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Comment on Megathread for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in ~sports.football
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Comment on Why is Elon Musk doing what he is to Twitter? in ~tech
opcode Link ParentYep, this sums it up pretty well. The thing about Elon is that he's not actually a genius, didn't actually found Tesla, isn't actually an engineer, etc. He's just a medium talent guy who got lucky...Yep, this sums it up pretty well.
The thing about Elon is that he's not actually a genius, didn't actually found Tesla, isn't actually an engineer, etc.
He's just a medium talent guy who got lucky with Paypal and bought into Tesla and rode that to riches.
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Comment on How does everyone feel about immersive simulation games? Anyone have any sim recommendations that aren't Arkane? in ~games
opcode LinkAny flight simmers here? I used to be heavily involved in IL-2 SturmovikAny flight simmers here? I used to be heavily involved in IL-2 Sturmovik
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Comment on Nostalgia -- what programs do you miss? in ~tech
opcode Link ParentI'm not sure. I know someone who works for Beeper and they're going to launch out of closed beta soon(tm).I'm not sure. I know someone who works for Beeper and they're going to launch out of closed beta soon(tm).
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Comment on Nostalgia -- what programs do you miss? in ~tech
opcode Link ParentThere's Beeper, which is sort of today's Trillian. It uses Matrix on the backend to bridge everything into one app and achieve cross-device sync.Are IM programs still a thing anymore or did FB Messanger and texting swallow them up?
There's Beeper, which is sort of today's Trillian. It uses Matrix on the backend to bridge everything into one app and achieve cross-device sync.
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Comment on Share your favorite pie recipes in ~food
opcode LinkHonestly, the Tenderflake recipe but with a quarter cup less flour is pretty close to the best crust.Honestly, the Tenderflake recipe but with a quarter cup less flour is pretty close to the best crust.
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Comment on What game(s) do you love that you never see brought up in conversation? in ~games
opcode LinkStarsiege: Tribes as well as Tribes 2. Possibly the best FPS titles ever made.Starsiege: Tribes as well as Tribes 2.
Possibly the best FPS titles ever made.
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Comment on What happened in 1971? (various graphs of U.S. economic data, showing turning points in or around 1971) in ~finance
opcode LinkThis again. The author is pretty clearly Libertarian or at least Libertarian-adjacent in their political leanings and pretty clearly is trying to argue in a circumspect sort of way that it's the...This again.
The author is pretty clearly Libertarian or at least Libertarian-adjacent in their political leanings and pretty clearly is trying to argue in a circumspect sort of way that it's the termination of the "gold standard" (i.e. the end of direct convertibility of the greenback to gold) that has caused all these things.
But it's a simplistic argument. Clearly the woes afflicting modern society are manifold and also have multiple causes that switching to $shitcoin_du_jour will certainly not address.
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Comment on What password management solution do you use and why? in ~tech
opcode LinkI used to do exactly this, and it worked great for my use case. Then my wife finally realized she needed a password manager, and she's a little too "normie" to use syncthing and keepassXC/DX so I...For a long time now, I have been using KeePassXC for desktops and KeePassDX for Android. I keep everything synchronized neatly with Syncthing, which can be configured to operate over your WiFi or the internet through their gateways. This allows me to share a single KeePass file with another individual, provided I tell them the password.
I used to do exactly this, and it worked great for my use case. Then my wife finally realized she needed a password manager, and she's a little too "normie" to use syncthing and keepassXC/DX so I migrated to a 1password setup. It's a superior UX, to be frank, plus 1password has "shared vaults" so you can trivially share passwords with your significant other.
I am unlikely to go back to keepass/syncthing-based solutions despite the cost.
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Comment on Do C programmers usually create and curate a personal library for their own use? in ~comp
opcode Link ParentIt's always been my understanding that PHP, Python, Rust, et al developed their respective package ecosystems as a direct response to the wild west nature of C, Fortran, Lisp and other...It's always been my understanding that PHP, Python, Rust, et al developed their respective package ecosystems as a direct response to the wild west nature of C, Fortran, Lisp and other predecessors. Though Fortran and Lisp, notably, have package managers nowadays.
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Comment on How would I determine which plants fix which nutrients into soil? Any resources? in ~hobbies
opcode Link ParentYes, and how to go about this is what I'm askingI personally would start with learning what the nutrients both micro and macro that plants you want to grow will need.
Yes, and how to go about this is what I'm asking
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Comment on How would I determine which plants fix which nutrients into soil? Any resources? in ~hobbies
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Comment on How would I determine which plants fix which nutrients into soil? Any resources? in ~hobbies
opcode Link ParentInteresting, I assumed there was more to it than just nitrogen.Interesting, I assumed there was more to it than just nitrogen.
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How would I determine which plants fix which nutrients into soil? Any resources?
I'm very on board with the concept of permaculture, and while I understand the concepts I don't have a good intuition for which plants fix which nutrients. For example suppose I grow basil in my...
I'm very on board with the concept of permaculture, and while I understand the concepts I don't have a good intuition for which plants fix which nutrients. For example suppose I grow basil in my herb garden.
