avocado

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Say it ain't so in c/memes@lemmy.world
[–] avocado@programming.dev 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I would guess some people like learning being a social experience

Stop telling me AI is the future [Still Vreni] in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
[–] avocado@programming.dev 0 points 21 hours ago (12 children)

I love people downvoting a completely rational take

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Have you noticed this phenomena on social media (programming.dev)
 

Every time I search something like “Why is X bad?” on reddit or other forums, the majority of comments is always people arguing the exact opposite. This has been my experience countless times over the years. Recently I started searching the opposite of what I want to know, like “Why is X good?”, and it works flawlessly.

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Have you noticed this phenomena on forums (programming.dev)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by avocado@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Every time I search something like "Why is X bad?" on reddit or other forums, the majority of comments is always people arguing the exact opposite. This has been my experience countless times over the years. Recently I started searching the opposite of what I want to know, like "Why is X good?", and it works flawlessly.

Bjarne Stroustrup: How do I deal with memory leaks? By writing code that doesn't have any. in c/programming@programming.dev
[–] avocado@programming.dev -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

C++'s so called smarter mechanisms are ugly af. I would rather my RAM crash and burn than use its standard library.

Magyar set to make rare appearance on Hungary’s state media after accusing them of spreading Orbán propaganda in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] avocado@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

These leaders don't operate in a vacuum. Majority of hungarians are very conservative and addressing LGBT issues would make it harder for him to get elected.