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by codeulike 8mo ago
I was around in that era and yes when C# came out it was very obvious that Microsoft had been 'inspired' by the Java syntax ... Java had been the buzzword for the 5 years or so beforehand, like the only language that anyone talked
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by codeulike 8mo ago
Time Machine is held in high regard for some reason (maybe the fancy scrolling interface when you look for files to restore?) but it's not really useable. It pretends that backups-over-the-network are a possibility but its completely u
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by codeulike 8mo ago
Not getting the lobster references, is that to do with lobste.rs ?
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by codeulike 8mo ago
Great, thats not going to get confused with "Windows App" which is the new confusing and impossible to google name for Remote Desktop
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by codeulike 8mo ago
Some good examples there, also Doctor Who
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by codeulike 8mo ago
How much work was it to comply with Spotify's design and branding guidelines when using their content? https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/design#introduct...
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by codeulike 8mo ago
What cant i search for paid apps
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by codeulike 9mo ago
Barely any mention of Oracle or MS Sql Server, commonly reckoned to be #1 and #3 most used databases in the world https://db-engines.com/en/ranking
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by codeulike 9mo ago
Additional
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by codeulike 9mo ago
"I think my TV is spying on me." 1990s: "You should talk to a psychiatrist." 2013: "You should talk to my cousin Ernie, he's an IT whiz." (via @kennwhite on twitter, 2013, now deleted)
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by codeulike 9mo ago
(this is from 2017)
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by codeulike 9mo ago
Here’s my suggestion: instead of seeing AI as a sort of silicon homunculus, we should see it as a bag of words. The best way to think about LLMs is to think of them as a Model of Language, but very Large
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by codeulike 10mo ago
Integer frequency ratios in chords are probably favoured because of the way overtones line up and make the cilia of the inner ear vibrate
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by codeulike 10mo ago
The dream of agile exemplified
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by codeulike 10mo ago
It doesnt boing rotationally, only in a straight line. Like the spring isn't really there. If I bend it right round to one side so the spring is curved I expect it to bounce round to the other side.
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by codeulike 10mo ago
I recently showed this to one of my kids when they asked how spaghetti is made. The hoax continues
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by codeulike 10mo ago
The weight of the landing legs is what made spacex go for the grab-tower
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by codeulike 10mo ago
I think thats F# not C#
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by codeulike 10mo ago
Whenever I've tried to use Time Machine over the network, to a NAS or even to another Mac, it craps out after a few months and says the backups are invalid and asks to start again from scratch. Advice seems to be 'only use it with
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by codeulike 10mo ago
Add XSLT to your website and weblog today before it is too late! I cannot tell if this is satire or not, very well done
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by codeulike 10mo ago
Contents of tape: To Do: - make it easier to quit Emacs - change the temporary directory names we've been using - bin sounds like its for unwanted files, dev sounds like its for development, etc needs a better name. Its silly
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by codeulike 11mo ago
For the record, I wouldn't usually use Brendas as a collective noun like this, it feels a bit wrong, but my aim was to make sense in context of the above comment.
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by codeulike 11mo ago
But then you need someone to maintain/look after that automation, and they'll be more expensive than two Brendas And now if one of the Brendas wants to change their process slightly, add some more info, they can't just do it
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by codeulike 11mo ago
Oh there was definitely possibility of damage
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by codeulike 11mo ago
Examples?
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by codeulike 11mo ago
Exactly, such a lot of pearl-clutching going on in this HN thread, its just a random algorithm-led youtube takedown
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by codeulike 11mo ago
This is probably youtuber drama about some random youtube algorithm led takedown and likely nothing to do with Microsoft or the actual content of the video that got taken down
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by codeulike 11mo ago
There were no UI professionals in 1966
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by codeulike 11mo ago
CSCI 3240: Ignoring Hype - How to ignore the latest platform/library/thing everyone is talking about on HN CSCI 3120: Novelty Driven Development - How to stay interested in your job by using the latest platform/library/t
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by codeulike 11mo ago
I hear the choux pastry is often verging on the dry side of acceptable

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