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I'm curious about the part where LL is talking about how to prove the 3 parts of the max() example's invariant (around 31:46) and omits #2. Did you all understand why this conditio…

It's totally understandable if you don't want to answer this, but how did you know you had a problem? How did it fuck your life up?

Hello. I appreciate this gesture, and also feel nostalgic for the primordial internet. I try to hold on to what felt magical about it to me in the early days. One of the remaining …

Thanks, this worked for me, too. I wonder why the command used in the article is so different.

The curl command mentioned in the article that's supposed to show the region being used for a request `curl -ls https://deno.land ` doesn't seem to work as described. Does anyone k…

This really rubbed me the wrong way. It feels like they're taking advantage of my generosity.

I guess Linux gets the shaft?

https://github.com/jmcantrell/dotfiles-vim

Arghh. That CodeEval problem is driving me nuts! I'm happily employed, but I love a good challenge. Is there any way you can send me more example input? CodeEval keeps coming back …

there are no movement commands in insert mode (to my knowledge) in vi

the same as my favorite editor for everything... vim

To be honest, it sounds like RoR or ActiveRecord is doing something wrong.

Ruby and RoR, slow? This is a no-brainer. Ruby is slow as molasses and RoR is built upon Ruby. Hmmmmm....

"I also took a look at Django, and it struck me as astonishingly clunky compared to Rails and Nitro" hahahahahahaha...

if you're using nvidia like me, then it's as simple as adding a couple of lines to your xorg congfig

I would have to agree. I can deal with a laptop in a pinch, but it slows me down considerably.

I've never heard anyone refer to BSD/Solaris/OSX as Linux

Howdy. My name is Jeremy, and I'm a software developer for a startup in Charlotte, NC. My company uses the .NET platform, but, personally, I'm a python guy.

have you run into any problems with the built-in wireless? i know the older powerpc based models did not have a linux driver available for the wireless, but i'm not familiar with t…

Ubuntu Feisty on an IBM T42

then why did you even respond? the question was "what Linux laptops do you use for development?", not "how many of you are mac fanboys?"

Fantastic essay. Now I'm all pumped up. As soon as I find a colleague that I want to share an office with, I'll be submitting an application :)