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    Comment #47675583

    AI written article that pushes twisted agenda. I am pretty sure majority of people would not love to work hard if they didn't have to. There are exceptions for everything but don't…

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    Comment #46468445

    I would buy and play vinyl if the music I listen to (renaissance, baroque) was actually released on vinyl.

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    Comment #46082025

    Is there no police where you're from? Why are you reporting supposed hit and run to tech support of an app?

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    Comment #44204368

    I don't recall ever returning anything. I don't buy that much stuff in general, but I feel like having the ability to just buy and return stuff makes you end up with more junk.

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    Comment #43018249

    It's often ignored because not all people get to work on interesting new features or care about the customers. This is all cool and dandy if you're a founder or working a job where…

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    Comment #37679374

    Right, I only meant in regard of inconvenience of having to charge it.

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    Comment #37674599

    While I prefer wired keyboard as well (due to not having to deal with pairing / connection issues), this argument I don't understand: > Firstly the board is completely wireless, wh…

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    Comment #37561435

    That's not what the post is about. They describe the process as mostly fixing issues with existing software, so the motivation is that something is broken or not working as require…

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    Comment #37447579

    It also works just while plugged in so there is no downtime. I feel like I charge it couple times a year by any random usb-c that is on my table at the moment while I keep using it…

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    Comment #37202585

    I'll just have to guess the reimagined IDE is not longer very text-centric given that without proprietary JavaScript the page is just a green background.

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    Comment #36997396

    This only sounds like a 'problem' because the lisp dialects are so similar that you would almost expect them to be the same, no? That seems like a nice feature - you know Common Li…

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    Comment #36894408

    Thanks, I forgot about this aspect of live program editing. Whether or not it's possible (or how close just quick live reload) is to this it' definitely not a first class citizen l…

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    Comment #36889454

    Not the OP but would somebody be able to summarize HOW are the lisp REPLs different then to me? I've written limited amount of clojure and common lisp just to play around and I don…

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    Comment #36824193

    It sounds like I might be in this case. We're talking decades. You are talking about various investments and even making sure to time the mortgage to beat the market. I am talking …

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    Comment #36824068

    Your math is too simple. Consider alternative scenario where you invest your down payment and what you save on mortgage (generally slightly more expensive), invest what you save on…

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    Comment #36734650

    Kinesis freestyle is pretty cheap. I bought the mechanical one which is more expensive but don't use it. I'm too comfortable with microsoft ergonomic keyboard with light membrane k…

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    Comment #36710802

    Fertility is definitely not below replacement rate. Maybe in western countries. You find it hard to say it's unfair but you seem to hint to it. I don't think it is in the slightest…

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    Comment #36692111

    I think that it is a US specific obsession. I don't even know what "calculus" is really. I have had plenty of math classes both in high school and later at university but I don't r…

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    Comment #36569497

    I agree with you about ideal approach to tests and spec but sometimes the "specification coming from elsewhere" is pretty vague, incomplete or simply lost in time. In that case, if…

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    Comment #36294981

    Those error pages are actually infuriating. Maybe I'm just getting older but seeing "You broke reddit" and all the other shit annoys the hell out of me. It's their website, the err…

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    Comment #36183677

    Right, the pixels are visible when the text is smaller, not when you zoom in.

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    Comment #36129960

    That makes sense, thanks for the clarification.

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    Comment #36121624

    I know this is not point of the article but: > The PR was bigger than what I felt I could sensibly review and, in honesty, my desire to go through the hours of work I could tell th…

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    Comment #36002807

    > When my partner goes to bed at night, I can keep watching Star Trek TNG with subtitles. Don't take this as a snarky remark, but why are subtitles the solution to this over headph…