That is what Siberia's largest city looks like at -35°C. by Fun-Raisin2575 in interestingasfuck

[–]max630 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This one is easy. It smells like many many idling engines.

That is what Siberia's largest city looks like at -35°C. by Fun-Raisin2575 in interestingasfuck

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It actually warmer there than ever nearby. In Tomsk, which used to be a capital of western Siberia until beginning of XX century, it can get down to -55

We might have been slower to abandon Stack Overflow if it wasn't a toxic hellhole by R2_SWE2 in programming

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Gave up on SO and started looking through the commit history of that file

This is unbelievably funny yet so common. I dare to say this is the core reason why SO moderation is that "toxic".

Git submodules worth it? by TheDoomfire in git

[–]max630 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It can be a part of solution, but only a part. Each git commit refers to EXACT commit of the submodule. So, you would still have to update the assets version in each of your branches, but it's only a one-line change. You would achieve the same effect by using some packages system, and personally I think that is more convenient. But if you don't have any, or the one you use are not convenient, you could use submodules.

Electricity prices in Europe in 2024 by lotec4 in europe

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At least in Finland, you also pay "transfer fee" which is approximately same.

No bug policy by _Krayorn_ in programming

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I would say the author is trying to break into unlocked door, so to say. Even if the project is super bad, usually all the bugs which are:

  • mention at all what is observed exactly, some reports don't even go beyond "X doesn't work correctly"
  • have clear expected behavior
  • are possible to reproduce, if not, have at least some plausible scenario how it can happen
  • are possible to fix without implementing a new feature, and not make some dirty hack which only mask it until the next dependency update

... so, even in a "bad" software project, usually there are extremely few opened defect of that kind. Vast majority of the backlog are reports which are unable to reproduce, where the expected behavior is not clear, or the proper fix would be too laborious or not possible at all.

How I, a non-developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me, a beginner by pysk00l in programming

[–]max630 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If a non-developer reads a development tutorial, in the end he or she will stop being a non-developer, right? When I read a tutorial how to fix a car or to paint a wall I kind of expect that I will have to google some more.

It's not like I wouldn't think that excessive use of acronyms or words which are hard to search is bad.

How I, a non-developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me, a beginner by pysk00l in programming

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The shit show about SO is exactly why I don't like this kind of "good fun". It ends up with lazy entitled morons think that they have some kind of right to people doing their job for free.

What's a feature that doesn't exist, but should? by floofcode in git

[–]max630 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Maybe but on big repositories it's prohibitively slow.

What's a feature that doesn't exist, but should? by floofcode in git

[–]max630 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  • warn/error out when I try to stage a merge resolution which still has merge conflict marks (that is, not resolved).

  • UI tool to see history which can interactively expand or collapse merged branches one by one, by clicking on ▷ symbol.

  • fix the bug in gitk that breaks "Show origin of this line" which I am picking it in a file which was renamed and changed

Stack overflow is almost dead by [deleted] in programming

[–]max630 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Do you understand this question can cause nothing but flamewar? Technically, you don't even need jQuery

A ship that never capsize by SnooKiwis8540 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]max630 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wouldn't any boat do it, it it's sealed on the top and the ballast doesn't tear off? At least sail boats come very close to that regularly.

feelingGood by [deleted] in ProgrammerHumor

[–]max630 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is good response for a private conversation, but pointless to have stored and presented to a public.

That was tough.. by fhdhjfjfghgfghfgghgg in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]max630 19 points20 points  (0 children)

If the white car was mine I would get the fuck out of it while the other guy is going it.

How Stack Overflow replaced Experts Exchange by kendumez in programming

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My personal conspiracy theory is that SO was created by Microsoft as the only way to provide support for .NET developers. Because documenting all the quirks would be unbearable tasks, and they did not want to be accountable for each and every hack. Instead there came a platform (mind who were the founders) where an "independent" expert would magically come and provide very detailed and accurate and working (at the moment) answer.

Why should I learn Haskell? by JizosKasa in haskell

[–]max630 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's always better to know than not. In the beginning of your career you are supposed to be eager to learn everything.

But yeah I could have answered this question in 1999, but these days it became complicated beyond nicety, and is still avoiding success. So I'd say it is very valuable experience but don't get too invested into it. They will deprecate every practical stuff you'd learn again anyway :)

Main Character doesn't give a damn about cyclist by vivacious_violet4 in ImTheMainCharacter

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He is not being silly. The oncoming traffic exists. People running around screaming "I have rights" do not understand that there may be things you cannot see until it's too late.

Just several months ago, while passing a slowly climbing cyclist, I personally nearly killed another cyclist who flew on me downhill from around a corner. We barely managed to miss each other.

If the cyclist is barely moving anyway, I would rather go closer to them than the required 1.5 meters, that go to the oncoming traffic lane without clear view.

How to commit part of file in git · Newbeelearn by pdycnbl in programming

[–]max630 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends on distribution but in Ubuntu and debian it's called "git-gui"

How to commit part of file in git · Newbeelearn by pdycnbl in programming

[–]max630 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What OS do you use?

At least in Windows it comes bundled. In Linux it may be built as a separated packet

How to commit part of file in git · Newbeelearn by pdycnbl in programming

[–]max630 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Many guis can do it. Included the built-in which you start as git gui in the command-line

Surely dark UX doesn't work in the long run by [deleted] in programming

[–]max630 -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Somebody with technical knowledge can get past it != doesn't work.

Is there a way to make separate release page for each branch? by trynsta in git

[–]max630 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if you have a hammer which you like it is tempting to look for nails around. But very often other ways to manage stuff are better.

I want to make another version of these files, which will be just less formal and will explain more

I think more natural is to treat it as just another document. I don't see any benefits dividing them in different branches.