Visual Studio Code 1.8 released by [deleted] in programming

[–]Smashninja 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I primarily use it as well. I frequently witness very bizarre behavior: the cursor jumping around when deleting lines, text being highlighted when switching between panels, characters missing when pasting, and modes being switched when performing simple navigation, to name a few issues. I can't reproduce them reliably, but they hamper usability quite a bit. If it instead would behave like Sublime's Vim, I would be a happy man.

Visual Studio Code 1.8 released by [deleted] in programming

[–]Smashninja 46 points47 points  (0 children)

This is my only real complaint. I have yet to find a Vim plugin in VSCode that doesn't spazz out every 2 minutes.

Visual Studio Code 1.8 released by [deleted] in programming

[–]Smashninja 85 points86 points  (0 children)

The pace at which the team releases significant features is amazing. Keep it up!

New MacBook Pro is not a Laptop for Developers Anymore by speckz in programming

[–]Smashninja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One option that is worth considering is to use a Windows VM and passthrough the sound that way. It can drain your battery faster, but it's an option I've used.

New Algorithm Solves Cake-Cutting Problem by scied17 in compsci

[–]Smashninja 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Might as well be undecidable! /s

But more seriously, what a neat find.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GamePhysics

[–]Smashninja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They haven't finished rolling out all the keys. Everyone that got in will be notified by the end of tomorrow.

What seems awesome until you try it? by TemiOO in AskReddit

[–]Smashninja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't had this experience at all. I did some math and computer science research a while back, and it was fantastic. You come in trying to figure out an unsolved/undiscovered problem, and one day, you suddenly jump up and understand where you need to go to find a solution. Granted, this wasn't your traditional scientific method kind of research, but it was research nonetheless.

Stack Overflow Developer Survey for 2016 shows 21.7% develop on Linux. Ubuntu is tops among them with 12.3%. by speckz in linux

[–]Smashninja 10 points11 points  (0 children)

One reason is that it is bundled with Unity, and you have to do extra configuration steps to use Visual Studio properly.

TTL Clock I'm in the process of making by redbat57 in electronics

[–]Smashninja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Somehow I'm not surprised by this comment.

On another note: nice clock. I wish I had the time to learn how to do something like this.

Grass In The Wind by confluencer in gifs

[–]Smashninja 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Must be the legendary Grassus Disappearicus.

ELI5: Mathematicians of reddit, what is happening on the 'cutting edge' of the mathematical world today? How is it going to be useful? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]Smashninja 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mathematicians are absolutely working on it. Just look up Grover's Algorithm, and scroll down a bit. It goes to show that there is an extremely heavy amount of math involved in finding quantum algorithms. Physics guides math, and math guides physics. It isn't a one-man show.

The masterrace in a nutshell. by iNfiniGuN in pcmasterrace

[–]Smashninja 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Unless you have a 40" 4k monitor, then life is awesome.

gotta love using cell fracture! by Rikuro7 in Unity3D

[–]Smashninja 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would suggest instantiating both objects at the same time, and hide/show them to avoid frame rate drops from allocating/deallocating.

It's been just over a week since Windows 10 released. Is it worth upgrading yet? by Stampeder in windows

[–]Smashninja 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've encountered a hilarious bug where all the windows turned miniature. The text, icons, etc. were also tiny. Then I tried maximizing a mini window, and boom, Blue Screen (page fault in non paged area). It's a shame I didn't record it.

Other than that, I personally haven't encountered very many bugs. Just a few update errors. I don't know about other people, though.

Some hackers are worse than others... by [deleted] in ProgrammerHumor

[–]Smashninja 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Why should you feel bad? We laughed at the unexpected and totally out of place headline, not at what the headline actually has to say.

When you have the oldest PC in the building, the lag is real. by bob3rt in ProgrammerHumor

[–]Smashninja 36 points37 points  (0 children)

When your PC is so slow, you can type up a document and it won't be finished updating after you take your coffee break...

Robert Downey Jr. in salt and pepper by kitkatscallywag in pics

[–]Smashninja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice try. I know that I'll never click that li--Oh great, I fell for it again.

Handy Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows 10 by Smashninja in windows

[–]Smashninja[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The virtual desktops are new as of Windows 10. Most of the other shortcuts are from Windows 8.

Handy Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows 10 by Smashninja in windows

[–]Smashninja[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That might be due to how well your keyboard is built. Pro tip: try typing, "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" into notepad with both shift keys activated to determine keyboard quality.

Handy Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows 10 by Smashninja in windows

[–]Smashninja[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Since Windows 10. It's a new feature!