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dan00

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    > IMO none of these things point to a AI being a bubble (over-hyped, demand does not match the stated value). It mostly points to the opposite, there is massive demand for AI and e…

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    Comment #48397374

    Humans just have the cognitive ability to be violent on a larger scale. Otherwise I also don‘t really see much of a difference to animals.

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    Comment #48256370

    As a vim, linux, shell guy, I still love my mapping of Caps Lock pressed to CTRL und Caps Lock released to ESC. Being able to reach CTRL and ESC with the little finger while keepin…

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    Comment #48205331

    I think I read somewhere, that your preferred hand is better at staying in rhythm.

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    Comment #47099107

    It‘s exactly the kind of words that venture capital wants to here.

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    Comment #46743139

    Looking at code, it‘s easier to spot the missing check for an error code, than a not catched exceptions. Also error codes are part of the signature of a function, which exceptions …

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    Comment #46692019

    > Often when someone wants to talk about a situation involving difficult feelings, they're actually trying to process those feelings: to understand where the feelings are coming fr…

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    Comment #46542233

    > The only country 1st world country not to have really obese people is Japan (~5% obese ~20% overweight). (~35% obsese ~70% overweight US) and I'd wager a large part of that is th…

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    Comment #44795258

    That's absolutely useless and that's great!

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    Comment #44385960

    > The problem here (again, i think) lies in the fact that we don't often see the grander value of our everyday works and yearn to do SOMETHING grander, more impactful, but we don't…

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    Comment #43769817

    The dryer could tell the garage door to open, to reduce humidity.

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    Comment #43491954

    Well, I'm only saying locale dependent file formats!

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    Comment #43491937

    You really shouldn't be limited by only one language: https://github.com/charyan/unirust

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    Comment #43168816

    It's the few highlights in the cacophony called life, that makes life worth living.

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    Comment #42896809

    I‘m using cgdb, which is a minimal ncurses wrapper around gdb. It‘s a lot better than the TUI of gdb.

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    Comment #42643763

    I think the problem with "big" language ideas is, that as long as they match exactly your needs, they're great, but if they're slightly off, they can be a pain in the ass. I'm wond…

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    Comment #36401024

    It was always so draining going for lunch with work colleagues, that couldn't stop talking about work and tried to eat as fast as possible.

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    Comment #36268890

    Like in life itself, if you‘re trying to control your programming job too much, you will be just miserable and fuel your anxiety. The complexity and unpredictability of the future …

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    Comment #36210253

    The deeper your questions go, the less likely you will find answers for them. If you insist to find an answer, can't continue living without finding it, you're going to have a quit…

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    Comment #36010166

    In way this shows what meditation has become in the western world, a tool to become more productive, to become a even more effective, harder worker. We don‘t get how our culture is…

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    Comment #35408661

    The wages in east germany are still quite a bit lower compared to west germany.

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    Comment #34958658

    I think the naming of the ‘else’ branch in the loop could be more telling, like using the name ‘finally’ or ‘finish’.

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    Comment #33394109

    I would interpret it differently. A man getting that easily bored by just one project, might as easily get bored by just one wife.