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smlavine

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    Comment #48379070

    It would indicate that the parties are actually independent and not just controlled opposition.

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    Comment #48377876

    And how often do they vote against each other?

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    Comment #48251705

    An enterprise shop I co-op'd at was porting one of their apps from Xamarin to MAUI when I worked there, but certainly it doesn't have much mindshare (if any) amongst SE undergrads …

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    Comment #48239569

    All dependency management is speculative. You've got to hedge your bets that the dependency is reliable and fit for purpose. It is reasonable to view Bun's recent choices as increa…

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    Comment #48122621

    I just graduated this weekend and my school gave us our cap and gown for free. Seems fair with how much we're paying...

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    Comment #47923089

    Finally won a game against the Easy bot on the 9x9 board after around 10 tries. Seems like if you want to force a win, you have to think about how to put your opponent in "Zugzwang…

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    Comment #47922424

    Very fun game! Has this been released before? This is the only place I can find that mentions it.

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    Comment #47221192

    I like mine. the moto g line of phones are like $200, unlocked. They're fast enough for anything I do with a phone. It runs android. It's fine. I've thought about GrapheneOS before…

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    Comment #47188474

    Ever heard of the Constitution?

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    Comment #47183443

    Or, larger districts of ~5 or so representatives. In the US, Representatives are already barely "local" -- 700k+ people to a single district.

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    Comment #47055598

    > LibreOffice is eating Microsoft 365 lunch This one misses the point entirely, I'm sorry to say. Microsoft 365's "lunch" is that a majority of US businesses, schools, and governme…

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    Comment #47048821

    It's a Half-Life 2 reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJshjMyg6no

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    Comment #47029944

    I thought so too at first, coming from a language (Hare) where they are very easy and common, but the Diagnostics pattern isn't that bad once you expect it. Various examples: https…

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    Comment #46936975

    When talking in terms of software parallelism, "parallel" and "sequential" are more common to describe, for example, multi-threaded vs. single-threaded implementations.

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    Comment #46622792

    No, it is a protocol that allows a user to create their own social network within their Messaging app.

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    Comment #46447236

    It says the first half of the advance would be paid on approval of the first third of the book. It also says that the first third of the book was never submitted. So I don't think …

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    Comment #46428614

    QDirStat is a Linux equivalent: https://github.com/shundhammer/qdirstat

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    Comment #46407549

    The Pentagram at the top of the page does not load without JS enabled.

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    Comment #46317624

    I use Firefox on Android perhaps entirely because it supports uBlock Origin and my other extensions. I would guess that of people that would ever go out of their way to use a non-C…

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    Comment #46295421

    This is terrifying. Truth is dead.

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    Comment #46177668

    Related: a cool blog from a year or two ago from a participant in this program: https://brr.fyi

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    Comment #45927046

    > They're all using it. Not really. Go talk to anyone who uses the internet for Facebook, Whatsapp, and not much else. Lots of people have typed in chatgpt.com or had Google's AI s…