[-] echindod@programming.dev 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I was thinking about this. JKR is really a terrible writer. All of the later ret-conning to fix the plot holes is worse than just letting the plot holes lie. (like breaking all the time turners so they don't get used again).

But it is amazing how captivating these books are inspite of the fact of how poor they are. It's an imaginative world with exceptionally clear flaws, but one I want to revisit regularly.

But fuck JKR and her shitty politics.

Edit: maybe it's not technically ret-conning. But the whole two book gap or whatever is just so lazy.

[-] echindod@programming.dev 9 points 2 weeks ago

Is RDJ really a good casting for Doom? I like RDJ, but, this doesn't seem like a good role for imhis usual schtick. But I am willing to admit I am wrong.

[-] echindod@programming.dev 13 points 2 months ago

Python is powerful because it easily wraps C libraries that do real work! Just kidding mostly.

But yeah, js isn't a language I would describe as powerful. Ubiquitous? More capable than you would expect given it's history? Bloated?

[-] echindod@programming.dev 19 points 2 months ago

Oh! Don't forget they also funded the Islamic State by buying stolen antiquities. Some of these were even looted from the Iraqi State Museum.

[-] echindod@programming.dev 7 points 2 months ago

HP sold he DevOne, it had PopOS on it. Dell sells an XPS developer machine that has Ubuntu pre installed. System76, Entroware, and Tuxedo computers have all been selling Linux hardware for a long time. So there are viable commercial options. I wish the DevOne were going to get refreshed, it looks like a nice machine but alas, I don't think it will.

[-] echindod@programming.dev 15 points 3 months ago

It's the willfully illiterate that worry me

[-] echindod@programming.dev 15 points 4 months ago

For me, it's because crypto is manufactured scarcity. That's the whole way crypto creates "value". For me solar punk is about not putting artificial limits on things to create scarcity.

[-] echindod@programming.dev 10 points 6 months ago

And limited to 25 years. This 100 years is bull shit.

[-] echindod@programming.dev 10 points 7 months ago

I am curious why you think that. I download Bandcamp files and place it on a home server, and I have never had any problems. It is conceivable that they have a tracker or some bull shit connected to it, but more than a little unlikely.

Bandcamp files play fine on non bandcamp-approved playing devices. This is a big win on my book.

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How do you discover system builtins for C functions? The man pages for the C functions on Linux are great, but only if you know the name of the function. Is there a way to see a detailed table of contents, or to browse Manpages on a Linux distro?

[-] echindod@programming.dev 9 points 11 months ago

I worked in an excavating company for a bit. One old crochety guy worked 12 hours every day running an excavator. A younger guy who had stake in the company (also drove an excavator), who never worked more than 8 in a day, looked at him and said: "Why do you only get half as much done, but it takes you twice as long?"

The young guy wasn't wrong. Being tired does slow you down. But yeah, a four day work week in construction, might slow the project down a bit. But they should just hire more people. And on top of that 6 hour days with additional staff would make the work go a lot faster.

[-] echindod@programming.dev 6 points 11 months ago

Your not wrong. But hot take: it's better than slack.

[-] echindod@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago

I think it might be more the fact that he is a workaholic and expects everyone else to be. But yeah, I don't think he is quite as progressive as he thinks he is.

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