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The Chinese governments go/to response is to yell “racism!” whenever China is held to account or attacked. It’s genius really. They know that so many people have a deep instant res…

It worth the reward to keep trying. You must be intentional about both coding and systemically learning at the same time how it works. Watch YouTube videos plus build a real world …

I’m not an expert by async rust seems to work pretty well to me. I guess I’ll have to become an expert to find my disappointment.

File names should be long enough to clearly communicate meaning/purpose/context, no more no less.

Spaces in file names are a bad idea because spaces delimit the name of separate distinct files, At least in my crazy old illogical head anyway.

Inflation is complete bullshit because it’s careful to measure a subset of prices and exclude a large range of other prices. Meaningless crap, designed to support government narrat…

My brother wants me to send a box via shipping. I’m concerned it’ll be lost.

Incompetence or malice? All the M$ folks here in HN will cry malice. I think incompetence or indifference.

Oh man I loved Magic Realm as a kid, I owned it, but I never played it. I was 12 years old and it was way too complex. I loved the game board and the art and the instructions and t…

OO isn’t a disaster. What we have learned however is that it’s not the only way to do things. 10 years ago the accepted wisdom was that the only way to program was object oriented.…

That’s a very long and wordy advertisement for using coscreen.

I’ve noticed PCB Way used to sponsor the various electronics makers on YouTube. But lately I’ve noticed PCB Way now just places YouTube advertisements over the makers videos and th…

I can interview any developer and by asking the right questions prove they are an incompetent fraud. It’s a simple matter of asking the right questions. Who’s wrong and who’s right…

Rather a negative outlook.

What exactly does this mean? “ being promising early on”

I used to be scared of flying. And I flew every second week for years. I got over it when I realized planes land on aircraft carriers in typhoons. Me traveling in an airbus is lite…

I can tell you for sure I would not being happy if I had no choice to be working at 70, 75 or even 66.

“Has the appearance of being happy.”

I was thinking this is a universal approach for all businesses but I see now it’s not.

You monetize when the user has value that they do not want to let go. Ready to save your new work of art? Or higher resolution? Or premium features? You do it when the user is hook…

But so many products that are well suited to immediate usage are hidden behind layers of explanation and marketing and signup and other irrelevant barriers.

This is everything. Everything: “ You're in # There's no onboarding. No signup. No confirmation email. No OAuth. You're just in the product. Are there any flashy overlay tours with…