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rytis

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About rytis

System administrator with some Python developer skills.

URL: https://pages.pulegium.eu/ Email: pub [at] pulegium [dot] eu

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    But maybe we want northern winters to stay... northern winters?

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    Comment #48412475

    It kind of is a database: A key-value database, or key-value store, is a data storage paradigm designed for storing, retrieving, and managing associative arrays, a data structure m…

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    Comment #48148792

    maybe because the company promised "always free"? if the company can't keep the promises, then maybe they shouldn't make them in the first place?

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    Comment #47947861

    I wonder if there's a place for something like matrix, but for repositories (or maybe matrix protocol can handle that?). A world where we have selfhosted, saas, etc, but all interl…

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    Comment #47436053

    > if the agent has difficulty generating Haskell code then that suggests agents aren't capable of reliably generalizing beyond their training data. doesn't that apply to flesh-and-…

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    Comment #47227787

    > there is a fairly logical combination of settings I think it's anything but logical, if users (like yourself) have no idea what those settings are, as evident from your previous …

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    Comment #46807666

    > What the use for the app anyway? Works offline?

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    Comment #46719340

    May be it's just me, but the very first example (contacts form) looks better (easier to read) on the left than text in empty space on the right (which is supposed to be the good de…

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    Comment #46665804

    But not all of us are working in the open air office... Brightly lit office after 5pm in winter (ie after sunset) doesn't mean dark mode is the best option.

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    Comment #45991499

    And what exactly 9-5 has to do with caring for coding or time investment in language learning?

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    Comment #45424253

    if the customer owes $0.001, how are you charging that?

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    Comment #44247797

    For anyone not familiar with acronyms (like me), VTOL stands for "Vertical Take-Off and Landing".

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    Comment #43741899

    Extending this line of thought I wonder why tesla didn't make cars on two legs and insisted on using wheels? (Just wanted to make sure - this is not a stab at you, I'm well aware t…

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    Comment #43264684

    > Nothing will compare to the Gmail experience I think this might be a matter of personal preferences. Personally I find GMail very confusing, and not that user friendly. FastMail …

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    Comment #43057858

    > Sound output? Sure, just set up DMA and IRQ yourself for your Soundblaster card. I mean, you have one of those right? What has OS got to do with possession of some hardware?

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    Comment #42637820

    > My biggest piece of advice is don’t be a “ticket taker”. Volunteer to lead larger initiatives. Sure. But who’s going to do all those boring tickets? I know people need to work fo…

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    Comment #42475216

    I agree. I don’t know where this obsession comes from. Obsession with resembling as close to humans as possible. We’re so far from being perfect. If you need proof just look at you…

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    Comment #42469520

    Or even as a pedestrian. I'm sure AI will be fine to slow down if it sees a massive puddle and avoid soaking everyone in 3m radius just for lolz.

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    Comment #42351365

    IMO the reality is: "the police are total idiots with no [...] knowledge of the law [...]" AND "are willingly corrupt and will brazenly break the law to line their own pockets"

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    Comment #42159604

    I suppose something like this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/8270393 ?

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    Comment #42113869

    > As far as I could tell, it’s because the CEO or CTO didn’t think the type of work they were doing was worth doing, and also didn’t think they were making a difference. So the CEO…

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    Comment #41830945

    I think it depends on how the question is constructed: - I want to do X, how do I do it? - I was thinking of doing X to achieve Y, wonder if that's a good idea? Sometimes, I really…

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    Comment #40687869

    https://pressbooks.nvcc.edu/eng255/chapter/the-mother-of-men... > At first they lived near a cemetery, and Mencius amused himself with acting the various scenes which he witnessed …

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