fsloth

30 ms·

391.
by fsloth 2y ago
”Templates are not that bad as a user” My take would be they are bad for both users and authors. In 2024 the expected compiler output for a syntax error in a statically typed language is a specific-as-possible report where in the written so
392.
by fsloth 2y ago
I was not critizing the governance model.
393.
by fsloth 2y ago
To be specific I was not critizing or promoting any particular governance or design model. Just that this particular authority has had it’s more dysfunctional moments in it’s output - one should not presume all features of C++ are splendid
394.
by fsloth 2y ago
The upshot is that generally relevant C++ codebases become decades old - there should be enough time to eventually become competent.
395.
by fsloth 2y ago
Either you’ve worked with rookie developers (which is fine, but not ’expected industry baseline’) or in an engineering core lacking years of C++ development. Doing stuff ’the right way’ does not generally need extra resourcing - you simply
396.
by fsloth 2y ago
I’ve been writing C++ over 20 years. The language is a freak show, combining the solid industrial tooling and userbase, with some development efforts led by a clown-car full of pretentious academics and people who just want to bolt on new s
397.
by fsloth 2y ago
I don’t really get this argument. Large C++ codebases are generally divided to libraries. The internal libraries and vendor libraries should both be of high quality. I’m not familiar with industrial use cases where every C++ user would not
398.
by fsloth 2y ago
The Mars Terraforming Company? Half-kidding.
399.
by fsloth 2y ago
”Problems to be solved” is a narrow view of the mechanism of providing goods and services. Is food a problem? Clothes? Housing? Historically societies that have lacked markets in these (grow your own food, make your own clothes etc) are not
400.
by fsloth 2y ago
One of the reasons Blender is so amazing is that it's an outlier. It's also not in the class "generating billions of dollars of value" unlike some basic components like, say, Linux kernel or SSH to name a few (in an ocea
401.
by fsloth 2y ago
"This works both ways - employee can quit any time too." I think employees have been allowed to quit at any time since the early 20th century in most western countries. Of course there is a probationary period involved, but it&#x2
402.
by fsloth 2y ago
Would this be legal in any jurisdiction (click-or-be-fired)? I am not familiar with US labour laws, are employees actually at the level of indentured servants considering terms of employment (which I would expect to be a contract between TW
403.
Ask HN: Recent case studies in startup brand growth
2 points by fsloth 2y ago|0 comments
404.
by fsloth 2y ago
Not the holy grail yet, but pretty cool! I see these usable not as main assets, but as something you would add as a low effort embellishment to add complexity to the main scene. The fact they maintain profile makes them usable for situation
405.
Ask HN: How do you draw lines (code golf)
2 points by fsloth 2y ago|1 comments
406.
by fsloth 2y ago
I have cherished memories of boozing out with friends but I would not link this to ”mental health” benefits given the documented onset mental health issues including depression and alcoholism is directly linked to alcohol consumption. Drink
407.
by fsloth 2y ago
I think that requires a quote to a research. I would be very surprised if beer drinking compared to just drinking water has a positive health outcome.
408.
by fsloth 2y ago
The increase in alcohol usage in a population increases the onset of symptoms of various alcohol related health effects, including alcoholism and death. It’s pretty well understood, clinically speaking. But it’s fun to down a few and the st
409.
by fsloth 2y ago
The government metaphor is apt. Someone has overall authority over your compute and data on your PC. In general I would view the OS as the government.
410.
by fsloth 2y ago
This is the market. Good engineering practices don’t hurt but they are not mandatory. If Boeing can wing it so can everybody.
411.
by fsloth 2y ago
I’m not arguing against the need to follow regulations. I’m not familiar what specifically is required by banks. All I’m saying Crowdstrike sucks as a specific offering. I’m sure there are worse ways to check the boxes (there always is) but
412.
by fsloth 2y ago
Yep. Exactly this and more.
413.
by fsloth 2y ago
100%
414.
by fsloth 2y ago
That’s my experience as an unfortunate user of a PC as a software engineer in an org where every PC was mandated to install crowdstrike. Fortune 1000. It ran amok of every PC it was installed to. Nobody could tell exactly what it did, or wh
415.
by fsloth 2y ago
Exactly.
416.
by fsloth 2y ago
No, don’t abuse the language. Wrap everything in types and all is fine. Verbose C++ is the only good kind of C++. Why? C++ code needs to be debuggable and modifiable so when a profiler shows hotspots, you know where they are coming from and
417.
by fsloth 2y ago
Happy to know it works when needed! But the implementation (when running on user PC:s) is still half-baked. My experience is using PC with Crowdstrike for daily software development. In that setting it’s quite terrible. The server setting s
418.
by fsloth 2y ago
Crowdstrike though is not part of a system of engineered design. It’s a half-baked rootkit sold as a figleaf for incompetent it managers so they can implement ”best practices” in their companys PC:s. The people purchasing it don’t actually
419.
by fsloth 2y ago
If you’ve ever been forced to use a PC with Crowdstrike it’s not amazing at all. I’m amazed incident of this scale didn’t happen earlier. Everything about it reeks of incompetence and gross negligence. It’s the old story of the user and pur
420.
by fsloth 2y ago
I do hope some organizations realize though it’s not a great idea to have a half-baked rootkit as your lucky charm against cybercrime.

More ›