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Another quick question for people who speak and write in languages other than English: Do you get upset when people use translation software to reply to your posts if they are not native speakers/writers? Why or why not?

If y'all could boost this post so that I can get more responses from people who speak/write English and at least one other language, that would be great! #CommunityDevelopment

Doctor Who Magazine issue 578, on sale from 26 May 2022 - introducing the new Doctor, Ncuti Gatwa!

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@tsturm that's a hot take😄
use of the term "code smell" can be opinionated, but it's not necessarily illegitimate. there are definitely things you see in code that aren't necessarily wrong in local context, but typically indicate patterns that are less efficient than if you refactor this or that. if you're experienced you get an intuition for those things before you can exactly name what's wrong, which is what I call a "smell"

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I just got some very angry hate mail from someone claiming that our complexity requirements are a violation of his freedoms because his password is copyrighted.

I’m convinced that some people believe words don’t mean anything, they’re just some strange magic runes you invoke like a spell to get your way.

@freeschool yeah, not typically what I hear in podcasts. I'm referring more to theme music.
re podcast topics, I'd recommend just doing it about something you can do consistently, unless it's just a short-run kind of thing.

I can't exactly recommend this book just because I haven't read it, and have never made a podcast anyway, but I like most of the podcasts produced by the authors: goodreads.com/book/show/532872

I listen to podcasts faster than real time, but up to about 1.6 I'll not notice it's sped up until music is played. funny how that works

@tsturm @readsteven @EdS funny how listening to NPR, they don't mention the hiccups at all in their brief of the event

"batteries included" for core library interface is a terrible idea. it just means that when I *really* start using your library I have to repeatedly pay a cost of "taking out" the "batteries" by passing in options and setting flags (which, hopefully, are available).

I like better the idea of having an "easy" interface on top to do that: I still have to pay the tax of switching to the core once I'm trying to build my own thing on top, but I only have to pay that cost once for as long as I'm using the library because I'll know the core interface in the future.

diy japanese stab binding: A4 office paper, recycled phone line cable. 100 pages.

on a related note, I used to think salmon is my favorite fish, but I've taken a turn to trout.

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if you need to reheat fish in a microwave, lower the power level (usually, enter the time then hit the power level button, and a number) and cook for a proportionately longer time to prevent the fish from popping/exploding

for years I, and everyone in my house as far as I know, only ever used the microwave at high

@davidak it really is. I shit on it when I first got a beta version with the stock os, but I upgraded Manjaro and it was pretty decent. even the camera software was way better

@forever@fedi.nullob.si that means we can plug in a customized file chooser in gnome? I've wanted that, but found gnome isn't architected for it, and I don't have time to maintain gnome patches for just that @volpeon

it's funny, I set my sleep timer on my podcast player for 18 minutes, but consistently conk-out in 4

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