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  1. Comment on Book recommendation request: Fantasy book about university similar to The Name of the Wind? in ~books

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    Brent Weeks' Lightbringer series might work for you. It's not amazing, but it's easy reading and reasonably fun.

    Brent Weeks' Lightbringer series might work for you. It's not amazing, but it's easy reading and reasonably fun.

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  2. Comment on A lesson un-learned: two "influencers" drown after refusing to wear life jackets so not to ruin their tans in ~tech

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    The real influencer is the one who wears the life jacket, makes it look good, and influences others to do the same.

    The real influencer is the one who wears the life jacket, makes it look good, and influences others to do the same.

    11 votes

  3. Comment on You're running for office on a somewhat petty, yet univerally-understood single issue. What is it? in ~talk

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    End daylight savings. Worldwide. It's a dumb enough tradition on a local level, but when you have different places doing it on different dates it just gets dumber. (Is it five hours or six hours...

    End daylight savings. Worldwide. It's a dumb enough tradition on a local level, but when you have different places doing it on different dates it just gets dumber. (Is it five hours or six hours time difference between London, ON and London, UK this week? How about next week? Maybe it's four?)

    7 votes

  4. Comment on Scientists say they've invented a speaker that "mutes" annoying people in ~science

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    Seems like this using a sledgehammer to crack a grape.

    Seems like this using a sledgehammer to crack a grape.

    3 votes

  5. Comment on Yes, you can measure software developer productivity in ~tech

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    I work with legacy code. Sometimes it takes days to locate a bug and then it's fixed with a few small changes. To be released, the change needs to go through a QA process which adds on more hours....

    I work with legacy code. Sometimes it takes days to locate a bug and then it's fixed with a few small changes. To be released, the change needs to go through a QA process which adds on more hours.

    For dozens of hours of work, all you have to show for it is a two byte change in file size. There's no metric you can use from my output to measure my productivity.

    The business side on the other hand, somehow doesn't have an issue occurring anymore that used to crop up all the time, so their productivity, and their metrics, are way up.

    5 votes

  6. Comment on Dad jokes - I'm in need of something fresh in ~life.men

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    Why was the linguist sad? Because the past was imperfect.

    Why was the linguist sad? Because the past was imperfect.

    7 votes

  7. Comment on Bosses dislike work-from-home but suspect they’re stuck with it in ~finance

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    I recently started a 100% remote (programming) job and, yes, the onboarding probably took a little longer. The company is really good about it: I've offered to go to the office for a while if it...

    I recently started a 100% remote (programming) job and, yes, the onboarding probably took a little longer. The company is really good about it: I've offered to go to the office for a while if it would be helpful, but they are happy with the way things are. (Me too; it's about four hours away, so I would have to get a hotel).

    Anyway, I definitely work harder, longer, and more diligently from home than I ever did from an office.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on komorebi - A tiling window manager for Windows 10+ in ~comp

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    Sounds like it would be a pain if you don't have it set up just right. I could see myself wiling away hours trying to get it to behave in a particular way.

    Sounds like it would be a pain if you don't have it set up just right. I could see myself wiling away hours trying to get it to behave in a particular way.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on The small web and minimalist websites - what are your thoughts and experiences? in ~tech

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    I was distinguishing primitive from minimal; as in the 'primitive' page is only minimal because the author was too lazy to make it otherwise and the laziness extended to not bothering with things...

    I was distinguishing primitive from minimal; as in the 'primitive' page is only minimal because the author was too lazy to make it otherwise and the laziness extended to not bothering with things like alt tags in the pictures or properly linking labels to inputs.

    A page that is minimal because the author made the effort to make the user experience good without any bloat is a different matter. I agree such pages will usually be more accessible.

  10. Comment on komorebi - A tiling window manager for Windows 10+ in ~comp

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    What sort of things is this useful for that the built in snap features don't come close to providing? I have multiple monitors and multiple desktops); I sometimes think it would be nice to have...

    What sort of things is this useful for that the built in snap features don't come close to providing?

    I have multiple monitors and multiple desktops); I sometimes think it would be nice to have the same window in different places on different desktops (not two windows from the same app, but the exact same window in different positions - and potentially different sizes) - but I doubt that's possible. So maybe hotkeys to rearrange windows would be a way to simulate this.

    4 votes

  11. Comment on Fortnightly Programming Q&A Thread in ~comp

  12. Comment on Fortnightly Programming Q&A Thread in ~comp

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    The most useful 'trick' is learning to move around in the file efficiently and the more straightforward editor commands. A cheatsheet is a must; a physical copy may be better than having a spare...

    The most useful 'trick' is learning to move around in the file efficiently and the more straightforward editor commands. A cheatsheet is a must; a physical copy may be better than having a spare window available so you can refer to it constantly and it does need to be constantly. In the beginning, it will be quicker to press the right arrow a bunch than to look up and use the specific one or two keystrokes to move to the the next word, or what have you, but persevere and always try to do whatever you are doing with the least number of keystrokes. Initially, everything will take so much longer and you will keep losing your focus on whatever it is you are actually trying to achieve but, eventually, it will become ingrained and you will be so much faster (it's like going from a hunt and peck typist to a touch typist).

    There's some games that allow you to learn these keystrokes in a fun way - but you need to make sure you use vim frequently to maintain it, otherwise it'll all be forgotten a few days/weeks after you stop playing the game. e.g. https://vim-adventures.com/ and http://www.vimgenius.com/

    3 votes

  13. Comment on The small web and minimalist websites - what are your thoughts and experiences? in ~tech

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    Minimalist is good, but at the same time a site needs to be functional and efficient - and sometimes that will take a bunch of CSS and JavaScript. Also, it's important that accessibility doesn't...

    Minimalist is good, but at the same time a site needs to be functional and efficient - and sometimes that will take a bunch of CSS and JavaScript.

    Also, it's important that accessibility doesn't take a backseat (which it often does with primitive websites).

    I like OP's distinction that he's lauding minimalist design - that is, actively designed to be be minimal in nature - as opposed to minimal design (i.e. lacking design) or just minimalist (i.e. lacking something it really should have).

    I'm a big fan of the design of http://xkcd.com/ (also a fan of the humour, of course).

    4 votes

  14. Comment on What are your favourite lightweight websites? in ~tech

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    http://xkcd.com/ The humour is hit and miss - but the hits can be out of the ballpark, and the misses only waste a few seconds of your day (unless you go to http://explainxkcd.com to try and...

    http://xkcd.com/

    The humour is hit and miss - but the hits can be out of the ballpark, and the misses only waste a few seconds of your day (unless you go to http://explainxkcd.com to try and understand it).

    Very minimal and only unobtrusive advertising (of the authors own works).

    1 vote