jwkane

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1. 31.▲
   by jwkane 7y ago

   lightweight editors like emacs... The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.
2. 32.▲
   by jwkane 7y ago

   I've grown fond of using: ------------------ def alpha(n): if(n <= 1): return n else: return(alpha(n-1) + alpha(n-2)) what is alpha(5)? ----------------- Instead of fizz. They don&#x27
3. 33.▲
   by jwkane 7y ago

   https://github.com/nodesource/distributions#installation-ins... I'm sure there are plenty of others.
4. 34.▲
   by jwkane 7y ago

   lets not forget the "curl blahblah.com | sudo bash" bit-o-insanity.
5. 35.▲
   by jwkane 8y ago

   15 years ago, the conventional wisdom (for whatever that is werth), was that C++ and Pascal produce similarly efficient compiled binaries. You could cherry pick examples that would show one or the other was "faster". Clearly C++
6. 36.▲
   by jwkane 8y ago

   The language may not be dead -- just the souls of the people forced to use it.
7. 37.▲
   by jwkane 9y ago

   No it isn't, not even slightly. This is completely irresponsible. They are publishing a zero day vulnerability. Completely unprofessional and reckless. Fortunately for us all the actual exposure is minimal.
8. 38.▲
   by jwkane 9y ago

   This register.co article isn't exactly the gold standard for neutrality.
9. 39.▲
   by jwkane 10y ago

   I assumed the same, figured it did its job then killed itself.