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Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by valbaca »

alister wrote: post #128
gorjusborg wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I highly recommend it to anyone considering it. But, pro-tip, use a machine that has an ssd (or other real) drive. Having your network DNS go down because of a bad or corrupted sd card will drive you bonkers. Sincerely, Bonkers

> use a machine that has an ssd -- a bad or corrupted sd card will drive you bonkers I've seen this said many times, and it matches my experience as well. But why should an SSD be more reliable than an SD card when the underlying technology (flash memory) is identical? Or is it not identical? Or it is due to the more sophisticated controller of an SSD?

SD cards are the storage equivalent of writing on a one-ply sheet of toilet paper. Nowhere near identical to SSDs

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Post by WalterBright »

behnamoh wrote: post #189
WalterBright wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's from his daughter's book "Small Fry". It wasn't on his deathbed, though he was very sick. She had put on some cologne that didn't smell good.

Easy to say things behind someone who's already dead. How can we trust the book?

Since she's the only living witness, and it's her book, you can decide for yourself.

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Post by falcor84 »

legrande wrote: post #3

This reminds me of Steve Jobs' email to himself. In 2010 he wrote: I grow little of the food I eat, and of the little I do grow I did not breed or perfect the seeds. I do not make any of my own clothing. I speak a language I did not invent or refine. I did not discover the mathematics I use. I am protected by freedoms and laws I did not conceive of or legislate, and do not enforce or adjudicate. I am moved by music I…

This is probably the most elaborate humblebrag I've ever seen.

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by wing-_-nuts »

userbinator wrote: post #217
wing-_-nuts wrote: post #173

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>All Microsoft products are free of charge if you know where to look for them. God no. I draw a hard line at pirating executable code. I forget where I read it but a not insignificant percentage of pirated software contains malware, and I don't know about you, but having my bank or brokerage account compromised would cost exponential orders of magnitude more than any software licence. Hell, I'm concerned enough about…

I forget where I read it but a not insignificant percentage of pirated software contains malware Probably one of the strong antipiracy groups' propaganda. They conspired with AV vendors to make cracks detected as malware (with a vague name/description) despite there being no actual "malice" against the user. The truth is, they might be the ones trying to seed malware in warez releases to further their narrative. ...a…

You're not getting my point. At $200 or even $2000 it's a steal compared to the 'expected value' (really, loss) of having my computer compromised. Yes, I'm more paranoid than most, but I have more to lose than most, and unlike others, I can't claim I don't understand the risks.

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by darkerside »

ajkjk wrote: post #188
Dalewyn wrote: post #133

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Do you roll your eyes at yourself whenever you, say, drive a car? We're surrounded by things that have their company's branding prominently plastered on them. Hell, stuff like luxury bags (eg: Louis Vuitton) exist specifically to flaunt a company's branding. Of course, it would be nice if we weren't surrounded by marketing and advertising everywhere all the time, but that's beside the point.

Uh, no, I don't; obviously aesthetic judgments are much more subtle than that. > but that's beside the point. uh that is precisely the point. Hence if there is some trivial way to avoid it, I like people who do it. For instance yeah your car has branding you can't avoid. But you know what you can avoid? Those stupid license plate holders that dealers put on to advertise themselves. Better than nothing.

You can remove decals

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by xwowsersx »

graton wrote: post #199
scop wrote: post #180

Outside of OS & text editor (vim), there is one tool that I use countless times every, single, day: fzf ( https://github.com/junegunn/fzf ) I can only wonder how much time fzf has saved me in the long term. In terms of "software that I don't use for writing software", iA Writer is probably what I am most grateful for.

fzf is awesome :) My favorite fzf usage (but not the most often used) is this alias I put in my ~/.gitconfig file frbi = "!f() { git rebase -i $(git log --pretty=oneline --color=always | fzf --ansi | cut -d ' ' -f1)^ ; }; f" So I do: git frbi (which to me means Fzf ReBase Interactive) And then can easily pick what commit I will use as my starting point for doing some rebase work.

Going to use this, thanks! How do I limit it to N number of commits?

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by [deleted] »

falcor84 wrote: post #234
legrande wrote: post #3

This reminds me of Steve Jobs' email to himself. In 2010 he wrote: I grow little of the food I eat, and of the little I do grow I did not breed or perfect the seeds. I do not make any of my own clothing. I speak a language I did not invent or refine. I did not discover the mathematics I use. I am protected by freedoms and laws I did not conceive of or legislate, and do not enforce or adjudicate. I am moved by music I…

This is probably the most elaborate humblebrag I've ever seen.

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Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by andrepd »

legrande wrote: post #3

This reminds me of Steve Jobs' email to himself. In 2010 he wrote: I grow little of the food I eat, and of the little I do grow I did not breed or perfect the seeds. I do not make any of my own clothing. I speak a language I did not invent or refine. I did not discover the mathematics I use. I am protected by freedoms and laws I did not conceive of or legislate, and do not enforce or adjudicate. I am moved by music I…

A nice reminder of the absurdity of the narrative of the "self-made man".
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