silasmariner

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[โ€“] silasmariner@programming.dev 7 points 6 months ago (5 children)

And I'd be thrilled if that material were quarantined somewhere ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] silasmariner@programming.dev 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why use grub at all? If your laptop is compatible why not use rEFInd or something?

[โ€“] silasmariner@programming.dev 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If serantek jumped of a bridge would you do it?

Hah weird I've been feeling the opposite - like, it feels like there's more content on here than when I joined, ain't that weird. Although maybe I'm using 'stuff I like' and 'upvotes' as a metric and you're using "community and interaction" maybe? Would seem to make some kind of sense

[โ€“] silasmariner@programming.dev 22 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Well that was unexpectedly epic

I often dream of trains - Robyn Hitchcock

wree people really expecting to find that content on PornHub?

Welcome to the internet ๐Ÿ˜‚ where people constantly disappoint/surprise you (what word is that? Dissurprise? Disurprint?

Yeah these articles are boring and there's no substance to them. Much like everything generated by AI lol

[โ€“] silasmariner@programming.dev 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Right up until you try to use some standard Linux tool like sed and all the flags are wonky. Never understood that, is that something to do with MacOS's BSD ancestry? Idk.

For a younger age range you might be right, but in general that's not true; the approximation via a Fourier series is definitely something we teach kids. We don't generally expect people to be able to actually calculate it at the speed of a calculator, sure, but at least it's tested whether they can derive the expansion.

[โ€“] silasmariner@programming.dev 172 points 9 months ago (27 children)

Producer of calculators says kids don't need to learn maths, they just need a calculator

[โ€“] silasmariner@programming.dev 33 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

It must be nice to work in a place that won't mind if you arrive drenched in sweat.

coughs nervously in works-from-home

But yeah, it's more weather dependent for sure

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