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  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonetoProgrammer Humor@programming.devLanguages
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    9 days ago

    Literally all of these languages are rooted in English.

    C: printf()

    C++: cout

    JavaScript: document.write() or window.print()

    Java: system.out.println()

    Python: print()

    Rust: print()

    Exactly zero of those reference a language other than English. I’m not even a linguist and this is just silly. It’s literally part of why English is becoming the dominant world language, because if you learn computer programming you basically have to learn English.




  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonetoLinux@lemmy.mlParental controls?
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    10 days ago

    Exactly. I don’t personally have kids so I also feel especially out of line telling someone else how to raise theirs. Parenting isn’t easy, and there’s tough questions like “How do I get my child to learn good habits around screen time so they don’t end up addicted to devices built for addiction?” Honestly, I personally don’t know a better way other than loosely (not strictly) limiting screen time enough so that they naturally learn good habits over time, and that unfortunately means you need to monitor screen time. As an adult I noticed a lot of my good habits were things my parents instilled in me in my youth that I hadn’t really thought about, like drinking a lot of water, for one. They didn’t prevent me from drinking soda at all, but they limited my intake at home and made sure when I was home I was drinking lots of water and not just juice or soda, they didn’t try to control me outside of the house when I was making my own decisions… and now I drink water a lot because it just feels normal. It’s a habit they got me into, and because it became a habit I’m left with a good habit in my adulthood. I don’t see how it would be any different in getting a kid to respect screen time as an adult.

    God… I wish my parents had done more to monitor my screen time because I’m bad at this shit.





  • The goal of ActivityWatch is simple: Enable the collection of as much valuable lifedata as possible without compromising user privacy.

    We’ve worked towards this goal by creating an application for safe storage of the data on the user’s local machine and as well as a set of watchers which record data such as:

    Currently active application and the title of its window Currently active browser tab and its title and URL Keyboard and mouse activity, to detect if you are AFK (“away from keyboard”) or not

    It is up to you as user to collect as much as you want, or as little as you want (and we hope some of you will help write watchers so we can collect more).

    Well, they linked to the releases page instead of the main page for the project, for one.


  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonetoLinux@lemmy.mlParental controls?
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    Personal opinion, I don’t understand why more parents haven’t moved to use Pi-Holes for content blocking. Since you can tailor your own blocklists, it’s not impossible to do, and I’m pretty sure some enterprising folks have already made a Pi-Hole block list for porn and various adult websites.

    Further, if your child figures out how to bypass the block, they’re learning valuable skills, if nothing else.


    To be fair, it seems like you’re more concerned with overall screen time, and I don’t have a better solution for that than you already have.


  • Do you do much uploading or want to host anything for friends to stream from you?

    A DOCSIS 3.0 modem tops out at 100Mbps upload, while a DOCSIS 3.1 tops out at 2Gbps upload. I know Comcast/Xfinity sucks, but they’ve definitely rolled out 2Ghz download and 2Ghz upload symmetrical connection in some areas.

    I agree that 1Ghz seems plenty, but I regularly feel more limited by upload speeds, personally. If upload doesn’t matter so much to you, then that’s the only thing that stood out to me as a difference.


    With WiFi the bigger question is if where you live is so big that you need extenders of some type. Even with more modern “mesh” systems, you still often need hardwired Access Points.

    If the only WiFi you use is your router, because you’re in a small house/apartment, then you don’t really need anything fancy and an AC wireless router will do you fine. If you need a large area covered and don’t want dead zones, you’ll need proper mapping and setting up of Access Points whether you are using a more modern mesh network or not.



  • pcpartpicker.com is a good place to start and can help you know if specific parts are compatible but it’s just a place to start and is often still missing important info.

    So you still need to do due diligence and do things like check measurements to make sure, for example, your video card will actually fit inside your case, etc.

    Also, since its your first time, you want to avoid any motherboards that require you to do a BIOS update to handle a newer processor, because that’s just complicated stuff that you’re going to want to skip as a beginner.

    It’s more expensive but go for a newer motherboard that is compatible with your processor out-of-the-box. BIOS updates are a pain and scary even for advanced users.