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yakshaving_jgt

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About yakshaving_jgt

Programmer. Likes: Haskell, Elm, Nix, Vim.

Contact: jezen@jezenthomas.com

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    Comment #48998535

    Thanks for the feedback. I hadn’t considered that someone would want to see screenshots of the application on the landing page since they can just log in and interact with it thems…

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    Show HN: DocCharm – The help center that keeps itself up to date

    Hello HN! We were finding it too much work to keep our Zendesk help center up to date as our product kept changing, so I built DocCharm — it keeps a help center up to date automati…

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    Comment #48933872

    > The only thing Odessa is known for under the Ukrainian rule is burning 42 pro-Russian Ukrainian citizens[1] by Ukrainian nationalists. Another complete lie, constantly perpetuate…

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    Comment #48923585

    Your terrorists have been launching missiles and drones at me and my neighbours for years. I see it with my own eyes. Your attacks on the people I care about dearly are routine. Ev…

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    Comment #48912929

    You are a russian propagandist. We’ve seen you here before, and we’ve called out your bullshit before. Go to the front Ivan. Put seeds in your pockets. Anyone can look at your comm…

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    Comment #48891505

    I'm building DocCharm — the help center for your software product that keeps itself up to date. https://doccharm.com/ If you want to give it a try, email me and I'll comp your firs…

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    Comment #48890230

    Please assume that the people you are talking to you are not ignorant. In this case, I believe I am substantially more up to date with both Ukrainian and Polish politics than you a…

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    Comment #48882171

    > Similarly, Russia was saving Poles from WW2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pac...

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    Comment #48882071

    Nobody is pretending this didn’t happen. Least of all the Ukrainians.

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    Comment #48876318

    You’re not a Konfederacja voter by any chance? I’m so fucking embarrassed to be Polish and hear this populism bullshit from Nawrocki and any other compromised russian shill. You kn…

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    Comment #48875469

    Only the russians are targeting civilians.

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    Comment #48874713

    I had a similar suspicion, though I thought the source material was from DAS. https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/screencasts/catalog

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    Comment #48871624

    I’ve been running my company on Haskell for a similar length of time. Long compile times can be an issue, but it’s an issue that can be managed. Would I scrap Haskell in favour of …

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    Comment #48871576

    Long compile times can be a problem. It’s also a problem that can be managed. I think this is overstated in the article.

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    Comment #48871567

    I run my company on Haskell purely for economic reasons. Aesthetics doesn’t come into it.

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    Comment #48816599

    No. And if it could, I sure as hell never would have become a programmer.

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    Comment #48816038

    The demo scene — as cool as it is — is an obscure hobby for a particular kind of nerd. The business side of programming puts food on the table for tens of millions of people.

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    Comment #48563087

    "Luke… I am your father." "…You're absolutely right!"

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    Comment #48529597

    Welfare doesn't entirely eliminate homelessness. It's… like… not that simple.

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    Comment #48519916

    > People who look up to Donald Trump unsurprisingly feel his genius moves are hard to read. Indeed, the lord works in mysterious ways.

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    Comment #48517058

    I don’t think they’re sexy either.

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    Comment #48515443

    I find that incredibly hard to believe. You're right they don't want to carry a musket, but that's because muskets are not sexy. They don't want superdrones either, because superdr…

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    Comment #48492290

    For apparently being unable to listen to or participate in a conversation while operating a motor vehicle.

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    Comment #48476886

    > The problem was clearly this excerpt because we all know which country it was. Oh yeah? Which?