elb2020

7 ms·

31.
by elb2020 5y ago
If you steal my secret code, then I no longer have secret code. The question is whether the secrecy itself has value. I may perceive that it does, and you may conveniently perceive that it doesn't. It's a dubious mindset, to belie
32.
Repl.it's slightly ironic response to requests for an offline version(offline.repl.it)
3 points by elb2020 5y ago|0 comments
33.
by elb2020 5y ago
It's quite possible that it is a social signal, I think. Something designed to facilitate a non-spoken syn-ack handshake between members in a social group. I see you, you see me, I see that you see me, end of transmit.
34.
by elb2020 5y ago
Won't become undone and is easy to undo, I would add. You can put a very high weight on it, and it'll still be easy to untangle afterwards.
35.
by elb2020 5y ago
I'm not familiar with Go, but is there anything in the language which makes it a particularly good fit for this type of problem?
36.
by elb2020 6y ago
I see you've revised your comment from 3 days ago, where you made the more sweeping statement that "the longer you use C++, the more you despise it". My experience is that C++ is complex, but it gives you power. I think wheth
37.
by elb2020 6y ago
I looked up the Wodehouse quote: “I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.” I think he uses it, not just in one of his books, but in several, maybe in slightly different forms.
38.
by elb2020 6y ago
> You can't count on project managers to do that. This is one of my pet peeves when it comes to software development. I _really_ think that software development project managers ought to be able to spot the difference between a good
39.
by elb2020 6y ago
I think it's fair to call it a complex problem, if referring to the task itself, of creating performant software (which I assume is what he did). I agree with otabdeveloper in general. I'm learning C++, and over the past year ther
40.
by elb2020 6y ago
Agree, that was my main takeway too. I found the animation with the two mirror systems especially illuminating. Without the theory of spacetime, it would seem that the two mirror systems would somehow get out of sync over time, since it app
41.
by elb2020 6y ago
The reason behind this wisdom is that it's easy to suggest a rewrite because you think the current code is too complex. You suggest a rewrite because you cannot grasp the current code. If that's the case, then I think the mentione