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by argo_navis 10mo ago
Laundry Files Series by Charles Stross Written by a ex-programmer, features a world where magic is a branch of mathematics, so you can for example write an app to summon demons, or accidentally turn yourself into a vampire by implementing a
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by argo_navis 1y ago
The problem is that whatever system we come up with in theory, will have to be built in practice out of people, and there is never any shortage of people who will happily abuse the system and fellow people out of greed or delusion. That&#x2
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by argo_navis 3y ago
I stopped using bookmarks when I discovered "Tabs Outliner" extension for Chrome, and now I can't imagine using any browser that doesn't work like that. It automatically saves your browser sessions as you go, you can nam
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by argo_navis 3y ago
That's why I love Hacker News. I've never heard of PaperWM before, and now I'm a convert. I'm sorry I can't help you with your question, but your question certainly helped me. Thank you.
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by argo_navis 3y ago
Years ago youtube offered a choice between their recomendations and your subscriptions as a homepage. Then they removed the choice and forced their recommendations on everyone. So i installed an extension to redirect from my youtube homepag
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by argo_navis 3y ago
My own version of that goes like this: the difference between being able to code and being a programmer is like the difference between being able to write and being a writer. One is a fairly simple skill you can teach to a child, the other
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by argo_navis 4y ago
A few months before corona came, my employer started giving every team a monthly budget to spend on technical books, which were then avaliable to everyone in the office. Then we moved to work from home indefinitely and the idea was forgotte
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by argo_navis 4y ago
Software getting confused by mismatched locale and language settings. I'm so used to interacting with computers in English that I find translations to my native language more distracting than helpful, but I still want my native date an