To be fair, VS Code git implementation is really off-putting if you've used something good.

Personally I love it and find it very intuitive.

It allows you to do stuff so much faster than having to type everything manually into the terminal. Also really enjoy the "Undo Last Commit" feature and how I can easily see all modified files at once and shuffle around stuff between the staging area.

The parent is comparing it to, e.g. jetbrains git integration.

I have no idea about both. I just use git in terminal.

Renovate (dependabot equiv I think) creates PRs, I usually walk through them every morning or when there's a bit of downtime. Playing with the idea to automerge patches and maybe even minor updates but up until now it's not that hard to keep up.

My dad uses Gemini because it's the default thingy on his android phone - I asked him if he used ChatGPT and he said yes and navigated to Gemini. Most people really don't care that much I think.

Quitting smoking was the best decision I made and I wish I did it earlier. If you feel ready Allen Carr's book worked for me. I wasted so much time smoking.

Thanks man, appreciate it, and kudos for stopping.

I might quit, I guess, when my fiancee has to for pregnancy, should it eventually stop being funny to tell her how wonderful each individual cigarette I smoke is. But I really, really love smoking - more than any of my other hobbies, wholesome or otherwise.

I'm sure that'll change, and I'll look that book up if and when it does. Thanks again.

Motivation has to come from you, of course, but you might find it once you see your future baby and realize you have a shot at really seeing how he or she turns out as an adult. That was the impetus for me to start taking my health more seriously.

It's a bit odd to claim both sides do something but not elaborate when asked for more info. Seems disingenuous.

No, it's flippant.

What's disingenuous is substituting my "this" for whatever one pleases, when in context it was obviously the concepts referred to in the post it replied to - debating for one's own advantage, and milking wins against weak interlocutors.

Being based in Europa is a massive USP for European companies - the USA being harder and harder to trust each day. It's difficult to build business on shaky ground.

There's no way to catch up really - if they keep innovating like they are it's not possible to bridge that gap.

Also, it's probably a patent minefield.

Having directly worked on fab process engineering typically if its patented it’s going to get copied.

I think even then patents can be prohibitive or else https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45181828 does not mean anything.

As disappointing as my national government (NL) has been and still is, at least our MEPs oppose this dragon of a proposal.

Damn dude. I'm just having fun most of the time. The field is so insanely broad that if you've got an ounce of affinity there's a corner that would fit you snugly AND you'd make a decent living. Take a look around.

There's a neat trick to remove the nag screen

That’s one purchase I never regretted. Sublime was so perfect before writing code got tipped upside down