tnm

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by tnm 5mo ago
Yep, signals are signals, but I think it's quite complicated now. (In any case, this is still the embryonic era of LLMs). An interesting point to consider: an author that goes out of their way to hide any LLM influence may actually be
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by tnm 5mo ago
So nice to see this get picked up, and honestly surprised to see the interest in what I think of as an extremely esoteric area. Few things: - Just released an Edition 1.1 that fixed some small errors, amended a few chapters content, and rem
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by tnm 5mo ago
Thanks much. I hoped that chapter would stand well on its own. That and the packfile chapter were the first I wrote, partly as a reference for myself!
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by tnm 5mo ago
"Shame" is a strong word to describe a free ebook written for the general good. Happy to have a live conversation with you anytime to discuss Git and its internals to ensure your trust; I have some experience with it.
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by tnm 5mo ago
Thanks for the kind words, and checking out the book here. I'd written this piecemeal over the last year or so (originally a series of blog posts), and was happy to release it all for free in a single edition, and under CC. I'll r
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by tnm 14y ago
"some book some java dudes wrote 20 years ago" — If you're referring to "Design Patterns", the Gang of Four were writing about C++, it was 1994, and Java wasn't out yet.
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by tnm 16y ago
It makes it easier to calculate tips at restaurants in Palo Alto.
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Rate This Startup: Innovative Video and Audio based Issue Management (doyouhaveanissue.com)
24 points by tnm 16y ago|4 comments
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Minimalism: It Works(kirindave.tumblr.com)
129 points by tnm 16y ago|53 comments
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by tnm 16y ago
Capacity planning. It's a thing. Try it out.
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by tnm 16y ago
Let's go through some of your "points". The comparison with Torvalds is bizarre. Linus has done an enormous amount of self-promotion (warranted as it is), and even admits to having an ego the size of Joe's biceps. So I don't know what point