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by daledavies 2mo ago
I think we have to try these things at least once. My own attempt to write a javascript framework ended with me realising that I needed to put more effort into planning and research, which was a valuable lesson for me.
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by daledavies 2mo ago
Yes, whoever can shrink this down to the size of something that would fit in your pocket would make a killing. Imagine not only being able to make phone calls, but use productivity software and even browse the internet.
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by daledavies 2mo ago
Force yourself to use git with the command line for as long as it takes to not confuse you with day to day operations. Then choose whatever interface you want to make your life easier.
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by daledavies 3mo ago
That's crazy! Imagine what The The and The Who would sound like? Not The The and The Who, but the The The and the The Who your comment alludes to. Or would the original ones be called The The The and The The Who?
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by daledavies 4mo ago
Eek I bet there are a few people at Instructure who won't be getting much sleep tonight!
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by daledavies 9mo ago
Playing with AMOS basic on the Amiga in the mid 90s, then later with pascal in college. Eventually came back to it with web development as a career.
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by daledavies 9mo ago
Yeah it is for me
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by daledavies 1y ago
Software developer of 17 years without any form of IT degree, I do have a degree though.
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Every Noise at Once(everynoise.com)
2 points by daledavies 1y ago|0 comments
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FAA to eliminate floppy disks used in air traffic control systems(tomshardware.com)
147 points by daledavies 1y ago|189 comments
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by daledavies 1y ago
This is the digital divide, where students from more wealthy backgrounds can afford access to better LLM subscriptions, and are able to achieve more "academically".
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YouTuber claims to have received an offer to buy the Commodore brand(amiga-news.de)
80 points by daledavies 1y ago|34 comments
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Famous Amiga Uses(wigilius.se)
4 points by daledavies 1y ago|0 comments
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by daledavies 1y ago
Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed reading
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Are rotary mixers better?(djmag.com)
32 points by daledavies 2y ago|66 comments
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Happy 21st Birthday, Moodle(moodle.org)
1 points by daledavies 3y ago|1 comments
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by daledavies 3y ago
I'm very happy I did my degree and think back on my time in university with fond memories. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute I was there, every lesson, essay and project, it is because of this I came out with a very high grade. My life
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by daledavies 4y ago
Things seem to be changing. We're with BT and would have had to pay a lot extra for a phone line.
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by daledavies 4y ago
https://galactica.org/?prompt=Yes+or+no%3F Yes
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by daledavies 4y ago
A little startpage/bookmark solution to go on my home server, listing the services that run on it... https://github.com/daledavies/jump
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by daledavies 4y ago
Hahaha yes indeed! Although I'm pretty sure they know everything there is to know about me anyway.
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by daledavies 4y ago
Seems broken anyway. I requested it look for my phone number but never received a confirmation code.
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by daledavies 4y ago
Totally. My wife started baking as a hobby and almost everyone she spoke to said variations of "you could make a packet selling these". So I made her website and she tried making a business out of it, ruined the hobby for her fore
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by daledavies 4y ago
I have a cron job that updates my domain's records at digitalocean every hour via their API. But in practice my ISP only actually seems to issue a new IP if I restart my router.
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Monzo’s Tone of Voice Guide(monzo.com)
1 points by daledavies 4y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Jump – yet another self-hosted startpage for your server(github.com)
1 points by daledavies 4y ago|0 comments
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by daledavies 4y ago
Shameless plug but if you are looking for a homepage to list all the apps you self-host, I made one called Jump that you might get find useful... https://github.com/daledavies/jump
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by daledavies 5y ago
I once made a website called bobswhitetrousers.com, absolutely noone ever visited.
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by daledavies 5y ago
I always just thought it was down to a unit of time relative to your age. So as a 1 year old a year represent your entire life, so seems really long. As a 40 year old a year is just a fraction of your life, so seems much less significant.
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by daledavies 5y ago
Just spent over an hour listening to these and I've only scratched the surface. Absolutely fascinating, thanks for sharing!

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