nyan_sandwich

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by nyan_sandwich 14y ago
vs Java-like float64 myfloat64array[] = new(float64[5], ...)
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by nyan_sandwich 14y ago
everything is package prefixed, names are long. Totally minor, but reminded me of my days with java
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by nyan_sandwich 14y ago
I'm near-broke and unemployed. I can live on <$10k/yr (maybe as low as $6k) I imagine myself with $10k being comfortable. If I get a job (working on it), I'd expect $40k for 2013, would not be too suprised at $60 for some crazy tar-sand
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by nyan_sandwich 14y ago
I was really excited about Go. Designed by some gurus, seemed to get everything right, google app engine supported it. Then I tried to build something. Java-like verbosity. Meh, I can deal with it. []byte and string aren't the same. Whateve
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by nyan_sandwich 14y ago
It doesn't get a pointer to the struct, it gets an object that implements whatever interface. At least that's the story from the type system perspective. Given that, it seems easy enough to just pass a {pointer, vtable} value. In C++ (if I
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by nyan_sandwich 14y ago
Actually it's kindof taboo on LW, hence the apology. Thinking straight about politics is hard , so it's not a good practice case. "learn programming by writing an industrial-quality OS"
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by nyan_sandwich 14y ago
First reaction: What kind of stupid question is that? I want to live as long as possible. Having read the article: less than 1% share my view. Yikes. I think for most people, questions like this are what I'd call a "philosophy landmine"; sa
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by nyan_sandwich 14y ago
Sure it's equivalent to brute force now , but it's not like the brain is doing a cryptographic hash. I would not be suprised if a bit more development made it possible to break passwords one character at a time or something on that order o
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by nyan_sandwich 14y ago
It looks like I have to sign up to play. Trivial inconvenience, I know, but now I'm bored and doing other things. Just FYI.