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811.
by db48x 2y ago
But you only have to figure that out once. Amortized over many contributions the cost is essentially nothing.
812.
by db48x 2y ago
Sounds like progress to me, just going by the text of the article instead of the headline.
813.
Millennium Tower – PR Firms Demands Removal of Videos(youtube.com)
3 points by db48x 2y ago|0 comments
814.
by db48x 2y ago
On the one hand I would argue that you’re not supposed to visualize your lake as a bunch of rectangles. Visualize your lake as the shape the lake actually is. On the other hand, for many people it’s easier to visualize than you might imagin
815.
by db48x 2y ago
No, an acrefoot is defined as a foot × an acre. Acres are a unit of area, and can be any shape. They’re especially useful for lakes because you generally know the area that the lake covers and measuring the depth is really easy. If your lak
816.
by db48x 2y ago
It’s a logical fallacy; it doesn’t rebut anything.
817.
by db48x 2y ago
That’s such an obnoxious tactic. It’s basically saying “Your point is invalid unless you can cut this Gordian Knot on the spur of the moment in an internet comment!”
818.
by db48x 2y ago
You’re missing the point. It doesn't matter that this is a VM feature and not a hardware feature. The fact that it exists at all means that reading from uninitialized memory is unsound. You can write to it all you want, but not read fr
819.
by db48x 2y ago
It’s possible to do that, but in practice it’s quite uncommon. Especially since Lisps offer great tools for programmers to learn what the macros that the are using actually do.
820.
by db48x 2y ago
In Windows–land, the Shell is the GUI. It’s Explorer putting icons and things on the screen. Those icons usually represent files and directories. Each icon can be different, usually determined by the file extension or by metadata inside the
821.
Why U.S. Roads Are Spaced One Mile Apart [video](youtube.com)
1 points by db48x 2y ago|0 comments
822.
by db48x 2y ago
Ah, that’s a detail that I either forgot or did not know. Thank you. It certainly would be nice if the C library had fewer built–in footguns. And if we could write programs in other languages without ever depending on it (which wouldn’t but
823.
by db48x 2y ago
But it would force Rust programs to add their own synchronization mechanism around them. As long as no two threads can call getenv/setenv at the same time then it’s fine.
824.
by db48x 2y ago
What do you mean by “originally”? The cameras on Hubble are black and white, and this is a color image.
825.
by db48x 2y ago
> and 99% of the time don't take them from people in the first place. I agree with that part :) But remember we are talking about times when the owner really is unknown. If you’re actually importing counterfeit goods then you probab
826.
by db48x 2y ago
I agree that weight should be a factor, but it needs to be nonlinear. Very light vehicles do not damage roads, while heavier vehicles cause disproportionately more damage. A car causes some minimal amount of damage that adds up over time, b
827.
by db48x 2y ago
As amusing as that would be, forfeiture is how you get judicial oversight of the process. If someone wants to claim their misplaced drugs then they have to show up at the trial and defend their right to posses them. Consider a more nuanced,
828.
by db48x 2y ago
Submarines are a popular choice but expensive. It's been done once in trucks (the Top Gear episode that I linked to earlier). People fly to the South Pole every year.
829.
by db48x 2y ago
True. You could still be the first to drive to where the magnetic pole was in 2007!
830.
by db48x 2y ago
Garbage found at the side of the street, no. A bag of heroin found in an abandoned building, certainly.
831.
by db48x 2y ago
It has its roots in something very necessary: disposal of abandoned property, especially illegal goods for which no owner can be identified. Of course it has gotten slightly out of hand.
832.
by db48x 2y ago
So what? People take risks all the time. The guides are paid, so they must be getting enough to make the risks worthwhile.
833.
by db48x 2y ago
You can drive there. You might have to dig your way through an ice ridge or two, but it’s not impossible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNkvASxfEWQ
834.
by db48x 2y ago
Who cares? If a helicopter could reach the summit, I would take a helicopter. More people should drive to the north pole, too.
835.
by db48x 2y ago
No, Amtrak trains are always prioritized. Well, almost always. Every train journey is planned in advance, so that each block of rail is reserved for a specific train and only that train. When those reservations are made, Amtrak trains get p
836.
by db48x 2y ago
Men sell their bodies all the time. Miners, fishermen, football players, etc. 97% of all workplace fatalities are men.
837.
by db48x 2y ago
It’s a comedy; the sides don’t matter. It’s a hilarious movie, in fact.
838.
by db48x 2y ago
Very true. It was designed to keep out thieves, not an army.
839.
by db48x 2y ago
Yea, I've lived in Houston so I know all about how hot and humid it is. But the two areas are by no means equal in size: the hot and dry parts of Texas are vast and cover most of the state. There’s lots of variation too. El Paso is far
840.
by db48x 2y ago
You may have misunderstood what you were looking at. All that is really left is the chapel. It’s just a church sized for a few hundred people. All of the houses, offices, barracks, work rooms, stables, storehouses, defensive works, etc, etc

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