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kentosi

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About kentosi

Java/J2EE coder in Sydney, Australia with a keen interest in Scala.

I watch starcraft 2 replays and learn Japanese in my space time.

I dream of living in Tokyo.

Recent public activity

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    I haven't yet had the luxury to experiment with the latest version of Java, but this is one of the reasons why I wish Java introduced named parameters the say way kotlin and scala …

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    Comment #38907371

    Even after 10 years, SourceTree is still my goto when I need UI click-and-drag.

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    Comment #37764390

    I don't think that this is associated with Atlassian (the JIRA company) in any way. Or at least I can't find any association on this github page.

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    Comment #37133575

    Hey thanks for sharing your experience with their customer service. This alone is dissuading me from purchasing the tablet. I wonder if there's a chance of compensating for this te…

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    Comment #36165492

    Nice concept. How does it add to Anki? Ie - just the word in isolation? Or within a sentence? If the latter, how is this sentence generated?

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    Comment #35560838

    Sorry for the naive question, but if you're changing all your bindings to vim, then why use emacs at all? Is there any extra functional difference?

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    Comment #35517829

    https://archive.ph/2023.04.10-210939/https://slate.com/techn...

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    Comment #35196253

    I find it so fascinating that these plants developed carnivorous characteristics across totally separate lineages, geographies and timelines. I also read somewhere that plants have…

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    Comment #35029939

    Slightly misleading title. They're closing 8 of their stores across NYC, SF, etc, and this is after they just opened a few more across the US.

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    Comment #34823726

    Dear Youtube: Please please please have an option to filter out "shorts" on the web version. None of the normal controls exist: playback speed, jump to position, etc. The desktop w…

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    Comment #34727572

    New York here. Been just over 2 weeks since getting laid off. I'm getting calls from recruiters and have interviews lined up, but it's been tough.

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    Comment #32567880

    Scrolling down shows that it's not available that widely yet. Damn. https://myforestfoods.com/mybacon

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    Comment #31876980

    Depends on the stage of your career. Back in the early 2000s when I was fresh out of university I did the Sun Certified Java Developer course. It made me stand out of the vast numb…

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    Comment #29938770

    As an English speaker who learnt Portugal Portuguese (PT-PT), which has its own "r" pronunciations, imagine my surprise and confusion when I heard Brazilian Portuguese (BR-PT) for …

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    Comment #29433117

    > *E Ink monitors' refresh speed is not as high as conventional monitors', So what is the refresh rate then? I can't seem to find it in the Specs section.

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    Comment #28471684

    True, but banning it would mean a drop in engagement with the platform, which would in turn hurt YouTube/Instagram's profits. That's my guess.

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    Comment #27682482

    The parent's comment wan't implying that luck was everything, but to point out that luck is also an important factor. > There are three ingredients in great work: natural ability, …

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    Comment #26839078

    Sorry but I'm really not clued up on reading S1s. How does one find out when they intend on hitting the market?

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    Comment #26054852

    A while back while learning a foreign language I stumbled across https://www.wattpad.com/ Note that I've only used it for reading and not for tracking my reads, finding recommendat…

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    Comment #26030703

    If you're referring to Google's old motto "Don't be evil", then FYI that got dropped years ago: https://gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-do...

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    Comment #24482471

    I'm so happy that we finally have multiline text blocks in Java: String query = """ SELECT "EMP_ID", "LAST_NAME" FROM "EMPLOYEE_TB" WHERE "CITY" = 'INDIANAPOLIS' ORDER BY "EMP_ID",…

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    Comment #24135818

    A cheaper alternative would have been to put a towel over your hands so that you can't look down at the keys.

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    Comment #24135808

    So as much as I'd love to try the HHKB, my main issue is that I use IntelliJ in my dayjob. It looks like out of the Ctrl, Alt and Command/Win keys I'll have to pick 2. Are there an…

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    Comment #24004558

    > It has a typo and doesn't sound natural. What's the typo and why doesn't it sound natural? If it's about the "porque" then please keep this in mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch…