maxeonyx

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by maxeonyx 5y ago
Just adding that JavaScript is also the best at something - running code sandboxed - especially in a web browser. Like SQL for databases, JS has no competition for web development (because the web needs full compatibility, and adding anothe
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by maxeonyx 6y ago
However, if you expect that in the future the population will keep growing by orders of magnitude, what does that imply? A) you're just in an unlikely position B) the population will rapidly shrink and never recover C) this is the most
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by maxeonyx 6y ago
What about integrating (and encouraging users to opt into) peer-to-peer distribution? If I understand correctly, this would work for Guix and Nix. I'm not using Guix, but if I was I would be happy to do this. I have no data cap on my h
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by maxeonyx 6y ago
I would also like to know. I think "massive amount of drawbacks" is actually "one not-very-important-in-practice drawback". Which is just that when changing the behaviour of a class, you have to change its API.
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by maxeonyx 6y ago
I like to think of mutation as a performance optimisation. Correctness first, then optimisation. Unless performance is a problem, don't ever mutate state.
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by maxeonyx 6y ago
You're right, it's the same synchronisation/consistency problem at a different scale, which I honestly find pretty mindblowing. However there is one major difference. When you add fault tolerance requirements (which you typic
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by maxeonyx 6y ago
This is an extremely important result, which I have seen around before. What are the implications and follow-up research?
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by maxeonyx 6y ago
How about this one. I think you meant to say "I couldn't imagine a more off-topic and unwelcome [...]"
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by maxeonyx 6y ago
Hi, this is a cool list! Your caption sounds a bit off in English. Perhaps try "A curated list of awesome repositories with few stargazers but many users". It's curated, but did you search for repositories using GitHub's
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by maxeonyx 6y ago
This would be solved if python used an (OS-specific) cache directory for its .pyc files. I have always disliked .pyc files... here's a concrete reason! Question: what does python do if it doesn't have write permission in the curre
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by maxeonyx 6y ago
Every beach in the world has some sort of rare creature, and locals who would state that fact in pursuit of their agenda. How many space launch sites are there in the world?? If a space launch site can't be built near some random beach
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by maxeonyx 6y ago
I skimmed this post and I agree with it. But I wouldn't want to actually read it.
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by maxeonyx 6y ago
"goh-doh" or "goh-doht" The 'o's are pronounced the same.