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Ah, JOVE—a text editor so #obscure it makes the dark side of the moon look like Times Square 🌑🔍. Apparently, it's Jonathan's version of #Emacs, because clearly what the world needs is *another* Emacs variant 🙄. Wikipedia's labyrinthine "content" only adds to the enigma: is it an editor, a call for help, or just a cosmic joke? 🌌😂
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JOVE #JOVE #texteditor #technology #humor #cosmicjoke #HackerNews #ngated

en.wikipedia.orgJOVE - Wikipedia
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🎨🔫 In this riveting exposé, we learn that our eyes detect color without the aid of ocular lasers—truly a #groundbreaking revelation in 2025! 🌈🔍 Evolution's baffling decision to overlap wavelengths is finally uncovered, leaving us pondering the mysteries of nature with the enthusiasm of a soggy waffle. 🙄🥞
dynomight.net/colors/ #colorperception #evolution #science #mystery #HackerNews #ngated

DYNOMIGHT · New colors without shooting lasers into your eyesCan optical illusions take you outside the human color gamut?
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📰 Ah yes, the thrilling saga of tripping over #foreign #keys while trying to keep your #database #integrity intact — because who doesn’t love a good faceplant into SQL? 😂 Like a true heroic tale, this guide fills you in on how to transform your #Django #ORM into a minefield of foreign key #blunders, ensuring you achieve maximum chaos with minimum effort. 🚀
hakibenita.com/django-foreign- #SQL #HackerNews #ngated

hakibenita.comHow to Get Foreign Keys Horribly WrongCommon Pitfalls and Potential Optimizations in Django
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🚨 Breaking #news from the world of software engineering: file position impacts #code review! 🙄 Next, they might reveal that water is wet. Apparently, the order you read code matters—thank goodness for #scientific #rigor in discovering the obvious. 🎉
arxiv.org/abs/2208.04259 #softwareengineering #review #tech #developer #humor #HackerNews #ngated

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arXiv.orgFirst Come First Served: The Impact of File Position on Code ReviewThe most popular code review tools (e.g., Gerrit and GitHub) present the files to review sorted in alphabetical order. Could this choice or, more generally, the relative position in which a file is presented bias the outcome of code reviews? We investigate this hypothesis by triangulating complementary evidence in a two-step study. First, we observe developers' code review activity. We analyze the review comments pertaining to 219,476 Pull Requests (PRs) from 138 popular Java projects on GitHub. We found files shown earlier in a PR to receive more comments than files shown later, also when controlling for possible confounding factors: e.g., the presence of discussion threads or the lines added in a file. Second, we measure the impact of file position on defect finding in code review. Recruiting 106 participants, we conduct an online controlled experiment in which we measure participants' performance in detecting two unrelated defects seeded into two different files. Participants are assigned to one of two treatments in which the position of the defective files is switched. For one type of defect, participants are not affected by its file's position; for the other, they have 64% lower odds to identify it when its file is last as opposed to first. Overall, our findings provide evidence that the relative position in which files are presented has an impact on code reviews' outcome; we discuss these results and implications for tool design and code review. Data and materials: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6901285
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😅 Oh, the legendary quest of crafting a #speedrun timer in #D for Deus Ex, because clearly, reinventing the wheel in the most roundabout way possible is the new trend. 🚀 Enjoy the riveting adventures of "Baby's First Game Hack," where basic coding becomes a heroic saga. 🙄
bradley.chatha.dev/blog/linux- #DeusEx #gamehack #codingadventures #reinventthewheel #HackerNews #ngated

bradley.chatha.devHow I made a speedrun timer in D
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🚗🌍 Oh look, History Today is taking us on a thrilling ride down the Swahili highway! 🤓 Apparently, Swahili didn't just trip and fall into being East Africa's lingua franca—who knew languages didn't grow on trees? 😂 Stay tuned for more groundbreaking revelations only 2 years too late! 📅🎉
historytoday.com/archive/behin #HistoryToday #SwahiliLanguage #EastAfrica #Linguistics #ThrillingRide #HackerNews #ngated

www.historytoday.comSwahili on the Road | History Today
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In a shocking revelation, engineers discover that #skyscrapers need more than just prayers to stay standing—introducing liquid dampers, the *secret sauce* of modern #architecture. 🏗️💧 Because who knew that what your skinny jean-wearing buildings needed all along was a good ol' shake of the liquid maraca? 🙄
practical.engineering/blog/202 #liquiddampers #engineering #innovation #modernbuildings #HackerNews #ngated

Practical EngineeringThe Hidden Engineering of Liquid Dampers in Skyscrapers — Practical Engineering[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.] There’s a new trend in high-rise building design. Maybe you’ve seen this in your city. The best lots are all taken, so developers are stretching the limits to make use of space that isn’t always ideal for skyscrapers. They’re no
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🥳 Oh, goody! Another groundbreaking revelation: "benchmarking" is evidently the new buzzword for charging you more 💸 while you drown in buzzword soup 🍲. #PlanetScale for #Postgres promises to bring you the ultimate Postgres experience, assuming you survive the labyrinth of documentation and sales pitches first. 🙄
planetscale.com/blog/benchmark #buzzwordbingo #benchmarking #salespitches #documentationdilemma #HackerNews #ngated

planetscale.comBenchmarking Postgres — PlanetScaleBenchmarking Postgres in a transparent, standardized and fair way is challenging. Here, we look at the process of how we did it in-depth
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🔥🚫 OMG! James discovers the groundbreaking revelation that #IPv6 isn't a magical fix for everything. 😱 His odyssey through power outages and tech gobbledygook just to realize most of the #internet still ignores IPv6. Maybe next time try carrier pigeons, James? 🐦
jamesmcm.github.io/blog/no-ipv #Discovery #Myths #TechStruggles #JamesJourney #HackerNews #ngated

jamesmcm.github.ioUsing the Internet without IPv4 connectivityA technical blog about Rust, Linux and other topics.
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🎙️ In a groundbreaking revelation, 31,000 radio enthusiasts will once again pretend it's 1925 instead of 2025 by fiddling with antennas and "ham" radios in the woods. 🍖🚀 It's like Coachella for people who think Morse code is the peak of modern communication. 📞🔥
arrl.org/field-day #radioenthusiasts #vintagecommunication #hamradio #hamfest #techculture #HackerNews #ngated

www.arrl.orgField DayThe American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.
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