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tavoe

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About tavoe

Hi I'm me.

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    Comment #49099647

    How do I know if comments like this come from a real person or a bot? Your suggestion that "anything popular cannot be morally wrong" is proposterous. It feels like you're trying t…

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    Comment #43375181

    This article seems to break down into 3 parts - why multiple return values are bad, why go error handling is bad, and opinions about what to do about it. The part that feels wrong …

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    Comment #42387424

    Align the incentive with the actual work done? Eg - fundraise to cover the cost of producing the movie and paying the salaries of everyone involved, because physically making a mov…

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    Comment #42317037

    If you're a developer looking for a 3D reference game, this might be helpful - https://github.com/gdquest-demos/godot-4-3d-third-person-con... . If you're curious what a 'good look…

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    Comment #35975928

    I was wondering why the GCC Machine Description language was such an outlier, especially considering I've never heard of it before. I googled it, and it turns on machine descriptio…

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    Comment #35190781

    Epic bought artstation, bandcamp, and, sketchfab. I don't know for sure, but I don't think any of those are very profitable. They're almost like resume hosting websites for game de…

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    Comment #27304529

    A few months ago, I watched some videos by Brett Victor and decided I wanted to develop a visual programming language. That led me to https://futureofcoding.org/ and its slack chan…

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    Comment #7560977

    To me, the core of Haskell is that: "Haskell is C with one semi-colon per function." This forces you to put all your code into method signatures. This, in turn, means Haskell (or C…

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    Comment #7512962

    I'm definitely thinking of making a graph based text editor. I think I could work off of code-highlighting files to figure out where to break code out into different nodes. Then, I…

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    Comment #7485550

    Well, you're right. That sounds awesome. Is there a good reason gimp doesn't support that? You make it sound like common sense.

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    Comment #7482865

    I'm totally ignorant in this field. If you're worried about messing up a file, why not just make a copy of it before you edit it?

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    Comment #7476989

    I'm really enamored with haskell, and you're hitting on exactly the problem I'm having. Any advise on learning haskell out in the wild?

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    Comment #7357649

    I'm not sure why, but the fellow you're replying to doesn't like javascript. You plan to solve it by compiling to css beforehand. What if I told you I like to remove all custom css…

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    Comment #7324706

    On the topic of ways to improve the terminal, I'd like to see output separated from input. Put the prompt 1/4 of the way down the screen instead of at the bottom. Above the prompt,…

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    Comment #7110983

    They're both predictive typing, so they both fall on their face when it comes to two things. Proper nouns and slang. Whenever I try to write one of those two thing (often, think em…