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    Comment #47134496

    > Do current LLM based agents generate code which is easy to change? They do. I am no longer writing code, everything I commit is 100% generated using an agent. And it produces cod…

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    Comment #29211313

    My USB got bricked on openSuse, and I got the segmentation fault error randomly. I was using the KDE edition.

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    Comment #29202314

    > What distros do you feel have a poor experience for new Linux users? I've had blocking problems with these 3: ElementaryOS, Ubuntu, OpenSuse. The problems include: - Crash report…

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    Comment #28640423

    Jetbrains IDEs had the "find usage" feature before sourcetrail existed. Eclipse as well. I'm not sure what sourcetrail brought new to the table.

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    Comment #28586398

    Easier to read version: let logNow = (importance, message) => log(new Date(), importance, message); let debugNow = message => logNow("DEBUG", message); And with this implementation…

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    Comment #27431599

    The demo doesn't even have auto-complete for function/variable names? It's fast at doing what, typing everything by hand? Looking at 27:41 [1] I can hear maybe 12 key strokes to ad…

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    Comment #24557812

    What does your typical work day look like? Do you work on multiple things that don't require coding? Why does launch-time matter at all?

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    Comment #23671173

    This interactive tutorial should be very useful: https://learngitbranching.js.org/

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    Comment #23549539

    Actually master is used as the default for submodules branch tracking [1]. I maintain a Git client application that deals with submodules & I have to take this use-case into accoun…

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    Comment #23300479

    By definition yes. Compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli despite adverse effects. I drink coffee non-compulsively once or twice a week, without bad effects.

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    Comment #22832845

    Here's why selecting the entire URL is good. The most common action performed with the URL bar is to search for something or to navigate. Selecting everything helps you type your s…

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    Comment #22063720

    I use Sumatra PDF for PDF/mobi/epub.

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    Comment #21391873

    A right place to use XML is when you want to write structured & reusable content, for example when writing documentation. See DITA [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_Inf…

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    Comment #21173821

    Or func add(x int, y int): int { return x + y } This way it would be consistent with how variable types are declared.

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    Comment #18912878

    Defense Innovation Board

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    Comment #18800814

    Iridium browser seems like a good alternative. It is firefox with a focus on privacy.

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    Comment #18774209

    > The core skill of innovators is error recovery, not failure avoidance. Can anyone expand on this? So far my biggest failure has been unmaintainable spaghetti code.)

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    Comment #17947192

    I wish this full-screen modal feature would disappear. I've lost track on the number of times I pressed back to close a modal on mobile because I thought it was a new page. Please …

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    Comment #16198449

    > Don't need to know jsx! You don't need to know jsx for using jsx. You only need to know html. You do need to learn something more with vue, you said so yourself, those v-for, v-i…