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by lolo_ 11y ago
Sadly this article (IMO) is not one of PG's better ones, and I am quite surprised by the lack of self-awareness around it - it boils down to 'if you're clever, you'll use and appreciate this language', when actually
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by lolo_ 11y ago
Thanks for the quick and reasonable reply! I am only a little frustrated that I missed out on so much karma love (I am in my 30's now and find that these things matter less as I get older :), it was more the fact that Medium naturally
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by lolo_ 11y ago
META: Maybe the mods need to look into how certain popular sites treat #, as medium seems to generate a new #<hash> on each refresh. I submitted this 1 day ago, intentionally removing the #<hash> - https://news.ycombi
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Math.random() in v8 is not very random(medium.com)
32 points by lolo_ 11y ago|4 comments
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9223372036854775807(en.wikipedia.org)
9 points by lolo_ 11y ago|1 comments
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by lolo_ 11y ago
I find him to be very interesting - because the law enforcement officials involved, who must be at least somewhat aware of the propensity of a. sociopaths to be excellent liars and b. for people to confess to crimes they didn't commit
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Problems with the Human Brain Project(mathbabe.org)
3 points by lolo_ 11y ago|0 comments
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by lolo_ 11y ago
I get a little annoyed when people talk about how _actual_ implementations of algorithms are just a pedantic detail - no. A language that can do neat tricks for a not-actually implementation of an algorithm which a lot of people then blindl
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Unusual star could be alien megastructures(washingtonpost.com)
3 points by lolo_ 11y ago|0 comments
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The Useless URL Enlarger(012.3456789-abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw.xyz)
2 points by lolo_ 11y ago|0 comments
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by lolo_ 11y ago
Well I hope I am not one of the ones who've been unhelpful here :) I am sorry to hear that you've experienced this and it's frustrating for me from my position especially. I am fascinated by the kernel and determined to becom
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by lolo_ 11y ago
This makes me wonder if this subsystem is a particular culprit for these issues. It seems like it's pot luck as to how friendly one subsystem is in comparison to another. That's not to say something shouldn't be done here, bu
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by lolo_ 11y ago
I have contributed some trivial commits (so far) and though I encountered some harsh comments it was nothing I felt was overly personal. But of course, my experience is pretty limited at this point. I get the impression that the level of th
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Bigotry via Software License(treefinder.de)
6 points by lolo_ 11y ago|8 comments
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by lolo_ 11y ago
A quick google suggests space leak == memory leak, is that correct?
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by lolo_ 11y ago
Sure, but there's at least the barrier of making the effort to do that, naming the site makes it a google away and if you happen to be in the area it covers it'll be tempting. It's easier to diet when you don't have a ch
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by lolo_ 11y ago
I really think you (or a mod) should edit this to not mention the site name. Regardless of what these people have done (or tried to do) let's not spread the misery further by making it easier for people to find this information.
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by lolo_ 11y ago
I guess an important distinction here is popularity by choice rather than circumstances - many basic, cobol, pascal, etc. programmers may prefer to use another language. Then again many lisp programmers may be in the same situation, e.g. AI
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by lolo_ 11y ago
One big problem is the willingness to be honest. If you feel very unhappy and say so, even if it's anonymised there are probably means of finding out who it might be (or the boss might even assume) and maybe even based on that fear an
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by lolo_ 11y ago
Data point: of the 28 messages in my spam folder just now (recently cleared down after picking out real LKML messages), 8 are LKML, though all are legitimately spam atm.
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by lolo_ 11y ago
I've had the same experience with the LKML lately (been subscribed for about 8 months, generally spam filter has had v. few false positives), can't remember exact numbers, but big, big chunks have been incorrectly labelled. There
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by lolo_ 11y ago
Ha that's a good point ;) but once you factor in opportunity cost for developers, especially ones experienced enough to write a book, it's definitely not a great choice (likely negative.)
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by lolo_ 11y ago
Wow, what a really mean-spirited comment, and it's the top one (at the time of writing.) -- did you consider what you said here before writing it? Let me propose a rewrite:- 'If you can't afford to buy this, the official emac
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WebGL Fluid and Particle Simulation(haxiomic.github.io)
1 points by lolo_ 11y ago|0 comments
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by lolo_ 11y ago
It does amaze me how little attention this got vs. e.g. 'About the supposed factoring of a 4096 bit RSA key' esp. given another related article did well 'UK government quietly rewrites hacking laws to give GCHQ immunity'
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UK Trident Nuclear Missile Programme Whistleblower(wikileaks.org)
28 points by lolo_ 11y ago|5 comments
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by lolo_ 11y ago
I think different people often experience different aspects. I've felt that extreme sadness, as well as feelings totally unrelated, i.e. the numbness I talked about. The point I was making was to contradict the idea that it can _only_
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by lolo_ 11y ago
Unfortunately, though flexbox is nice and a welcome addition, it's not the panacea people make it out to be having used it a fair bit in the past - the details of how it plays with the rest of the layout and the various options are com
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Internet.org – Charitable?(newyorker.com)
2 points by lolo_ 11y ago|0 comments
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by lolo_ 11y ago
>I disagree that because depression has these qualities that it cannot be thought of as extreme sadness. I think that human experience and emotions are complex, and that for various reasons, extremes of unhappiness may result in these sy

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