xormapmap

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by xormapmap 8mo ago
I used to manage a small fleet of about 6 XPS laptops at my old job. 3 of them needed motherboard replacements under warranty within a year. People would put them on standby and put them in their bag, then get home and find the laptop had d
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by xormapmap 9mo ago
> Wouldn’t a language designed for vibe coding naturally dispense with much of what is convenient and ergonomic for humans in favor of what is convenient and ergonomic for machines? Why not have it just write C? Or hell, why not x86 asse
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by xormapmap 1y ago
I became interested in the language after a brief relationship with a Ukrainian.
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by xormapmap 1y ago
The idea that child brains are better at learning languages is a myth. Adults struggle with languages because traditional language education is not fit for purpose. If you took a child and isolated them in such a way that they never got com
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by xormapmap 1y ago
Comprehensible input does seem to be the most effective way. i.e. get a lot of input that is only slightly beyond your current level (i+1). I'm learning Ukrainian and there is a podcast "Ukrainian Lessons Podcast". Seasons 4-
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by xormapmap 1y ago
Exactly this. I remember when it was just a couple small links in a yellow banner you could scroll past. Same with YouTube, the ads used to just be a banner under or beside the video but didn't interfere with the main content. Once the
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by xormapmap 1y ago
I had no problem with ads when they were just a banner next to the video. Now youtube is borderline unusable without an ad blocker. That said they are free to try and stop me, and I am free to continue using ublock.
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by xormapmap 1y ago
So many of the so-called "C alternatives" end up doing way too much. I don't need algebraic data types or classes or an integrated build system or a package manager. What I would like to see is a language that is essentially
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by xormapmap 2y ago
He isn't? The patch of green on the finger is his middle knuckle. His finger is well outside the trigger guard.
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by xormapmap 3y ago
> If you weld 2 sticks of metal together end to end, then bash them on the ground, they're likely to break at the weld This doesn't sound even remotely true to me, except in the case of an absolute beginner doing the welding
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by xormapmap 3y ago
> Is there a library for that? What? Are there really people out there relying on libraries for every peripheral? I've never seen anyone use a third party library for peripherals like that, short of some prototyping on an Arduino or
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by xormapmap 3y ago
> I just don't see any of the upsides that so many people seem to. The way I see it I'm going to be paying a mortgage either way. I'd rather it be my own than my landlord's.
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by xormapmap 3y ago
> It’s not uncommon for borrowers to extend their loans until their deaths How is this possible? I can't imagine any bank giving me a loan knowing there's a good chance I won't be alive to pay it back.
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by xormapmap 3y ago
The MISRA guidelines are awful.
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by xormapmap 3y ago
I know we all generally just do what the boss tells us but: > being able to write complex UIs that can work on any browser, any device, with all assistive technologies, and all languages, is extremely hard Why do we keep doing this? If y
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by xormapmap 3y ago
Many countries do this for immigration. In New Zealand they say your test result doesn't affect your application. Whether that's true I don't know.
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by xormapmap 3y ago
> It is much easier to set a kid straight than try to fix an adult Is this true? Adults have free will & personal responsibility, kids are sort of at the whim of their parents and have no real legal rights when it comes to escaping a
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by xormapmap 3y ago
In terms of the physics involved, a head-on collision with a similar vehicle traveling at the same speed as you is equivalent to hitting a concrete wall.
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by xormapmap 3y ago
I find C89 to be much nicer to be honest.
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by xormapmap 3y ago
The actual application step might take that long, assuming you have all your supporting documents ready. The trouble is you often need to adapt your CV to the job & write a cover letter at a minimum. Depending how much you care about th
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by xormapmap 3y ago
Hit the nail on the head. A more appropriate comparison would be if one worker went on strike, not all of them.
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by xormapmap 3y ago
In my view, bachelor's degree is beginner, especially if you haven't got any further knowledge than that from work experience or anything.
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by xormapmap 3y ago
> I wonder how we will prevent ourselves from making this and similar mistakes in the future Just listen to the teachers, parents, and students. In high school I was among the last year groups to be pen and paper. All the younger student
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by xormapmap 3y ago
That doesn't mean the death rate of children due to firearms is high, it could just mean there isn't really anything else that kills children i.e. they mostly have parents looking out for them, don't have to work dangerous jo
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by xormapmap 3y ago
> shortcuts like bagged premixed salad, bottled dressing ... At what point is something no longer a shortcut? Do you also consider the time it takes you to track, shoot, carry, & butcher an animal? Or do you take the shortcut of buyi
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by xormapmap 3y ago
> To me the fact that insurers aren’t insuring natural disasters due to climate change is a good argument that it’s real. The only thing I conclude from this is that they think this move will be profitable and that is independent from wh
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by xormapmap 3y ago
While this is a cool idea, is typing speed really the bottleneck for anyone who uses a keyboard for a living?
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by xormapmap 3y ago
Oh please, ham radio is not nearly in the same category as making bombs or committing arson. You could make your argument about pretty much any hobby (what service does growing your own vegetables provide to society? We should ban it to let
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by xormapmap 3y ago
> put a computing device in every student’s hands Did anyone stop to think if this step was necessary?
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by xormapmap 3y ago
> It's amazing how much extra mental energy I have now that I'm on amphetamines You don't say.

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