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  1. Comment on Mechanical keyboards, anyone? in ~hobbies

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    I’m over here with my near end game hhkb with blanks. I wasn’t a believer until I tried it and I can’t get used to any other layout, which can be awkward when moving my laptop around at work but...

    I’m over here with my near end game hhkb with blanks. I wasn’t a believer until I tried it and I can’t get used to any other layout, which can be awkward when moving my laptop around at work but oh well, worth it!

    I also got lucky enough to grab a kosmo last year so its almost complete.

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  2. Comment on What's something you're good at? And what advice to you have for those who aren't good at this thing? in ~talk

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    I would second this, but make sure you have a solid grasp on the fundamentals because going through and doing them a second time to refresh or fill in knowledge gaps can become painful down the...

    I would second this, but make sure you have a solid grasp on the fundamentals because going through and doing them a second time to refresh or fill in knowledge gaps can become painful down the line. But that advice about building something you’re interested in is definitely very important, it attaches you to the craft like nothing else.

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  3. Comment on What was the worst job you had, and what made it terrible? What makes a job a good job? in ~talk

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    I worked in a factory that assembled sections of news papers so that people could assemble them later and deliver them. The job took place between midnight and 8am and we worked over time a lot...

    I worked in a factory that assembled sections of news papers so that people could assemble them later and deliver them. The job took place between midnight and 8am and we worked over time a lot since they were always behind. Life kept getting more and more banal as the days went on, a lack of sun will do that I’m sure.

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  4. Comment on What was the worst job you had, and what made it terrible? What makes a job a good job? in ~talk

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    Having only seen the nothern candian winters twice I can’t imagine having to be out in that, let alone collecting carts.

    Having only seen the nothern candian winters twice I can’t imagine having to be out in that, let alone collecting carts.

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  5. Comment on Reducing memory allocations from 7.5GB to 32KB in ~comp

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    Do you have any place where someone can read further into this? I can definitely see myself not changing my approach when trying to parse huge files compared to reordering small amounts of data as...

    Do you have any place where someone can read further into this? I can definitely see myself not changing my approach when trying to parse huge files compared to reordering small amounts of data as they come in.

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  6. Comment on Alternatives to Google as a Search Engine? in ~tech

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    I think a terminal type of search would be quite interesting, however results would be awkward to parse. Unless you mean that you could just do the searching in a terminal-like interface in which...

    I think a terminal type of search would be quite interesting, however results would be awkward to parse. Unless you mean that you could just do the searching in a terminal-like interface in which case never mind.

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