bborud

67 ms·

511.
by bborud 3y ago
It may help to understand the context. At the time Go was created you could choose between three languages at Google: Python, C++ and Java. Well, to be honest, if you chose Python you were kind of looked down on as a bit of a loser( ) at Go
512.
by bborud 3y ago
Oh, I have no illusions about Macs. There's a reason I didn't buy a new laptop for 5 years. But if you look at the macs since the M1, they actually seem to be back to decent build quality.
513.
by bborud 3y ago
I think you are making an important point: it is easy to think that the value to you of having a car with loading capacity or a dining room for parties can be calculated from the utilization alone. Right now my car has broken down. I don&
514.
by bborud 3y ago
It is more like buying a cheap laptop and then getting the kind of attitude Apple has towards quality issues in their products. In terms of build quality, I wouldn't exactly say that Tesla have a "premium" product. Even afte
515.
by bborud 3y ago
If they are not standardized and widely used, it isn't really all that useful to introduce yet another bit of complexity to what is usually going to be an already stressful activity (driving a car in traffic with very little experience
516.
by bborud 3y ago
My perspective is that of someone who usually has to make choices for software projects that are going to exist for a while and that will have lots of developers on them. If you manage software projects you will tend to always feel some pre
517.
by bborud 3y ago
Not having to worry about closing tags can be solved in numerous other ways without having to invent a new language. And strictly speaking, Haml doesn't actually remove closing tags - it replaces them with whitespace defined structure.
518.
by bborud 3y ago
It looks unnecessary. The syntax is ugly and by looking at the examples I can’t say what problem it is supposed to solve.
519.
by bborud 3y ago
Wow, that's a pretty awful website. You navigate to it and you get three popups. One of which is modal and blocks out the entire site. It manages to piss you off before you can even read the headline.
520.
by bborud 3y ago
And as Bent Flyvbjerg mentions in "How Big Things Get Done", projects that last for a very long time are all but guaranteed to encounter one or more black swan events and/or recessions. Bent makes a sensible argument for SMR
521.
by bborud 3y ago
Me 25 years ago, spending my days implementing mostly server applications in C and trying to design things in mechanical sympathy with the OS, would probably have had a lot of opinions on this. Mostly "don't make my life harder b
522.
by bborud 3y ago
If people use the database as an integration layer, IMNSHO, they deserve what they get. Database is implementation - not integration interface.
523.
by bborud 3y ago
I'm not sure this is best done by holding on to implementations of those ideas that have serious flaws. Yes, learning is slow, and most languages seem to start with a handful of ideas someone wants to realize and then ignoring a lot of
524.
by bborud 3y ago
C++ isn't C++. It is every incarnation of the language, every language subset defined in a code standard (for a project or an organization), over decades. Sure you can write virgin code in C++ and choose some "modern" incarn
525.
by bborud 3y ago
Come to think of it, in terms of computing power, the ESP32 is probably more powerful than what you used before 2000.
526.
by bborud 3y ago
I've never tried that. I've usually tried to not have the build plate temperature vary too much for fear that the plate might contract a bit if I cool it down and the print might pop off?
527.
by bborud 3y ago
It also helps to clean the build plate from time to time too. Over time grease from your fingers will make it onto the surface (no matter how careful you think you are). Some filaments also seem to leave behind an oily residue that builds
528.
by bborud 3y ago
Is it likely that you would run servers "at scale" on a RPi?
529.
by bborud 3y ago
Police will represent a problem in the US as long as it is not a single, national organization with a national set of rules, proper standards for education and conduct. That, of course, will never happen. Which means police organizations
530.
by bborud 3y ago
Regardless of whether aspartame is better or worse than sugars (I neither know nor care) that sounds awful. I find the taste of aspartame revolting.
531.
by bborud 3y ago
Have a look at the unionization rates in the Nordics. Taken together with the Nordic model: what do you think is going to matter more? Or actually, let’s turn it around: do you think attacking the interests of a large portion of the working
532.
by bborud 3y ago
It is not so much ironic as it is disingenuous on Mr. Musk's part. We don't have to pretend that Elon doesn't understand this. It's okay to call bullshit.
533.
by bborud 3y ago
This is a brilliant opportunity to learn about the Nordic Model and the interaction between government, unions and employers. (Somehow I doubt Elon Musk bothered understanding what he was getting himself into here. This could get really ug
534.
by bborud 3y ago
Thanks for posting that link. It lead to a lot of interesting background material! I think this quote in particular resonates: > those ideas simply haven’t had time to pass through the filter of > practical experience
535.
by bborud 3y ago
> I disagree; you can learn 90% of Go in an afternoon. Learning a language only starts with knowing the formal spec. Then you have to learn how to express yourself efficiently and in mechanical sympathy with the language. That takes
536.
by bborud 3y ago
Are you projecting your own need to have others think you are good? I can assure you I have no need to make strangers think I'm good. The point I was making was that it is possible to know, and acknowledge, that you are doing something
537.
by bborud 3y ago
I used to think the outrage Italians show when you mess with Italian dishes on Youtube was exaggerated. Then I worked with a couple of Italians from the north of Italy. Oh boy do they take food in general, and their national cuisine in pa
538.
by bborud 3y ago
If you mean the claim that the beef, pork, poultry, eggs and milk represents a huge emissions footprint, then no. That's not in dispute and it isn't particularly hard to prove that by looking at how much of the agricultural output
539.
by bborud 3y ago
I think there are two things to consider here. One is a question: is Italy a player in this field and do they have research companies that have a vested interest in this? I don't know the answer to that question, but if they don&#x2
540.
by bborud 3y ago
Error handling is tricky because it is (usually) people who write code, and people are lazy and sloppy. Force people to deal with errors and they'll find new ways to not really handle errors. I'm not opposed to language support

More ›