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theherk,

I have no advice, but I can say that having a copy of K&R C in the house when I was a boy had a big impact on me. That was the 80’s but the book is just as relevant these days.

theherk,

Looks like crochet. A bit like Sackboy.

theherk,

You could use something like unddit to view the deleted comments. Very weird situation. Highly doubt anybody will do much to help you without pressure to do so.

theherk,

Didn’t they just express themself in a different way too though?

theherk,

Probably not.

theherk,

I thought it was neat when I saw that C# was just C++… ++.

theherk,

Although it doesn’t crosspile to bash, I think a good middle ground is bitfield/script. Basically you can do many things you would normally script very simply with nice syntax and distribute a binary.

theherk, (edited )

How are renewables more responsive to changes in demand? I don’t know how to make the sun shine brighter or the wind blow harder. That seems like one of the weakest points for the case. And how much much safer are they as a function of unit of power generated?

In any case the argument between renewables or nuclear baffles me. Both are, in my view at least, an improvement over our current primary fossil fuel power generation systems.

Edit: I mistyped fossil as fissile, which while funny undercut my sentiment.

theherk,

Well I suppose there is a lot to unpack there but I want to hold to the one point. Renewables are absolutely in no way more responsive to demand. I’m not sure where you got that, but it seems clear you don’t even want to defend it when challenged.

It is in fact their Achilles heel, and regularly pointed out as the one reason why they are an incomplete solution requiring other solutions like batteries, or other storage and distribution.

Simply pitching blades cannot increase power in accordance with demand spikes. One would expect the current brake, blade pitch, and other controls to be set for current maximum generation capability given the current wind.

theherk,

Without disputing any of your other points, you’re just dead wrong about this one. Look up dispatchability. Turbine driven power can go from zero to full multimegawatt power and back in very little time since we control the fuel. You cannot turn up the wind, nor the sun at night.

Nuclear power can be shut down very quickly, even more quickly in gen4. You have good points and you need not disrupt them by claiming renewables are good for demand response.

To clarify, I mean steam turbines but the same is true of wind turbines. Like you said, easy to disconnect them from generation. The difference is maximum power is limited by fuel rather than nature.

theherk,

Threatening to block somebody for challenging your statement? Okay. I didn’t bring up fossil fuel there. Nuclear power requires fuel too. And I didn’t claim a reactor could be powered down in seconds, but quickly. In any case, generation can go to zero even more quickly as just like a wind turbine a steam turbine can be disconnected from the generator.

The point is very simple though, nuclear can increase to full power when decided upon by plant operators. Renewable energy cannot; it can only increase to current maximum potential given natural conditions. I’m still pro renewable energy, I just don’t like misinformation.

theherk,

Again, I have not made any claim about seconds. I have nevertheless almost certainly misunderstood, and likely as a result of ignorance. I apologize; I’ve been to hasty. You’re clearly well spoken on the topic, and I appreciate your sentiments. I found it a bit surprising that one of you primary claims was typically the only significant downside presented about renewable sources. In that way, I happen to think your stated value of 45 minute transition is still faster than we can make the wind blow harder.

However, with further thought I suppose if you have enough renewable generation equipment to generate 100% demanded loaded even at minimum natural capacity, then you would indeed have a much better response to demand. I hadn’t thought of that before, but that is the dream and something for which we should strive.

I’m not actually sure the specific numbers for gen4 reactors, but I feel until none of the pie graph is fossil fuel, all research for improved generation methods is a worthy endeavor. I was a bit accusatory, but I don’t think I’m alone there. I didn’t mean to spread propaganda, and I don’t think you have either. What I meant was strictly that the information seemed incorrect. I’m probably wrong; I often am.

theherk,

I’m no longer mixed up. I mistook your meaning. You’re just right. Thank you for clarifying and helping me understand.

theherk,

Or even if one doesn’t feel strongly about whales. It is still a superb program.

theherk,

As long as I can use a single key combo to get to Wezterm and a single key combo to get to Firefox, I don’t really care. But Raycast is really nice if on Mac.

theherk,

I’m not super interested in the language at the moment, simply because the two I currently use most (Go and Rust) cover all of my use cases. It does sound quite promising though and I like the governance model.

theherk,

The article has the price. 45€ / $49

theherk,

I can only say what I would do were I 20 years younger, and that is focus on Rust. I write a ton of Python, JS, and Go. Among them, Go is the most enjoyable and in my view has the best tool chain.

But Rust’s tools are even better. And it is very low level when desired, but you can still write even frontends with great wasm bindings and UI libs.

In the end, it doesn’t really matter. Just write.

theherk,

Vigo the Carpathian

theherk,

I can’t describe it. Java is a good language. I just don’t like it, don’t want to write it, am sick of dealing with its build tooling, and have worn thin of all the IDE’s-do-all-the-work-for-me mentality. Good Java programmers are excellent but they are eclipsed by an army of people that haven’t any idea how it works… in my experience.

theherk,

Aside from standup on planning day, I’ve had this exact day many times.

theherk,

xkcd.com/936/

theherk,

Centuries? With that much entropy it would take several universe heat deaths even assuming millions of guesses per second I believe.

theherk,

Highly recommend a double edged safety razor over straight razor. Straight razors are awesome but really require a much more difficult technique to properly stretch the skin and the angles are tough.

