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Re: on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @03:17PM (#42626936)
It's an interesting point but many news are factually correct and emotionally engaging. Fact-checking and verification practices are meant to be part of news providers' due dilligence to ensure factual accuracy to the extent that is possible given the circumstances.
Really nice, but you could consider to move away from Big Tech altogether; there are alternatives to GitHub.
Re:Ghostty 1.0 on Friday December 27, 2024 @07:13AM (#42521562)
I'm excited about the fact that this is written in Zig. I'm a Kitty user at the moment, but if this delivers I'll change to Ghostty.
Re:Ghostty 1.0 on Friday December 27, 2024 @07:08AM (#42521542)
I've been looking forward to it for a while, I'm really happy about this. Thanks for your work on this project.
Really appropriate choice for new year's eve.
Re:The legacy of NeXT lives on in OS X (2012) on Monday December 23, 2024 @03:41AM (#42492871)
I think that probably is the case that the moment the computer throws an error, potentially having lost some work-in-progress data or any other "funny" consequence like that, is the moment the user is less likely to be receptive to jokes.
Re:The Power Mac 4400 on Friday December 20, 2024 @12:58PM (#42473225)
> KDE is so bad I was reduced to laughter at its pathetic clunkiness

We can all have our particular taste. I don't think KDE Plasma is "bad". I personally prefer KDE Plasma.

Re:The Power Mac 4400 on Friday December 20, 2024 @05:04AM (#42469695)
> No. It's a better UI in every way

That's very subjective. I prefer KDE Plasma.

Re:The CRPG Book Project on Friday September 27, 2024 @11:56AM (#41672120)
50 Years of Text Games is an excellent book
Re:Linux Network Performance Ultimate Guide on Saturday July 27, 2024 @04:54AM (#41085321)
If you have a staging environment as similar as possible to production you can experiment and analyze stuff in an environment that's production-like but where you have access, this could help, depending on the situation.
Re:Maybe You're Not Sick of Programming on Monday July 08, 2024 @06:16PM (#40910341)
I've noticed those kinds of posts. I mean, actual work can be hard, and work situations can vary a lot depending on the work environment, but, at least in my case, that's completely different to "programming". I wish I had more time for "programming"... I enjoy it a lot, I've always enjoyed it, you can do so many interesting things in a creative kind of way. So many different complex things to understand... If I didn't have to work, I'd have a lot of spare time and I'd probably invest it in, well, programming. There are several source codes I'd like to understand better and analyze, just for intelectual curiosity. I'd have the time to study the source code of several operating systems, implementations of programming languages, and tools that I really would like to know more deeply. I'd have more time to review the source code of videogames, demos, and other interesting programs, and create my own just for fun. I would have more time to create interpreters, read old documents on programming theory, contribute to open source initiatives, learn new programming languages... Programming can be fun. It's a pity to see people burned out. In any case, it's also true that there's more to life than this. :) Try surfing, pottery, yoga, horticulture, real-life drawing or calligraphy instead!
Re:Ask HN: Should I remove work experience from resume? on Sunday July 07, 2024 @05:18PM (#40900510)
I think that experience is good. My personal opinion: I don't think you should hide it.

Perhaps try to ensure that the resume is attractive and focused on the relevant areas that will help you. Leave less detail in older jobs or less relevant positions?...

Add things like certifications, projects, or other things that could make you stand out. With these added, years of experience shouldn't be a problem IMHO.

This is just my opinion of course. It's not a great job market right now, so it could be that.

I've talked with hiring managers from a FAANG that told me that they just skim the resumes - they care more about performance during the actual interview. So hopefully this gives you some hope. Good luck in your job search.

Re:Sonar is destroying my job and it's driving me to despair on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @02:45PM (#40868877)
I should have mentioned that I was referring actually to the continuous integration pipeline, not actually to the build itself. Not very well explained on my side. I've never used it locally myself. I don't really know why the CI setups that were using Sonar I've seen in the past were that slow, to be honest.
Sonar doesn't seem to really work in my limited experience. It adds a lot of of time to builds, at least in the cases I've seen, while there are alternate linters or code quality tools capable of doing the same at a fraction of the time. Build times and development speed matter!... They matter a lot. You need a quick feedback loop.
Re:A Plea for Lean Software (1995) on Monday February 19, 2024 @03:08PM (#39434148)
That's why software development teams are bigger in Chicago than in Rome or Naples. The size of the crust is bigger in Chicago-style pizzas, whereas italian pizza has a thinner crust.
Re:systemd by Example (2021) on Thursday February 15, 2024 @04:54AM (#39380835)
The blog post series author then did an online playground [1] that lets you create systemd examples and experiment with systemd in the browser. It's really interesting.

[1] https://systemd-by-example.com/

Re:Building the DirectX shader compiler better than Microsoft? on Saturday February 10, 2024 @06:43AM (#39325460)
This is excellent. Bravo, mister! Really interesting stuff.
Re:Ask HN: Who's Hiring in the EU? on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @10:25PM (#39297650)
I’m curious, how did they find you? Did you put your profile in “who wants to be hired”?

Ask HN: Any previous experience with interviewing.io dedicated coaches?

interviewing.io[1] lets users to practice mock interviews (coding interviews) with peers or professional interviewers. These interviews are anonymous.They also offer mentorship sessions with “dedicated coaches” from FAANG or other backgrounds. They claim 99% satisfaction rate and 82% of success (landing a job in the desired company). It sounds really vague and difficult to verify due to the...

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Re:iPod 'squeaks' betray software secrets (2005) on Saturday February 03, 2024 @05:31PM (#39245427)
Wow, man, it's really impressive. Fascinating. Hats off, sir. : )

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