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by jnxx 4y ago
> Which other results from programming language theory and mathematics will we be able to leverage to make software build quickly, work reliably, and further tame Unix? I think Apenwarr's redo ( https://redo.readthedocs.io
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by jnxx 4y ago
I have tried Guix (as a package manager), and it seems much better documented. I also really like the fact that Guix uses a well-established, minimalistic, well-implemented, functional-preferred configuration language, which is Guile, the G
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by jnxx 4y ago
I am not sure, but it is possible that R want to be its own package manager which interferes with Guix? A similar problem seems to appear in Python, where there on Distributions like Debian there is kind of a struggle which package manager
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by jnxx 4y ago
The article talks about the file system abstraction and that NixOS is parting ways with it: > It is not even a new idea for Nix to propose parting ways with one of the most pervasive skeuomorphisms in computing, the file system, which na
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by jnxx 4y ago
> Side note: even though we can't return, main is the exception to the rule that reaching the closing } of a function returning non-void is verboten, Isn't it legal to fall of the end of the end of a non-void function, only jus
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> The irony is that for an organization teeming with analytical minds, decisions rely on incomplete data, and intuition is a frequent substitute. [ ... ] > Simultaneously, benchmarks and frameworks such as DORA and SPACE are emerging
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by jnxx 4y ago
The answer is as cruel as the situation. You need to lace your shoes only so that the laces carry the weight of the shoe, plus a bit of extra force when you are running. That force is mass of the shoe, times acceleration, so it is only a li
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by jnxx 4y ago
> One thing I've noticed is that I've never had a writing class before. It is astonishing to think about how few people have really learned to write a longer organized text. I think this is something that severely limits organi
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by jnxx 4y ago
"Effective Writing for Engineers, Managers, Scientists" by H.J. Tichy is the best book I have seen on the subject. Publisher: ‎ Wiley-Interscience, 1988 ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780471807087 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0471807087
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Ask HN: What experiences do you have with arc42?
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For people using FOSS email software, how do you filter organizational spam?
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France pays the steep cost of ageing nuclear as electricity prices soar(reneweconomy.com.au)
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by jnxx 5y ago
I think Modula-2 was also quite influential in one of the main programming languages for modern industrial PLCs, called Structured Text. One of its features are lightning fast compile times compared to C++.
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I have an idea now what happened at TSB.
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by jnxx 5y ago
Or even, use an electric blanket. Much cheaper than heating the room, much better in terms of Carbon, and sooo comfortable.
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EurKEY: A multilingual keyboard layout which is intended for Europeans(en.wikipedia.org)
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by jnxx 5y ago
I am using a Matias Tactile Pro, which is similar to that old mechanical IBM keyboard with an layout with a lot of symbols (which might be nice if you do math and data science). It is heavy, big, and super loud but I really like the sound,
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by jnxx 5y ago
a graphics tablet could be useful here, they are much more similar to pen and paper, though the coordination between hand and eye needs to be re-learned a bit.
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We have quite some understanding that a mayor nuclear war will cause nuclear winter, by generating huge amounts of smoke at high altitudes which will block the sunlight. We also know that it causes an extinction event, since it was one of t
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How would you do that in an area where release cycles are slow, like embedded software or industrial automation?
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What are intelligent strategies to keep technical debt at bay?
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Premature Flexibilization Is the Root of Whatever Evil Is Left(product.hubspot.com)
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I have seen that once in supposedly thread-safe C++ software in an industrial automation application. What happened was that it was somehow relying on the Windows UI messaging system (the message pump) which is single-threaded, and the fact
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by jnxx 5y ago
> 2) Cold emails which obviously were sent to thousands with a canned message or a pitch completely foreign to your competence. Just out of curiosity, especially in UK there seem to be companies that scrape CVs from job web sites, feed a
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Climate Deniers Shift Tactics to ‘Inactivism’, trying to blame individuals(scientificamerican.com)
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From the article: > "Collisions are proportional to the square of the number of things in orbit," McDowell told Space.com. "That is to say, if you have 10 times as many satellites, you're going to get 100 times as man
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by jnxx 5y ago
The author tells something about himself and shares his insights and I think it is valid. It is well-written and worth a read. Everyone might function different, we are all unique and diverse, so make of it what you can. However, I think th
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From the article: > They [effects of global warming] are also deeply unfair: those least responsible for global warming will suffer disproportionately, the report makes clear. There is a lot truth to this. On the other hand side, effects
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by jnxx 5y ago
> They don’t need to be 100% accurate. In many cases, abusing such data will also be profitable even if the result estimate is highly noisy. Just as an example, let's assume that an insurance company knows your given name when you a
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by jnxx 5y ago
By the way, this is the equivalent of smuggling malicious source code into the Linux kernel. Look what worked better, security-wise.

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