Yoric

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   by Yoric 3y ago

   For what it's worth, there's bare metal Rust in orbit right now ( https://www.gamaspace.com/ ). We'll see how that goes, but I'd like to see it work!
2. 902.▲
   by Yoric 3y ago

   I've seen one model in which Europe gets hotter summers and colder winters. Also, in this model, a monsoon. So, overall, not necessarily positive.
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   by Yoric 3y ago

   Sadly, we have reached a stage at which change is much harder – first because we've waited way too long, secondly because the West is currently faced with a war (which might be in the process of blowing up into a world war, we'll
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   by Yoric 3y ago

   Do you know what kind of design changes would be needed?
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   by Yoric 3y ago

   It's a good observation. However, we need to keep in mind that just because it's not filtered by propaganda agents at the source doesn't mean that it cannot very easily be turned into propaganda. And that's even without
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   by Yoric 3y ago

   I'm not so sure. The country in which I live has survived a police state, but it has left deep scars. I, for one, am willing not willing to pay the price of living in a police state even assuming that it might decrease crime. Incidenta
7. 907.▲
   by Yoric 3y ago

   You're assuming that your country is going to remain a democracy. The 20th century has a bunch of examples of countries that were democracies, until they weren't. That's probably the main reason for which the EU is pro-privac
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   by Yoric 3y ago

   Do I understand correctly that you are for storing the biometrics of every adult in case they abduct a little kid?
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   by Yoric 3y ago

   I'm not sure how you come to this conclusion. When a French doctor claimed that he had discovered a non-vaccine treatment, several hospitals around the world immediately attempted to replicate his claims. As it turns out, they all fail
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    by Yoric 3y ago

    For context, in many countries outside of the US, you don't risk your student loan or your licence by rocking the boat, whether you're a physician or a researcher. In fact, if you're a researcher, chances are that rocking the
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    by Yoric 3y ago

    I don't have reference from the top of my head, but I seem to remember that the UK also started with the same counting methodology, then fixed it a few months into COVID. If my memory serves, the difference between the curves was prett
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    by Yoric 3y ago

    Interesting read, but as far as I can tell, this has not been peer-reviewed. At a casual glance, it didn't seem to be a survey or a summary of peer-reviewed research, either. In other words, if I'm right, this is an opinion piece.
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    by Yoric 3y ago

    Good point.
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    by Yoric 3y ago

    Fair enough.
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    by Yoric 3y ago

    I'd say that it's not science until it is replicated, but you are right, this is not always what people mean by "science".
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    by Yoric 3y ago

    The problem you mention is very real but do you know of any criteria that actually work better than "trust the science"?
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    by Yoric 3y ago

    How would that help?
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    by Yoric 3y ago

    Science is imperfect, but usually pretty good at detecting bad science. And, as far as I can tell, this is exactly what happened here, so... yeah, this case is a good argument for trusting science.
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    by Yoric 3y ago

    For what it's worth, in Rust, this pretty much translates to some_operation(&arg) .with_context(|| format!("Some operation failed: {arg}"))?; or, in most cases, the shorter some_operation(&arg)
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    by Yoric 3y ago

    1. Yes, twice. 2. My first layoff actually helped me in several ways. First, because I was laid off from a place where the owner did his best to have a toxic, bullying environment. Second, because I got a new job pretty quickly, much better
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    by Yoric 3y ago

    Now that Haskell has linear types, perhaps we'll see some new ideas emerge?
22. 922.▲
    by Yoric 3y ago

    Thanks!
23. 923.▲
    by Yoric 3y ago

    I want to repurpose an older Kobo as a multipurpose boardgame accessory (e.g. with dice, a bunch of custom card decks, etc.) Do you have any pointers on where to start?
24. 924.▲
    by Yoric 3y ago

    Don't worry, my kid is buying them by the kilo at yard sales :)
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    by Yoric 3y ago

    Well, I have neither the medical knowledge nor any kind of deep understanding of this case necessary to pursue this conversation, so I'll bow out. Thanks for the details!
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    by Yoric 3y ago

    Very interesting, thanks! Do these include subsystems with fairly high-performance requirements (GUIs, high-volume network services, etc.)?
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    by Yoric 3y ago

    My understanding is that you got it backwards. As far as I understand, the claim is that internal head/brain/eye trauma can have many causes, so these symptoms do not automatically mean that the baby was necessarily shaken. Sadly,
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    by Yoric 3y ago

    You are right that I was talking about delivering a first working version, not about tuning performance. It could be argued that optimizing for memory (de)allocation so early in the development is a case of premature optimization. Sadly, I
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    by Yoric 3y ago

    You're not wrong, but I believe that we're talking of different properties. Move semantics and borrow checker shine when you don't want your data structure to be shared and when you want to control mutation. In some domains,
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    by Yoric 3y ago

    Well, high taxes on inheritance could probably have an impact.