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931.
by alkonaut 3y ago
I don’t think native here refers to the control styling being similar to Win32 on Windows.
932.
by alkonaut 3y ago
A resonable icon format would be a vector file plus (at least optionally) 16 and 32px bitmap images. A 16x16 px icon is still common (eg toolbar buttons at desktop resolutions lower than 4K) and as evident by the article there is no way of
933.
by alkonaut 3y ago
There may be niches where it makes sense already (short haul, long/frequent stops) i.e. city delivery, city buses and similar. But more importantly, whether its greenwashing today doesn't matter. Once it's demonstrably possib
934.
by alkonaut 3y ago
System.Drawing was always just a wrapper for GDI(+), and you CAN use it on Linux via using System.Drawing.Common which is a wrapper for GDI+ (Windows) or something else like libgdi+ on non-windows. It works - but it feels more like a compat
935.
by alkonaut 3y ago
What dependencies/limitations are that?
936.
by alkonaut 3y ago
> How people could write "public virtual bool Equals(object other)" Well it was created before generics in .NET one and can't be removed, that's the simple answer. But yeah, making object equality customizable virtual
937.
by alkonaut 3y ago
Indeed. Quite often the situation is this: I'm in code that cannot, under any circumstances, be made async. And I need to call an api, that is async and must stay async. So basically: you have to call async from a synchronous context.
938.
by alkonaut 3y ago
"Accept" was used in the loosest sense: We still drive, knowing that it can happen. We might petition for safer roads or stricter alcohol limits, but we don't suggest banning driving.
939.
by alkonaut 3y ago
It's also dangerous to drive on the shoulder. Perhaps the safest thing is to keep going while it's obviusly just highway, perhaps a bit under the speed limit (low enough to get the attention of other drivers but high enough to not
940.
by alkonaut 3y ago
Or even worse: "Autopilot".
941.
by alkonaut 3y ago
That's not an interesting story though. We always had tired/drunk/reckless drivers, and we accept having death and injury due to those. But we don't accept death/injury due to poor FSD, regardless of whether on aver
942.
by alkonaut 3y ago
Yes - but as we keep repeating - if you do that why would you use null as a possible state to begin with? Not specific to Java, but in general. E.g a boolean in java has two states true/false while a Boolean with capital B has 3 states
943.
by alkonaut 3y ago
Yeah I think if a sign says you can use your contactless credit card or “touch your credit card at the gate” or some language like that, then it should be clear enough. With validity of credit cards being <5 years you’d think we are at 1
944.
by alkonaut 3y ago
I never heard the term EMV either and had to Google it now. I think my point is: for signs, use stupidly simple language, understandable by everyone. These signs are for tourists perhaps more than Londoners. The constant reference to “Oyste
945.
by alkonaut 3y ago
Did the project to add value types to Java (I’m sure I heard of it a decade ago) never finish?
946.
by alkonaut 3y ago
If null and [] should be the same thing then I’d make absolutely sure you can’t represent both. You don’t want two states representing the same thing. That should be easy to ensure if a language is reasonable. E.g a field that can’t be null
947.
by alkonaut 3y ago
Wait, javas Optional is a reference type so it can be null? Doesn’t that almost defeat the purpose of it?
948.
by alkonaut 3y ago
A null collection and an empty collection are two different things. A nullable collection is one that has the state “no collection” semantically separate from “empty collection”. Similarly an Option<byte> has 257 different values whil
949.
by alkonaut 3y ago
There isn’t any big difference between T? And Option<T> semantically. Many code bases use an Option<T> in C# to indicate a 0-or-1 object result, but refactor those to T? instead with nullable. It combines better e.g Option<Op
950.
by alkonaut 3y ago
I’d interpret ”Constactless card” as some form of RF variant of a traditional ticket card. Not as a way of describing your regular visa/mastercard debit/credit cards. Is “contactless card” a normal way of describing a debit/c
951.
by alkonaut 3y ago
Yeah this info, very condensed, should just be on big signs at station. ”You can just tap your credit card and travel, no need to do anything else at all”. Which is also how it _should_ work. Of course seniors, kids, period tickets etc are
952.
by alkonaut 3y ago
Strange that it doesn’t include some random bytes so the same report can’t be submitted many times. Does it just assume the base memory address is random enough?
953.
by alkonaut 3y ago
> If you minimize and then restore a window, it saves that position on the screen. There are some programs that will misbehave no matter what but after that, you can close and reopen the program and it should open in the same screen, wit
954.
by alkonaut 3y ago
Quick iteration perhaps isn't the biggest strength of C++ either. Rust does have some friction when it comes to "I'll try this with a dirty impl and if it flies, then I cam make a clean one later". I guess if that fricti
955.
by alkonaut 3y ago
> How could anyone know if their state government is competent? One way of knowing would be that you can see trustworthy water testing. That there are consequences (political, legal) for public officials when there is wrongdoing. That so
956.
by alkonaut 3y ago
If you have competent government bottled water shouldn't be better than tap. I prefer tap because I find bottled tastes too little.
957.
by alkonaut 3y ago
> wait I can't add this new thing because things will no longer compile, and there's no workaround other than code restructuring I definitely think that's a great feature. I want to learn on day 2 that the design is a dead
958.
by alkonaut 3y ago
I work with desktop software and have to work with multiple display scenarios. It's on Windows, but I guess the problems are similar. Fundamentally, one issue is that the concepts of multiple screens, multiple desktops, multiple DPI&#x
959.
by alkonaut 3y ago
If you choose a refund that would be because you opted not to take the flight at all. Assuming it was your outbound flight, that can be reasonable. If it's a return or connecting flight you might have to re-route, in which case a refun
960.
by alkonaut 3y ago
You already posted this complete misreading of the text you quoted in a different reply. At least read it once if you are going to quote it twice.

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