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arc_of_descent

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About arc_of_descent

Linux geek. Full stack web developer. Practicing Guitarist.

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    RIP. Great acting in The Island of Dr. Moreau

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    Comment #41346169

    https://betweenthespread.com/ A stock screener. Plan to have lots more features soon.

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    Comment #35330077

    Sorry, I really meant refactor here. I did ask it to optimize code, and it came with a suggestion of trimming down my function into a smaller chunk and creating a new function. So …

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    Comment #35329650

    Write unit tests, document code, optimize code, explain code. I've tried Python functions and React code. It even converted a class based React component to a functional style comp…

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    Comment #23497107

    Made my day!

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    Comment #23469213

    While programming in Elixir, iex. I spend most of my time in the REPL, testing my functions, learning new features, and of course the recompile command!

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    Comment #21521686

    Stock Trading.

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    Comment #21303189

    I'm using a ThinkPad E480, with 2 monitors attached. Lubuntu 19.10. It's my main dev machine running Postgres, VirtualBox, Elixir, Node, etc. Battery is still amazing after 4 month…

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    Comment #21297362

    Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

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    Comment #19850427

    Have a look at distillery for building Elixir releases, and edeliver for deployment.

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    Comment #19514202

    I'm currently reading Statistics for Dummies, and these kind of techniques used i.e. wrong scale, incorrect starting point, etc is explained very well. Highly recommended.

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    Comment #19240332

    This is nice. But she is still using images right? It's the same. Choose a great texture, apply it to objects.

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    Comment #19035292

    Wordpress is great. I've signed up for a yearly plan, I get to use my own domain. And their editor is really great.

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    Comment #18779136

    Thanks for this. I just finished the XOR stuff and can't wait to read more!

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    Comment #17423385

    Ctrl-e and Ctrl-y to scroll with the cursor on the same line.

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    Comment #16813348

    I use Ansible via the API. I want to do it Python 3. I moved the ansible directory from /usr/local/python2 ... to /usr/local/python3 and then squashed out any bugs by hand. It work…

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    Comment #16090281

    Deep breathing helps to relax me. Meditation and waking up early.

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    Comment #15246450

    I used Arch Linux around 4 years back. I did a routine upgrade and it broke my system. What is this rolling release fiasco? Even Ubuntu, which I use now has a "release" (technicall…

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    Comment #15246389

    Yes, Audio does work. But the Web Audio API has some things more to offer for the simpler stuff. Simple games, timing, effects, detune, etc.

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    Comment #15245092

    The Web Audio API is designed for web developers who would want to integrate sound into their web apps. Notifications, etc. That pre-browser era where we would have sounds for ever…

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    Comment #15156189

    Mind is a myth - UG Krishnamurti Godel, Escher, Bach - Douglas Hofstadter Unweaving the rainbow - Richard Dawkins

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    Comment #15138958

    Its turtles all the way down!

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    Comment #15138763

    So you pass the entire state object, however large it might get to all child components?

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    Comment #15089704

    I realise that I might be off an a tangent but this is a not a good analogy. If I were an alcoholic, I would rush off to the nearest drug store and get a fuckin' beer. I would not …