arzke

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by arzke 6mo ago
We're incapable of putting an accurate, standardized value on developer productivity, yet there often seems to be consensus between senior engineers on who are the high performers and the low performers. I certainly can tell this about
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by arzke 7mo ago
I wonder if the lack of capital letters is a clever trick to make this whole annoucement look more humane and natural. Surely it's intentional: only "U.S" deserves capitals, not even his own name in the signature.
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by arzke 7mo ago
Has anybody ever been forced anyone else to take any drug? The problem is not about being forced, it is about making an informed decision. When you don't have enough safety data you are effectively gambling with your health.
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by arzke 7mo ago
This is precisely why we have clinical studies. We want to measure the efficiency and the innocuousness of drugs. You seem to imply we should just go ahead and try those directly on the general population.
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by arzke 1y ago
Debugging electronics to fix stuff. Some people seem to be able to repair whatever broken electronic devices we give them, which I find fascinating.
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by arzke 1y ago
> The author is clear that they're talking about "billion dollar tech companies" for an audience of those people called to them. > We’re in an industry where burnout isn’t just common - it’s expected. If you’re not pull
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by arzke 2y ago
> If you eliminate fingerprinting, that is in and of itself a fingerprint. This is why you should "eliminate fingerprinting" by randomizing your fingerprint.
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by arzke 2y ago
This is how I work as well, and the reason I tend to write many small functions rather than few large ones is precisely because it reduces cognitive load. You don't have to understand what the canSubmit function does, unless you are in
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by arzke 2y ago
> I know these ridiculous statements are from people hardly wrote any code in their lives Some people who actually wrote a decent amount of code in their lives are sharing that opinion, so your comment just sounds like an ad-hominem atta
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by arzke 2y ago
Brave does this for about two years now: https://brave.com/privacy-updates/21-blocking-cookie-notices...
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by arzke 2y ago
> Based on that you mention being able to see they're associated with someone else's account, you mean that you got a unit that was not factory reset before being given to you right? (And you can't do it yourself because t
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by arzke 2y ago
Exactly. The "it works for me so it works" type of thinking is what makes people mistakenly conclude that homoeopathy works any better than a placebo.
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by arzke 2y ago
I can't understand how Apple can possibly get away with this. Is there any chance for them to win if the case were brought to court? One year ago, I had to contact Apple support because the FindMy feature wouldn't work on my Airpo
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by arzke 2y ago
> “You have to listen to your gut. If something feels off, you’ve gotta listen to what your body is telling you and get out. If you don’t, you’ll end up regretting it.” > Next time you’re feeling some discomfort in a situation, slow d
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by arzke 2y ago
> How true is this when they devices are increasingly hostile to user repair and upgrades? Not sure what you mean exactly by this, but to me their Self Service Repair program is a step in the right direction.
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by arzke 2y ago
> At a surface level he’s acting a real asshole in a bunch of ways, but he’s surprised us with some seriously useful stuff on a number of occasions These aren't mutually exclusive.
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by arzke 3y ago
Have you tried using Copilot's @workspace command in the chat?
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How do key matrices work?(pcbheaven.com)
3 points by arzke 3y ago|0 comments
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by arzke 3y ago
I am not a native speaker, but I noticed that in Australia people sometimes replied to the question "Do you mind...?" with "Yes", actually meaning "No" (they don't mind). It happened enough times so that I
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by arzke 3y ago
"The last responsible moment (LRM) is the strategy of delaying a decision until the moment when the cost of not making the decision is greater than the cost of making it." Quoted from: https://www.oreilly.com/libra
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by arzke 3y ago
I thought that a pure function could not have side effects by definition. Would you mind sharing your definition of a pure function?
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by arzke 3y ago
Yes I did. You seem to assume everyone is using a "framework like React". I am not.
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by arzke 3y ago
> Referential transparency is related to the concept of "function purity" (in the sense that either one usually guarantees the other), which you will often hear people talk about as well. Isn't referential transparency (th
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by arzke 3y ago
Actually, the docs says it's perfectly fine to use @apply for highly reusable components like buttons and form controls: https://tailwindcss.com/docs/reusing-styles#avoiding-prematu...
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by arzke 3y ago
> That is to start with prior evidence. Rather than making your estimate, start with "How long did it ACTUALLY take the last time someone did something like this?" and only then modifying the estimate for circumstances. This re
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by arzke 3y ago
Which is the section I am quoting from.
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by arzke 3y ago
> The only way you know that <input /> is acceptable and <div /> isn't, is learning and remembering which elements self-close. It sucks, but that's the way it is. People remember which elements self-close
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by arzke 3y ago
I totally recommend their course. It does a fantastic job explaining the specifics of LiveView in a clear way.
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by arzke 3y ago
> I hate code generators with a passion. They obfuscate the inner workings of the library. I can argue the exact opposite: you can just look at the generated code to understand what is going on. No magic involved. > For example, if I
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by arzke 3y ago
Is there any reason you wouldn't want to use SvelteKit now that is has reached version 1.0?

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