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The need for whitespace
I’m a big fan of vertical whitespace, and find it strange that more fuss is made of tabs vs spaces (which doesn’t really affect readability) than vertical spacing (which does). Here’s a simple code example, randomly picked: Compared to: That single extra line makes such a difference when scanning code. Imagine trying to read a…
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Adverbial adjunct
I know, right? The internet takes you on wonderful journeys, and today I found out about adverbial adjuncts. My path there began by wondering about the overused and redundant ‘to be honest’ that is added to statements. To be honest I always lie. Unsure person Similarly there is the popular (and probably American) ‘go ahead’,…
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SimpleSync
What better way to welcome in the New Year than over-engineering a solution to an edge case that almost no one will need. Hurrah! The thing is, sometimes I need to edit files on a remote server. This isn’t anything new or different, but sometimes I also want to use my editor of choice (VSCode),…
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Fallout 4 VR
After not touching my Oculus Rift for a good while I’ve had a resurgence of interest. This is mainly due to buying Fallout 4 VR. I’ll prefix this by stating that I’ve played the original Fallout 4 extensively, sinking countless hours into it (as well as the previous Fallouts). It’s a world and story that…
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Downloading iCloud photos
I take a lot of photos and try to be very careful with their management and storage. Everything gets included in Lightroom, and backed up in a variety of ways. The photos on my and my wife’s iPhone live in the cloud, outside the rest of my archive. This is something that’s always irked me.…
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