daswerth · HackerTrans

The idea that someone should refrain from publishing a blog post about _anything_ unless they are a certifiable expert is not reasonable. Many people (correctly) write to learn, and even if they are publishing just to "present themselves as experts", it's on the reader to determine value.

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Can anyone compare Zellij with Byobu? Seems like it was the previous "new hotness".

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What documentary are you talking about?

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Reminds me of this all-time great SNL skit: Romano Tours (https://youtu.be/TbwlC2B-BIg?si=RfxR6b8oQW4JOJA2)

  "We can take you on a hike... We cannot turn you into somebody who likes hiking."

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> This is true of most of almost all living technogies.

It's not really true for any other programming language. If I'm an expert in Java 8, I can build and ship a product using it. I don't need to be up-to-date in my knowledge of Java 17. Same holds for almost every language.

Javascript is an exception because you don't get to decide which version to deploy, so you have to constantly be keeping up with it.

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Is there a trustworthy guide on this?

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For real. I did some reading to try to understand the rationale. I _think_ Free File is a general program which lots of "services" can participate in, including TurboTax. Direct File is akin to (but maybe not actually the same as) a IRS offering in the Free File program.

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https://www.irs.gov/about-irs/strategic-plan/direct-file

Not to be confused with IRS Free File

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I really like this. Does just what it should.

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Not sure if it's meant to be a joke, but the site for that responsive preview boookmarklet does Not look right on mobile. The title text spills off the right side of my screen.

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It's definition 1 in the link you shared:

    Any apparently useless activity which, by allowing one to overcome intermediate difficulties, allows one to solve a larger problem.

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> very nuanced problem fanned by vested interests and hence passing a blanket bill without understanding the issues involved can actually do more harm than good

I'm very interested to understand the "more harm than good" part, but the firstpost article you linked doesn't touch on them at all. The article seems to be focused on how the special interests groups are pushing their special interests.

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