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daledavies

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About daledavies

UK based open source software developer.

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    I think we have to try these things at least once. My own attempt to write a javascript framework ended with me realising that I needed to put more effort into planning and researc…

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    Comment #49061614

    Yes, whoever can shrink this down to the size of something that would fit in your pocket would make a killing. Imagine not only being able to make phone calls, but use productivity…

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    Comment #48864832

    Force yourself to use git with the command line for as long as it takes to not confuse you with day to day operations. Then choose whatever interface you want to make your life eas…

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    Comment #48780414

    That's crazy! Imagine what The The and The Who would sound like? Not The The and The Who, but the The The and the The Who your comment alludes to. Or would the original ones be cal…

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    Comment #48054708

    Eek I bet there are a few people at Instructure who won't be getting much sleep tonight!

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    Comment #46452971

    Playing with AMOS basic on the Amiga in the mid 90s, then later with pascal in college. Eventually came back to it with web development as a career.

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    Comment #46231912

    Yeah it is for me

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    Comment #44690575

    Software developer of 17 years without any form of IT degree, I do have a degree though.

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    Comment #44215181

    This is the digital divide, where students from more wealthy backgrounds can afford access to better LLM subscriptions, and are able to achieve more "academically".

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    Comment #43591763

    Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed reading

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    Comment #35557082

    I'm very happy I did my degree and think back on my time in university with fond memories. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute I was there, every lesson, essay and project, it is bec…

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    Comment #33813285

    Things seem to be changing. We're with BT and would have had to pay a lot extra for a phone line.

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    Comment #33630078

    https://galactica.org/?prompt=Yes+or+no%3F Yes

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    Comment #33583532

    A little startpage/bookmark solution to go on my home server, listing the services that run on it... https://github.com/daledavies/jump

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    Comment #33435966

    Hahaha yes indeed! Although I'm pretty sure they know everything there is to know about me anyway.

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    Comment #33428398

    Seems broken anyway. I requested it look for my phone number but never received a confirmation code.

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    Comment #33345190

    Totally. My wife started baking as a hobby and almost everyone she spoke to said variations of "you could make a packet selling these". So I made her website and she tried making a…

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    Comment #33168874

    I have a cron job that updates my domain's records at digitalocean every hour via their API. But in practice my ISP only actually seems to issue a new IP if I restart my router.

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