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dekdrop

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    Comment #49071461

    Python is obsolete too. It's only there for those not wanting to get performance and typiy

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    Comment #49001399

    Software Engineers are the most evil group of people in the world. No other tech industry has this much of disregard to people. So many of today's problems are because of evil peop…

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    Comment #48965256

    It would be nice if each one had some links to it

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    Comment #48949906

    The point of python is to be a scripting language. Writing the main code in a systems languages and making it available to python is a very promising way of using it.

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    Comment #48715550

    Just tried marginalia-search.com, It's pretty awesome. Feels homemade, for human.

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    Comment #48715526

    I searched for René Descartes. I got results with Renewable in title a few.

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    Comment #48712586

    Why are we asking a language model for a mirror test? Just because it speak like human, have we forget what it is?

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    Comment #48712561

    how do you make sure they are not using their mobile phone with llms while the exam? I have seen that happening.

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    Comment #48707822

    I want to share Russ Cox's webpage on regexp https://swtch.com/~rsc/regexp/ I find it a good reading.

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    Comment #48663233

    Is the domain twitter.com has problems? I am getting DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN.

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    Comment #48642308

    The way "New Driver" hits brain is different than a symbol. Wordings develops much more rational impression of it.

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    Comment #48500089

    I was thinking of this too. It did all that what not only for a single line that is a simple thing even for someone new to web coding. That's to say the process matters more.

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    Comment #48488578

    I think it's people who were sloppy about programming are more interested in vive-coding. Because now they can make something without the mental rigour needed. Engineering as it sh…

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    Comment #48407170

    If it's branch predicting, why would if statement run slow? How come unnecessary memory write is fine?

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    Comment #48330497

    How do I get to this page from the home page?

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    Comment #48269137

    Many of us were introduced to computers as a means to use office suite - MS office - in school. Computer usage was mostly surrounded by this and other application programs. Teachin…

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    Comment #48205151

    What is a search engine again? People used Google so much searching for How Tos. It has turned into an answering machine.

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    Comment #48050425

    what sort of tool they use?

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    Comment #48047261

    This seems overcomplicated

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    Comment #48047257

    how do you approach naming files and immediate folders?

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    How do you organize files?

    Hierarchy in file system was a great invention, popularized by Unix. Files in directory, directory in directory. Creating a tree. Files get designated place in the file system. Peo…

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