How do I figure out which nutrients it will eventually deplete? How do I figure out a good buddy crop(s) to replenish those nutrients?
Any permaculturists out there that can point me in the right direction?
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Comment on What do you use for note taking/writing? in ~creative
opcode LinkI use pencil (not pen) and paper. Specifically I use either Mars Staedtler or Blackwing 602 pencils and A5-sized Midori MD notebooks. I use the Midori notebooks because they come without covers,...I use pencil (not pen) and paper.
Specifically I use either Mars Staedtler or Blackwing 602 pencils and A5-sized Midori MD notebooks.
I use the Midori notebooks because they come without covers, so they lie flat on the table even if you're near the end. They're high quality paper and stand up well to reasonable wear and tear.
I use pencils because they're superior in almost every way to pens, yet we're acclimatized to view them as children's things.
I take notes in a minimalist variant of bullet journaling. If you remove all the Etsy-level shit with midliners and washi tape and elaborate "spreads", bullet journaling is a fantastic tool/system.
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Comment on What does your self-hosted server setup look like? in ~comp
opcode LinkI've got everything split between a PCengines APU and an old gaming PC to which I added six platter drives in RAID 10. The former hosts a small IRC network where my IOT-type devices send alerts...I've got everything split between a PCengines APU and an old gaming PC to which I added six platter drives in RAID 10.
The former hosts a small IRC network where my IOT-type devices send alerts and logs to a channel, as well has hosting the Unifi wlan controller software, a syncthing node, and a few other things.
The latter is basically a media server.
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Comment on I want to learn programming in ~comp
opcode Link ParentDifficult to see. Always in motion, the future is. One thing is for sure is that tools like GitHub Copilot are only going to improve, and productivity will likewise also increase. I'm an aerospace...Difficult to see. Always in motion, the future is.
One thing is for sure is that tools like GitHub Copilot are only going to improve, and productivity will likewise also increase.
I'm an aerospace engineer by education, and they saw the similar thing in my industry before I was born, when the advent of CAD tools meant what used to take a whole floor of draftsmen a week now takes me an afternoon with a laptop.
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Comment on I want to learn programming in ~comp
opcode Link ParentThere's no such guide I'm aware of. "Software" as a field is too broad and vast. Maybe try your hand at a few different types of coding. Do you play any video games? Make a mod. That's how I got...Hopefully I'll develop some interest once I start learning something, but that lead us back to the issue of "in order to chose what to learn, I need to know what I want to get into first". It's a catch-22. Maybe if there's some kind of guide for potential fields, what's required and what to expect entering those fields, etc. to serve as a starting point.
There's no such guide I'm aware of. "Software" as a field is too broad and vast.
Maybe try your hand at a few different types of coding. Do you play any video games? Make a mod. That's how I got my start; making custom servers for Ultima Online via a community-developed emulator.
Got any hobbies? Make a website about them.
What you said about no easy money for novice also worries me. I don't need high pay or anything like that, as long as it's enough to survive. Though with the recent layoffs and the future prospect of AI cutting off opportunities for low level jobs, it doesn't seem there's much hope for outsiders like me.
Look at it this way: "AI" might change the field, but actually typing the code into the computer isn't the hard part, and that's the part that chatGPT and friends are good at automating.
There was a brief period where you could do a "javascript bootcamp" and learn the absolute basics of web development in 2 weeks, and there were companies out there who would pay you high five figures with nothing else under your belt. Those days are over for a multitude of reasons, of which AI is only one. The field itself will persist, but you're unlikely to get a development job at Google with only a bootcamp certificate.
If you're a lab technician, does your lab have any custom in-house tooling? For example there was a post on hacker news a while ago about someone whose shop used a raspberry pi to automate and interface with a bunch of test equipment, and of course that means someone wrote the code that manages that interaction.
You could see if there's anything similar in your workplace, where the venn diagrams of what you already do and software overlap.
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Comment on I want to learn programming in ~comp
opcode LinkThe link that @cfabbro posted has some good resources, but I want to caution that the days of companies throwing bags of money at novice programmers are probably over. Your friends are correct....I currently don't know anything about programming so am considering picking this up on the side in case I loose my current job and need a backup plan. Anyone knows any good books or online courses or anything else for self-learning?
The link that @cfabbro posted has some good resources, but I want to caution that the days of companies throwing bags of money at novice programmers are probably over.
My friends said programming is too broad a subject and what you need to learn depends heavily on what fields you want to go in, which I'm ashamed to admit also know nothing about. So I guess I need some career advice too if possible.
Your friends are correct. Programming is a vast field, and the various subsets require different skill sets. Perhaps you would get more relevant advice if you shared what your current field and interests are?
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Comment on The ideal backend language to write web apps in 2023? in ~comp
opcode LinkNo love for Common Lisp? As a learning experience I wrote myself a little checklist/TODO webapp using a framework called CLOG. It's amazing how productive you can be with the right tools.No love for Common Lisp? As a learning experience I wrote myself a little checklist/TODO webapp using a framework called CLOG. It's amazing how productive you can be with the right tools.
Where can I find full replays? I'm in the PNW so the matches are very early in the morning here.