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fctorial··on We check our node_modules folder into source control
> Vendoring dependencies is a simple way to ensure consistent build inputs

It wouldn't be necessary if the dependency tree was a pure function of package manifest.

https://developer.okta.com/blog/2019/12/16/semantic-versioni...

fctorial··on Facebook is researching AI systems that see, hear, remember everything you do
Do you use history in your shell?
fctorial··on Black mamba venom is 'better painkiller' than morphine (2012)
Must be why this man does this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucpGlWnq8EE
fctorial··on Congratulations, Mini, you made the stupidest turn signals ever
This should be illegal because it's going to cause accidents. Someone behind one of these cars is going to get distracted and crash.
fctorial··on JSFuck (2012)
If your code adds two arrays together, there's something seriously wrong with your code. It isn't that different from divide by zero error.
fctorial··on Why I Use Nim instead of Python for Data Processing
> that is the achilles heel of Python

I think that is pip.

fctorial··on Google classroom and Google docs can not be used when YouTube is blocked
Related to this, you cannot download from google drive if third party cookies are disabled.
fctorial··on You may not need Moment.js
libc/win32 doesn't have any of that either, you're supposed to use frameworks for that.
fctorial··on How to run commands and scripts on Efficiency cores
Modern cpus do much more work than needed when executing code (branch prediction and speculative execution).
fctorial··on How Many People Can Someone Lead?
That's probably 1 tech lead managing two people each of which manages 3-4 people below him.
fctorial··on Dataset of Linus Torvalds' rants ranked by hate
The author uses the term hate for the ranking parameter:

https://github.com/corollari/linusrants/blob/master/table.md

fctorial··on I want a better shell (2019)
Maybe they don't have time.
fctorial··on Misbehaving Microsoft Teams ad brings down the entire Windows 11 desktop
Never encountered any of these, but there was a bug in the taskbar search box. I reported it and it stopped happening (I forgot to disable automatic updates)
fctorial··on Misbehaving Microsoft Teams ad brings down the entire Windows 11 desktop
There is an education variant of every windows version. Home education, pro education etc.
fctorial··on Misbehaving Microsoft Teams ad brings down the entire Windows 11 desktop
windows education edition doesn't have ads, or candy crush.
fctorial··on The Anatomy of Assholes (2020)
Where is it from?
fctorial··on U.S. generates more plastic trash than any other nation, report finds (2020)
China and India house 50% of world population
fctorial··on Show HN: Browse HN Comments by Timestamp
This plugin adds controls to a hacker news page that you can use to browse comments in order.
fctorial··on Vulkan Memory Allocator
> the "fastest" ones in benchmarks of actual AAA games do tons of work that was supposed to be done in userspace

Can you give some examples preferably with links to source.

fctorial··on Vulkan Memory Allocator
You don't need to be a graphics programming veteran to learn vulkan either. The official spec is quite approachable even for newbies.
fctorial··on Vulkan Memory Allocator
> it's still built on top of a virtual GPU abstraction which matches some GPUs better than others.

Doesn't khronos contain people from a bunch of different corps (amd, nvidia, intel, qualcom) for this exact reason.

fctorial··on Vulkan Memory Allocator
Was working when I submitted it. Backup http://web.archive.org/web/20210721085118/https://gpuopen.co...
fctorial··on Piper: GTK application to configure gaming mice
That doesn't have anything to do with the hardware. One scroll event is one scroll event as far as the mouse is concerned.
fctorial··on Vboxsf fixes for 5.14-1
I remember writing to NTFS from linux 4 years ago.
fctorial··on Ask HN: What huge mistake did you make early in your career?
Their are no junior roles, only mid level and senior roles.
fctorial··on CatMeows: A Publicly-Available Dataset of Cat Vocalizations (2020)
Yes it is.
fctorial··on Linux-Kernel: Printk() Indexing
I think WDNBUS is only respected for the syscall api.
fctorial··on Don't Feed the Thought Leaders
Write a script.

1. stop service 2. copy files 3. start service

fctorial··on Facebook extends its work-at-home policy to most employees
Not to mention if he gets caught in one job, he will lose a bunch of other jobs as well.
fctorial··on 24,000-year-old organisms found frozen in Siberia can still reproduce
What would that accomplish? Marking other planets like a dog does with its pee? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGjekRgtxSA
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