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1501.
by atemerev 7y ago
This is what has killed Scala. It was a fine pragmatic hybrid language which perfectly combined FP and OOP. Now it is attacked by hordes of type astronauts which will look down to you if you are not using Tagless Final, Cats, or whatever ne
1502.
by atemerev 7y ago
Addendum: “Unless you are Google” :) Well, at some point it is a matter of personal preferences and tradeoffs. One time, I used to work on a high-frequency trading system written in Java... yes, in the environment with zero tolerance to GC
1503.
by atemerev 7y ago
The first maxim of software architecture: You Are Not Google. (And even at Google most systems running C++ code are their core indexing and analytical systems, which are not directly related to their Internet-facing perimeter; there are som
1504.
by atemerev 7y ago
Yes, it is battle-tested, and the testing result was the big failure: memory-related issues and vulnerabilities alone caused billions of dollars of damage, and on their way to cause more. It is generally not a good idea at all to use C++ in
1505.
by atemerev 7y ago
Erlang is highly optimized to build reliable network communication systems (application-level routers, message brokers, stream aggregators, perhaps MMO game engines, chat backends, etc.) The secret weapons are actor model and process separa
1506.
by atemerev 7y ago
A reference FFT implementation in CUDA: about 150 lines of code. A reference FFT implementation in ROCm: about 1200 lines of much uglier code using advanced C++ idioms. So no, it is not a replacement, again. Elegance matters.
1507.
by atemerev 7y ago
Yes, because nobody replicated the pragmatism and power of CUDA. OpenCL is much uglier and lower level. So AMD decided to do something about that... and invented ROCm, which is somehow even uglier and more low-level! A reference FFT impleme
1508.
by atemerev 7y ago
In 2012 in Boston, Enterprise refused to deal with my (European) debit card. However, in general this is right: US standards of customer service are unreachable anywhere in the world, except probably Japan. To the US people expectations, cu
1509.
by atemerev 7y ago
OK, this is called "prohibitory pricing". As in, "we really really don't want your debit card, but if it is an emergency, here's an option. Still, please don't". I tried to rent a car with a debit card a f
1510.
by atemerev 7y ago
Well, debit cards are not accepted anywhere for car rental (at least I don't know any counterexamples). $260 in this case are returned at the end of the rental term, it is just a (relatively recent) additional service from Europcar, al
1511.
by atemerev 7y ago
Yes, it is possible. Our health insurance is only slightly less expensive, though (and can only be paid with post-tax money). We hold the proud second place in healthcare costs. You’ll also have some issues with opening a bank account here
1512.
by atemerev 7y ago
Nim is a thing of beauty. It has a well-thought syntax (some consider it to be similar to Python, but it removes many Python idiosyncrasies), state of the art type system with generics, beyond state of the art macro system, excellent perfor
1513.
by atemerev 7y ago
Not exactly — we Russians are also doing our Russian meddling for the good of all people involved (especially back in Soviet times). Why anybody would do that for evil? /s
1514.
by atemerev 7y ago
Well, the case you are talking about is a few tiny villages who decided that they could keep their "tradition" way into modernity, but even they yielded to the pressure of the rest of the Swiss society.
1515.
by atemerev 7y ago
Low turnout happens exactly because there is no transparent, understandable and visible feedback between voters decision and government actions. Direct democracy provides this kind of feedback: all laws or measures voted in have to be imple
1516.
by atemerev 7y ago
This is how it works here. We have local, cantonal and federal laws; the laws to vote on are presented in packages once every two months (so every time, people vote on both local and federal laws). Our participation is not a joke. Every Swi
1517.
by atemerev 7y ago
I live in Switzerland. Direct democracy works perfectly well. I don't understand why it is not the default mode and no other country uses it -- to me, it is the obvious way of running things.
1518.
by atemerev 7y ago
Banks are there to give capital to businesses, which do solve every single problem from the beginning of capitalism. This is how it works.
1519.
by atemerev 7y ago
Yes. It requires a lot more (thermal) energy for synthesis, which can be readily provided by nuclear power.
1520.
by atemerev 7y ago
This is why open migration is: 1) inevitable (people in every country are becoming well aware about the difference in opportunities and quality of life), and 2) is a good thing.
1521.
by atemerev 7y ago
If the UK is part of Europe, there are Aegis, Erinys, Control Risks, STEPP, and many others. In France, there are Æneas, Anticip, Corpguard, Défense Conseil International (linked to French government), GEOS, KB (they specialise in private a
1522.
by atemerev 7y ago
Well, Maduro put Venezuela into deep humanitarian crisis already, with looting and starvation abound, so it is pretty normal that somebody wants to do something about that. Even if only for profit reasons.
1523.
by atemerev 7y ago
Should I give you the list of EU private military companies? It is even more fun as the UK is still part of the EU, and the British have practically invented the concept, and still prevail on the market.
1524.
by atemerev 7y ago
So is Academi. Their primary mission is protecting corporate interests in unstable countries / war zones. Asgaard used to do the same (I am not sure if they still exist).
1525.
by atemerev 7y ago
Germany: Asgaard Security Group France: Wagram Protection, Secopex, and many others. PMCs are everywhere.
1526.
by atemerev 7y ago
So basically a laser tripwire? Like for Roombas?
1527.
by atemerev 7y ago
For me, the UI looks perfectly right, thank you. I will try running it for a week and see how it goes.
1528.
by atemerev 7y ago
“high tech, low effort” — brilliant!
1529.
by atemerev 7y ago
You have officially won this thread.
1530.
by atemerev 7y ago
Well, I got stuck with a $17k bill once. They usually require that I pay the bill first out of pocket, then they settle the difference. Also a series of unfortunate events can happen if you are an immigrant.

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