pgsandstrom (u/pgsandstrom)

pgsandstrom commented on Looking back at my transition from Windows to Linux scottrlarson.com/publicat... · Posted by u/trinsic2

pgsandstrom · 8 days ago

I've coded on linux for a decade now, but always used windows at home. Just last week I switched from windows 10 to ubuntu on my media computer since it cant upgrade to windows 11.

I open up firefox, go to youtube, and immediately notice that 30% of all frames are gone. Hardware acceleration isnt working.

I put the computer to sleep and go make dinner. When I return my wireless keyboard cant wake it up, I have to hard-reboot the computer to wake it up.

I ask chatgpt about solutions to these problems, and it start spitting out terminal commands that end up making no difference.

In my experience, 2025 is not yet the year of linux. I'll try again in 2027.

pgsandstrom commented on Software development topics I've changed my mind on chriskiehl.com/article/th... · Posted by u/belter

physicsguy · 7 months ago

> People who stress over code style, linting rules, or other minutia remain insane weirdos to me. Focus on more important things.

I just want to set up a linter that’s standard for the language and let CI deal with it. Anything other than that is mental to me.

pgsandstrom · 7 months ago

Agree. People who join a project and insist on changing the default styling configs are insane weirdos. But people who dont want to use any styling solution on a project with several developers are EVEN MORE insane weirdos.

pgsandstrom commented on Software development topics I've changed my mind on chriskiehl.com/article/th... · Posted by u/belter

pgsandstrom · 7 months ago

> Most programming should be done long before a single line of code is written

I'd rephrase this to something like: Most programming should be done before 5% of the code is written. Because "no plan survives contact with the enemy". I often develop a plan, work for just a tiny bit, and realize some new constraints. It's after that point that you should construct your grand battle plan.

pgsandstrom commented on Sweden is a nearly cashless society – how it affects people who are left out theconversation.com/swede... · Posted by u/PaulHoule

The_Colonel · 8 months ago

What happens when there's an internet outage?

A cashless society works fine in the sunshine case, but it's not inconceivable that the network could go down in various crisis scenarios for an extended period of time (days). Economic transactions still need to happen ...

pgsandstrom · 8 months ago

I work at a swedish bank. We spend very much time and effort to prepare for different situations such as that. Some preparation is required by the EU Dora act: https://www.digital-operational-resilience-act.com/ (yes I know that HN hates all EU regulations)

Being a cashless society does require some extra emergency planning, but I feel confident that Sweden has prepared as well as you could ever expect for such a crisis.

pgsandstrom commented on Don't sit on the toilet for more than 10 minutes, doctors warn cnn.com/2024/11/12/health... · Posted by u/RyeCombinator

hoppyhoppy2 · 9 months ago

Who is "they"?

pgsandstrom · 9 months ago

I'm pretty sure its a joke. It's based on the thinking that "the government" is trying to remove all our pleasure of life, such as smoking, eating meat and drinking. The joke is to compare the pleasure of sitting on the toilet with these vices.

pgsandstrom commented on Who Killed the World? pudding.cool/2024/07/scif... · Posted by u/surprisetalk

pgsandstrom · a year ago

I think it is interesting that a majority of the changes happened between the 50s and the 70s. I guess it might be attributed to post-war optimism and the golden age of capitalism that lasted just about the same era.

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Neil44 · a year ago

Anecdotaly people I know who are on the spectrum are more likley to take extreme viewpoints. It seems to be a symptom of black and white thinking.

pgsandstrom · a year ago

The article mentions a few points that I consider more likely explanations:

1. Being autistic makes you not consider what is "normal" as important.

2. Autistic people are more likely to spend a very large amount of time online.

pgsandstrom commented on I switched to Vim – and it took me only 6 years to learn it emanuelcepoi.com/preview/... · Posted by u/cepem

TheRoque · a year ago

I tried to get all-in on Neovim, but unfortunately VSCode is just too powerful now, and too convenient. I like their defaults, I'm used to their shortcuts, you can customize it easily (extensions, tasks with custom parsing of the output for example). You can even connect through remote machines with it. And you can use it in a browser. At this point it's more ubiquitous than Neovim.

pgsandstrom · a year ago

VSCode has a really great neovim-plugin that I'm currently using. Best of both worlds: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=asvetlia...

pgsandstrom commented on Microwaves Not Made in China aintfromchina.com/kitchen... · Posted by u/KoftaBob

pgsandstrom · a year ago

Swede here. We fear a chinese hegemony as well.

pgsandstrom commented on Biden proposes 30% tax on crypto mining taxfoundation.org/researc... · Posted by u/nullbyte

tmn · a year ago

Clever. Should it be on all proof of work? Is it applied only if the computing is being done within the country doing the ban?

pgsandstrom · a year ago

I love this argument. "Can you define EXACTLY what you want to ban"? I'd say a significant part of all criminalized activities can't be EXACTLY defined. Somehow we still manage.

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