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  1. Comment on How do you organize your Linux packages? in ~comp

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    I don't understand why it sends a red flag to you that I want to try something, but still thanks for the advice. And for containers in general, I dockerize all my projects anyway. I just like to...

    I don't understand why it sends a red flag to you that I want to try something, but still thanks for the advice. And for containers in general, I dockerize all my projects anyway. I just like to have a lot of stuff outside of containers. For example, Go and Node so that I can quickly test some stuff in my terminal.

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  2. Comment on How do you organize your Linux packages? in ~comp

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    Yeah, dev containers sound interesting and I will probably try them at some point.

    Yeah, dev containers sound interesting and I will probably try them at some point.

  3. Comment on How do you organize your Linux packages? in ~comp

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    I didn't hear good things about it, though.

    I didn't hear good things about it, though.

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  4. Comment on How do you organize your Linux packages? in ~comp

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    I didn't know about Stow, thanks a lot. :)

    I didn't know about Stow, thanks a lot.

    and pinky promise it's fine to run it with sudo

    :)

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  5. Comment on How do you organize your Linux packages? in ~comp

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    That's a fantastic idea, thank you. Also thanks for your advice in general, it sounds reasonable. And yes, Homebrew is probably the best reason to develop with a Mac. It's great.

    I have a small script that sets all my important bitwarden secrets to ENV variables when I need to. It works well enough for my purposes.

    That's a fantastic idea, thank you. Also thanks for your advice in general, it sounds reasonable. And yes, Homebrew is probably the best reason to develop with a Mac. It's great.

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  6. How do you organize your Linux packages?

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    Hello everyone. I am planning to get back into Linux development after working with Mac only for almost a decade. On Mac, one of the most important lessons that I learned was to always use...

    Hello everyone.

    I am planning to get back into Linux development after working with Mac only for almost a decade. On Mac, one of the most important lessons that I learned was to always use Homebrew. Using various package managers (e.g. Homebrew, NPM, Yarn, Pip, etc.) creates situations in which you don't know how to uninstall or upgrade certain pieces of software. Also, it's hard to generate a complete overview.

    How do you Linux folks handle this?

    Bonus question: How do you manage your dotfiles securely? I use Bitwarden, and it's a bit clunky.

    If that helps, I want to try Mint and always use Oh My ZSH!.

    5 votes

  7. Comment on Honest Question: Why did PHP remove dynamic properties in 8.x? in ~comp

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    I've been using PHP for almost 25 years (12 of them professionally) and I think this is a great change. I encountered many bugs caused by dynamic properties and assume this will improve general...

    I've been using PHP for almost 25 years (12 of them professionally) and I think this is a great change. I encountered many bugs caused by dynamic properties and assume this will improve general PHP code quality quite a bit. Being explicit is a great thing.

    In general, I'm super happy with what PHP has become. I don't think the language is as good as Go or other alternatives (and wish typing was stronger or that we could get generics without Psalm), but modern PHP is indeed nice to work with.

    Edit: Another thing the proposal mentions is that this will improve static analysis. I think this is very important moving forward, as Psalm, Phpstan, and other tools still miss a lot of (potential) errors.

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  8. Comment on Best news sources and blogs to keep you informed about IT and Software Development in ~comp

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    I think newsletters are a great way to stay informed. Here are some I enjoy: JetBrains newsletters (the PHP newsletter is very, very good) Off-by-one serverless newsletter (This is an excellent...

    I think newsletters are a great way to stay informed. Here are some I enjoy:

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  9. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

  10. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    My personal workout app is now in beta, see https://www.interval-workout.com/ It's not supposed to be yet another SAAS product. Instead, it's supposed to help me with my workouts. I've been doing...

    My personal workout app is now in beta, see https://www.interval-workout.com/

    It's not supposed to be yet another SAAS product. Instead, it's supposed to help me with my workouts. I've been doing body weight interval training for years, and I somehow dislike all the apps that I tired. My requirements are so simple and yet no app (that I know) fulfills them. I just want something that's quick to configure, works on all my devices and doesn't track me. Plus, it was an excuse to do some frontend stuff.

    So, there you go. Freel free to use it as well. Feedback is welcome, though I must say I probably won't accept feature request... unless I'd want to use the feature as well.

    7 votes

  11. Comment on React: Some comments from a beginner in ~comp

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    Can you explain this a little bit more? What exactly does not feel like "programming" about frontend? (If you mean framesets and tables for layouting then I agree...) What is your specialty language?

    React makes front end work a lot more like programming -- I like that

    Can you explain this a little bit more? What exactly does not feel like "programming" about frontend? (If you mean framesets and tables for layouting then I agree...)

    I feel sad that I will likely forget it all when I go back to my specialty language.

