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redwolf2··on Kotlin creator's new language: talk to LLMs in specs, not English
Might look like it, might also just be survivorship bias. Alot of crackpot ideas hit the wall instead of beeing a success. We only notice the successors and might think of them as the default, not the exception.
redwolf2··on Ask HN: Are you working on interesting technical problems?
Learn how to make no money from machine learning

https://vimeo.com/232544884

Money, Time, Fun. Pick two.

redwolf2··on We’re happy with SQLite and not urgently interested in a fancier DBMS (2016)
Not only desktop, but most mobile platforms as well. Beeing coded in a single C file makes it portable as hell. Their documentation is also a prime example, with great insight.
redwolf2··on Don't Get Your Coworker to Agree with You
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/why-stubborn-chil...

https://my.apa.org/apa/idm/login.seam?ERIGHTS_TARGET=http%3A...

redwolf2··on Don't Get Your Coworker to Agree with You
My approach would be:

1. Talk to Kara, why she prefers her approach and not yours. Don't tell her that the icon is wrong. Ask her, if the icon could be changed to the other. Maybe she is right and you are wrong. She's the expert in this scenario, not you. If shes professional and her approach is wrong, she will see the mistake and adopt your idea. After that, let it pass and don't go out and tell everyone she was wrong. That's not very humble and fair.

2. If you really think you are right, be subborn. Stubborn people are more successfull then non-stubborn people if you look at statistics. That's why most subborn people are working in management.

3. Don't approach disputes based on a single formula. Be diplomatic, stubborn, helping and supportive. Fight the good fight.

4. Don't talk about the fight club.

redwolf2··on A new JPEG format
Just use PNG
redwolf2··on Avoid Else, Return Early (2013)
Problem is, you may build the if pyramid of death, if you branch too deep.

So break early.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIl_BNIJcFg

redwolf2··on Avoid Else, Return Early (2013)
Also: Why use get and set accessors for private fields at all, when you can just use:

int foo; float bar;

That can later be changed, when the need arises.