WalterBright

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by WalterBright 20d ago
There's a bobcat that lives around here. He's on my porch now and then, and I also see its tracks in the snow. It doesn't look like it wants to be petted. I stay clear.
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by WalterBright 20d ago
I'm from America, and we do spspspsp.
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by WalterBright 20d ago
All of a cat's senses and weapons face forward. It makes purfect sense to have its back protected from an attack from behind.
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by WalterBright 20d ago
My cat always looked at me like "if only you were smaller..."
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by WalterBright 20d ago
A tamed lion ripped the face off of Melanie Griffith.
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by WalterBright 20d ago
Understanding the code requires understanding the destructors of the objects you're using. Since they are invisibly inserted, they are a source difficulty in entirely understanding the code.
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by WalterBright 20d ago
According to Isaacson's biography of Musk, Musk relentlessly challenges the existence of every part in Tesla and SpaceX machines. He's willing to go too far, having to sometimes put a part back in. Everything in the manufacturing
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by WalterBright 20d ago
There's no way for a compiler to reliably determine that a loop is infinite, making it very difficult for the standard to require such determinations.
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by WalterBright 20d ago
Every flag that changes the semantics of the code bifurcates the language into two languages.
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by WalterBright 20d ago
I try to minimize use of destructors for the same reason.
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by WalterBright 20d ago
D initializes floating point variables to NaN by default. And chars to 0xFF. Yes it's controversial!
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by WalterBright 21d ago
> maximizing shareholder value Minimizing shareholder value will flatten the economy. Do you really want to live in a pre-industrial agrarian society? Not me. I like central heating, flush toilets, hot & cold running water, and Led Z
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by WalterBright 21d ago
And WW1 came out of nowhere and nobody wanted it.
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by WalterBright 21d ago
An airship made from concrete? Better off using Led for Zeppelins.
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by WalterBright 21d ago
One will quickly discover that when you're moving with the wind, any sail is going to sag empty.
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by WalterBright 21d ago
How can they force you to not use Thunderbird mail? If I use Thunderbird mail to send an email to an Exchange user, would it be blocked? How about vice versa?
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by WalterBright 21d ago
Should have stayed with Windows 7!
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by WalterBright 21d ago
Any better-than-market prediction system won't work after it becomes public knowledge.
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by WalterBright 22d ago
I'd love to fly in a Zeppelin, too, but the problem is they are very vulnerable to the weather.
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by WalterBright 22d ago
This seems to happen once every 20 years.
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by WalterBright 22d ago
Yes, it makes a big positive difference. Even if the talks aren't good.
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by WalterBright 22d ago
4 of them owned by members of my family over 4 decades is good enough for me. Mercedes cars a patchwork of overengineering and underengineering. Overengineering like sodium cooled valves, but a fatal susceptibility to overheating. Like a dr
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by WalterBright 22d ago
There are always other dealers. > If you need the car now If you put yourself in a bad negotiating position, that's on you.
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by WalterBright 22d ago
Yes, but it's just not as useful.
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by WalterBright 23d ago
My point was the brand was not a determinant of quality. People assumed Mercedes was the quality brand, but it was inferior to Ford.
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by WalterBright 23d ago
Socialism solved the problems? LOL. America has a lot of problems. Socialism isn't going to solve any of them. Remember, I have toured East Berlin in its heyday of communism. Trying to browbeat and insult me is never going to work. No
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by WalterBright 23d ago
You traveled the world and had a major health problem and experienced socialist healthcare? I have a friend who decided he'd be better off as a Canadian. It wasn't long before he came back to the US. And Canadians still come to Am
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by WalterBright 23d ago
> only to have that progress stymied by endless amount of money pouring in on the other side Hillary outspent Trump 2 to 1. Kamala outspent Trump 2 to 1. > Cuban immigrants opposed to Universal healthcare or eastern european immigrant
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by WalterBright 23d ago
I have a couple friends who grew up in the USSR. They'd laugh at your contention that socialism makes better products. They both moved to America to get away from socialism. Socialism has never worked out very well. As for loyalty, I a
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by WalterBright 23d ago
My dad had a Mercedes in the 1960s. It was not a very reliable car. He later bought a Chevy which was much more reliable. I bought a 1963 230SL Mercedes as a young man. It was such a beauty! But it was a terrible car. As an engineer, I coul

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