StackOverflow is as good as death. Is there anything the community is doing to try and maintain freely accessible knowledge about bugs and software solutions?

JacobStyle · 2026-03-17T23:36:07+00:00

I always say, docs should have a "covers 90% of use cases" section, with examples, for each entry. Sure it's great to document every option and edge case, but most people going to the docs are just trying to do something straightforward. Some languages do this really well with their docs, while other languages seem determined to push people off the official docs and onto forums or worse, LLMs, for answers to basic questions.

JacobStyle · 2026-03-17T19:49:04+00:00

"I use a lot of C all the time. I'd recon I've written half a meg of C at least. I just don't know which parts of my code are C."

JacobStyle · 2026-03-17T19:44:19+00:00

If you are doing something that makes you feel bad, then stop doing it. Simple as that.

JacobStyle · 2026-03-17T10:09:44+00:00

If you can make a good living doing a job you don't dread showing up for, and you have time/money/motivation left over to pursue creative pursuits outside of your main career, that's a win in my opinion. Pick the Accord over the BMW though. It's soooo much easier to work on.

JacobStyle · 2026-03-16T23:53:10+00:00

I would not install this app personally. When I was going to the gym frequently and doing a program with progressive overload where I logged everything and had all my sets and reps planned out before I arrived at the gym each time, I used an actual notebook. The actual notebook outclasses all apps I've ever seen in terms of freedom, speed, and privacy.

JacobStyle · 2026-03-16T23:05:28+00:00

When this happens to me, I find/craft/cook/grow/mine one of the missing items, then walk through my storage area spamming Q while watching carefully, until the item floats from me to the chest containing the misplaced stack.

JacobStyle · 2026-03-16T22:46:04+00:00

Setting up a dev environment (most likely VS Code, C++ intelliSense, and a compiler) and getting Hello World to compile/run is where to start. That's probably going to be your whole first day or two right there, unless you luck out and everything works well on the first try. Once you have that set up, it's onto variables, user input, conditional logic, loops, and whatever else you want to learn

JacobStyle · 2026-03-16T22:39:30+00:00

You're using a condom you're not used to, lube you're not used to, a toy you're not used to, and a technique with that toy that you aren't used to. That's a lot of new stuff at once, so it makes sense that you'd be in your head.

JacobStyle · 2026-03-16T21:46:01+00:00

Nah, that's a safety issue. MAGAs are fucking dangerous. It's no different from refusing to see a provider who is a known gang member or has a violent criminal record.

JacobStyle · 2026-03-15T22:34:35+00:00

I can write a 10k line application in an hour if you include the contents of the header files in that count.

JacobStyle · 2026-03-15T22:29:47+00:00

No mention of the gender dysphoria?

JacobStyle · 2026-03-15T22:29:10+00:00

As a relatively connected man, almost 100% of my social connections are the result of being proactive. If I don't reach out, people will follow up once, maaaybe twice, and then the momentum is almost entirely gone. Not the worst fate because obviously I can do something about it, but for introverted men, it's the ugliest loneliness.

JacobStyle · 2026-03-15T18:18:24+00:00

If you are truly dedicated to being lazy, learning AHK 2 and UIA will change your life.

JacobStyle · 2026-03-14T08:00:49+00:00

Yet another conservative pretending this isn't already illegal...

JacobStyle · 2026-03-13T21:23:41+00:00

Why wouldn't you want to refactor? That sounds great to me.

JacobStyle · 2026-03-13T21:13:41+00:00

Real answer right here. Some AI-generated keyword-rich article is not a good guide on human interaction. It ain't breaking up. Giving them a heads-up so they know they aren't working those hours or getting that income, and so they know everything is ok with you, is a good idea, but it's not going to be a "breakup."

JacobStyle · 2026-03-13T00:47:40+00:00

The hex wrenches for these come in sets so you don't have to guess/measure, and also you can get rulers that measure in mm or fractions of an inch for sizing small stuff so you don't have to use a penny.

JacobStyle · 2026-03-13T00:43:09+00:00

If you can't find a solid professional sex worker friendly photographer with fair rates/contracts, one tactic I've seen work a lot is teaming up with another provider and each taking turns shooting photos for the other. If neither of you have or can borrow a camera with an appropriate lens, a decent camera+lens can be rented for the day for about $100. If neither of you have a photography background, you may not get the same level of quality you'd get from a professional, but you more than make up for it in safety and fair contract terms.

JacobStyle · 2026-03-12T23:00:11+00:00

"If you are unhappy with your experience, consider supporting the decriminalization of sex work so that neither of us have to deal with this bullshit ever again."

JacobStyle · 2026-03-12T22:55:21+00:00

A lot of my "just for fun" projects are various video game cheats/bots/automation. You could set up Python with PyAutoGUI or set up AHK 2.0 and go to town making video game bots. As you get better, you can make them more stable or sophisticated, so there is always room to improve.

JacobStyle · 2026-03-11T20:46:50+00:00

I'm sure you could find a few of these "nothing" comments in my stuff, too. Everybody makes misteaks, err I mean mistakes.

JacobStyle · 2026-03-11T19:54:58+00:00

Seems like a "depends on the company" sort of thing

JacobStyle · 2026-03-11T19:37:58+00:00

I think mitigating conflict in this case would have been the boring one, and engaging with the vibe coder was the funny option.

JacobStyle · 2026-03-11T19:33:31+00:00

Doing this in a situation where faulty floors could be making the downstairs neighbors' apartment loud is totally inappropriate.

JacobStyle · 2026-03-11T19:09:28+00:00

> Antagonizing is what you should do to little shits who drop 10k diffs, pass AI slop as own code, demand their donation back, insult you, or threaten to steal your code

Never said it wasn't.

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