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mpolichette
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Comment #46903836
I don't disagree, but I think there is the otherside of that same coin... What if we could do other stuff while remaining productive. Rather than the example of missing first steps…
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Comment #46726300
I thought they were talking about one of their coworkers /s
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Comment #45906993
I've recently started writing an app intended for a raspberry pi that uses IMAP to automate this exact thing. The goal is for it to apply the rules and followup with actions while …
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Comment #43576418
I'd also consider that, for these people, getting away with the cheating _is the game_ for them. What they're cheating at might be less important.
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Comment #41632581
Short of jail, nowhere in adulthood are you required to stay somewhere by law. On top of that, I don’t think the kid quietly using their phone and ignoring class is the main issue …
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Comment #38422146
I like the cataloging, but I dont see the periodic part of this.
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Comment #37531653
Could dementia in congress create a security threat?
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Comment #36572880
I tend to agree, however, I typically tell people that if you see longer function names, you should watch out for complexity. In fact, if I have to write some overly complex code t…
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Comment #36424172
Computers were invented to speed up calculations, and yet the primary thing we use them for today is to read the news and send each other messages and memes… I think it’s totally r…
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Comment #35225450
I have the same rules
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Comment #34898079
I think this option is still ripe for issues within a domestic abuse situation. The abuser would simply use their phone to “trust it”. Maybe a longer dismissal though?
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Comment #34481841
I always have to remind myself that they’re dependency arrows and not a sequence ordering. They make it look like it flows right to left even though time (or at least sequence) flo…
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Comment #34242009
Oh, come on now, Zabzonk is a great name
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Comment #33743247
I read this as “The book is included”
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Comment #33684768
If you don’t fix it… and the code is working… what is the problem? I leave notes like that sometime as indicators of intention… or invitation to the next reader… but if it never ch…
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Comment #32569803
I can empathize with the author here that types can be very challenging to get right, especially with high amounts of dynamism. However, I think that saying it is "terrible for lib…
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Comment #31416975
I've been using Workflowy for years now. I really love it. They been working lots of interesting features in but stick to the basics that everything starts as a list. You would be …
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Comment #30795035
MDN docs are the best... they should monetize via high level articles and example implementations for systems. For example, the webRTC docs are great and explain a lot about how it…
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Comment #30794992
I think these questions come from the idea baked into charitable giving. When you purchase a good, the thing you're getting is obvious, it is what you're purchasing. However, when …
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Comment #30489843
I've thought about hooking into messages w/ a running mac before... Do you have a high level description of your approach? I looked in the iMessage GraphQL Server server repo for d…
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Comment #29798562
I'll entertain this... Because, like it or not, you're often still sending/receiving documents? :) Also the semantics of the actions map really well to the use cases still. You're,…
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Comment #29741483
I'm with you on this one. I prefer it to be in your face simple to understand over the terse-ness. In the gist example, I actually prefer the SQL-92 approach where we are joining g…
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Comment #29244192
This ^ I feel like JS gets thrown under the bus in discussions, but no body talks about arcane file structures in Java or implicit pathing lookups which have the same kind of "hist…
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Comment #29073439
I want to agree with you... the problem arises because you're applying your values to those items... e.g. "yeah they're embarrassing/bad, but not really that bad"... However, it be…
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Comment #28760725
I hope it stays down... oh wait, that was yesterdays thing...