I play wind instruments so despite not strumming, I also use my hands to play. What seems to make a difference is that the movement is very different from typing on a keyboard. (I type blind with 10 fingers.) That difference suffices for my muscles and my brains to separate the activities and recognize music practice as a distraction and relaxation.
aev_software
Grumpy old software architect and engineer. Usability and accessibility advocate. Makes software better. I made Publizjr, Ged2Dendro, and currently work on UmpireDB.
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Tell me again how python is easy to learn for beginner programmers.
Other languages that have similar behavior include Java and JavaScript, and yes you have to be careful with list / array operations in those languages as well, lest you operate on the wrong list inadvertently. Happened to me. It will happen to you.
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Beef production drives 40% of agriculture-linked forest destruction, Brazil leads1·13 days agoAnd who didn’t know this?
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Global News@lemmy.zip•Adults underestimate risk of abuse posed to women by ex-partners, UK data showsEnglish
1·13 days agoNot just in the UK either. In the USA and the Netherlands as well. My spouse performs forensic research into heinous crimes. These statistics are well known among crime investigators. It truly is saddening to have to teach your kids that the most likely person to harm them and their mom, is you.
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Iran War’s Gas Supply Shock Pushes Top Consumers Back to Coal3·13 days agoOne could even hypothesize that this was the goal.
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Global News@lemmy.zip•One-third of global food is wasted as millions face hungerEnglish
2·14 days agoProduction rarely being the problem, it’s a challenge of getting it distributed on time to the places that need it most. Common cause: greed and power mongering.
Most action games already have a.i. running parts of the challenges, and have had them for decades. The way a computer opponent responds to your actions is most likely determined by a.i…
Something tells me gamers know this, and you lot know this, and so does Square Enix, but someone somewhere prefers to limit the meaning of a.i. to LLM-based chatbot, for whatever stupid reason.
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Fuck AI@lemmy.world•Microsoft Realizes It's Epically Screwed Up Windows 11 as Users Rage at Copilot AI Crammed Everywhere
31·20 days agoMicrosoft realizes things?
Wait, what?
Since when?
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Opensource•A 65% mechanical keyboard Renegade based on Raspberry Pi Pico 2
11·21 days agoWhy does a computer keyboard need a computer?
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Fuck AI@lemmy.world•BuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AI
60·30 days agoNobody saw that coming after they fired their reporters and writers. Nobody.
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Legal News@lemmy.zip•US | Anti-ICE Protesters Convicted on Terrorism Charges for Wearing All BlackEnglish
6·30 days agoSo… for our next meet-up we should wear pink, mmmkay?
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Global News@lemmy.zip•Milei cheers economic benefits of Iran war for ArgentinaEnglish
6·1 month agoIf you needed any more proof that wars are waged for profit…
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Legal News@lemmy.zip•Major Publishers Sue Anna's Archive Over 'Staggering' Copyright Infringement, Seek InjunctionEnglish
6·1 month agoBut are they suing Anthropic, OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google?
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Global News@lemmy.zip•Uber launches women-only option across the USEnglish
21·1 month agoFinally getting with the program too, are we?
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Music@lemmy.world•Courtney Love & Melissa Auf der Maur Tease Hole Reunion TourEnglish
11·1 month agoWho?
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What are these two plastic sheets one always sees when US presidents give speeches?
17·2 months agoEverybody knows! Ask anyone!
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Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.com•"we can change the Democratic Party from the inside"English
244·2 months agooh yes, by all means, own us libs by voting more nazi. Surely that will change our minds.



Remember their goal is profit, and their choices will make sense.
Bad, evil, and pandering sense.