bigpingo

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   by bigpingo 2y ago

   I have always had the same line: AI will blow my mind when it solves an unsolved mathematical/physics/scientific problem, i.e: "AI, give me a proof for (or against) the Riemann hypothesis"
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   by bigpingo 2y ago

   For C and C++* projects under ~100k lines I wouldnt bother with incremental builds - I have a 70k C project with a single translation unit that builds in under 1s on my machine. * C++ requires some discipline to not explode build times, but
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   by bigpingo 2y ago

   And this is why type based alias analysis (TBAA) is insane and why projects like linux complies with fno-strict-aliasing. C should issue a defect report and get rid of that nonsense from the standard.
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   by bigpingo 2y ago

   Yeah I never got the aversion to operator overloading either. "+ can do anything!" As you said, so can plus(). "Hidden function calls?" Have they never programmed a soft float or microcontroller without a div instruction
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   by bigpingo 2y ago

   gcc is available on and targets more platforms than rust. So if GNU C is not considered portable you can forget about 'portable rust'.
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   by bigpingo 2y ago

   I hate annoying distractions, be it popups, beeps, notifications, alerts, auto brace/quotes/etc and autocomplete prompts. I turn all of that off in every program because I want to be in total control of the computer. When it com
7. 7.▲
   by bigpingo 2y ago

   Link to GPT-4 passing the turing test? Tried googling, could not find anything.
8. 8.▲
   by bigpingo 2y ago

   printf("%.*s", len, str); lets you pass the length as an int argument.