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by codys 3y ago
When folks talk about namespaces, structs, & typedefs in C, it's to call out that `struct X` and `typedef int X;` can both exist at the same time. In other words, nothing prevents one from doing a `typedef struct X { int f; } X;` o
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by codys 3y ago
To add a bit more context here, the "12 US State Attorney Generals" here are 14 Republican US State Attorneys general. their letter: https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/IACIO/2023/12/04.
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by codys 3y ago
edit: actually not RefCell. That's more Mutex like. Which is another place rust solves: the tooling for eliminating data races at compile time is mature and pretty complete. The race elimination in Ada appears to rely on using SPARK (a
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by codys 3y ago
For the case of "smart pointers", and the larger point of "safety": rust has that included out of the box: Box, Rc, Arc, RefCell are all smart pointers included in the standard library. On safety of the language: the bor
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by codys 3y ago
Severance pay is not last-paycheck pay. Paycheck pay is for work already performed. Severance is (in the US) generally down to agreement between an employer and employee (and the employer normally dictates the terms because the employee in
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by codys 3y ago
McCauley's linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasha-m-25475a54/ . From some digging, full name appears to be Aimee Nastassia 'Tasha' McCauley, and is married to Joseph Gordon-Levitt (the actor).
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by codys 3y ago
I'm not sure how one would define "adaptation" (presumably meaning "adoption", ie: how widely used something is) in a way that could have debian have a higher adoption than rust: rust ships in programs within many l
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by codys 3y ago
The answer here is almost certainly one of these: 1. Fix rhai::Engine so it is Send (if !Send is unintentional) 2. Use tokio::spawn_blocking or normal threads to run the rhai::Engine bits 3. Don't hold the rhai::Engine across an await
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by codys 3y ago
On Purple vs Pink: it seems that might explain Lego's official name for pieces one might call "pink" use "purple" (with various modifiers) instead. https://www.thebrickfan.com/wp-content/uploads
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by codys 3y ago
I don't know what the percent of existing machines are chromebooks. But that wasn't the question posed, it was: > For, what, a handful of old laptops? And the answer there is "no".
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by codys 3y ago
Every single modern x86 chromebook has coreboot support. That said: most if not all of them require some proprietary bits to initialize ram timings and to run the security coprocessors (Amd PSP, Intel ME). Older intel based systems (like th
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by codys 3y ago
`getpwents()` is not defined to only read `/etc/passwd`. There is only a requirement that there is some abstract "user database" or "password database" (depending on if you're reading the linux man pages o
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by codys 3y ago
It appears to be a pyinstaller generated executable, presumably we'd expect it to contain https://github.com/Fadi002/unshackle/blob/main/src/unshackle... , but I haven't confirmed that.
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by codys 3y ago
In light of hiQ Labs v. LinkedIn [1], I'm not sure that Elon has a cause of action that he's likely to succeed on with respect to sueing scrapers. 1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HiQ_Labs_v._LinkedIn ,
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by codys 3y ago
Please don't use posix message queues (`mq_*`, `mq_overview`, etc) when you're writing a program with a single address space (like something that uses threads in a single process). Posix message queues (the `mq_*` functions) are m
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by codys 3y ago
Are sellers of used products (second hand, etc) to the EU required to provide a warranty? If so, is it the same warranty as if the item was new?
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by codys 4y ago
There is not (normally) context added automatically. One can use `map_err(|e| ...)` to add context like this: let result = call().map_err(|e| SomeError::MoreData(e))?; Or if using one of the common error libraries to have non-speci
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by codys 4y ago
The comment does not indicate the drones actually flew over Area 51 (or a military base) : "drones flown over places _around_ Area 51" (emphasis added)
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by codys 4y ago
There is this on IPSEC: https://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg12...
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by codys 4y ago
Other CMSIS-DAP compatible probes: - https://makerdiary.com/products/pitaya-link - https://www.l-tek.com/web-shop/cmsis-dap-debug-probe/
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by codys 4y ago
All of the jobs I've worked have not had any technical restrictions on what software engineers could install on their work laptops. Most (but not all) had some sort of asset management tool and/or antivirus as standard on computer
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by codys 4y ago
They use a custom plug system that doesn't use the standard brick shape as contacts. https://www.lego.com/en-us/themes/powered-up shows some examples of the connector and socket. There's also the discont
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by codys 4y ago
That's a great point, and shows up in annoying ways in Sony's camera line up in whether "high frame rate" support exists. For Sony cameras, HFR implies "can capture a limited length (seconds, typically) of footage
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by codys 4y ago
Camera software is an area that is frustratingly closed off, and where manufacturers regularly differentiate new/more expensive cameras with firmware differences: subject detection, auto focus, drive modes (pre-capture, higher frame ra
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by codys 4y ago
The text states that the back is glass
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by codys 4y ago
There's a long history of open source software implementing patented algorithms, especially in the video and audio codec space. Those open source implementations are definitely used by professionals, so I would recommend not being so a
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by codys 4y ago
The FDA used to not be funded by the pharmaceutical industry, and instead be directly funded. There are routine questions about how the current arrangement influences FDA decision making in a way that negatively affects their ability to ind
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by codys 4y ago
Whoops: I missed a "not" in the last sentence. Should be: > So in this case, the plastic straw issue does _not_ necessarily appear to be related to the redesign.
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by codys 4y ago
The article indicates the re-design in question was "launched" in January 2008. This is the date where planning the redesign began. Another article [1] indicates that the new design was deployed on January 8th, 2009, and Tropicana
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by codys 4y ago
what tools/methods exist for MitM-ing iphone traffic in this case?

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