marvy

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601.
by marvy 12y ago
that's what time machines are for
602.
by marvy 12y ago
Yes, but that's going the wrong direction. The situation here is that you've already written over it, and now wish to erase what you wrote.
603.
by marvy 12y ago
Yes, but the "good guys" aren't supposed to harm innocents, even if it does help in the long term. Well, maybe. But it doesn't feel good at least.
604.
by marvy 12y ago
that's stooping pretty low
605.
by marvy 12y ago
sure. but too late.
606.
by marvy 12y ago
You may well be right about that last part. But still, perhaps one day someone will write a C compiler in ML in record time and get people's attention.
607.
by marvy 12y ago
Okay, if you literally have all the semantics of C, your idea works. But if you have ALL the semantics of C, why bother changing the syntax? As for ML and company being a better choice than C++ for writing a compiler... There may well be c
608.
by marvy 12y ago
Source compatibility provides an upgrade path. This was useful when C++ was introduced, because it allows you to take an existing C program and incrementally start using C++ features. You could claim this is less important today, but I ha
609.
by marvy 12y ago
So basically, spam the spammers? :)
610.
by marvy 12y ago
here is something harder: http://yosefk.com/blog/can-your-static-type-system-handle-li...
611.
by marvy 12y ago
Last time I checked (long ago), properties in C# don't work as ref or out parameters. Since C# actually distinguishes between ref and out parameters, it would be pretty easy to extend the language such that properties work whenever fi
612.
by marvy 12y ago
Interesting. The frequency limits are a very good idea, and I thank you for them. Unsubscribing on the other hand, seems strange to me. What exactly does it mean to unsubscribe? Normally, "unsubscribe" means something like &quo
613.
by marvy 12y ago
Normally, I would agree with you. But let me tell you how I found out about this service. It was not through HN. It was by getting two emails from hidnchat. Five minutes apart. Emails that I am quite confident are not legit. (If you t
614.
by marvy 12y ago
me too
615.
by marvy 12y ago
Now that you mention it, I guess you're right. Even XNA would be bad if you're pushing the limits of the machine.
616.
by marvy 12y ago
I smile every time I read that story. I'm up-voting for the link alone. (But yeah, it really sounds like they didn't have games in mind when they designed Go.)
617.
by marvy 12y ago
I don't think trjordan said anything like that.
618.
by marvy 12y ago
Fine, but who says that can't be done as group :)
619.
by marvy 12y ago
There is one problem with your restatement. Breathing, even non-stop hyperventilation, does not interfere much with other activities, so it's hard to imagine how it could stunt social growth. Aside from that, it is of course true: ev
620.
by marvy 12y ago
Hey, you win some, you lose some. They still got a few things right.
621.
by marvy 12y ago
good point
622.
by marvy 12y ago
As in "level playing field". Might be a reference to this book: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Is_Flat
623.
by marvy 12y ago
The point of the experiment is to see whether the work will get done faster.
624.
by marvy 12y ago
Shush. You'll ruin it :)
625.
by marvy 12y ago
unsigned overflows are well defined, but signed ones are not
626.
by marvy 12y ago
Actually they are allowed. https://support.twitter.com/articles/76915#
627.
by marvy 12y ago
It's not too late to edit your post :)
628.
by marvy 12y ago
I agree with (2), but not (1)
629.
by marvy 12y ago
Scroll to the bottom, and click "Display Preferences", and crank the font size to 16 pt, instead of the default 11. At least that's what I did. You may find 16 too big, season to taste :)
630.
by marvy 12y ago
example?

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