chillpenguin

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by chillpenguin 15d ago
When he said the average programmer is too stupid to program in a brilliant language, I don't think he was referring to C++. I think he was referring to non-mainstream languages that require totally different ways of thinking (there ar
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by chillpenguin 1mo ago
I ran into this a few years ago (or I ran into a very similar bug). I started backing up my history file regularly because it was so annoying to lose all that history. I'll keep backing it up, but this fix is appreciated!
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by chillpenguin 4mo ago
I basically feel the same way. In a way it is very liberating. All of those esoteric languages that were on my ever-growing todo list are now things I can let go of. Ultimately we have to ask ourselves how we want to spend our time, and now
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by chillpenguin 6mo ago
I'm glad to find out it's not just me! My homelab has a lot of domains on .home.arpa, and I was getting issues related to this.
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by chillpenguin 7mo ago
I'm glad I'm not the only one. What keeps me on mac, however, is the hardware seems so much better than the alternatives. I'd love a macbook quality linux laptop.
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by chillpenguin 1y ago
Smalltalk was the lisp machine of the future. Of course, now even Smalltalk is a thing of the past.
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by chillpenguin 1y ago
Why are all of the comments about the name? The author literally said this is a toy project for educational purposes... There are thousands of projects on github. This isn't even the only other project named "vanta" on github
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by chillpenguin 1y ago
This article is insulting. It is trying to paint the picture that all of us who go against the mainstream are deluding ourselves if we think it is anything more than the digital equivalent of wearing a leather jacket. Very often mainstream
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by chillpenguin 1y ago
The fact that this exists shows that there is a serious problem in the python ecosystem. I'm sure it solves a real problem, so I'm not knocking the author. It's more of a "state of our industry" problem.
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by chillpenguin 1y ago
shoutout to Mithril! Has always been an under-appreciated gem.
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Effects of lifestyle changes on cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's (2024)(alzres.biomedcentral.com)
11 points by chillpenguin 1y ago|3 comments
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by chillpenguin 1y ago
From the abstract: "Evidence links lifestyle factors with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We report the first randomized, controlled clinical trial to determine if intensive lifestyle changes may beneficially affect the progression of mild c
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by chillpenguin 2y ago
I took that as hyperbole. Hard to tell how intentional it was, whether it was a joke or not... But yeah, obviously it is not true at all.
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by chillpenguin 2y ago
Smalltalk, by far, is the best in this category.
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by chillpenguin 2y ago
Here is a whole course, with videos and links to slides and readings. https://github.com/margaretstorey/EmseUvic2020
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by chillpenguin 2y ago
I agree. I once attempted this on a javascript project (a personal project, not at work), after reading about APL/J/K people and their philosophy. My constraint was: I should never have to scroll. I also aimed to have as few files
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by chillpenguin 2y ago
"john ousterhout's book is the only book on how to write software that has any actual evidence behind it." This is false and hopefully no one takes you seriously when they read that. There are books about empirical methods fo
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by chillpenguin 2y ago
There are also studies showing a plant-based diet can reverse Alzheimer's symptoms as well. It has to do with atherosclerosis.
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by chillpenguin 2y ago
I see that kind of thing all the time. Usually it is about static types. People think that dynamic languages aren't "serious", or something. It is laughable that these people still make up a significant amount of comments, he
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by chillpenguin 2y ago
It's true. Streaming services are really a downgrade in this respect. I don't get why they don't include the same sort of bonus content that DVDs had.
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by chillpenguin 2y ago
This is how I interpreted it as well. The others seem to be arguing due to a misunderstanding of what was said/meant.
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by chillpenguin 2y ago
There's something about it where it doesn't feel quite right when using the mouse as a GUI app. Compare it to something like Sublime Text. I can't quite describe it exactly. It just feels off. It feels like you are supposed t
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by chillpenguin 2y ago
It's a valid concern. But I just want to point out that shelling out to other things is part of the "paradigm" when using a shell-like language. If you embrace this paradigm, you will better understand the style. Think of it
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by chillpenguin 2y ago
I'm surprised that old printers like that go for $80-120 USD. I'm pretty sure you can buy a new inkjet for $50. If I wanted to do something similar, what is the cheapest type of printers I should be looking at? Dot matrix does see
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by chillpenguin 2y ago
I agree. I will mock 3rd party APIs sometimes so I can test that my system correctly handles failures. For example, what if I get a 500 response from the API? With my mock I can easily make that happen. If I was using the actual API, I woul
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by chillpenguin 2y ago
> Margaret Hamilton worked out how to write bug-free software during the Apollo 11 project. The IT industry collectively went, "meh." I have tried to look into this before, and I never can find much information about it. Last I
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by chillpenguin 2y ago
I had lexical highlighting in javascript for a while, but IIRC I stopped using it because the plugin didn't play well with JSX. To be honest it wasn't that big of a deal. Definitely not a game changer. Although I like that people
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by chillpenguin 2y ago
romhacking. I want to make patches to old console games from the late 80s and early 90s. I've never really worked with binary data before, so I have had to learn some new things.
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by chillpenguin 3y ago
I've been following this project for a few years now. Always thought it was a great idea.
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by chillpenguin 3y ago
Solid suggestions, thanks.

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