nitrix

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by nitrix 2mo ago
Error handling is as important as the happy path of an application. It’s not something you sweep under the rug. The err != nil quickly turns into metrics, logs, fallback strategies, retry mechanisms, flight recording, rate limiting, updatin
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by nitrix 2mo ago
Some more examples: int v, *w, x[5], *y[5], (*z[5])(int, int); Where v is an int, w is a pointer, x is an array, y is an array of pointers, z is an array of function pointers, etc. Similarly, typedef is also just a keyword in front o
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by nitrix 2mo ago
I think it’s similar to telling children to look both ways before crossing the street. If you don’t explain why, they won’t see the point and optimize by not doing it. Instead, if you emphasize it’s for safety to avoid mistakes, that’s some
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by nitrix 4mo ago
I'm doubtful the venn diagram intersection of engineers and the world cup is as big as you think it is.
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by nitrix 8mo ago
I’m the Alex mentioned in the acknowledgments, feel free to ask your questions.
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by nitrix 9mo ago
Yes, the () operator dereference function pointers automatically for you for convenience. There's also the surprise that you can infinitely dereference function pointers as they just yield you more function pointers.
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by nitrix 9mo ago
That is correct. int x, *p, arr[5], fn(), (*pfn)(); Using x, or dereferencing p, or subscripting the array arr, or declaring a function that can be called with fn, or dereferencing the function pointer pfn then calling it, all these
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by nitrix 11mo ago
They're important conversations but people don't want to engage in them every second of their living lives. The point of entertainment is to be able to compartementalize and regulate. If they do what you suggest, all the creativit
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by nitrix 11mo ago
Or people are just trying to not be reminded every second of their living lives that there's one conflict or another going on. TikTok is made in China and used worldwide. Not many things are relatable and relevant to a world wide audie
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by nitrix 11mo ago
That's fine. Not every platform has to work the same way and attract the same communities.
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by nitrix 1y ago
> "The C standard library provides malloc/free/resize" It does not provide a `resize`. You're thinking of `realloc` on hosted environments.
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by nitrix 1y ago
Okay, but put the panels on rooftops, not over that nice greenery.
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by nitrix 2y ago
That's a way to either get me to cancel my paying subscription or opt-out of all form of ad personalization out of frustration. I respect the hussle and am paying you; respect my user experience.
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by nitrix 2y ago
Delaying critical decisions in a project is crucial to making good decisions. They'll be made both by someone more informed (after learning all the complicated corner cases of the problem domain) and by a better developer (perhaps a fu
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by nitrix 3y ago
Pipelining is cool, though this could've easily just been a library with nice chaining and combinators in your language of choice (seems to be Go here).
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by nitrix 3y ago
> These new Unity per-install fees could hit developers who aren't making money There's a revenue threshold to meet to pay the fee.
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by nitrix 3y ago
C11 3.6p1 byte "addressable unit of data storage large enough to hold any member of the basic character set of the execution environment"
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by nitrix 3y ago
The width is defined as CHAR_BIT >= 8 (C11 5.2.4.2.1p1). The size, sizeof (char), is always 1.
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by nitrix 3y ago
Changes to the Standard usually happens as a result of defect reports (confusing details that implementation writers want clarity on) or vast enough general adoption (unifying how implementations were differently achieving the same thing).
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by nitrix 4y ago
This is off-topic for HN and not the kind of content I want to read on here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html >> Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidenc
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by nitrix 4y ago
Tesla stock plunges 250 dollars, all four shareholders survive.
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by nitrix 4y ago
The actual typo in the URL slug is on the nose too ("worlkd").
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by nitrix 4y ago
On a similar note, the screenshot should probably put emphasis on the first bullet point "Make profile private and hide activity". What jumps to the eye right now is that second option checked, as if that's the new feature.
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by nitrix 5y ago
You have complete freedom.
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by nitrix 5y ago
Mhm... my suggestions: A) Let the user find out the correct orientation. B1) Make the snapping happen only on click/touch release. B2) Make the snapping happen over a longer distance.
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by nitrix 5y ago
I ask this as a completely outsider to Prolog who has found some of the design choices in SWI-Prolog to be very arbitrary while I was trying to learn it. Some predicates were rather unsafe/error prone/not pure and didn't sit
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by nitrix 5y ago
You mean Erlang?
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by nitrix 5y ago
How you learn C greatly impacts the code you will be writing. The language allows too much freedom for a beginner and things can go bad quickly if you aren't rigorous about developing the right habits. Years of experience helping peopl
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by nitrix 5y ago
"Effective C" is usually what I recommend people nowadays on Libera #c, which is where that wiki originates from. The books were triaged based on the feedbacks we heard, the kind of questions that are asked on the channel, or how
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by nitrix 5y ago
Police officers will often happily close roads for church or impromptu protests for the public's safety. The bickering that's going on means someone has a hidden agenda, got their ego bruised or maybe the laws are just outdated an

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