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  • There is a distinction between an app and a site. An application has many partial state updates. Two updates is uncommon for an app. Way different for a website where people ideally land on the right page from a search engine. There is a place for an SPA but it's not everything.

    We tend to stick with an SPA even for things which are mainly reads because we're more efficient in a single tech stack. Sadly we don't have big tech budgets to do everything. In theory the JS SPA backend can simply run in the backend if there's no need for an SPA. I had thought hydration and caching to have gotten way better by now but there's still a good way to go.

  • FreeCAD's Arch/BIM workbench

    Draw in 2D to create 3D walls. Position windows, doors and others in 3D. Some features like the roof or stairs have their own modules.

    You can always fall back to one of the other many workbenches should you need something not part of a typical home (weird stairs, a detailed cupboard, ...).

    I could not find documentation easily in the past but it likely exists. For a video introduction the FCBLounge channel (YouTube) provides great visual tutorials.

    I've documented part of our home in this to ideate remodeling. It can be used for pipework but I did not try that yet.

  • Having experimented with this a lot, I'd say it depends :P

    Keyboard only you can get by with 5fps or so, but there's no real feedback at that point.

    15fps is ok and quite usable. Artifacts are the more annoying thing at that rate. 30fps is really more then necessary (though I agree higher is nice on lcd displays).

    What bothered me most is the limited contrast, pixel density and limited amount of colors on color eink display.

  • Like any other car, but less worry about the drivetrain and a bit more about the suspension.

    It seems batteries last quite wel. Our car has 250k km on it. The battery is fine (90%-ish) and the engine runs smooth. Listen for sounds of bearings failing if there's no extra sounds. Drive a second one of the same make and model to compare suspension and noise to.

    Check the reputation of the brand and see if it lives up to your standards in terms of wear.

  • I did not touch Windows during or after my CS degree. No clue what people are on about needing Windows. It was a challenge on my first job where they preferred us to use VMs instead (I did not and it became the norm because it is better).

    Graduated in Europe. We had a bunch going through the same. Campus computers were running Linux too. You need someone to champion it in the year and others will join.

  • Framework makes it their point but also charges for it. Some big make laptops also allow to upgrade parts.

    But lets not forget Linux specific laptops. They generally allow upgrading ram and storage. Slimbook even sold me a newer (but also new) keyboard when mine gave up after 5 years or so. Most parts seem to be available still.

    Some brands to look for in this group are Tuxedo, bto, slimbook, starbook. Clevo might work too.

  • You could provide a (separate) email address for that and hope spam detection is good enough. You can use <a href="mailto:me@example.com?subject=Direct mail message from PAGE">mail me</a> to have them open their mail client. It is wise to provide the address visually too and you might ask them to include something in the subject so you can filter out mailing list spam easily.

  • I did not receive a ping because it was a nested comment (TIL)

    I tend to start digging into the source (with M-. to jump to definitions and M-, to pop back). I also tend to break, press c to continue, then break again and see if I'm still in the same spot. I don't see much wrong with this. It looks like you're opening a file on a remote host and it seems to be rendering these files. Perhaps that always happens.

    I do see an advice dired-details-hide. I vaguely recall there being an issue with something with pretty dired (but I think that was with all-the-icons).

    It could also be that tramp's connection broke. Then call tramp-cleanup-this-connection. Something else is probably going haywire, but using ssh's ControlMaster and reusing the sockets can help with slowdowns then. Using tramp is always going to be slower due to the connection, yet if something freezes it's probably a package interfering and here possibly fontification.

  • Amazing driving machines. One of the most fun EVs today, guaranteed to make you smile.

    I had some memorable moments when it was launched. I believe they sold with very little profit. They were not sold through dealers, but from BMW directly. As with any non-metal shell, repairs are hard to come by because of missing expertise. The i3 was also quite expensive for a visually tiny city car. At the time BMW perceived as a somewhat pretentious brand which made the small car feel tiny and untrue with it's narrow tires which gave off a strange impression to buyers. The steering sticks near centre which can be strange. It was also expensive to buy and people assumed maintenance would be expensive too, as was perceived of other special cars from the brand. We test-drove it (60Ah) and it was a blast to drive, the Model S (85kWh) of the time offered far more range, faster charging, and felt substantially more practical at the time if you had some space to park. The Tesla brand was also on a mission to sustainable driving at the time.

    Flash forward to today and the i3 is what people here are asking for. It's light with an analogue feel, an absolute joy to drive, it's frugal on electricity, the battery kept up well because of a great design, and there's no rust I know of. Sure, it charges slowly, but it quickly ramps up to it's 50kW max charging speed and doesn't consume much so it's great for anything but long-distance travel. The car is connected to the internet (I think always?) but the firmware has been unlocked so we can service it as needed. All buttons operate as you want it and are BMW quality, nice to touch and they're clear to use.

    You drive one of the most fun affordable and practical EVs you can buy today. Big thumbs up!