melon_tusk

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by melon_tusk 3mo ago
I don't see how Zig will ever contend with Odin, Jai, C3 and others when they drive away half of the prospective users with activism.
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by melon_tusk 5mo ago
What are good alternatives?
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by melon_tusk 5mo ago
How anyone could trust OpenSnitch is beyond me.
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by melon_tusk 6mo ago
The EU are the ones freezing people's bank accounts and cancelling everyone they don't like, sanctioning people countries for not being woke enough, etc. I'd much rather use US based services or self-hosting.
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by melon_tusk 1y ago
I have a hard time taking extremists seriously, regardless what side they're on.
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by melon_tusk 1y ago
I can live with "this::that", but what drives me bonkers is "this :: that", which is what Odin does. Other than that, Odin is an incredible language.
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by melon_tusk 2y ago
This is a dream come true. Please do it, for the love of mankind.
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by melon_tusk 2y ago
It's unbelievable that Trump has managed to facilitate this before he even steps into office. It is a brutal display of power, but that is sometimes needed, just like when a parent needs to intervene in a conflict between children.
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by melon_tusk 2y ago
Zig is alright, but Odin is amazing.
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by melon_tusk 2y ago
Just follow Andrew Kelley on whatever platform he hasn't ragequit from these days.
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by melon_tusk 2y ago
No, the "C community" and creators aren't making a political stance on things at all. Lua doesn't either. The Zig creator is very outspoken on political matters.
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by melon_tusk 2y ago
The Zig-community is annoyingly political, whereas the Odin community and -creator focuses on technology.
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by melon_tusk 2y ago
"as productive as Ruby or Python" So you basically never have to worry about lifetimes or memory management or the borrow checker? Because that would be a prerequisite for it to be as productive as Python. I'd love to see a s
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by melon_tusk 2y ago
Weird, I created an account for a family member last evening, and I didn't see anything racist at all. Without following anyone I only saw ads and some tweets by Elon Musk.
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by melon_tusk 2y ago
What is antirez doing these days? His github history suddenly dropped to zero it seems.
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by melon_tusk 2y ago
I would love to have a feature like that.
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by melon_tusk 2y ago
Absolutely. I wasted 6 years writing C++ and being miserable.
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by melon_tusk 3y ago
My favorite MUD is definitely Midnight Sun II. It's one of the MUDs in the selection you get when you start Mudlet from mudlet.org, which is an excellent/modern client.