    What is your specialty language?

    3 votes

  12. Comment on Song lyrics are getting more repetitive, angrier in ~music

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    Excellent point. Yes, I also like prog, though I strongly prefer thrash, death, and melo death with some power metal thrown into the mix, just for fun. What I feel is watered down are the metal...

    Excellent point. Yes, I also like prog, though I strongly prefer thrash, death, and melo death with some power metal thrown into the mix, just for fun. What I feel is watered down are the metal charts. If I want to discover new things, I listen to those. But maybe this is very skewed because core and modern metal is so popular. Or, as I said, it may very well be just an unjustified feeling.

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  13. Comment on Song lyrics are getting more repetitive, angrier in ~music

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    As a metalhead, I definitely contribute to latter trend. I dislike the "more repetitive" part, though. I also feel like modern music sometimes feels like it's watered down (and not only metal, but...

    As a metalhead, I definitely contribute to latter trend. I dislike the "more repetitive" part, though. I also feel like modern music sometimes feels like it's watered down (and not only metal, but also pop). But that may just be me getting old.

    5 votes

  14. Comment on Slay the Spire 2 | Reveal trailer in ~games

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    Oh, this is exciting. I love roguelike deck builders – and StS is the best one out there.

    Oh, this is exciting. I love roguelike deck builders – and StS is the best one out there.

    4 votes

  15. Comment on Noam Chomsky: The false promise of ChatGPT in ~tech

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    I studied linguistics and web technology, and this was a running gag in some linguistics courses... I can't deny that he's had his moments of brilliance, though.

    As expected, he trots out Universal Grammar because what kind of Chomsky opinion piece would it be without at least a passing reference to it, even when it has just about zero relevance.

    I studied linguistics and web technology, and this was a running gag in some linguistics courses... I can't deny that he's had his moments of brilliance, though.

    7 votes

  16. Comment on Germany legalizes recreational cannabis use in ~news

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    Oh, I'm sorry, I thought this was obvious because of the context. I'm German. Thanks for your response, it sounds reasonable. I love Denmark and visit it almost every year and I also feel like...

    "Our" newspapers - where are you from?

    Oh, I'm sorry, I thought this was obvious because of the context. I'm German.

    Thanks for your response, it sounds reasonable. I love Denmark and visit it almost every year and I also feel like most of the Danes are much more open and less conservative than the average German. (Although maybe Berlin and other big cities are the exception here.)

    The German self-understanding is also that we have a pretty progressive and open country. We also have strong social support systems (although we're definitely not a welfare state), are (supposedly) gay-friendly and have a somewhat diverse population. Then again, our population is not that diverse, we have very strong far-right forces in our country, and Germans have a certain "everything is better in Germany" or "this would never have happened in Germany" mentality.

    As for Germany's perception of Denmark, there is usually a lot of respect towards Scandinavian countries in general. Especially your educational system is admired here. However, German newspapers (even those I consider good) tend to mostly report negative things about our smaller neighbours – such as Denmark's recent far-right policies that you have mentioned. (Germany in general seems to be only interested in France and Poland and doesn't pay too much attention to our other neighbours. At least that's the feeling I get when reading the news.)

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  17. Comment on Germany legalizes recreational cannabis use in ~news

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    Oh, that surprises me. From our newspapers, I often get the feeling that Denmark is more conservative than Germany. How do you feel about that? Do you think there's some truth to this?

    Oh, that surprises me. From our newspapers, I often get the feeling that Denmark is more conservative than Germany. How do you feel about that? Do you think there's some truth to this?

    3 votes

  18. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I'm currently writing a tabata/HIIT training app, mostly for myself. It's almost finished, and I really like it so far. What sets it apart from all competitors I found so far is that it's clean....

    I'm currently writing a tabata/HIIT training app, mostly for myself. It's almost finished, and I really like it so far. What sets it apart from all competitors I found so far is that it's clean. It's only got the functionality I actually need. Also, I think it looks nice.

  19. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms by George R. R. Martin. It's much more light-hearted than ASOIAF but has all the elements that make the main series so good. I love it.

    A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms by George R. R. Martin. It's much more light-hearted than ASOIAF but has all the elements that make the main series so good. I love it.

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  20. Comment on Getting tired of Firefox in ~tech

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    I've been using Firefox for years, also with some of those plugins and this has never happened to me before. I'm sorry to hear you're having such issues, but maybe those are caused by your...

    I've been using Firefox for years, also with some of those plugins and this has never happened to me before. I'm sorry to hear you're having such issues, but maybe those are caused by your specific system? Maybe it's one of your plugins? I'm using Firefox on Windows, Mac, Ubuntu Android, and iOS (quite the setup, I know... it's because of my job).