A good DE with some Feather blades is most premium. You can get great Gillette SuperSpeeds from 60+ years ago for cheap online and they’re still are better than most of today’s shading products.

But shaving improvement #1 is a good brush and cream.

is it ethical to use third party libraries and other stuff in my portfolio website?

I am confused as to whether it is acceptable to use code produced by other people for something that is related to me and my creations. Do i have to resort to coding my portfolio website with pure css and js to demonstrate my credibility and experience as a candidate employee? Does the ideology of ‘using other people’s tools...

theherk,

Imagine how impressive yet fully weird that person would be. Like the second coming of Terry Davis.

theherk,

Thank goodness. I was concerned reading all the answers. It is this simple. Software has licenses.

theherk,

Which is described in ambiguous terms that they can change their minds about at any time. They can decide down the road you are competing, or they can develop a product that competes with you and then use it against you.

theherk,

Very verdant.

theherk,

It is a nice place to live. And you don’t have to be a dual citizen to go to school here, though undergrad degrees are taught in Norwegian, so one needs some language proficiency.

The public services are incredible and the people and nature are amazing.

theherk,

The composition here is awesome, and the little poses are too cute. Nice photo.

theherk,

You’re my favorite client.

theherk,

Superb post. I’m a lazygit user that used magit for several years before switching back to vim-land. 100% team tui, precisely for the reasons mentioned: bad memory and exposure of state. xplr and zellij are also great in this space, though I don’t actually use zellij. I would if wezterm wasn’t so fantastic at muxing. Now if I could just have a good tui for slack I’d be all set.

theherk,

I actually prefer it without. I just like the quiet observation.

Other dev won't follow best practices, is this common?

Hello again, I’m in a situation where the one the senior devs on my team just isn’t following best practices we laid out in our internal documentation, nor the generally agreed best practices for react; his code works mind you, but as a a team working on a client piece I’m not super comfortable with something so fragile...

theherk,

There are no complete, general statements that can be made about testing in all cases. How much converge and distribution of unit vs integration or white box vs black box, can not be generalized to all cases. The same is true of code practices.

However, policy can be black and white. And if the policy is to test or code with a specific style, then you need only point to that guidance and reject the patch. No confrontation or negativity needed. “This doesn’t currently meet policy x. Please fix and notify.” A respectable senior will appreciate that, and if they don’t they aren’t.

theherk,

Pronounced scoodin’ n’froody in case anybody was wondering.

theherk,

Like you, all can vote using whatever metrics they see fit. I don’t care if you downvote cripples and Klingons. Ideally if a given community is worth a shit, the net tally will show as such.

theherk,

I suspect it predates Reddit culture by at least a few hundred thousand years. People don’t like bitching. I mean… we love bitching, we just don’t want to hear others do it.

theherk,

This. IS! Zombie com.

theherk,

What are we talking about?

theherk,

I forgot about this and I’m so glad you posted it. I never new this came from a Norwegian animator. His skills are incredible, and for a language learner that likes dark cartoons this is helt perfekt.

theherk,

Seriously. What the fuck!

theherk,

As an aside, anybody looking at alternatives or just similar tools should check out pijul which is another vcs that implements a very interesting algorithm for patches. They also host a very simple interface at nest.pijul.com.

theherk,

This is such a silly post. I love it.

flicker, (edited ) to youshouldknow

YSK: Just because something is easy for you, does not mean that it is easy.

ETA; Why you should know; everyone has natural talents, everyone has skills they developed with practice or over time. Something that feels easy to you might be difficult for someone else to grasp, or they might have a different background or a different way of doing things. When you show someone else how to do something, or when you ask someone else to do something, you need to set aside your expectations on how they might do that thing, or how quickly, or how well.

Be patient. Understand not everyone comes naturally to every new skill or new talent. Some people have learning disabilities or just a lack of familiarity with skills you consider "basic." And try not to belittle someone for needing extra time to master something you find "simple" or they may never try again!

Edit2: Kind of like how I can't figure out how to edit this to save my life. I've been belittled in the past for being bad at things so my instinct was to delete this, but seeing all the conversation, I couldn't bring myself to do it! Consider me a lesson in action!

theherk,

Additionally, just because something hard for you looks like it comes easily to another, it probably doesn’t. They’re just working harder.

theherk,

Agreed. I should have been more clear. They’ve put in more effort. Either by working harder (short time) or working more over a long period. I just see a lot of people think things comes naturally to others, but not really. One may have a proclivity for something, but it still takes time to cultivate a skill.

theherk,

Yeah it cuts both ways though. First I am generalizing. Some indeed have proclivities, but I’m saying you shouldn’t just assume it is easy for them. A lot of improvement is based on effort. Not all, but it is similarly frustrating to have people diminish successes as luck or “talent”.

theherk,

I’m no vexillologist, but that is a sweet flag.

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