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How to Become Unhealthy in One Week

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2 points·by not-so-darkstar·7 месяцев назад·3 comments

Ask HN: Which domain name registrar do you use?

5 points·by not-so-darkstar·7 месяцев назад·9 comments

Ask HN: Jews in Computer Science

3 points·by not-so-darkstar·8 месяцев назад·5 comments

Ask HN: Vim, Emacs and the time spent configuring

2 points·by not-so-darkstar·8 месяцев назад·5 comments

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not-so-darkstar
·6 месяцев назад·discuss
>I built a genetic algorithm simulator with interactive visualizations showing evolution in real-time including complex fitness functions, selection pressure, mutation rates, and more in 1 day. I didn't write a single line of the code.

I'm really trying to understand this. From a learner point of view this is useless because you aren't learning anything. From an entrepreneur point of view it's useless too, I suppose? I wouldn't ship something I'm not 100% sure about how it works.
not-so-darkstar
·7 месяцев назад·discuss
Don't worry about it! I hope it also prevented you from getting your daily amount of vitamin D
not-so-darkstar
·7 месяцев назад·discuss
very good stuff, thanks
not-so-darkstar
·7 месяцев назад·discuss
The only way to understand compilers is to have already written one.
not-so-darkstar
·7 месяцев назад·discuss
goes hard
not-so-darkstar
·7 месяцев назад·discuss
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not-so-darkstar
·7 месяцев назад·discuss
it follows the UNIX philosophy of doing one thing and donig it well.
not-so-darkstar
·7 месяцев назад·discuss
very thoughtful response, thank you.
not-so-darkstar
·7 месяцев назад·discuss
i see they provide WHOIS privacy for free, great! i'm worried about exposing my personal information on the internet.

do people really put their personal address there?
not-so-darkstar
·7 месяцев назад·discuss
Yeah, he should also define "you". Is he talking about me, you or himself?
not-so-darkstar
·7 месяцев назад·discuss
With all the new CLI tools it looks like the opposite to me. For example the ag, ack, rg history.

VS Code still has the same style from 2018.
not-so-darkstar
·7 месяцев назад·discuss
I don't think terminal multiplexers (even Zellij which claims not to be one) make the experience better. They make it worse, actually, because when you have a problem there's one more thing to keep track of: Your terminal emulator, your terminal multiplexer and your TUI.

A decent terminal emulator like kitty solves all of this.
not-so-darkstar
·7 месяцев назад·discuss
Another fellow GVim user?
not-so-darkstar
·7 месяцев назад·discuss
I didn't understand much of you said but it sounded mathy so I'm going to reply with a counterexample, just look up on youtube Russ Cox solving AoC with Acme and tell me that's not impressive!

By the way, using a GUI doesn't automatically using the mouse for everything, think of GVim or Emacs. the problem with terminal emulators is the emulating part, where they are forced to comply with the idiotic rules from the '70s.
not-so-darkstar
·7 месяцев назад·discuss
I don't understand the idea to make everything terminal-centric. It should be one component of all the tools available to the programmer.

All text editors worth using have a way to open a terminal for that one time you need it, everything else should be a GUI (with all the advantages that come with it).
not-so-darkstar
·8 месяцев назад·discuss
I too found it pretty funny
not-so-darkstar
·8 месяцев назад·discuss
it's a joke
not-so-darkstar
·8 месяцев назад·discuss
why is it so common then? does everyone have a procrastination problem?
not-so-darkstar
·9 месяцев назад·discuss
what do you think about ctags? i think when trying to understand a codebase for the first time a tool to quickly look up definitions, etc. helps immensively