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by rssoconnor 4mo ago
Naming an externally linked function with the prefix "str" is by itself UB since that prefix is reserved for <string.h>.
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by rssoconnor 5mo ago
Time for scientists to return to the Invisible College: a guild of science that keeps their research to themselves for the benefit of their own membership.
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by rssoconnor 6mo ago
I was lamenting the other day that we used to have SGML SHORTREF, then XML came along because supposedly SGML is just too hard to parse. But XML is for computers, not for humans. So then we got Markdown, which is worse than where we starte
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by rssoconnor 7mo ago
https://totalrealreturns.com/n/VTI,VXUS?start=2025-01-20
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by rssoconnor 7mo ago
Not that I'm disagreeing with your main point, but I will say that Toyota's hybrid design is one of the best ICE engines out there. The transmission is replaced with planetary gears and the starter and alternators are replaced wi
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by rssoconnor 8mo ago
I'm pretty sure Carney is a Progressive Conservative.
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by rssoconnor 8mo ago
I don't actually know anything, but I've been wondering lately: is higher house prices simply a consequence of Baumol's cost disease? If so, then there is kinda nothing we can do about it, right?. Higher house prices is simp
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by rssoconnor 9mo ago
> I think the answer to the question “how do we stop technology X from destroying us?” lies in licensing and regulation enacted through legislation. In the golden age of the 90's we were able to ban CFCs, but I'm skeptical we c
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by rssoconnor 9mo ago
When I'm trying to plug my PS/2 keyboard into the port in back of my computer which I cannot see, instead of needing to try two orientations, I need to try every orientation.
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by rssoconnor 9mo ago
How does the arXiv manage the same feat for one tenth the cost?
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by rssoconnor 9mo ago
PhysicsForums and the Dead Internet Theory -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42816284
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by rssoconnor 9mo ago
Sure, I get that most humans aren't programmers, but the thrust of the article here is defending the position that "AI Can Write Your Code. [It Can’t Do Your Job.]" However, this task is literally the sort of code that I writ
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by rssoconnor 9mo ago
Let me know when AI can create functions for the secp256k1 library that adds a point in jacobian coordinates to another point in jacobian coordinates, both in variable time and in constant time. i.e. add functions void secp256k1_gej_
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by rssoconnor 9mo ago
I also unsubscribed, but even with you and me out, from what I read, it was a profitable move on Netflix's part. I guess I can't fault them.
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by rssoconnor 9mo ago
Do not try this at home, but I replaced the lead acid battery in my UPS with a LFP battery. From what I read online, the charging curves for lead acid batteries and LFP batteries are very similar. The LFP batteries have a slightly higher
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by rssoconnor 9mo ago
I used my rooted TV to root my PS4. I'm not even joking. https://youtu.be/NzBBfGnAWM0
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by rssoconnor 9mo ago
Not that I'm qualified to reply, but I think this is debated. I seem to recall reading in "Immune" by Philipp Dettmer that there is an argument that a virus is analogous to a spore stage of life, and the virus begins "l
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by rssoconnor 10mo ago
How does the implementation of unique types works? It seems you need to add some salt to the hashes of unique type data, but where does the entropy come from?
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by rssoconnor 10mo ago
I've use archforms in my custom markup before: https://r6.ca/HtmlAsSgml.html For example added an <nbsp> attribute to turn all spaces into non-breaking spaces, and used archforms to remove the attribute afterward
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by rssoconnor 10mo ago
How do you deal with "branded" types, if you know what I mean. Edit: I mean structurally identical types that are meant to be distinct. As I recall Modula 3 used a BRANDED keyword for this.
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by rssoconnor 10mo ago
I've been meaning to see how close I can come to Markdown syntax using SGML's SHORTREF and perhaps architectural forms.
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by rssoconnor 1y ago
How much is it down over the past 30 years? FWIW, my mental CAD/USD price anchor was set when I was coming of age at 0.75 CAD / USD. Today it at 0.73 CAD / USD, and I've seen it touch 0.60 ish and pass parity in my life
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by rssoconnor 1y ago
Huh? The CAD/USD exchange rate is exactly where I remember it being 30 years ago.
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by rssoconnor 1y ago
I also have a ventless, but it is a washr/dryer all-in-one unit. It probably also takes 4.5 hours to wash and dry, but I wouldn't know because it happens when I'm sleeping (which just happens to be the same time as the ultra-
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by rssoconnor 1y ago
As someone not into electronics, can you explain how that works. I'm only familiar with transformers which, of course, require AC?
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by rssoconnor 1y ago
FWIW, I migrated to ed25519-sk SSH keys backed by FIDO2 credentials on my Yubikeys, and I really love it. The fact that my credentials effectively can never be lifted out of my hardware key is quite comforting.
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by rssoconnor 1y ago
This is the way.
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by rssoconnor 1y ago
Thanks for reminding me of CGP Grey's "This Video Will Make You Angry": https://youtu.be/rE3j_RHkqJc Now I feel I should rewatch this video annually as a reminder to myself, or maybe monthly.
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by rssoconnor 1y ago
It's also a temporary anomaly as the moon has been moving and continues to move further away from the earth. See Lunar Recession.
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by rssoconnor 1y ago
I presume he is the same one who authored "Divine Proportions: Rational Trigonometry to Universal Geometry" ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/791022.Divine_Proportion... ) so I suspect he is not misquo

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