halkcyon

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by halkcyon 4y ago
> was the concept of generics a thing before Java implemented it? That is, could they have known? You can literally google "X lang feature" and it gives you a date. ML/Ada have had generics since the 70s.
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by halkcyon 4y ago
> it doesn't feel like the designers necessarily stepped back and looked at the bigger picture I get the sense that the designers have a huge amount of ego from making C what it is today.
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by halkcyon 6y ago
Why should anyone care about general consumers? They're just fine being sheep as long as they're comfortable.
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by halkcyon 6y ago
I'm surprised they're not disclosing the US ones.
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by halkcyon 7y ago
> That would work for Npm. Npm has enough problems that its worth running your own mirror for business continuity. And risk-averse businesses do already.
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by halkcyon 7y ago
Yes you can, it just requires extra configuration and defeats the purpose of using v2 at all.
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by halkcyon 7y ago
> "weird, complex" I mean, zip files are hardly complex. PnP is a breath of fresh air and lets you commit packages "safely" to your SCM without LFS. NPM has been experimenting in v7 with similar ideas. I'm pers
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by halkcyon 7y ago
Quite an ironic thread from a security company. "We don't store your password, it's our randomly generated one!"
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by halkcyon 7y ago
> A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, to increase the per-country numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and for other purp
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by halkcyon 7y ago
That is atrocious. I know in some communities, there is an effort to clean up beaches polluted by the world; do these places have such a program?