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voxpoplar wrote
Reply to Did Uber Steal Google’s Intellectual Property? (That doesn't matter the rest of the article is a journey) by devtesla
every paragraph I read makes me hate silicon valley more
neku wrote
Reply to Panasonic's human blinkers help people concentrate in open-plan offices [cw... dystopia?] by hollyhoppet
i guess its cheaper to make your employees wear horse blinkers than it is to design your office in such a way that actually promotes productivity. how humiliating
mm_ wrote
Reply to The Magic Leap Con by devtesla
lool i loved watching tech ppl defend this whenever someone posted negatively
Moonside wrote
This almost feels like a joke somehow.
hollyhoppet wrote
I kinda feel bad for the indie tabletop scene but god I'm also ecstatic it'll finally move away from g+
devtesla OP wrote
Reply to D O D E C A H E D R O N I n s i d e by devtesla
PLEASE,
PURCHASE THE
D O D E C A H E D R O N
Moonside wrote
Reply to D O D E C A H E D R O N I n s i d e by devtesla
I bet they just ran out of nine sided platonic solids to use for packaging.
twovests wrote
Reply to I’m so jealous of cs students these days cause back in my day we didn’t have stackoverflow by hollyhoppet
you're absolutely valid
Moonside wrote
Here's a most relevant essay by Umberto Eco: http://www.simongrant.org/web/eco.html
Macintosh is catholic and MS-DOS is protestant.
voxpoplar OP wrote
Reply to comment by hollyhoppet in Doing Windows, Part 1: MS-DOS and Its Discontents by voxpoplar
whoops
hollyhoppet wrote (edited )
heads up in case this wasn't intended: the post links to a footnote instead of the top of the article
Moonside wrote
Reply to Linus Torvalds made an actual legit apology for his abusive behaviours and is taking time off to find assistance for it by hollyhoppet
I didn't read the whole of Torvalds' post as I zoned out from the technical details, but the apology basically oozes Finnishness at every point. Lack of emotional intelligence or plain old disagreeableness is not by any means a national characteristic, but a brand of earnestness and directness is.
musou wrote
Reply to Linus Torvalds made an actual legit apology for his abusive behaviours and is taking time off to find assistance for it by hollyhoppet
it would honestly be so awesome if linux kernel dev was someday a functional free software project instead of a horrible black hole of human suffering
devtesla OP wrote
Reply to comment by musou in A Spectre is Haunting Unicode by devtesla
look at these cool ghosts 幽霊👻字
musou wrote
Reply to A Spectre is Haunting Unicode by devtesla
👻
cute_spider_ni_srsly wrote
Reply to comment by devtesla in A Spectre is Haunting Unicode by devtesla
Aaaahaha yes that makes sense.
devtesla OP wrote
Reply to comment by cute_spider_ni_srsly in A Spectre is Haunting Unicode by devtesla
yo check out the links at the bottom they invented yoaki for them
cute_spider_ni_srsly wrote
Reply to A Spectre is Haunting Unicode by devtesla
well dang, I can't wait to see what japanese gen z does with the new characters. That's some seriously untapped potential.
neku wrote
i understood about half of that article but i liked it! i want someone to interview his wife to see her perspective on his weird project
devtesla OP wrote
that stuff is less expensive than it looks but that's still thousands of dollars lmao
hollyhoppet OP wrote
Reply to comment by musou in "Stylish" browser extension steals all your internet history | Robert Heaton by hollyhoppet
Right??? Ugh
musou wrote
Reply to "Stylish" browser extension steals all your internet history | Robert Heaton by hollyhoppet
well shit
mm_ wrote
yea this is so affirming to have some proof of this, also every time computers get faster it just gives programmers an excuse to use a more bloated framework adn the performance evens out
Moonside OP wrote
I've read the original write up by Luu himself earlier, but honestly I think this is a better for everyone but the most nerdy of us.
cat wrote (edited )
Reply to Incomplete List of Mistakes in the Design of CSS [CSS Working Group Wiki] by devtesla
if css is so good, why isnt there a CSS and the Order of the Phoenix