tvelichkov

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by tvelichkov 6d ago
Reminds me of: "The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life." Paul Murphy.
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by tvelichkov 2y ago
As a competitive FPS player, I can say that it's not just about "changing the actuation point to your liking", but a software feature called "Rapid Trigger" [1]. This thing is here to stay, in the past I've tri
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by tvelichkov 4y ago
I've read somewhere that white noise is similar to what they hear while they are inside their Mom, so this puts them into a familiar environment, which makes them calm.
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by tvelichkov 6y ago
For me the big issue with DST is the stress to the organism it's causing at every transition from winter to summer time. So I was wondering instead of picking between Winter and Summer time, can't we make the transition less stres
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by tvelichkov 7y ago
As someone who experience this very often I can't say that Firefox is becoming unresponsive, you can still scroll up/down, change tabs, etc.. but the all pages are glitched similar (even worse) to the screenshots.
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by tvelichkov 7y ago
This very much sound like a similar issue Linux users are facing from more than a year and it's still not resolved? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1088324/firefox-becoming-unr...
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by tvelichkov 7y ago
I guess because on Newspapers, Radio and TV you cannot target a specific group of people. Yes, someone can argue that you can target a specific Newspaper, Radio or TV which may have a specific group of people, but I think its not the same.
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by tvelichkov 7y ago
> It also states one line before I know and I believe there is a purpose to be exactly after that line. Writing only simple code is not enough. If you write everything in a simple manner your code will most likely be complicated, that&#x
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by tvelichkov 7y ago
Well the zen of python also states: - Complex is better than complicated. Using the walrus operator makes the code more complex, but less complicated.
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by tvelichkov 8y ago
I'm pretty sure that even if that thing costs a million, your salary will not increase.
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by tvelichkov 9y ago
Great article, so no unit testing? I knew it!
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by tvelichkov 9y ago
Are you saying that Facebook employees are not motivated to work? Or that now after he has been hired, he is not adding any value anymore? Facebook is a multi-billion dollar startup and its created by the people working there. So it may not
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by tvelichkov 9y ago
>> The cost of failing to hire a good engineer is small I'm not so sure about that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Koum "In September 2007 Koum and Acton left Yahoo and took a year off, traveling aro
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by tvelichkov 9y ago
> it wasn't a bad environment to first learn programming. Actually I think it's great, AFAIK, Pascal is meant to be a teaching tool for students.
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by tvelichkov 9y ago
You are 27 right now right? Your life has just started, what did you actually miss that you cannot do now?
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by tvelichkov 9y ago
Nah, I have 3yrs old son, but this does not stop me from trying to make living with something I love to do. I actually think that if you hate your job, but make good money, this will be worst for your family/kids, because you are gonna
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by tvelichkov 9y ago
> I wouldn't write another line of code in my life. I personally see this as a problem, having to do something I don't like.. for years... probably for life?
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by tvelichkov 9y ago
So you did learn programming, because you wanted a great paycheck 13 years later? Lol, that's just stupid. I advised everyone from my circle to stay away from programming unless they fell in love with it. It's pointless to be a p
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by tvelichkov 9y ago
I think I understand you, its like having a sex with or w/o a condom ;)
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by tvelichkov 9y ago
Lol, you have no idea whats coming for you when you have a baby.
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by tvelichkov 9y ago
So, we are not trying to make the word, a better place, just to "make America great again"? Good luck with that.
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by tvelichkov 10y ago
>> If you combine that with the decreased motivation of people to work (resulting in lower supply) You won't get lower supply because of the automation, because that's the reason you are giving basic income in the first plac
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by tvelichkov 10y ago
If you steal someones else password-reset link, change the password, then at the end of the day, won't you end up with a password, but missing email/username in order to log in? I mean the reset password link shouldn't reveal
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by tvelichkov 11y ago
For a first time I'm actually having fun playing against a computer :D.
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by tvelichkov 11y ago
1. You can't up your rating beating players 400+ rating below you. The ELO system just do not allow it, you are gonna start winning zero points per win. 2. Playing against stronger players is not that bad, this a way to became a strong
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by tvelichkov 11y ago
"On Lichess, as far as I can tell, I have to scan the list of games, compare them to my rating (which I can't even see on the main screen, and don't trust at all since it swung +150 points on my first game..), and then pick f