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1051.
by 0815test 8y ago
"Javascript did the job", but not very well apparently. They specifically say that they "were able to forget about the Rust service because it caused so few operational issues". Add to that the increased CPU- and RAM-
1052.
by 0815test 8y ago
> I feel like the art of UNIX is slowly fading into oblivion, especially with the new generation of programmers/developers. ... People said the exact same thing in the 1990s, too. "Enterprise"-managed projects, using tech
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by 0815test 8y ago
> I don't know there's any great solution here. Stop marketing Tesla's Level-2 ADAS as 'AutoPilot', maybe? It would be a pretty radical change, but it would get rid of what is by far the most common misconception
1054.
by 0815test 8y ago
econjobrumors.com is fairly well known, AIUI.
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by 0815test 8y ago
Good on ya, UC. Hit those greedy, double-dealing, Dutch Elsevier b st rds where it hurts. Next target: Nature Pigs Group, the consortium of Anglo sw ne who have infested every area of research with their s itty journals. Of course, some of
1056.
by 0815test 8y ago
Good on ya, UC. Stick it to those dirty greedy double-dealing Dutch b st rds.
1057.
by 0815test 8y ago
Sounds like a software problem to me. Put Debian on them with a Xfce/LXDE/i3wm session, and 2GB should be more than enough. 4GB is outright plentiful.
1058.
by 0815test 8y ago
Chromebooks suck. Just buy a cheap Windows laptop (and most recent models are going for the Chromebook-like "ultrabook" form factor anyway, even at the low end) and put lightweight Linux on it. You don't really get better spe
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by 0815test 8y ago
> if you can figure out the 32bit efi booting Multiboot Debian ISO FTW, there. (And rEFInd 32-bit as a bootloader for the installed system.) This trick also helps deal with crappy low-end hardware that is 64-bit capable but ships with
1060.
by 0815test 8y ago
Debian is wonderful for their old hardware support - they even patch Firefox so it will run on old 32-bit CPU's. You do need a PAE-capable (if 32-bit) CPU, and at least 512MB RAM for a tolerable experience. (You can even surf the web o
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by 0815test 8y ago
> ...Old laptops without [RAM+SSD] upgrades aren’t really viable these days unless you work all day in a terminal. Huh, I don't think this is correct. A lightweight Linux distribution such as Debian can make very good use of even a
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by 0815test 8y ago
> And in less than an hour, this post is flagged and removed from HN first page (with >160 votes). Well, if this is what it takes to stop the outrage cascades from taking over HN too, I'm quite fine with it. It's not like th
1063.
by 0815test 8y ago
Yup - and this gets amplified by the tendency that most social media platforms have, of heavily boosting the visibility of clickbait and repost-bait content. It's, yes, the "Sad!" pattern of conveniently deflecting controver
1064.
by 0815test 8y ago
I don't think Ada has anything like the Rust borrow-checker! A feature-set comparable to SPARK will need to wait until a better characterization of Rust Unsafe code is achieved, but in the long term it is absolutely a goal to be abl
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by 0815test 8y ago
> That "lot" would be fault tolerance. Notice how most operating systems today use isolated processes instead of sharing memory like Windows 3 or DOS did. Rust has full memory safety for concurrent code (if you restrict yoursel
1066.
by 0815test 8y ago
Next round: A debate about those English-speaking unicorns that were, ah, "reportedly" discovered in a small valley somewhere in South America...
1067.
by 0815test 8y ago
But of course no one sane is doing anything of the sort. The issue is how to explain the difference between "% of people with visible feature X in the general population" and "% of folks with feature X who happen to be mat
1068.
by 0815test 8y ago
A mathematics PhD is going to be in the far right tail of aptitude for a lot of relevant skills. This is the admittedly very rare case where altogether tiny differences in "inherent" ability will get amplified to the point wh
1069.
by 0815test 8y ago
Personality does correlate with gender, albeit very weakly. And differences in 'race' correlate with different social/cultural contexts to an extent that might have some effect as well - indeed, 'race' is itself a
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by 0815test 8y ago
> I wonder if JPL/NASA will consider using Rust for any of their future missions. You are quite welcome to try, but don't expect any help - the Rust Evangelism Strike Force is way too busy focusing on world domination on Earth
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by 0815test 8y ago
I wonder about this as well. That example on Wikipedia had no effect on me. On the other hand could it be the advertising industry using it too much and some people getting "anesthetized" to it? I don't think it's autism
1072.
by 0815test 8y ago
wow… how you decided to use old buildings?
1073.
by 0815test 8y ago
As someone who's 178cm (5ft9) tall and has mild facial asymmetry, thank you for reminding me my prospects will suck...