xanathar

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by xanathar 1y ago
And they run Linux
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by xanathar 2y ago
1) Do not free memory allocated in one language (even more: in one library unless explicitly documented so) into another. Rust can use a custom allocator, and what it uses by default is an implementation detail that can change at a blink. 2
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by xanathar 2y ago
But you would not be able to define functions.
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by xanathar 2y ago
To run win32 applications inside Windows operating systems that are too modern (e.g. for 16bit apps), in a browser or on macOS (recent versions of macOS do not have 32bit support and IIRC runnin 32bit wine was not easy). Of course these are
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by xanathar 2y ago
... There are plenty of those kind of games being sold and developed, though. I only play single player stuff and have a backlog that just keeps increasing, I can't keep with the pace. They aren't the most publicized AAA titles th
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by xanathar 2y ago
Pentium 60MHz was P5 though, not P54C ... if I'm not mistaken. IIRC the slowest P54C was the 75MHz one as they all had 1.5x multiplier or greater? Again, I wouldn't rule out my memory being wrong.
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by xanathar 2y ago
I didn't remember that case, thank you!
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by xanathar 2y ago
Curious: who was/is the tech executive with an Italian arrest warrant?
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by xanathar 2y ago
Especially given that 'notebook' is also a synonym of 'laptop' and I was like, wtf, I don't have a mainframe to be less lazy.
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by xanathar 2y ago
Everything from DOS 5.x onwards (including Windows 9x and NT) came with QBasic, previous versions of DOS had GW-BASIC. Not the greatest tools out of the box, but still better than nothing.
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by xanathar 2y ago
Compiling? Staying cool and not turning on the fan? Avoiding unnecessary waste? Really anything rather than a thing that has only drawbacks. As far as readability goes... can't see a difference with monospace text, maybe even worse as
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by xanathar 2y ago
Plus a waste of computing resources and energy that is better spent elsewhere rather than pointless eye candy.
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by xanathar 2y ago
Cool list! I learned a lot of new things, kudos. One suggestion: where you talk about using AsRef<[T]>, might be worth suggesting IntoIter, where it makes sense? IIRC that's what std uses for functions that aim at being generic o
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by xanathar 2y ago
I have an EV, no gas car and I'm super happy about that. And yet when I needed to rent a car, I rented a gasoline one. Why? Because car rental is pretty much the worst case for an EV. If I rent a car I'm likely abroad, with zero k
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by xanathar 2y ago
Didn't know that, then the last point doesn't really apply
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by xanathar 2y ago
I'd say quite the opposite. Reasons: - practically every developer who is remotely interested in assembly programming knows the x86 basics and most experts have a better knowledge of x86 than other architectures with the possible excep
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by xanathar 2y ago
A domain name can be got for 30$/yr more or less. Vanity is just another explanation, and the hope that the CVE gets "famous" like heartbleed or spectre or meltdown. Source: I'm the owner of 3 domains (not security relat
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by xanathar 2y ago
"someone" is probably a dependency you include that, for one reason or another tries to revert the policy to a lower level of enforcement. Might be because the dependency needs the lower security policy to work, or because it&#x27
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by xanathar 2y ago
Really? Organized crime also produces fake documents, and they are sold/smuggled to independent actors constantly. Plus, identity theft is not an uncommon crime.
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by xanathar 2y ago
From a cursory (icony?) view, it seems to be missing the ones from moricons.dll, but memory is foggy and it might be that moricons.dll had been dropped by win98. It's been 26 years, wouldn't be surprised to find my memory is wrong
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by xanathar 3y ago
I quote: > "The remainder are simply stupid. This is approximately the composition of the organization writ large. The number of people at this organization who dislike their job, their stakeholders, and their salary but don't
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by xanathar 3y ago
I have a similar setup as far as git is concerned - I use it to push a backup of my Joplin notes (note that I don't sync multiple Joplins, just backup the current one). Pros: pushes only the differences, keeps history, can be rolled ba
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by xanathar 3y ago
I don't want light or dark modes, I want a low-contrast UI that doesn't fatigue in the long run. This is usually associated with dark mode because: 1) on older monitors, even CRTs, black was actually dark gray 2) on a 60Hz CRT, wh
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by xanathar 3y ago
After reading the article quickly, I'm not even sure there's a bug or not, the only thing that seems obviously wrong to me is the headline. But that aside, I feel your pain around min() and max(). In my case, I feel the problem co
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by xanathar 3y ago
Why not use the two joycons for that? What am I missing?
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by xanathar 3y ago
The article says the feature has been removed; if it was the disk format: 1) it has never been removed, afaik Word still uses OOXML, so Word would keep being infringing 2) LibreOffice would probably be infringing too, as ODF is also XML bas
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by xanathar 3y ago
I second that statement.
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by xanathar 3y ago
Just dropping sugars and bad oils I lost 15kg in a few months, now I have a healthy BMI, and I can still enjoy bread, pasta, meat etc. just in reasonable quantities. I even have one or two desserts per week, the main point is try to control
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by xanathar 3y ago
Fun stuff, I would have bet that this was to stop adblockers on YouTube, and yet an adblocker on YouTube is the only extension that works.
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by xanathar 3y ago
The same trick was played by some Italian newspaper for Bush vs Gore. I don't remember the details but one definition was 'island country in the Atlantic Ocean' and it could've been either Ireland or Iceland (in Italian:

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