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oxff··on A guide to error handling in Rust
It is perhaps too verbose by default, as indicated by popularity of thiserror and anyhow crates.
oxff··on Writing down what I do in Obsidian
All of mine are in same folder, and I use search or linked / unlinked panels for finding / creating links. Thousands of notes in same folder doesnt really matter if you use the Obs. provided tools to navigate it.
oxff··on Writing down what I do in Obsidian
I legitimately forgot to even consider folders once I had taken "enough" notes / diary entries. Just forgot they exist at all. I see everything relevant in the linked / unlinked mentions that I use to refresh the context.

Tags I barely use, except for things I can't put into "atomic notes". Like when someone mentions a book and 1-3 sentence review, I add it to today's diary entry and use #book tag on it.

oxff··on Writing down what I do in Obsidian
This is imo how most people should start and use it. All these "structure first" approaches are like using someone else's preferred way of learning and memorizing, if it works its an happy accident.

You'll get your structure out of your mind once you learn to know it.

oxff··on Signal Introduces Stories
Is everything just merging into the same BorgBlopApp?
oxff··on Rust: “Explain GATs Like I'm 5 Years Old”
> without really adding complexity

Pretty sure many relevant contributors have said it is the most complex language feature since async ..

oxff··on Multiple assertions are fine in a unit test
I mean, obviously. Obviously I'm not going to assert every header in their own unit test for a single request path in most cases. Assert what makes sense as a logical whole / unit.
oxff··on Birdwatch, Twitter's collaborative fact checking system
"Collaborative fact check" really does show that there is a demarcation between "fact" and "truth".
oxff··on Will Twitter outlast this lettuce?
Elon hate is getting quite delusional.
oxff··on Ask HN: What Recession?
The recession where my electricity bill quadrupled.
oxff··on I am a quite good bad programmer
There's a difference between a PROGRAMMER and SOFTWARE ENGINEER. I know bad programmers that are good swes, and I know good programmers that are bad swes. Though the best is probably happy average.
oxff··on Moderation is different from censorship
So much cope; I'd rather this political faction was just honest and just admitted they'd want power over Twitter to ban Trump supporters because that is the sacrament of Democracy. It comes to that in final analysis, friend-enemy distinction.
oxff··on The pool of talented C++ developers is running dry
Most of C++ programming is tied in legacy code and tech debt, that is why it has that image. Only so few modern green field C++ projects with latest standard out there.
oxff··on Ask HN: What mindset change made the biggest positive change for you?
Everything either indirectly or directly flows from having power over individuals, at best you might have parallel constructions for some just-so fiction.
oxff··on How to communicate effectively as a developer
Learn to adjust your abstraction and resolution to the intended target audience. That's about it.
oxff··on Couldn't Care Less. Cormac McCarthy in Conversation with David Krakauer
I have never seen this before, I think it was released because his two new books were released this year. Quite a treat!
oxff··on reMarkable 2
I hope R3 gets released so this goes on sale, want it but the price is oof.
oxff··on Gamification affects software developers: Cautionary evidence from GitHub
I think it is fine. If you lack consciousness to notice when you are, as you suggest, tricked to working for free, you have much worse issues. I started my programming due to a social network need in the first place.
oxff··on The availability of text generators will force positive changes to education
This is good, because it shows what a cargo cult education and learning has been for the longest time. Critique in action.
oxff··on Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu
Forced to use Windows because Ubuntu cannot get color profile for monitor right and font rendering is awful compared to Winndows
oxff··on Ask HN: How to deal with regret of not having kids
It's a very tough scene, especially if you can't handle the fact that once you've see your kid, you realize you could have seen him or her 20 years ago. It's a really fucking tough scene.
oxff··on Ask HN: Am I getting older or did typing on the iPhone become unbearable?
Am a long time Android user. Typing on iPhone is lot worse IMO than on Android, and I type and write a lot.
oxff··on Logseq: Privacy-First, Joyful Platform for Knowledge Management
Literally use whatever system helps you understand subjects. It's that simple.
oxff··on Logseq: Privacy-First, Joyful Platform for Knowledge Management
It is so clunky compared to the way I use Obsidian.
oxff··on Is a ‘software engineer’ an engineer? Regulator says no, riling tech sector
Not really. If we held the title to engineering standards, maybe like the guys that make SpaceX stuff, SQLite could be called "software engineers".
oxff··on Ask HN: Looking for an app developer as a cofounder to build a voice chat app
> Voice chat app

Have you, uhh, so you know phones, like Android, have a native, well handled calling function?

oxff··on Ask HN: What's your favorite programmer niche?
Trying to make a program that a 93 year old grandmother could extend herself.
oxff··on Ask HN: Where do you escape for non-clickbait thoughtful/informational content?
Just follow individual people and check what they read?
oxff··on Ask HN: Teaching Greybeard IT
I would recommend this.
oxff··on Obsidian 1.0 – Personal knowledge base app
That's funny, I could swear my Obsidian got faster from the update.
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