ShamelessC

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2161.
by ShamelessC 7y ago
> Here's my pet theory on why Kay's vision for OOP didn't win in the marketplace of ideas: The software industry achieves "extreme late-binding" via network protocols like TCPIP/HTTP instead of a single prog
2162.
by ShamelessC 8y ago
Which one is it?
2163.
by ShamelessC 8y ago
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1119118085443559425.html This guy appears to be attempting exactly this.
2164.
by ShamelessC 8y ago
The article mentions some of the historical context around defining 1 as a unit and also suggests its usefulness as a number due to base 10 arithmetic. I also think it is interesting to call the article pedantic and then make a similarly pe
2165.
by ShamelessC 8y ago
Yeah I'd appreciate an ELI5 source for this also. The article mostly assumes that you already understand the concept and the linked video is incredibly dry. Some visuals alongside the code would be nice.
2166.
by ShamelessC 8y ago
I don't know much about bitcoin, but how hard would it be to actually exchange that money for US dollars?
2167.
by ShamelessC 8y ago
> It is not rocket science to create a web page and post documents online, the idea you need Wikileaks for that - to filter it for you - is ridiculous. It seems doing so anonymously might be a bit tricky for folks without technical knowl
2168.
by ShamelessC 8y ago
> What incentives do de Becker and Bezos have that would cause them to falsely accuse the government of Saudi Arabia? It seems that such an action would be risky to say the least. It seemed the implied incentive for Bezos to accuse the S
2169.
by ShamelessC 8y ago
That's a bit of a chicken/egg thing, but it shouldn't matter if there's no pop-up in the first place right? I should mention that I essentially browse this way due to a few privacy add-ons I use and it is absolutely infu
2170.
by ShamelessC 8y ago
It's good for personal bookkeeping. Whether you've already read a story, the comments or just have no interest - it's nice to get off your page so you don't have the unnecessary clutter and/or distraction.
2171.
by ShamelessC 8y ago
They mention this in the article.
2172.
by ShamelessC 8y ago
Your English is very good considering.
2173.
by ShamelessC 8y ago
So what you're saying is snopes owned up to mistake and removed the article? Sounds ethical to me. I'm not saying you're wrong but I'd love to hear your side of it.
2174.
by ShamelessC 8y ago
Could you elaborate on this? Why would Microsoft want to lose money for the NSA to benefit?
2175.
by ShamelessC 8y ago
Geez that was harsh...
2176.
by ShamelessC 8y ago
You make it sound like people are just hammering the keys hjkl at random to explore a directory. This certainly isn't the case for me. It's probably the case that this file manager just isn't for you, but have you considered
2177.
by ShamelessC 8y ago
I believe there was a typo responsible for this confusion.
2178.
by ShamelessC 8y ago
Does it use WFC or another genration algorithm?
2179.
by ShamelessC 8y ago
"One of the dimensions can be time. In particular, d-dimensional WFC captures the behaviour of any (d-1)-dimensional cellular automata."
2180.
by ShamelessC 8y ago
I'd love to know more about these moon theories. Got a good layman's article to cite?
2181.
by ShamelessC 8y ago
I'm curious, how does an application such as OBS Studio ( https://obsproject.com/ ) work with such limitations in place?