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David Hugh-Jones shares advice on writing good online comments, Hugging Face releases Whisper for speech recognition, Bjarne Stroustrup plans to bring safety to C++, CSS becomes fun again with new advancements, and the beauty of finished software is praised.
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- Improving online commenting involves knowing why you're writing, understanding the venue, and making comments more readable and impactful through brevity.
- Advancements in CSS, including custom properties and style queries, have made external tools and preprocessors unnecessary for smaller projects, signaling a potential decline in web development build steps.
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Improving Online Commenting
David Hugh Jones discusses the importance of improving online commenting. Although most comments are a waste of time to read and write, online debate plays a central role in politics and culture. Jones suggests several actionable strategies to enhance online commenting, such as knowing why you're writing and understanding the venue. Additionally, he emphasizes the significance of brevity in making comments more readable and impactful.
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