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MrScottyTay

@ MrScottyTay @sh.itjust.works

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An just 30-something Software Dev that enjoys gaming, woodworking, electronics and plenty of other hobbies. Too many hobbies.

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  • I think the USA is a bit big to be considered an island

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  • I didn't mean to make it come across as creative writing was the only way to get better at writing as a whole. Was more trying to say that exercising the creative side would make you better at that side in particular because you said you found yourself not good at creative writing. I was trying to encourage you into expand your hobby of writing into creative writing as well, if you felt like you were being held back on trying it more because of that.

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  • Just write whatever, doesn't ever have to be a complete story, can just be snippets or ideas. Just little bits here and there to exercise that part of your brain. And who knows maybe eventually you'll start coming up with ideas you think are cooler.

    I always suggest creative hobbies that build up a skill more so than just active ones because active ones (unless there's problem solving involved like bouldering for example), it gets to a point where you just doing repetitions of the act. If there's a creative aspect to it you can always build upon it on it in new and interesting ways as you become more proficient.

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  • Please try find a hobby for your spare time. Then you can live for that. Even if it's just a passing hobby, it could get you out of your rut and make way for a new hobby you may encounter.

  • 'Microslop' is heading for Edge – major browser redesign is inspired by Copilot, and it's already seriously unpopular

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  • Vivaldi is unusable for me because you can't have the bookmarks bar only show on the new tab screen, and they seem unwilling to add that in to save face in a few discussions they've had about that feature, it's weird.

    My primary is Firefox too by the way.

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  • Its developers tools, as is is better than chromes.

    And like i said in my original comment it's vertical tabs are one of the best implementations out there at the moment.

    It has sensible tab folder features which I usually don't use in other browsers but in edge they're great.

    It also has what they call workspaces that keeps the exact state of your tabs across signed in instances if the browser irregardless of device (it even syncs in real-time - which has helped me in times at work when i can remote into multiple different devices on our network).

    Granted i can understand on personal devices the signed in workspaces may sound awful to most but on a device where i already have to be signed in to a Microsoft account for work anyway, it's a moot point for me. My work laptop is the only windows device i have in the house if that's worth any merit. Windows is awful, getting worse by the way and edge will soon be following suit so even though I'm praising it in its current state, I can't see me continuing to do so for much longer.

  • 'Microslop' is heading for Edge – major browser redesign is inspired by Copilot, and it's already seriously unpopular

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  • As a base browser. I think edge is better than standard Chrome if you want Chromium.

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  • Edge was fine, i use it at work to further separate personal use from work use further. It's vertical tabs are top tier and being able to have the dev tools have vertical tabs is also a massive plots for productivity. However the latter is getting removed for seemingly no reason and once that's gone there's no boon to using edge anymore and I'll just use a separate Firefox profile or use some chromium browser for work.

  • What's your kinda-unimpressive 'claim to fame'?

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  • It's great in communal areas like at an office where you want music for everyone, but also want everyone to be able to easily glance over at what's playing. It's good for secondary monitors and parties too.

  • What's your kinda-unimpressive 'claim to fame'?

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  • My Spotify issue/feature request was attributed to bringing back a good version of the full screen view on desktop.

    I've since moved away from Spotify but it was cool that that happened (even though they should not have made it shit beforehand in the first place)

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  • Is this an American thing?

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  • You were just fired and not made redundant instead? Seems very shady if you were just fired without just cause.

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  • In the UK it's not. The surrounding bank holidays are only Christmas Day and New Year's Eve. Some companies that require employees to take holidays during the period may also give Boxing Day "for free".

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  • Yes but I don't fully mind actually. I can work from home and at any time so I can take it easy. Plus when I am working, I strangely find it pretty fun when I'm in the groove.

  • Developers remain willing but reluctant to use AI: The 2025 Developer Survey results are here

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  • I don't think I could ever have an AI actively modify my code. I use one semi regularly but just for the first steps of research and brainstorming ideas. It often never lands exactly on what I need but the process helps me think a bit better and to avoid the shortcomings that the AI often produces in responses.

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  • I disagree that it's crap. I think they're very good. But I also think they're not fully comparable outside of the fact that they are different style of games.

    People can have preference but sadly if you prefer the originals you'll likely feel as if you've lost the chance of more like them.

    I actually think the combat is not that different to original, but just with a different perspective. I think this can be felt especially in Ragnarok and in the free DLC of it that really focuses on on the combat.

  • Librarians Are Tired of Being Accused of Hiding Secret Books That Were Made Up by AI

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  • It's fucking awful isn't it. Summer day soon when i can be arsed I'll have to give one of the paid search engines a go.

    I'm currently on qwant but I've already noticed a degradation in its results since i started using it at the start of the year.

  • Microsoft wants to replace its entire C and C++ codebase, perhaps by 2030

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  • Not disagreeing with you there