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by _pmf_ 3y ago
I'd also like to throw https://github.com/WerWolv/ImHex in the mix here.
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by _pmf_ 4y ago
Responsibility sink.
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by _pmf_ 4y ago
> tesla does not need to advertise What do you think Elon's shenanigans are exactly?
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by _pmf_ 4y ago
> 2x memory looks like a naive implementation of just allocating an std::string from heap for each line. Due to heap fragmentation and various overhead it would quickly blow up. Looks more line Qt's internal UTF-16 encoding in this
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by _pmf_ 4y ago
"Recycling" means "the landfill is on the other half of the globe".
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by _pmf_ 4y ago
> Barcode scanners are hilariously bad Aren't they just USB HID (previously: serial) devices that literally just output key codes for the numbers detected?
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by _pmf_ 5y ago
In the Challenger case, the bad information has been deliberately hidden within the structure. They could just as well have pulled it up in the structure. It's like saying variable font sizes are inherently bad because due to them, con
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by _pmf_ 5y ago
A small set standardized data structures (vectors, maps) would do so much good for C.
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by _pmf_ 5y ago
For me, The Witcher 3 and Red Dead Redemption had the most compelling environments. I spent probably half of my play time just walking-riding around.
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by _pmf_ 5y ago
> it's a book filled with solutions to imaginary problems. Have you even read it? I'd say it has more deep real world examples than almost any other SW engineering book I've read.
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by _pmf_ 5y ago
Obligatory plug for Simon Tatham's (the author of Putty) puzzle application.
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by _pmf_ 5y ago
Love it!
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by _pmf_ 5y ago
Trade shows are a particular kind of crazy.
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by _pmf_ 5y ago
> Nobody is forcing anyone to partake in this new technology. Like I wasn't forced to participate in the resolution and the fallout of the housing crash?
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by _pmf_ 5y ago
> For a while I felt guilty, like I was ripping the law-firm off Laughed out loud at this.
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by _pmf_ 5y ago
620M is too much for a password manager, so we can safely assume it is no longer one.
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by _pmf_ 5y ago
You could get hundreds of thousands of European developers (West as well as East Europe) by offering 80000 EUR comp and a reliable contract.
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by _pmf_ 5y ago
The Amish use compressed air: http://www.amishfamilyvalues.com/amish/amish-electricity/
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by _pmf_ 5y ago
> Anyone that's worried about autoimmune phenomena after vaccination should look at autoimmune phenomena post Covid infection Hard to ignore, what with this being shoved down my throat 24/7 for 1.5 years.
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by _pmf_ 5y ago
Using Statecharts or FRP is completely orthogonal to the choice of polling vs. event driven.
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by _pmf_ 5y ago
Sophistry and rhetoric are not "thinking". They are intellectual sleight of hands.
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by _pmf_ 5y ago
I hope you use the standard Windows OS.
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by _pmf_ 5y ago
> and only add nuance later When would that be?
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by _pmf_ 5y ago
> These core values won't change. The Abmahnwesen never dies.
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by _pmf_ 5y ago
Install it on a spare laptop.
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by _pmf_ 5y ago
> Betting your life it's mild is dumb. But keeping the panic dialed up to 11 for two years is very healthy. Signed, someone who probably now has a cardiac neurosis.
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by _pmf_ 5y ago
A support forum for a commercial product is not a "community".
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by _pmf_ 5y ago
> Um. Is high hazard and death ratio for obese people something that needed explaining? Some people might argue that convincing people to not get fat is much lower hanging fruit than transforming every democracy into an authoritarian apa
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by _pmf_ 5y ago
> Not sure if this is indicative of other years It is.
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by _pmf_ 5y ago
There was a time when a Swing application felt heavyweight, but today, it feels extremely lightweight (including JVM startup). (Not IntelliJ, which is horrible in every regard.)

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