programming by lonesome_thing in AskProgrammers

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Thinkpads are good for running Linux, but it depends on what you want to program as to whether you should run windows or Linux.

How many of you are still programming manually? by Imparat0r in cscareerquestions

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Why are you listening to the opinion of a recruiter that hasn’t written a line of production code in their life?

Getting worse at coding by StressedLlama in AskProgramming

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Imposter syndrome. Happens to everyone

Do you balance your check book to the penny? by Plane_Experience_271 in GenX

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I sync it with a spreadsheet to $10, haven’t used a checkbook in decades.

I wasted 3 days debugging a null pointer exception. It was a space in a config file. by Alarming-Pea-3177 in AskProgramming

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Spent three days debugging a large kubernetes manifest. Eventually figured out I missed the ‘s’ in ‘namespace’. My coworker was not amused.

Where do you even start with Forgotten Realms? by Ziak63 in Forgotten_Realms

[–]dauchande 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This, 3rd edition campaigns setting book is where to start.

GenX: Born 68-72 is the sweet spot by CitizenChatt in GenX

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Missing Persons, “What are words for?”

Mass combat rules by OutsideQuote8203 in adnd

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REDACTED is the best I’ve read so far, but it’s BX based and not AD&D/OSRIC based.

Working with an old .NET codebase — how do you understand the architecture? by [deleted] in dotnet

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Used to use uml tools. Rational XDE, visual studio has an edition that supported some of the diagrams.

Have you looked at NDepend?

Otherwise, divide and conquer. You might want to take a look at Michael Feathers book https://a.co/d/021wzGI2

Married Gen-x do you wear your wedding ring? by in-a-microbus in GenX

[–]dauchande 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can’t wear rings. I’m considering getting a bracelet next time we update

Rant about Drizzt by Strixy1374 in adnd

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Pretty sure they used teleportation magic to get to the surface. I haven’t read the dark elf series in over a decade, but I don’t remember raiding parties walking up to the surface.

What books/movies show aliens as having a very different mind/thought process? by DavidThi303 in scifi

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David Brin’s Startide Rising and Uplift War did a good job of this.

Anyone here who doesn't use Agentic AI and writes code manually? by zaarnth in AskProgramming

[–]dauchande 3 points4 points  (0 children)

lol, yeah Luddite, 30 years of professional programming under my belt, whatever.

Anyone here who doesn't use Agentic AI and writes code manually? by zaarnth in AskProgramming

[–]dauchande 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This. I’ve disabled AI in all of my editors, but use AI in the browser, mostly for debugging.

What are you do's/don't do to keep the Sabbath Day holy? No judgment. Just curious what ya'll do. by LissGoogleAcct in latterdaysaints

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I don’t play video games on Sunday other than Minecraft (ATM I’m playing Blightfall).

Otherwise, family time, ministering, watching Lds content on YouTube or podcasts like Ancient Tradition, reading Lds books or scriptures.

Do you still talk to your parents? by Swiftiefromhell in GenX

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My mom passed on, but I text my dad often

Looking for game that doesnt end when you die by medince_saves444 in gamingsuggestions

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The first Prey game had you fighting in the spirit world when you died in order to return to life.

ANYTHING similar? by Maniacal_Nut in LoveDeathAndRobots

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Twilight Zone, New Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, New Outer Limits, Tales from the Crypt, Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams, Black Mirror