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by ghoward 5y ago
I understand where you are coming from, but just because a program is small does not mean it does not need documentation. My `bc` is in toybox, but I have put extensive effort into documenting it. [1] I have even documented it for future ma
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by ghoward 5y ago
That is a classic video!
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by ghoward 5y ago
Busybox's bc and dc are also based on mine, by the way. And no, many people don't include them in builds, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have them. The reason is probably because bc is a much bigger utility than most u
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by ghoward 5y ago
That is a good question. I have a (very) educated guess, but it's still only a guess. I think there were two reasons. The first is historical practice. POSIX themselves say that they don't codify new standards. Instead, they codif
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by ghoward 5y ago
Rob has a big goal in conflict with my goals: he wants as few lines of code as possible. Obviously, the performance and extra features require more lines of code. So he does not want my updates.
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by ghoward 5y ago
toybox is pretty cool, but there is one big problem (though I am biased): the `bc` it has is old and outdated and not much better than the GNU `bc`. The last update was several years ago because Rob wanted to maintain the version in toybox
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by ghoward 5y ago
Upvoted, because you have good points, but... >> Younger generations understand less tech than older generations, although they use tech more than older generations. > That's an interesting premise but I don't know how tr
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by ghoward 5y ago
A lot of Unix utilities have not been updated for years. My thoughts on finishing software: https://gavinhoward.com/2019/11/finishing-software/ .
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by ghoward 5y ago
It's not. The FAA puts a lot of emphasis on understanding the psychology of flying, especially in emergencies. In their eyes, while pilots have responsibility, that responsibility should never go beyond actual human capabilities. A big
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by ghoward 5y ago
> But it always seemed as a man, women basically gave you +2 in attractiveness just for having the confidence to go up and introduce yourself. In my experience, you are 110% correct. I first saw my wife giving a speech and remembered her
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by ghoward 5y ago
It's basically a compiler that doesn't punish the developer for having undefined behavior in software. DJB described it at [1]. HN comments are at [2]. [1]: https://groups.google.com/g/boring-crypto/c&#x2
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by ghoward 5y ago
It does sound like the perfect setup for a repeat of that, but it's even worse. The US FAA has already said [0] there's too much automation in the cockpit because it tends to make pilots be out of practice. In that case, when an e
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by ghoward 5y ago
Thank you for the links! I've been trying to figure out what is wrong with package management and how to do things better. I'm reading your links now. Also, thank you for labeling them.
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by ghoward 5y ago
I actually agree, though I would personally add stuff to C to make it a better foundation. I also want a boringcc C compiler, like djb asked for.
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Donald Knuth Explains “Premature Optimization Is the Root of All Evil”(youtube.com)
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by ghoward 5y ago
If someone smokes close to you, it does affect you in about the same way as someone with COVID. Likewise, someone with COVID far away affects you about as much as someone smoking far from you.
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by ghoward 5y ago
> Corollary 2: There are several knowledgeable and mature people here on Hacker News. They're here entirely because of dang. He is our keystone, weathering the assault of the barbarians for all of our sake. When he throws in the tow
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by ghoward 5y ago
I've heard it said before that the NSA is really the "Government Security Agency". Kind of like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWKxWR7rehw&t=5335s
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by ghoward 5y ago
> Yeah this myth again. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/09/covid-hos...
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by ghoward 5y ago
> I have a feeling people are downvoting me because they think people are bad/evil for wanting money. Weird. Yeah, I agree it's weird. Personally, I'd love to have enough money to not have to work the rest of my life, or w
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by ghoward 5y ago
> Or put simply, to stop the waves of nearly 100% unvaccinated people dying in hospitals, just vaccinate everyone. No unvaccinated people, no hospitals falling over. Half of the people getting hospitalized are not getting hospitalized fo
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by ghoward 5y ago
Upvoted because you have good points, but I thought I'd address one thing. > I don't know why Mullvad issued a notice to talk about ownership The reason is probably because ExpressVPN was just bought by Kape. https:/&#x2F
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by ghoward 5y ago
> They reduce the chances of mutation. Perhaps, but you also don't get what I am saying. If we vaccinated everyone, the virus wouldn't be eradicated because animals can be hosts. Because of that, the evolutionary pressure put o
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by ghoward 5y ago
> AND IF EVERYONE HAD JUST GOTTEN VACCINATED NONE OF THIS WOULD BE HAPPENING AND WE WOULD BE BACK TO NORMAL. We can't know that. You are assuming. For all we know, if everyone got vaccinated the virus could have mutated around it fa
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by ghoward 5y ago
I don't agree with the website, but I think I know where they are coming from. The year 1971 was when the US dollar was made to float, instead of being backed by gold. [1] I think that the website wants to have our monetary system chan
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by ghoward 5y ago
I see what you mean now, and I think you are completely correct in that!
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by ghoward 5y ago
I upvoted, but I wanted to correct a small thing. > ...they are mostly hopeless to try to apply to portable software after the fact if the devs aren't constantly testing with it. They don't have to be hopeless. They were pretty
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by ghoward 5y ago
Not GP. I think a great article detailing why exceptions are not desirable is http://www.lighterra.com/papers/exceptionsharmful/ . > The question mark isn't necessary at all. Why would you pollute your cod
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by ghoward 5y ago
By that same math, there is 0% chance of complications from COVID. There is not a 0% chance of complications from vaccines. If you believe that, you need to look at the CDC's own data, as well as data from other countries.
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by ghoward 5y ago
Upvoted. However, my experience in boot camp, though the same in that overweight people were not by the end, was not ideal weight-wise. I was someone who went in slightly underweight and too lean. I did not gain weight until I got some prot

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