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From NewPipe : https://github.com/woheller69/FreeDroidWarn?tab=readme-ov-fi... I wouldn't consider this "a few buttons", it's enough to turn off the less savvy users

Obvious caveat: pushing this a bit further it can quickly fallback to the default case. The optimizer is a superpower but you still need to try to write efficient code. unsigned ad…

Still is. It's a French/Lebanese corp based in Paris/Beirut. I worked there for a few years early in my career.

1) C++: 7+ years; Rust: 3+ years. 2) C++, my employer's choice. Their rationale: easier to hire people with experience, internal codebase is mostly C++ so tooling/people more verse…

Another fact not mentioned in this article is the WWII historical locations found in the unofficial Catacombs. Back when I lived in Paris, I was lucky enough to know someone who ha…

My pet theory is that programmers are exposed to many business areas during their career, either directly or hearing it from other programmers. This desacralizes these jobs, and si…

+1, the link to Joel Spolky's post on Unicode is probably the most interesting read I've found this year: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2003/10/08/the-absolute-minim...

> Work relationships matter, sharing 3D space allows people to be more creative and collaborative, and companies are recognizing that. Google seems like the last company that would…

It's a mix of bikeshedding (many people experienced remote work during the COVID lockdowns) and there being no data available for this. Also consider who would be more likely to re…

2022 headcount was estimated at ~1850[0], so that would be 150 employees (allegedly). [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HashiCorp

FWIW, most DBMS have built-in index usage stats, and it's not too difficult to query. In my previous job we had a Postgres health dashboard that notably showed `log10(index size) /…

In my experience these type of abstractions end up bloated with too many concerns which adds maintenance overhead. It's a lot simpler to simply add a `HashMap ` and cover with test…

> Why does writing in the morning (anecdotally so far) seem to be so effective for writers, even ones who are not morning persons? While programmers, which seems like a similar occ…

To add some praise on this topic, I like (in no particular order): - having dedicated no-meeting days to work on stuff I'm paid to build - being able to talk vision with my PMs (an…

Disregarding the "code is doc" position, it's still common to have an overview or index for documentation, which points readers in the right direction instead of dumping pages of d…

For me it was a watch. I bought a Fitbit Charge 4, originally to track my heart rate/steps since I've never owned one and always relied on my phone for time. With my phone generall…

Just adding to this for the uninitiated-but-curious: the German army invaded by going around the line. This meant taking tanks through the Ardennes, a bordering region consisting o…

This is what you'd do in a classic OOP approach. Allows for different behavior across variants by pulling out the shared interface. (I think this is what the author mentions when t…

With my very basic understanding of orbital mechanics, higher orbits require more dV simply because it's further from Earth. The more interesting bit is that subtle orbital adjustm…

Sphere packing was my 3rd year internship project (summer of 2013), so happy to see what is quite the fascinating topic mentioned on HN! I'm a bit sad I don't have a lot to show fo…

I haven't used k8s that much, so I can't see what features OAM (or the implementation, rudr) adds to k8s. Could someone provide me with some insights?

Here's a direct link: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1165493206441779200.html

Disambiguation is easy when `await` is a keyword. [0] ;) error[E0721]: `await` is a keyword in the 2018 edition --> src/lib.rs:2:5 | 2 | await: i32 | ^^^^^ help: you can use a raw …

I understood the use of "lurking" as "commenting unproductively in a channel". Although I may be mistaken, it makes a lot of sense to avoid such toxic behavior.

Chartreuse comes from the Alps (Isère), and was brewed by the monks of the Grande-Chartreuse. The drink's history is pretty interesting to read about[1]. There are actually two kin…