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Re:Things I learned from building a production database on Saturday November 27, 2021 @01:34PM (#29362275)
You're right but it's basically the culture which is (usually?) a chicken and egg problem.
Re:Things I learned from building a production database on Saturday November 27, 2021 @01:29PM (#29362226)
Well said! Same as a country/society.
Re:Debian's Which Hunt on Saturday October 30, 2021 @11:06PM (#29054122)
TIL about `command -V` (the verbose flag)!
Re:Scala 3.0 on Sunday May 16, 2021 @06:24PM (#27177592)
Scala was a unique language a few years ago. I'm very happy I adopt it a few years ago and I owe it a lot. As a lot of other modern languages or features of mainstream ones do.

However, with the existing alternatives nowdays, Scala doesn't hold the same position. I have not coded in Scala for ~2 years and I'm not sure I'll ever need to.

Anyway, all the best for Scala's awesome team and its ecosystem.

Re:Do You Love Me? [video] on Sunday January 03, 2021 @03:00AM (#25620365)
Is that the result of a leakage on the floor at 2:16 and 2:42?
Re:Netscape and Sun Announce JavaScript (1995) on Sunday December 06, 2020 @02:48AM (#25321897)
As a complement to Java!?
Re:I am seriously considering going back to desktop computers on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @01:13AM (#24915472)
I'm also considering going back to a custom build desktop. Lots of flexibility, much more stronger, cheaper, upgradable, etc. I'm already connecting my laptop to a display and mechanical keyboard and mouse. Specially now we work from home and probably continue doing so which I enjoy a lot, I can just put the laptop aside for rare cases I need a mobile computer.
Re:Why scalatron was dead for six years on Saturday July 18, 2020 @11:01PM (#23886677)
For Scala lovers this is an opportunity to revive Scalatron.
Re:Life is 90% of my use cases for org-mode on Monday June 29, 2020 @01:25AM (#23674611)
You are right if you are comfortable with your editor you're not missing a lot. I tried Emacs for a while it's nice and comfortable the moment your brain get used to the keyboard shortkeys though since it's a different word you start running everything in Emacs and it becomes your OS. Why it can be a problem is another story. Anyway I switched back to use different tools for different jobs. For taking notes and managing them I use Joplin it supports markdown, todo lists, etc. and you can even copy paste images into the editor. Lots of other features as well as sync with different backends.
Is there any way we can meet you sir? At a conference or meetup etc. You're an inspiration and that should be an honor for someone like me. I'm 35 and 17 years of coding and enjoying every moment of that. Though I sometimes think it's been a long time, I'm getting old, etc. but compared to you, I'm a kid and have a long way to go.

My answer to people who ask me "For how long do you think you can code, you need to become a manager or whatever" has always been "Until I die".

Take PlantUML sequence diagrams for example. Which one is easier? Drag-drop, fix, etc or just few lines?

https://plantuml.com/sequence-diagram

About [4]: The dumbest idea I've ever seen is to provide a platform to build software without writing code.

You make the job 1000x harder to prevent a few lines of code! Just make the coding part easier.

Yeah, I really should give it a try. I'm just looking for something standard though.
Very close but this is just a copy of Apple layout. If their quality is good that should work.

But thanks for the "tenkeyless" keyword

Nop, it's not a standard layout, something like Apple Magic Keyboard (the big one) just without numpad. Or simply just a slim version of this layout: https://www.logitechg.com/en-roeu/products/gaming-keyboards/...

Ask HN: Can't find a non-Apple slim keyboard with standard layout and no num pad

I'm looking for a slim keyboard (not mechanical preferably) that has a standard layout just without numpad. Whatever I find has these small arrow keys beside Ctrl and below Shift.In other words, the slim (and probably non-mechanical) version of Logitech G Pro (https://www.logitechg.com/en-roeu/products/gaming-keyboards/pro-gaming-keyboard.html)Can you recommend me one?

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Re:Awk in 20 Minutes (2015) on Monday May 04, 2020 @02:09AM (#23065049)
Could remove line 32 and just put `{ flag = 0 }` before line 31, right?
Re:Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @01:59AM (#22115247)
My wife and I also started making a game. Though the game didn't go far, I ended up learning new technologies specifically for the game to be scalable that landed me a nice job in another country.
Re:SwiftUI on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @01:01AM (#20092064)
It reminded me of Scaloid https://github.com/pocorall/scaloid