traceur402

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Instead of starting from the code, start from the problem you're trying to solve. You want a program that guesses numbers randomly in a loop? you need a way to make a random numbers and a way to make loops, which are units small enough to maybe remember whenever you need them with a little practice

on Does anyone choose Debian? · c/linux · 6 pts · 102d

Debian is perfect in particular for work. Stable, free, capable. Hardly more to want. And it's been almost the only stable bedrock in my tech career of over two decades. I've probably made over a million USD with it, while everything else eventually gets taken by a corporation and becomes folly to build on. Free software forever

on I hate the beep!! · c/memes · 1 pts · 171d

I had an old microwave that had a beep but a second after the cycle end so you had a whole second long window to open it peacefully. Beautiful lost technology.

I'd say it's certainly possible for the economics and business strategy to shift in a manner where consumers get a much worse deal like this indefinitely. But it's really haad to say if it's actually going to play out that way or we experience a return to the previous equilibrium

there's a utility named rename that will rename based on regular expressions. I think all the things you listed can be done by making a suitable regexp for each case