TravHatesMe

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by TravHatesMe 6y ago
I'll take this opportunity to plug my project that I used to build plugins for Diablo 2: https://github.com/blurt/X86.Interop/ You can use this library to interop between C# and x86 assembly under a Windows p
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by TravHatesMe 6y ago
Agreed. But something I'd like to add: You can read all the papers you want. At the end of the day, you actually need to practise writing code! Every piece of software involves a different domain, different requirements, etc. I feel li
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by TravHatesMe 6y ago
This sounds like a coach's locker room speech, with a tad too much vulgarity for my taste. I would summarize it as: work hard and frequently, test and refactor, embrace failure. Don't give up.
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by TravHatesMe 6y ago
> It also occurred to me that if the language could describe itself (i.e. if the language and metalanguage were one in the same), and if the compiler were written in its own language, then all I would have to do to change the language wo
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by TravHatesMe 6y ago
Yep I have personally witnessed a friend lose his mind. Years later he is not back to normal. This was a man that I had once admired greatly. To see him deteriorate into a disillusioned stranger was terrifying and heart-breaking. Be careful
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by TravHatesMe 6y ago
> People fail to understand that nothing is static. One minute you’re in, the other minute you’re out. This is why Free Speech is so important. Regardless of how inappropriate someone's speech is, or may seem in the present context,
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by TravHatesMe 6y ago
What is considered propaganda or hatred has become increasingly subjective
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by TravHatesMe 6y ago
Pretty sure AHK/AutoIt made its way into many legitimate products despite its binaries being false-positively flagged by anti-viruses
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by TravHatesMe 6y ago
I believe AHK was an early fork of AutoIt. AutoIt was my first language as well. A fun language to write code in. No static typing, easy to use. A little code can do a whole lot. I miss the forums, I wonder what ever happened to everybody t
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by TravHatesMe 6y ago
In the context of the Trolley Problem, one option is the reality of the present (X amount of lives saved due Gates' success / the foundation), the other option is unknown - it may be Y lives saved. It is possible that this alterna
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
The guy who invented copy/paste, Larry Tesler, recently passed away last month. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51567695 > Possibly Mr Tesler's most famous innovation, the cut and paste command, w
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
Not sure if this applies to Qt, but VS2019/netcore has made tremendous strides with its tiered compilation.
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
What makes you think that things are so much better in Canada? There are so many problems here.. the grass is always greener.
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
> We are very likely on the brink of a collapse of the ability of our health care system to take care of the most vulnerable, with a death toll that will dwarf in American casualties any war the US has been in and the direst of economic
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
No I haven't seen that skit, link it if you can. Louis CK tells a similar anecdote on Conan "Everything is amazing and nobody is happy". The passenger beside him is upset that the on-board wifi went down. https://y
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
I would say it follows a "politicians act in their own best interest" logic. People with jobs in other industries have similar behavior, but I suppose the politicians have greater impact on society, so most people rally around the
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
> The great tit is a distinctive bird with a black head and neck -Wikipedia If only I had known about this species of bird when I was a kid. Call me immature but there is something ticklish about disguised vulgarity.
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
I think that you have a point but I often find myself citing guidelines or rules when I am evaluating code decisions or questioning code design. Maybe it depends on your interpretation of the phrases, some sayings should be followed religio
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
This can't be answered with any conviction. By that logic, we can be apply this infinitely many times: from the aliens perspective, they are also not aware of other aliens that know about their existence
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
> a desire to honestly explore the pros and cons of that surgery What if these pros and cons were subjective, and someone decided that in the end, the cons outweighed the pros? Would you cast them as an evil person and exile them from yo
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
Thanks for pointing that out, I will refrain from comments like these in the future. It just becomes frustrating to see this pattern of behavior and how pronounced it has become. I frequently disagree with comments but they often generate g
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
so if I say something that is technically infeasible, I should be downvoted? How about instead somebody informs me that what I stated is infeasible with some supporting facts? That will educate me and the rest of HN. So, since you say disab
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
In my opinion that is a bad reason to downvote someone. He/She is entitled to their opinion. Their comment drove discussion, I enjoyed reading your response and I like your analogy of cash vs. card. The downvoting on HN breeds conformi
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
I like this. Where is it from? In response to it: You can't apply this to everything, you need to pick you battles. There might be better means to an end.
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
I agree. This article does not mention that your life and upbringing play a major role on how you think about money. I know many folks that are well off but they are still frugal. They care about the cost of groceries, the cost of restauran
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
That is a good question. Is this a fireable offense regardless of the content? If not, what kind of content is fireable, subject matter that is political, religious, vulgar, or offensive? Putting this into an internal tool does seem unprofe
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
What if the constant were massive? Then the coefficient might not be significant in practise. O(2n) might be worse than O(n+99999999), they both reduce to O(n) though. It is a classification. Personally I would prefer to use different seman
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
O(2n) = O(n)
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
Amen to stouts and German beers. Agreed that a lager on a summer day is delightful, can't argue with that. Thanks for your comment.
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
Do people honestly enjoy a 100 IBU beer? I never understood the hype around strong IPAs. What percentage of consumers honestly enjoy it and what percentage are riding the bandwagon. I have often heard "ah this isn't bitter enough&

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