nondave

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   by nondave 5y ago

   Depends where in California and where in Western Europe
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   by nondave 5y ago

   I've had to do all of those things, and still agree that towns and cities being designed with cars as the default mode of transport is insane
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   by nondave 5y ago

   Counterexample: when I used to own a car in the UK, I would absolutely minimise fuel consumption due to cost.
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   by nondave 6y ago

   What does IC mean here?
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   by nondave 6y ago

   The post raises some good points, but I nonetheless think that C++ is a better language for having std::variant. It can result in some very clear, expressive code, despite the boilerplate and dabbling with more advanced language features t
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   by nondave 6y ago

   Also clashes with this existing q: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_(programming_language_from...
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   by nondave 6y ago

   I don't disagree that it's _been happening_, i.e. some of its effects have happened already and continue to do so, but I wouldn't want to say "done and dusted, economy's fine" until it's properly happened
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   by nondave 6y ago

   I'm not sure we can come to any real conclusions about the economic impacts of it until we get well into 2021, even if many businesses have been preparing for it.
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   by nondave 6y ago

   Strongly agree about the PocketBook website. It was so slow to load I assumed it was broken and left.
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    by nondave 6y ago

    There can be disadvantages for technically competent folks too. I'm really missing going over technical ideas on a whiteboard with colleagues.
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    by nondave 6y ago

    "Toolkit" seems like a bit of a stretch - as far as I can tell this is just a small example progam which uses HElib.