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by fouric 5y ago
> Most of the ways > a small percentage What's your source for this? I'm very interested to see it, because this is an issue that I've been following for a few years and I haven't yet seen any data that supports th
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by fouric 5y ago
"Not as weak as Java" is not a very interesting benchmark, as Java also has a poor type system. C++'s type system is pitiable relative to those of Rust, Haskell, OCaml, and SML. Moreover, in addition to being less expressiv
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Ahhh, so it was a problem with lazy evaluation (and the lack thereof when using &), and not type coercion, like I initially thought.
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I am also of the opinion that `and` is more readable than `&&` (and isn't as easy to typo in a catastrophic way) - although my main point was about the weaker type system.
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I wasn't trying to enumerate every existing graphics API, nor is that relevant to my point.
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Feature discovery has done wonders for PC gaming. Not feature constraint, like you're advocating.
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From the article: > The line should read "if (key_data_.has_value() && !key_data_->label().empty()) {" but instead of "&&"—the C++ version of the "AND" operator—the bad update used a singl
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by fouric 5y ago
The HN software increases the rate limit threshold for posters that meet certain criteria that are designed to try to catch those not participating in constructive discourse. How effective the filters are, I cannot say, but that's the
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Yeah, the quoted line clearly breaks the HN guidelines.
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Because software developers selling software are (1) incentivized to offer lots of features, because different individuals and businesses have different needs, but also (2) not very strongly incentivized to either (a) make the program parti
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This is not feature discovery, though - this is feature constraining , which is rather different, and doesn't work at all if you want to get a game out to a large audience while also taking advantage of different hardware configurat
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D3D/DirectX is Windows-only, while Vulkan is supposed to be replacing OpenGL, not complementing it. Maintaining three different graphics APIs (DirectX, OpenGL, Vulkan) is always harder than maintaining only two (DX+Vulkan (eventual
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Now seems like a good time to bring up Considerations on Cost Disease! https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/02/09/considerations-on-cost...
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I found Anki to be easy to pick up for my simple use-case, and the interface isn't any worse than most other tools out there. Yes, features aren't the only reason why people use a product, but some people (me, and many others here
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I use Anki. It's poorly-designed, but it's the best thing that I've used so far. I'd love to have an upgrade, but you have to convince me that your tool is actually materially better than Anki, and doesn't just &q
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Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot (2009)(en.wikipedia.org)
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> One aspect of this culture which bothers me in particular is the idea that learning programming languages is unconditionally good. Stated exactly like that, yes, that's probably not a good idea. Stated like "learning new prog
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Isn't the difference that Intel is actually protecting its chip IP, whereas TSMC just fabs other peoples' chips and isn't in the business themselves?
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iOS impressions down 30% from peak is "not a huge deal"? This is very counterintuitive to me, as iOS both holds the majority share of the US market, and 30% seems like a very high number. Can you explain?
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I think that this happens to be the case now , but is not an intrinsic property of humans. I think that we're living in an age where most consumers have been "programmed" to expect things for no financial cost and only a
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27845534 responds to this quite eloquently: > It's not about whether more than one person could come up withe idea, it's that he pitched it to his own employer, met multiple
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by fouric 5y ago
An article linked in another comment in this thread[1] implies that this is because Japanese prosecutors pressure everyone, even innocents, into confession[2]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27827906 [2] https:&#
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> They swear they are implementing telemetry, but their privacy policy implies tracking. You don’t need to worry about minors or handing personal information over unless you’re storing it. Good point - reminds me of a principle I recent
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The subject is telemetry, but the article calls it "tracking code". I would be curious to know if the writer actually knows that the telemetry data is enough to track users, or whether they're just exploiting the recent FUD a
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Clearly, several people (including me) think that you did imply it - so, regardless of whether or not you intended to do so, that's what you communicated in your post. In particular, the way in which you mentioned extrapolation in th
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This article, my personal experience, what I've heard from my friends, and the other evidence I've heard of all seem to support the same thing: that writing things by hand leads to better retention than typing. This seems to be th
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Lean: so good, we mentioned it twice. I've heard that ACL2 is also a thing that exists. To me, one of the most intimidating parts of getting into formal verification is deciding which system to use - as you mentioned, there are several
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I've found my Firefox account to be very useful for syncing my history and bookmarks between my 6 devices. Even so, Mozilla, of all large technology organizations, should be the least likely to persistently nag you to get an accoun
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This is false. Heat is an incredibly common type of waste energy, and far more common than waste "cold" (if such a thing exists at all), so most (if not all) heating devices are more efficient than cooling devices. Furthermore,
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I wonder if the USPO is asking about whether the idea of patents kills innovation, or the implementation does (e.g. how easily patents are granted, which things are eligible for patents (I know many people who think that patents are a g

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