dpryden

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by dpryden 1y ago
I think you might be thinking of https://cdsmith.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/an-old-article-i-wr... It says: > I give the following general definitions for strong and weak typing, at least when used as absolu
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by dpryden 4y ago
I was actually expecting a discussion of the PC Magazine humor page, and was disappointed when I clicked through. It did make me go pick up an old copy of PC Magazine from 1995 from the other side of the room and start leafing through it, t
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by dpryden 4y ago
I recall from my time in Google Geo years ago that the idea of integrating Search and Maps was a big part of the "New Maps" release that happened around 2014. The rumor I heard was that someone (possibly even Larry himself) wanted
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by dpryden 4y ago
The K&R book is primarily focused on Unix and similar operating systems, and they didn't have threads when the book was written. The first edition of K&R was published in 1978. Wikipedia says that OS/360 had a notion of th
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by dpryden 4y ago
This article is naive to the point of being flat-out wrong, since it makes extremely naive assumptions about how a garbage collector works. This is basically another C++-centric programmer saying that smart pointers work better than the Boe
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by dpryden 5y ago
This is similar to the old debate about the meaning of "frontend" and "backend". I maintain that something cannot be a "frontend" or a "backend" in isolation, it can only be a frontend or a backend t
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by dpryden 5y ago
This hints at an (IMO underrated) skill: being able to look at a problem and decomposing it into sub-problems that are solved by known algorithms. Topological sort is a pretty fundamental building block for solving many problems that involv
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by dpryden 5y ago
I am finding this article and the comments here very surprising. Do a large number of people actually believe that the word "crypto" means exclusively "cryptocurrency"? Does anyone believe it means exclusively that?
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by dpryden 5y ago
Overall this seems like a very positive change. However, I wonder how it will affect local development of servers that participate in API flows with public-facing systems. As an example: imagine I am developing my application locally, at h
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by dpryden 5y ago
I can't tell if this comment is implying that my comment is unclear, or if you're agreeing with the first line of my comment. In either case, though, it's an inside joke precisely because it's more relatable to those who
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by dpryden 5y ago
Non-Googler: What do all those words mean? Noogler: Haha, this video is so funny! L4 SWE: (Crying because the video is so true) L5 SWE: Haha, this video is so funny! I should show it to my interns, this will be a good training for them. L6+
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by dpryden 5y ago
It always amazes me how people believe they have a right to retrive data from a website. The HTTP protocol calls it a request for a reason: you are asking for data. The server is allowed to say no, for any reason it likes, even a reas
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by dpryden 5y ago
If you are using floating point numbers implemented in hardware, then infinity is absolutely a valid value and one that your code will encounter. This is true regardless of language, as long as the language requires or allows IEEE-754 seman
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by dpryden 6y ago
I'd like to chime in and say that I also like C but really dislike Go. C is simple, to what today is nearly an absurd degree, but it at least integrates well with an enormous ecosystem of existing tooling and libraries. Go, by contrast
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by dpryden 6y ago
"PC LOAD LETTER" was a very common message on the old HP LaserJet Series II printers. This cryptic message on the tiny LCD display was short for: PC: "Paper Cassette" Load: "out of paper, please load more" Lett
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by dpryden 6y ago
My first reaction to the page was: how do I know who wrote these? How do I know whether they are right or wrong? How do I correct ones that I can see are incorrect (or at least misleading)? I don't see any "about this site",
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by dpryden 6y ago
I think much of the difference here depends on your workflow. Where do you run tests? How do you manage build infrastructure? What is your process for code review? What is your process for validation and testing of shared branches? How do y
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by dpryden 6y ago
I'm confused about how the documentation recommends using a Kubernetes operator to manage OS updates. That seems weird and backwards to me. I would rather see an immutable OS AMI in an auto-scaled group, and just replace the node insta