grrandalf

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by grrandalf 2y ago
Insightful summary. Thx.
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by grrandalf 2y ago
> So what I'm saying is that your actual potential has been exactly what you observed! +1; How close is my paraphrasing to what you were thinking? achievement(person) = potential(person) - adversity(person) People implicitly assume
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by grrandalf 3y ago
This is good news: it means your plan is actually innovative.
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by grrandalf 3y ago
> “execution there was the problem” Thoughts on this devil’s advocate perspective? “Don’t design/propose what your org can’t build.”
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by grrandalf 3y ago
(iirc) I think I used `-fomit-frame-pointer` with DJGPP on DOS on a 486. It was an [unimpressive :)] software-rendered 3D graphics demo, and I was very happy with the substantial free speedup I got.
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by grrandalf 3y ago
s/countries/counties/g thoughts?
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by grrandalf 3y ago
(not the author) The metadata is a contiguous range of disk blocks. I think the intuition is that such layouts are likely to require simpler filesystem code to manipulate. [versus (iirc) ZFS which may have metadata blocks scattered througho
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by grrandalf 3y ago
the kids are alright (GenX'er fwiw)
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by grrandalf 3y ago
Haha I can totally relate to copypasting a rule and later finding out how it actually worked :)
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by grrandalf 3y ago
Thanks! Do you have any thoughts to share on reasons for the migration to Bazel? 3-6 mo of one engineer to migrate to something so hardcore as Bazel seems very good actually, especially since it seems they Did It Right. The flows in 200-eng
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by grrandalf 3y ago
Thanks a lot! +100 to your second point about language support being uneven.
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by grrandalf 3y ago
Thanks. Good points. Follow up: I was wondering if bazel's hardcore declarativeness + opinionatedness-about-reproducibility might help increase confidence in some situations, e.g. an organization making binary distributions of their
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by grrandalf 3y ago
(i'm the submitter) +1000 to this. "Every import you write you have to write in two files or three if you have to export it." Others are good points too. Thanks!
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Ask HN: Anyone using Bazel at startups? or migrated to/away from Bazel?
27 points by grrandalf 3y ago|36 comments
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by grrandalf 3y ago
Brought back some memories. Turbo Pascal 5.5 is the greatest IDE ever made. Editor, compiler, debugger (separate full-screen output buffer alt-f5 iirc), graphics. And oh complete stdlib docs that worked offline and in-app so you didn’t
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by grrandalf 3y ago
(not OP, but another Brother fan) I've bought two Brother multifunction monochrome lasers, both are still running fine. I have the Brother MFC-L5800DW and it's predecessor (~$450). Both are amazing. I stepped up to this price rang
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by grrandalf 3y ago
Same. Where I landed is that it's simply not worth the risk given the relatively small amounts involved. IIRC I bought an off-brand toner once -- the smell when printing was definitely stronger. Replaced with a genuine toner quickly.
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by grrandalf 3y ago
yes it can be difficult to find people to work on others’ ideas for free.
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by grrandalf 3y ago
Thanks for posting. Interesting tool -- I'll take a look at this. "Saving streams" is killer. I've been "meaning to build something to solve that" for a looong time. :) :) But you did. Thanks!! https:/&#x
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by grrandalf 3y ago
Great points. Agreed. In certain situations though, the readability/maintainability gains from using this library might outweigh the added complexity of a layer of indirection. Situations like this: whether to build a utility solution
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by grrandalf 3y ago
I agree with everything the author said. I could have written that. But having said that, I’d add this. I’m astounded at the customization that’s still possible. Gnome-tweaks still works on Ubuntu 23.04. I moved the activities bar to the bo
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by grrandalf 3y ago
Yeah same. I vastly prefer Firefox’s rendering on windows, Mac, and Linux to chrome’s. In fact that was the main reason I switched many years ago. Something about chrome DIY’ing font rendering instead of using the platform’s when I last loo
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by grrandalf 3y ago
RIP. I started using Vim on Slackware iirc. Haven’t stopped. I checked out various other clones back in the day — vim was way better afaict. PS: A major reason I use Vim rather than Emacs is that the arrow keys worked in Vim but not emacs.
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by grrandalf 4y ago
Yes. But I think I would be more anxious if I had not read these two books. * book "Staring into the Sun" * book "How we Die" Eliding my 2c on these books -- it's your 2c that matters. LLAP
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by grrandalf 4y ago
========== (IANAL but following up in case it helps anyone else that comes upon this thread: please ignore this thread, including what I write, and make up your own mind) In general, the law isn't as naive and zero-and-one as this comm
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by grrandalf 4y ago
No, for several reasons. including: (1) you have much more legal authority to request your OWN records from an entity, than to compel a 3rd party to testify on your behalf, (2) waaay simpler/cheaper than getting witness testimony etc