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By itself VSCode won't autocorrect you. You should take a look at your extensions settings.

I agree. This sort of article is partly the reason why we so often here something like "science can't make up its mind" or "x is good now but was bad before, and will be bad again soon".

Instead of sharing accurate information about the findings of these researchers, news organizations use them to write catchy, clickbait-y articles. Needless to say, researchers are often to blame as well, since they participate in interviews using vague language so that they can benefit from the exposure, well aware of the repercussions of their behavior.

This issue goes beyond just researchers and news organizations, though. There have been plenty of discussions here in HN and other places about how scientific research is somewhat broken due to how it rewards quantity versus quality for example.

I agree, but between that and most of my co-workers currently using their laptops built-in mics, I'd rather deal with the noise from the earbuds.

Another thing Draftsmen made me > realize is the actual art (or at least > craftsmanship) of comics

Reminded me of Strip Panel Naked. Great video breakdowns of comic book story telling theory.

I honestly need help understanding why you'd like to rename GIMP.

This is not a stab at you or your comment. I think your message is valid and I agree with it. However, I do believe there's a common misconception in here that needs to be highlighted if hoped to be fixed.

We have open source browsers, we have open source social apps, but we definitely do not have open source phones. Phones that can be truly owned and controlled by users will reshape the privacy discourse, from one of complaining and >legal coercion, to one of choices and markets.

What you are talking about in the text above is not delivered by Open Source, which is just a practical advantage. The values you mentioned are fought for by the Free/Libre Software community [0].

I recommend to anyone interested in this topic (e.g. the differences between Libre and Open Source software), read more about the GNU project as a starter [1].

As a disclaimer, I'm by no means an expert on this topic which is another reason to follow the links below.

[0] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point....

[1] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html

Can you give a more coherent comparison? For example, between a term search in DDG HTML vs the JS version or DDG HTML vs Google.

Comparing the search results page with a wikipedia page is hardly any sort of evidence.

On a side note, saying "as an engineer" doesn't mean anything on HN, especially if you don't even say what type of engineer you are.

Just to complement other's responses, accessibility is a spectrum.

We ought to believe someone chooses to use an icon for aesthetics AND usability reasons. If the icon can't be rendered at all, it defeats it's purpose despite it having a "description".

Ultimately, if a well designed, user-friendly system doesn't work the way it's intended to, it is an accessibility issue of some degree. Albeit, some times more trivial than others.

I'm no expert, but anecdotally I can tell that the idea that the oaths are holdovers doesn't quite apply to the US. Their oath is worded in such a way that you very clearly have to give up loyalty to any other country state, but the US was never governed by a single monarch/ruler (after independence of course).

The "good reason" you provided, even if it were an actually thought out consequence of the US system, isn't really delivered.

In reality, people are painfully aware of how annoying filing taxes is and hopeful that they will get some money back later. The system is so convoluted, most people pay someone else to take care of it for them. Not to mention, most people barely understand what's happening when they are filing their taxes.

The UHK looks awesome. I'd totally use it if it had ortholinear keys.

I can't tell if you're serious or just joking but they do have a variant of their logo that's an oroboros [0]

[0] https://www.dropbox.com/sh/l6tp9ym5nf8h5v9/AABC0Zd7_v4BWmBaZ...

I don't think there's any merit to your argument here. If the headline had said "designing hardware circuits", that would be another story entirely.

“Programming Hardware” the way it’s used here is pretty much the same as vanilla python

One can only hope so, since the project is a fork of MicroPython. Neither CPython or MicroPython are meant to be a long departure from Python itself.

And that would be so good because I could be convinced to really uninstall whatsaap

Did you just provide the counterargument to your own argument?

If they backpaddled is likely because there was enough of a negative reaction to raise concern.

I believe it's more likely they are trying to figure out how to announce the next deadline more quietly without breaking too many laws.

I don't know what options show up depending on the route you use to donate, but the link on the Android app [0] takes you to a page that does allow recurring contributions.

[0](https://signal.org/donate/)

I think this is a great point. I would really appreciate to see more accurate lists or, better yet, more diverse lists.

However, I have to point out the irony here. Every time someone complains about the lack of western representation they just pretend there isn't a southern hemisphere in the planet. The East is not composed of only Europe, Canada, and the United States.

That's to say, fight for overall diversity, not for western vs. eastern representation because that's a false dichotomy.

If it were a for-profit, private company which was "flexing" I'd agree with you. But EFF works hard to defend our rights and internet freedom.

If they bolster their wins with some overly excited language, I believe they are well within their right. Also, it serves as a good way to promote their work and incentivise people to contribute.

I fail to see an issue with their approach here but would like to hear a counter argument if there is one.

Not to mention that companies like Google and Microsoft also offer different levels of technical support alongside their products.

