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by bitofhope 8y ago
Allows the compiler to assume certain cases where undefined behavior would appear are unreachable and make optimizations based on trusting that those cases will not occur.
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by bitofhope 8y ago
What I find amazing about Astérix comic translations is how consistently good they seem to be in every language. I don't think I've ever come across anyone who said the translation to their native language was anything less than g
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by bitofhope 8y ago
My go-to example of explaining accuracy vs. precision is the distance from Earth to its moon. 400 000 km or 250 000 miles is a fairly accurate, but imprecise figure. 31 415 926 nanometers is a ludicrously precise, and incredibly inaccurate
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by bitofhope 8y ago
So Microsoft was founded on a lucky case of FOMO? Hey, it works sometimes.
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by bitofhope 8y ago
So, in 1983 I think the possible variants are 4.2BSD, SunOS 1.0, Xenix 3.0, SVR1. Someone in a sibling thread mentioned the kill line characters were already replaced around 2BSD. SVR1 had vi and ex, too. `lpr` is BSDian, I think, but maybe
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by bitofhope 8y ago
Yep, I assume the change was due to change from paper teletypes to CRT terminals. 2BSD is interesting, because that would make this likely a V7/SysIII/SysV poster since in 1983 they were already releasing 4.2BSD. The Unix Programm
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by bitofhope 8y ago
There's a question mark. Seems like pure speculation.
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by bitofhope 8y ago
>@ kill line I think I saw this in _The Unix Programming Environment_ by Kernighan and Pike. @ doesn't seem to do anything using various shells on any systems I can quickly think of trying: * /bin/sh (dash) on Linux on AMD
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by bitofhope 8y ago
Their open source work in past few years is commendable and I'll give them kudos for it, even if it frequently gives off an air of feelgood lip service. .NET is cool, but otherwise it doesn't really feel like they're contribu
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by bitofhope 8y ago
I'd imagine anyone particularly concerned with SEO would be likely to prefer a more fully-featured method of content management anyway.
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by bitofhope 8y ago
He got rid of the requirement for government agencies to report their Y2K preparedness measures. Faint praise but it's something.
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by bitofhope 8y ago
There are several implementations that have their differences. It's kinda similar to "Lisps" in plural. Lisp is a programming language, but it's also a family of similar languages. Also, languages like K and J, maybe Q c
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by bitofhope 8y ago
A friend once tried to update Arch Linux on a wifi behind a captive portal. Pacman broke because instead of a package list it downloaded the captive portal login page and failed to parse it, leading to mystery hunt for my friend troubleshoo
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by bitofhope 8y ago
I would not have thought of using cpp(1) like that. I will be using calendar fron now on. Thanks for the tip.
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by bitofhope 8y ago
A similar interesting hybrid is K Lange's résumé, which is both a PDF and an ISO image for x86 bootable operating system http://r.dakko.us/ Also of note, klange's unofficial résumé in C https://gist.git
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by bitofhope 8y ago
squirrel: HTML document, ASCII text BSD file(1) on both Linux and NetBSD. Solaris also identifies it as HTML.
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by bitofhope 8y ago
This really shouldn't be surprising. Commentators seem to still be missing a core tenet of Mastodon: decentralization. The different instances are not some homogenous community. Each instance forms its own community with its own style
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by bitofhope 8y ago
I, for one, would say they should have no right to it. Hell, everyone you mentioned became a millionaire during their career. If all of them stopped receiving royalties for any of their releases after one measly year, they'd have made
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by bitofhope 8y ago
People don't usually make a living by building houses for themselves and their family. Lazy child C's dad worked at a factory making drills as a salaried employee. After he retired/died, the lazy child had to get over their l
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by bitofhope 8y ago
Can't reproduce. Whacking Esc after q just cancels and :q (+variants) certainly seem to work while recording a macro.
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by bitofhope 8y ago
The first link references the myth of QWERTY being meant for slowing typists down. It merely spreads most common letters out so them being pressed together doesn't jam the typewriter.
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by bitofhope 8y ago
Pens and pencils are a favourite topic of mine. Since the article is mostly about cheap mass market ballpoints, I'll take the liberty to mention some of my favourites too. * Uni-Ball Jetstream: Just about perfect as far as I'm con
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by bitofhope 8y ago
-40s too cold -30s cold -20s February -10s beanie optional -0s can't store non-alcoholic drinks on the balcony +0s wear waterproof boots +10s no need to wear a jacket +20s don't wear more than a t-shirt +30s can't sleep since
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by bitofhope 8y ago
Yes. Well, since 2002 some old versions aren't, but v7 onwards is. macOS is based on XNU and NeXTSTEP, which are based on Mach and BSD, but macOS is not solely a Unix system and few use it as such. In fact, if you were to make a progra
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by bitofhope 8y ago
While we're sharing opinions, my take on these. - Jira is tolerable. Many of the more essential features are only available as plugins and many of them feel like ugly bolt-on hacks (looking at you, Insight) to the point that Atlassian
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by bitofhope 8y ago
I feel the need to arrange that fizzbuzz into an actual song.
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by bitofhope 8y ago
Yea I'd like to have this elaborated on. As is the GP makes The Guardian sound like Daesh.
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by bitofhope 8y ago
First release of NetBSD was in 1993. It was more novel back then.
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by bitofhope 8y ago
I also run NetBSD (mostly on servers, but occasionally PCs as well). I can relate to this. Difference is good; it helps challenge assumptions. Running different operating systems is good for the same reason as testing websites on different
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by bitofhope 8y ago
Do I want it to be light? Sure, I wouldn't want to carry a brick of tungsten with me, but something the weight of two or three iPhones isn't much of an encumbrance even to people much physically weaker than me.

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