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neweroldguy

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    Comment #33737130

    It’s tough because at scale you can always find some poor schmuck that’s a perfectly decent sort and has run into pricks over and over. “Maybe it’s me?” the poor fucker opines. And…

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    Comment #33737071

    This is just a generic “old man shouting at clouds” complaint at this point. You’re not engaging with the material at all.

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    Comment #33706287

    This is what I do unless I’m working with a large number of people on the feature branch (which is rare, usually that would be multiple branches). You get the equivalent of “mergel…

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    Comment #33668623

    > How would anyone think releasing this was a good idea? Why would it not be? A model built on any consistent large data set could be interesting I’d expect. But just because the d…

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    Comment #33654624

    Many people are significantly less technically savvy than you might expect. Every form really needs all of these conventions if you want to make your software as widely usable as p…

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    Comment #33545681

    Long stick, big dick! But also, plenty of means, good genes. You are right, it’s real deep in there. It’s frustrating when you catch it in your own thought processes! I honestly re…

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    Comment #33523681

    If the only thing between business failure and business success was contact with users, there’d be a lot fewer failed businesses. Sometimes you just don’t see it, and that’s ok. No…

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    Comment #33450763

    I found the letters shifting around as you used them to be frustrating and confusing. I also wasn’t sure whether unused letters remain or are replaced between rounds. Nevertheless …

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    Comment #33435132

    Thanks for clarifying, this is an insightful interpretation.

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    Comment #33405618

    This is literally what they sell though. It’s like going to a restaurant and complaining that they ask you to pay for your meal.

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    Comment #33315913

    Recently made the mistake of hiring someone with a few short stints. Each had a “good explanation”. 9 not-so-productive months later, they’re gone… Will be taking your approach in …

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    Comment #33283805

    They clearly were emphasizing how expensive things are; they didn’t make a value judgement as to why. “Minor” conveyed that the work to be done is small. This is a shit take, there…

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    Comment #33261101

    I think your concern (will I be one who is fulfilled, or one who regrets?) is reasonable, but in fact for many people the answer is “yes”. You’ll often feel fulfilled. Occasionally…

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    Comment #33217706

    If you were happy in your mediocrity this wouldn’t bother you.

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    Comment #33192157

    Keep using VS Code, make files open in their own window via setting. Why would you not have VS Code open at all times anyway? (As you might with an emacs server).