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by agentgt 9y ago
Because Rust is not a GC language. I should have perhaps explained that better. My round about point mentioning Rust was that instead of putting "*" all over the place you could just have types that represent such (pointers) or th
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by agentgt 9y ago
I am still not sure why the language creators of Go decided to make pointers explicit (syntactically) instead of making references the default like most other languages. That is you still have pointers but you don't have to put "
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by agentgt 9y ago
So it sounds like COBOL really isn't the problem. Its that is 10M lines of complicated probably poorly written (in terms of hard to understand and little comments and no test coverage) code. Otherwise companies successfully transpile f
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by agentgt 9y ago
I know very little of COBOL but I have often wondered if bank COBOL software could be transpiled (a quick googling shows there are transpilers). That is COBOL -> Some_Other_language and perhaps Some_Other_language -> COBOL. Then in th
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by agentgt 9y ago
man and the Internet. Yes the internet was around in 1998 :) . News groups, IRC, mailing lists... all existed. Trial and error as well of course. Being from that time period myself (18 years old) and installing Slackware as well RedHat (and
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by agentgt 9y ago
I'm reluctant to weight in as I'm only 36 and well not terribly impressive. However as the owner of a company I must say programming is so much more relaxing than dealing with people... well mainly just people external of our comp
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by agentgt 9y ago
I don't know what the bias is called but there is this belief that many successful people have or try to bestow that they "did it all themselves" and "you can too". And in generally many people actually believe this
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by agentgt 10y ago
> Like I said, if you're scared to even try because it will "never happen", be my guest. There are tons of other people in the same situation who will try, and succeed to become the character in your "cinderella story
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by agentgt 10y ago
> I didn't say that. This is why it's hard to have civil discussion online because people take words out of context and use whatever interpretation they have. How about I just agree and say you are right? Its pretty hard to hav
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by agentgt 10y ago
> Also, if you want to succeed, don't listen to these idiots. Statistically those who work harder succeed more. Period. I'm mean I generally agree but one thing I really can't stand is people believing that success is en
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by agentgt 10y ago
I had to see if their own language (mal) implemented itself (ie self hosted) and I was pleased to see it does.
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by agentgt 10y ago
I have to agree. That amount of money could have greatly helped a majority of the black historic colleges that so badly need the money. Of course if you think that is bad someone recently just gave $400 million (more covered here: https:&#
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by agentgt 10y ago
I guess it is not a surprise that North Korea is missing from the list. I am just surprised they didn't mention that though in the report (via a quick command-f).
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by agentgt 10y ago
I'm one of the few that likes tipping for this exact reason. Cash if possible. I guess I like how direct it is (no middle organization to dilute and diffuse) and it seems to make them happy. I feel better, they feel better, all is good
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by agentgt 10y ago
> but somehow you seem to think wool is the most comfortable thing on the planet. Actually cashmere and bamboo I think are the most comfortable (my opinion of course). > But of course, there's wool defenders out there who keep
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by agentgt 10y ago
> WTF are you talking about? Hosiery and tights are the same thing; tights are just the thicker opaque versions. Apparently I was confused with what are considered tights these days [1]. You knew I didn't mean 100% for the spandex.
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by agentgt 10y ago
> Actually, no, I'm talking about tights, not yoga pants. If I had meant yoga pants, I would have written that. Tights are just thicker versions of women's pantyhose. Well I admit it seems I have mixed up the word tights. Appar
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by agentgt 10y ago
> Considering how many young women and college girls wear tights for casual wear, I find it disturbing you have this viewpoint. Comparing hosiery to tights is not even remotely the same thing. Tights/Leggings are basically soft stre
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by agentgt 10y ago
Your reference to yoga pants/tights is amusing but you do know that yoga pants/tights aren't made of 100% nylon? They are made just like work out leggings which might have nylon as component. The key ingredient for tights the
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by agentgt 10y ago
I meant 100% nylon is nasty comfort wise. It is an opinion. I don't hate nylon. I'm wearing Darn Tough socks that have nylon in them. I wore a rain jacket the other day that was 100% nylon. I love nylon for what it is but I don&#x
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by agentgt 10y ago
> Tons of women seem to have no problem with nylon hosiery. And tons of men are now wearing fairly similar "baselayer" leggings made of nylon. And there are tons of women that do find it uncomfortable. In fact I don't know
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by agentgt 10y ago
> Maybe you're just weird. Lots of winter jackets these days are made of nylon outer layers and you're the only person I've ever heard call it "nasty". People who want to move silently do not wear nylon (ask hunt
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by agentgt 10y ago
Hemp can come pretty darn close to cotton if it is processed correctly. What is even softer than cotton is bamboo. The issue with Hemp and Bamboo is the manufacturing process requires lots of chemicals to make them soft where as cotton basi
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by agentgt 10y ago
Because Nylon (other than radiating heat back) doesn't trap heat worth a damn, often makes noises when you move, and various other things (doesn't absorb water). Now a mixture of nylon is a different thing but I was referring to 1
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by agentgt 10y ago
> Wool is itchy and scratchy. Lots of people hate wool. And synthetics stink like crap after short use. Today's Merino Wool is not as scratchy as yesteryear (e.g. smartwool, icebreakers, etc). > Yes, cotton is terrible as a base
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by agentgt 10y ago
Google is the company I seem to rely on the most. It is the one I fear the most as well. The leverage that company has on media is so disturbing (albeit Facebook is coming close). Yeah I have tried replacing various things but Google's
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by agentgt 10y ago
> Other than optimal temperature, what does the human skin need to feel "comfort?" Water... Humidity control and water transport is a huge aspect. This is why wicking is a big deal for base layers. And there is different types
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by agentgt 10y ago
I'm curious if others are seeing tear down fest in semi-urban neighborhoods? So I live in Metrowest Boston Area. I own a multi family. My wife, infant son and I live in modest square footage despite having fairly generous annual income
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by agentgt 10y ago
I'm sort of pessimistic. I don't think we will ever have a perfect single textile material. A mixture of materials is more likely. Just because something is light and super strong does not make it comfortable. Otherwise we would a
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by agentgt 10y ago
IMO has hackneyed as it is: It is experiences and maturity. I was of the same mind set for most of my 20s. As you get older (and hopefully I'm not false in assuming you are younger) family and bigger picture things come into play.

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