bradboimler @ bradboimler @lemmy.world

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They have microphones. They don't have cameras.

I consciously drop them when I write single sentences. It is a personal preference.

I still take pride in the written word

If, however, there was a $20/month subscription service which would let me watch new releases at home, I would subscribe.

I wish there was a way to pay a one time fee (per release) to watch new releases as much as I want forever. Without downloading a damn app for each one.

SimpleX Chat

I was curious. I'm even more curious how this thing works without user identifiers.

Edit: The Play listing makes things clearer

My favorite joke from the finale

Don't kill my app!

What would scare me the most is the bad tooling. I do rely on my tools to search for references, etc. I wonder if it's even possible to write a good analyzer for COBOL. Verbose operators and literals wouldn't scare me at all.

Still would jump at the chance. It would have to be remote and I would strongly prefer being the only engineer touching the code.

I am a professional software engineer. My favorite ecosystem is the Java one which may explain some things.

Why is verbosity such a bad thing? Especially in the context of maintaining something someone else wrote? I would much rather maintain old Java than say, old Perl. I want big long names. So I have a better idea of what they were for! I can pretty much read any line of Java from anywhere and have a very good idea what it's actually doing.

Sure, it's more of a pain to type but as a kid one of the best investments I made in myself was to take a typing class. I did this way before I discovered my passion for programming. I can type fast. And I can make my editors type boilerplate for me.

Edit: Give me the time to learn it (I'm confident I can learn it fast) and the ability to work remotely and I would jump at the chance. I can do the fun programming (in Java) in my spare time.

Pay me to do it remotely and I'll jump at the chance

I absolutely loved it

See how the phone you're considering scores on Don't kill my app!

That was the funniest bit for me. I loved this episode.

Desktop: Debian testing (Linux)
Mobile: The Pixel flavor of Android

I'm simply more comfortable in Linux. It is a hacker's OS. I feel like I have full control over it and it stays out of the way. I find GNOME pretty polished and cohesive. It has come a long way.

On a fateful day years and years ago I sat and deliberated between Android and iOS. I picked Android because it works much better with Linux. I have stuck with it ever since.

I love Java! And I love that video.

I love Java!

xkcd: Earth Temperature Timeline

Designing custom types are one of my favorite things about programming

Delta Chat

Thank you! I was wondering why long presses were no longer working.