Kenji

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by Kenji 8y ago
Good UI is hard, but it's also a solved problem since at least 25 years and idiots keep reinventing "solutions" the wrong way over and over again. I see developers frequently make mistakes that Windows 95 got right.
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by Kenji 8y ago
People don't make sites like Nerve anymore. No one can. This is nonsense. Anyone can make such a site if they put their mind to it. You just have to find your way around the internet to get to the good stuff.
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by Kenji 8y ago
Unfortunately, the reality is never as simple as that. Your makefile will grow like a tumour once your project grows: Specific dependencies, OS and compiler related flags and switches, special folder structures, etc etc.
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by Kenji 8y ago
> Is there a name for this sort of statistical error? Because it's everywhere. Yes. It's called not understanding Bayes' theorem. Bayes' theorem is precisely about how the probability of "B, given A" (P[B|
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by Kenji 8y ago
Yeah that was so weird, out of place and uncalled for? What do they even want to say with this? Can't they focus on, you know, the topic of the book, Professional Software Development? This is so unprofessional.
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by Kenji 8y ago
I don't believe it. I would have to conduct this experiment myself and see the actual reaction with my own eyes to believe it. I cannot imagine that knowledge about a smell is passed down to a descendant. Or have an explanation for the
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by Kenji 8y ago
Yes. I set that up at work and the core dumps of release binaries became infinitely easier to debug. One thing I noticed with gcc and optimised release binaries is that the debug information gets incredibly large the more you optimise. With
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by Kenji 8y ago
> "It's never caused a problem before" isn't a reason to ignore best practices and not work defensively. It is if working defensively is costlier than replacing the odd broken part.
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by Kenji 8y ago
Ipe is fantastic. I used it for technical images in my thesis and papers and the graphics turn out beautifully despite the program being so simple.
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by Kenji 8y ago
Wrapping up As the article was quite long, here a summary of the main points: - The “regular expressions” used by programmers have very little in common with the original notion of regularity in the context of formal language theory. - Reg
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by Kenji 8y ago
I use random strings of length 32 for every security question. So it's like Q: What's the name of your first pet? A: pVp5TxN7htNC3B3Tae3RaPLndpLj5LeV
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by Kenji 8y ago
I think polygraphs are an American thing in general. In Central Europe you literally never hear about them. I think the population believes they are bogus, so they're unpopular.
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by Kenji 8y ago
I updated my Nvidia graphics driver and that fixed the issue. It's probably a case of Minecraft using the OpenGL API wrong and the driver needing to compensate for this broken usage of the API.
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by Kenji 8y ago
The Java runtime is bundled with minecraft. I use 64-bit and I use the same JRE everyone else uses.
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by Kenji 8y ago
Instead of open sourcing code, they should fix the Aquatic update. All Minecraft versions after 1.13 are literally unplayable for me (mid to high end gamer PC) due to freezes. Every 5 seconds, the game freezes for two seconds for me. Increa
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by Kenji 8y ago
I learned details about undefined behaviour in C++ on hackernews. This was a great help when I looked for a job. I learned about Rust, tensors, Docker, GDPR, Angular, and many many more things. Generally my tech knowledge has become much mo
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by Kenji 8y ago
Hey, I liked the game. It's really nice looking and I got hooked for 5 rounds just now =)
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by Kenji 8y ago
Yes, that's a good point. I unit test all small functions that take no more than 32 bit in input on literally all inputs.
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by Kenji 8y ago
More like: "We detached this subthread which spawned the most interesting discussion in this comment tree because we are addicted to controlling the conversation and we want things to conform to our social justice agenda - nothing cont
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by Kenji 8y ago
The type system in C++ (with templates) is actually incredibly powerful.
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by Kenji 8y ago
I can tell you some of that. We ported all our applications from QNX6.5 to QNX6.6 and then QNX7.0. They deprecated some POSIX calls like posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen (at least in QNX6.6 documentation they mention it's not fully imp
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by Kenji 8y ago
Yes. I work with QNX6.6 daily. I also worked with QNX6.5 and QNX7.0. It's a real blast to work with the mikrokernel. It's a really cool system, and the kernel stability is excellent. Feels good that when a low level driver crashes
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by Kenji 8y ago
Why not just double-buffering the DOM? That'd be much simpler. Mutate your DOM all you want, then swap it in when it's ready.
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by Kenji 8y ago
GDPR is a disaster. Look at those websites, now after cookie disclaimers you have popups with "privacy" options. I don't see how they ever built good rep.
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by Kenji 8y ago
Lobste.rs is basically Hacker News without intransparent moderating based on whims, liberofascist social justice warriors, stalinists and feminazis. I like browsing it, but it doesn't have as much activity as Hacker News.
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by Kenji 8y ago
> As a gay person, I see this all over the web. Smiling happy gay people buying cars or real estate or whatever. Good lord. Does that mean that so many advertisers track your activities so thoroughly that they figured out you're gay
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by Kenji 8y ago
1. Is it possible I am overthinking this? Nah, it's good to consider these things. 2. Would it make sense to publish under a pseudonym? I feel like this would give me the ability to network and showcase my skills while being selective
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by Kenji 8y ago
Copy-paste of article because this website is pure utter shit and requires you to disable adblocker. Lenore and Manuel Blum — both longtime professors of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University — have submitted their resignations. I
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by Kenji 8y ago
Truly free markets don't have patents. Abusing the power of the state to destroy competition does not work in a truly free market.
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by Kenji 8y ago
A command latency over 30ms hurts a lot. And I don't even play competitively. 250ms was not noticed? Absolute nonsense. A quarter of a second is gigantic when it comes to latency.

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