For smaller companies, or companies that want to invest less in their technology stack IT department, it sounds like a better deal to have all services provided and backed by a larger computation corporation (even if that's not always actually cheaper in the long run).

I believe your argument is sensible, especially in society at large. What you lack is evidence that the kind of behavior you're describing happens on HN.

I don't know if it does or not but without evidence this is just conjecture from all sides.

I believe this is related to the number of people locked at home.

I call BS on dogmatic rules like that. Good architecture is analysing the requirements at hand and explicitly articulating and weighting the trade-offs.

I particularly like your point above. I apply that same perspective to several other domains. For example, purchasing a new phone, choosing a new tool for work or personal use, purchasing a car.

It's easy to make decisions based on personal preference or, like you mentioned, dogmatic rules and call them "the right way of doing things".

I think you raise a good point here, but one that is essentially invalidated by years of journalism that's mostly funded and managed by people with a lot of interest in the political discourse.

Very little of "the press" or "journalism" that reaches the true majority of people can be considered much more than entertainment television. Not only that, they have very clear goals, partisan alignments, and deals to own up to.

My point being, this picture of "the press" is not new nor is it simple to unravel, especially because a lot of the coverage we see, and how it's done, depends on a multitude of factors.

Let's take, for example, your point about the Hunter Biden story and let's allow ourselves to conjecture for a moment.

In a "press" state such as the one I described above, a big part of the "news media" is running amok with the story regardless of having little to no evidence to back it up. On the other hand, the world is still spinning and news that are noteworthy are still coming out. One might even say people should know about these things.

What's one to do in face of such situation? Do we expect that the "news media" devote all focus to arguing the conspiracy theory, which will most likely boost the conversation around it, or should we expect the "news media" to focus on things that can actually be proven, assessed, researched?

Of course, this is one narrow example that only scratches the surface of something that, like I said, is very complex. But I do believe that, considering the current environment, it's more harmful to debate the conspiracy stories than to ignore them. Consider any other conspiracy theory that you ever heard of. Would it be beneficial for anyone to have constant debate on television about whether or not the Earth is round, or if men have been to the Moon, etc.

I like a good quote too, but there’s not much substance here. [...]

I agree with you here, there's no substance to this kind of thought process. It's too generic and, ultimately, self-validating since one can't ensure what one does is leadership worthy since there isn't a final definition for what that means.

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Some have already mentioned it but the quote seems to make an unfortunate use of the word "right" which leaves a lot of room for interpretation. That might even be the reason people find it appealing.

Ergonomic but your keyboard sits on your lap. Alright.

This is a really broad brush.

Unless the person you're replying to edited their original comment, they did the opposite of a broad brush.

The comment clearly specified that what was said was based on personal experience and reiterated that milage may vary.

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It's difficult to gauge overall quality and satisfaction for any product, even more so when talking: software + open source V.S. proprietary + people with different backgrounds and expectations + possibly different versions.

In my opinion, this is especially true when a good part of people's experiences come from software being used in their jobs. Meaning, they don't have much control over it so they're subject to whatever has been given to them and that highly affects their judgment.

Hands down the most fascinating part of this thread is the number of comments from people saying "in the US x is different" or "in State y it works this way". You go on reading and you see people contradicting each other because of course, different States, different solutions; different towns, different solutions.

It goes to show how much people think they know their country, to what degree they believe to know everything there is to know about their culture, history, and surroundings. Really though, we know very little despite what we tell ourselves or others.

I guess the message is: travel a little people. Even if it's just to the neighboring State for crying out loud.

It's great that they are rolling out these changes. I forget not everyone uses them because I enabled the new layout a while ago. It's been available, albeit subject to changes, to everyone with an account.

Personally, I really enjoy the new look and design/UX choices.

Linux Journal did end its activities late last year so it's not surprising that they couldn't simply bring everyone back. In fact, I hope the people who got laid off found new jobs a long time ago.

I like your anecdote because it very clearly shows how nuanced and unique to each individual experiences with academia and the industry at large are.

I find it particularly interesting that you mentioned you decision being influenced by how unhappy people in academia seemed. Also, how frustrating it could be to secure funding. I find that interesting because, you can easily find people outside of academia making the same argument.

I assume your experience in the industry is better than academia was (considering your account) but I also wonder how much of that was brought up by your prominent success in college. In my own anecdotal experience, that sort of experience, knowledge, and access can lead you to opportunities that are not representative of the majority of cases.

I'm not saying every (or any) consultant forecast is worth reading, but to dismiss the idea of forecasting because we are wrong is a fundamental misunderstanding of the value of forecasts.

I agree with your original statement but in the portion above you talk about reading someone else's forecast as if that was equivalent to the forecast 'thinking process' you had mentioned.

Reading the end-result of another individual's analysis won't necessarily give you the benefits you just mentioned.