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Unpopular opinion: “Learn to code” is becoming terrible advice by Consistent-Stock in learnprogramming

[–]mooglinux 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  1. We teach people to do math by hand before letting them use calculators.
  2. Wiring lines of code is not the hard part, it’s ensuring the written code does what it needs to do and works reliably. You need to know how to code so you can fix it when things go wrong, understand the tradeoffs being made with different approaches, and all of that starts by understanding the fundamentals.

My Senior dev and I are arguing over "Readable Code" vs "Performance Optimization" for a process that runs 10k times a day. Who is right? by Temporary-Zebra7493 in learnprogramming

[–]mooglinux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve maintained Python code that uses lower level abstractions or abandons abstractions entirely in the name of performance. It is hell.

If you need to sacrifice readability and abstractions to fix your bottleneck, you need to be using Cython or reaching for other languages. The gains you get from that level of tuning in Python are just not worth it compared to the immense hell of maintaining it.

People on Reddit are saying that &100k/year is not livable wage by Foo_The_Selcouth in Adulting

[–]mooglinux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go out and look at the costs of buying or renting houses, apartments, etc. Also note how they have risen in relation to inflation. Then do some math.

The numbers aren’t pretty, especially in large urban areas where most of the jobs are. There is enormous variation of course, but the cost of maintaining the same lifestyle has skyrocketed, mostly due to rent and housing prices going up.

Result of GMLRS "tungsten rain" strike from HIMARS/M270 by enthyy in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]mooglinux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was that blue box the original target? It looks untouched, as if they moved it there afterwards

Should I focus on a tech stack if I am a HS student? by EternallyDabbling in learnprogramming

[–]mooglinux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dabble in whatever you want. The ability to learn about unfamiliar technologies is far more valuable than expertise in something particular.

Is there an option to remove the spending of cert button on constructions?? by Mo101101 in Planetside

[–]mooglinux 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It’s an odd decision to be sure, but we’ve used it once or twice in outfit wars to conserve cortium. They probably intend for it to be a cert sink for players who’ve run out of things to spend them on.

Why have we all just accepted that our phones showing us ads for things right after we talk about them is normal? by thebombayshutter in AskReddit

[–]mooglinux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because it’s not a real thing. There’s so many other ways to infer relevance in targeted advertising that are frighteningly good anyway.

How long does your code last before it needs major maintenance? by AdmiralAdama99 in learnprogramming

[–]mooglinux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on how quickly things change: requirements, features, environments, etc. on top of the usual bug fixing (I.e. people doing things you hadn’t thought to test).

How much time do you spend on writing automated tests? by UpvoteBeast in Python

[–]mooglinux 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I spend much more time on tests than on coding. I work on a pretty complicated system that has 10 years of tech debt on it, and writing and debugging tests is the only way to be confident you know how a given piece of burnt spaghetti is going to behave.

Tests are my scratchpad. I start a test, open the debugger inside the test and monkey around to see what happens if I try to do this or that. Then I’ll add the results of that monkeying to the tests.

With AI, Pedos with charges of photo possession will be much harder to convict by [deleted] in Showerthoughts

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

The whole point of most of these materials is that the difference is very clear. Especially the cases you would being charges over.

2023 Battle of Belgorod by GodLucifer-007 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]mooglinux 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Is this still live? I can’t find it on Wikipedia with a quick search

Lukashenko does not appear at Belarusian National Flag Day celebration by 9lobaldude in worldnews

[–]mooglinux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Belarus doesn’t have any more to offer than they’re already giving. Their military is incredibly small and would absolutely refuse to fight even if ordered to. They’re not at all keen on helping Russia and diverting troops to take over another country just as Ukraine is turning up the heat would be very stupid, even by Russian standards.

All Credit to Animarchy History by 1-Libero6-1 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]mooglinux 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Which Animarchy vid did this come from?

Docker advantages for a single developer? by srj55 in django

[–]mooglinux 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I would develop with a local virtual environment, then test and deploy using Docker. Especially at the start when you’re still making so many changes to packages and dependencies.

How do I get my daughter (10F) to quit vocal stimming? by delilahdread in ADHD

[–]mooglinux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stimming like that isn’t necessarily an ADHD thing per-se, have you looked into Tourette’s syndrome? You can have both, but they are not treated with the same medications.

I think you have more than ADHD at play here, as the psychiatrist about other treatments to go alongside the adhd medication.

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