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Cake day: December 31st, 2023

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    • They are sturdier and require less delicate handling, lest you damage a paperback’s cover, or accidentally bend some of the pages
      • i always remove the paper graphic covers from HB so i just have the bare cardstock cover
      • this is handy if you need to travel with it, say on vacation, or to / from school or work
    • the spine is a lot sturdier and looser
      • with PB, the spine is just the same paper material as the cover, and it forms creases as you read
      • with PB, the spine is usually really tight, which makes it really hard to lay out the book flat
      • with hardback, the spine is separate from the cover, which lets it flex more easily, and the material that binds the pages is generally more durable to flexing over time

    I should probably note, i mostly read from e-ink tablets these days

    But i still prefer HB over PB if i need / have a physical copy





  • The technology behind the registry is fine (which is what I think @VinesNFluff meant)

    But it’s execution in Windows was ass

    In theory, a configuration manager with DB-like abilities (to maintain relationships, schematic integrity, and to abstract the file storage details), isn’t a bad idea

    But the registry as it is today is pure pain



  • Software dev here,

    It doesn’t stop you from typing code, but it does drastically hinder the process. You often need to pull up technical documentation (for the language, framework, platform, etc), or search the internet for things, like “C# HttpClient how to serialize JSON with a different naming policy”

    Not to mention, if any of your dev resources are online, no Internet prevents you from running your code. Like, if you need to connect to an S3 bucket, AWS instance, or Azure Database