mbwgh

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by mbwgh 1y ago
> I'm only a hobby programmer and the experience wasn't encouraging. I have come across elitist communities like on SO, also regarding C++. I was downvoted and told to intentionally be spreading misinformation by using the word
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by mbwgh 2y ago
Thus forcing a subpar default on everybody intentionally.
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by mbwgh 2y ago
You are absolutely correct and I was an idiot without a proper understanding of premature abstraction or unnecessary complexity. If I were to start a new side-project using Haskell today (I probably won't), I would just stick to do-not
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by mbwgh 2y ago
> >> is an old name for > I once had a hard to track down bug in some code making use of conduit[0], which is introduced using examples like `main = runConduit $ (yield 1 >> yield 2) .| mapM_C print`. Dutifully replacing
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by mbwgh 2y ago
Not me, because I hate change!
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by mbwgh 2y ago
I am simplifying in saying that they outright block FF, but the site is broken with Enhanced Tracking Protection enabled [0], and has been for a while. They even mention FF in a dedicated error message, which I have to admit just grinds my
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by mbwgh 2y ago
Yes? And the submission leads to twitter, which blocks FF deliberately, so what's your point?
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by mbwgh 2y ago
+"Searching" +"Like" +"This" works for me. Whenever I try this with Google, I can't seem to get it to work though. According to [0], it is not an official search operator anymore. 0 - https://su
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by mbwgh 2y ago
I like the sentiment, but the article ignores that this approach may incur the price of adding complexity to the implementation. Depending on your architectural constraints, adding an undo operation may not only be hard, it may necessitate
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by mbwgh 2y ago
Elon is it you?
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by mbwgh 2y ago
In Ousterhout's "A philosophy of software design", this aspect is described similarly via "deep classes", as opposed to "shallow classes".
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by mbwgh 2y ago
Is this different/better than using `instanceof`?
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by mbwgh 2y ago
Thanks. I believe with the additional null checks, this version is safer to use, too!
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by mbwgh 2y ago
It's likely dependent on the 'user archetype'. If you need to e.g. lookup things related to beginner-friendly programming languages, the search results for Google are strongly tainted with SEO crap. Being able to either outri
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by mbwgh 3y ago
I was going to say that, then I noticed people are arguing about the "number of 9s of availability". You guys have WHAT?
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by mbwgh 3y ago
If you haven't actually used GPT-5 yet, your assessment is irrelevant.
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by mbwgh 3y ago
My (uninformed and probably misguided) idea was that there was a host DNS service (responsible e.g. for resolving local domain names) which would cause Windows itself to trigger some rule when 'web.whatsapp.com' is encountered. Bu
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by mbwgh 3y ago
Even Firefox will in general not protect you I believe. I showed my mom how she can use 'web.whatsapp.com' to use Whatsapp more easily (in order to share screenshots or links with others). After logging in, a notification about Wh
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by mbwgh 3y ago
While that is generally true, as others have already reported there is progress being made. Since a few days ago, I tried installing/running Elden Ring again, which did not work when it came out due to EAC. Works flawlessly out of the
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by mbwgh 3y ago
I find it disappointing that the "coming up with a recurrence formula" part is always glanced over, which to me is very much the hard part.
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by mbwgh 3y ago
Yes, the exit code. See e.g. `:help cq` in vim. :q! and ZQ will yield exit code 0, which sometimes is not what you want if you want to ensure some task is properly aborted.
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by mbwgh 3y ago
Since there are a lot of "replies to the author" in here: The article is from 2020.
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by mbwgh 3y ago
Contrary to what this heading suggests, nothing has been "decided" here. This article is not only inaccurate, it is falsely misleading. The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) adopted a "draft Parlia
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by mbwgh 3y ago
The idea is that if you need dependencies, you only need them present during compilation on the machine you develop on. You then compile a statically linked binary and copy this to the machine where it's needed. There may be other adva
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by mbwgh 3y ago
But this kind of statement is the unfortunate industry standard. A more honest thing to say would be to say "there is no way to prove that your personal information has been or may yet be misused against you, and as such you should tak
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by mbwgh 3y ago
That's great if you are not going to be legally and technically required to use these EU spec browsers to be able to access your online banking or any platform registered as doing business in Europe. The EU is playing the long game her
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by mbwgh 3y ago
The following quote from former Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission sums up the way the EU seems to work quite nicely: "We decide on something, leave it lying around and wait and see what happens. If no one kicks
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by mbwgh 3y ago
I guess this is where client attestation comes into play.
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by mbwgh 3y ago
It's predominantly people with strong opionions who actively partake in online communities (instead of just lurking), so the vitriol is to be expected.
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by mbwgh 3y ago
In addition to 'A philosophy of Software Design', I would also recommend the less well known 'Object-Oriented Design Heuristics'. It came out at the same time as the GoF book, but I think it is still relevant today and s

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