    by CodeGlitch 5y ago

    > and other “boring” languages that are probably older than some of the people who read HN I can't remember who said this, but "use boring technology" is a well used strategy. Why take the risk with a new programming langu
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    by CodeGlitch 5y ago

    Limitless: The Autobiography by Tim Peake. It's one of those books I wish existed when I was a teenager. He is someone who is so willing to push himself to excel at whatever takes his interest, and demonstrates that you don't nee
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    by CodeGlitch 5y ago

    Skimmed the article so may have missed the point, but what is the end game here? Are we to only hire 50% attractive people and 50% ugly people? (Or whatever percentages represent the general population). Have we reached peak "woke&quot
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    by CodeGlitch 5y ago

    I was going to get my UK booster yesterday, but came down with COVID on Tuesday :( Yeah feeling pretty ill right now. Rescheduled booster for early Jan, so hopefully that'll mean my immune system will be ready for any future infections
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    by CodeGlitch 5y ago

    Both me and my wife are fighting it right now, confirmed via PCR testing. Started as cold like symptoms, but a cold I've never experienced before. Unless I keep up the paracetamol it's unbearable... Not much of a cough for me, but
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    by CodeGlitch 5y ago

    Agreed. I focus on being a parent, and it's 10000s times more fulfilling than anything I could do on a computer.
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    by CodeGlitch 5y ago

    > these are largely the group that have started voting "Conservative" That's not been my experience - it's the people who are distrustful of the government (any party) that aren't getting vaxxed. I think people h
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    by CodeGlitch 5y ago

    Oh yes, also forget about this one: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age During the middle ages, so even more recent.