Sprocklem

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by Sprocklem 9y ago
For what it's worth, C++ can have freestanding implementations and it provides dynamic allocation support at a syntactic level. Freestanding applications, however, need to provide an "operator new" function (with the appropri
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by Sprocklem 9y ago
The west has been very anti-eugenics for over half a century at this point, but I agree it isn't very historical. That being said, there's a big difference between genetic editing and abortions of fetuses with genetic disorders (w
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by Sprocklem 9y ago
> Which "add" instruction? I believe the intention was whichever one matched the types. If you're adding 2 16-bit ints, it would use the 16-bit add instruction, if it existed or a larger one (then, in this case, cast it ba
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by Sprocklem 9y ago
> I am going to guess base 10 is prevalent because we have 10 fingers ? :) Yeah, basically. There are other ways to count on your hands though. I seem to recall there are places that count on their hands using the 12 finger joints (or se
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by Sprocklem 9y ago
> Or would the goal be to hire the best 100 and that should end up being roughly 35 females that are equally qualified and therefore earn the same? In my opinion, this would make the most sense. You shouldn't be hiring specific port
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by Sprocklem 9y ago
> Sorry for a little childishness, but you're making preposterous claims ('gender is a spectrum') Almost nothing is black and white in nature. The claim that something as complex as the brain would result in a single binar
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by Sprocklem 9y ago
> there's no science around those, just word twisting and mental gymnastics. Why do you say that? What makes you so sure? https://www.quora.com/Is-there-any-scientific-evidence-to-su...
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by Sprocklem 11y ago
I see a few questionable decisions in the type system: * Why is char equivalent to int8? If C2 is keeping 8-bit chars, why not use uint8? * Why isn't there a primitive size type a la size_t or rust (i|u)size to increase portability? Be