folkrav

joined 2 years ago
[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 14 points 9 months ago

I’m French speaking, but I write all code and comments in English, all the time. The code is basically English keywords and symbols, the mix and match just looks weird, makes it harder to share snippets for help or debugging with non-speakers. Especially in code that will be read by other people after the fact, it also tends to make it less likely that this person will be able to understand it - maybe they’ll hire an offshore team or some guy who just immigrated…

[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

Oh, I believe you. It’s most likely because of the shared Latin root. The comment I was responding to was in English, though.

[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

The “Sol” name is actually more of a science-fiction, pop-culture thing. It’s just called “the Sun”. “Solar” comes from latin Solaris, meaning “pertaining to the sun”, “sol” itself meaning “sun”.

[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 46 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Not a particular technology, but I really had a little bit of hope that we’d be able to tackle climate change like we tackled ozone depletion due to CFCs/HCFCs/HFCs with the Montreal Protocol.

[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 22 points 10 months ago (34 children)

I try not to judge, but I’m also utterly confused as to why the parents wouldn’t immediately have brought the child in for the shot after finding the bat, visible bite or not…

[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don’t correlate much from job count. I have had 5 in the last 8 years, two of those following layoffs. Shit happens.

[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago (5 children)

I never timed it up precisely, but on my desktop with an MSI board, it sometimes feels like I’m waiting longer for the board to get past the UEFI into the bootloader than for the whole OS to load off my m.2…

[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Some people do overestimate how much of the software they’re actually using, and how far back some features go. I learned the little PS I know using a 7.0 license my father bought, I used it for years doing 2D graphics and web “design”, and still basically still have the same workflow with minor differences to avoid destructive changes.

[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

Two questions:

  • Can you justify this position in any way that wouldn’t be fundamentally racist?
  • How does this answer the question at hand at all?
[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Similarly to the “just move” when people talk about home prices, this argument holds up as long as there are alternatives.

[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

I live in the middle of corn fields and hour out of the largest city in the province. I work from home on most days, and take the train to the office downtown a couple of days a month. I’m a tech lead in insurance, somewhat in between management and programming.

[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

In the summer, on weekends, there’s a good chance I’ll have woken up early for a golf round, then spent some time with the wife and kids doing whatever.

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