otis_inf

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1. 91.▲
   by otis_inf 12y ago

   IMHO 'Eventual consistency' and related 'consistencies' are not really giving a consistent state, as they're more about a promise that the system will reach a consistent state 'eventually', but when that h
2. 92.▲
   by otis_inf 12y ago

   Yeah I got that now. I feel pretty stupid after I found that out... :)
3. 93.▲
   by otis_inf 12y ago

   I had it wrong too, but mostly because I had an issue with the 8 card: IMHO it has to be turned over as it might have e.g. a 'V' on the other side, and that side also belongs to the card, but the answer explicitly states 8 isn&#x2
4. 94.▲
   by otis_inf 12y ago

   I have an atom dual core small PC connected to my TV (it runs windows 7, yeah I know) and it's 'ok-ish' with performance, but starting a browser is a tad slow (chrome) and adblock makes it even slower as it's a plugin wh
5. 95.▲
   by otis_inf 12y ago

   I agree with your argument that C has some bad parts which are desperately in need to be made better, but IMHO it should just stop there. Question of course then is: where is the line where it ends being updating bad parts of C and beginnin
6. 96.▲
   by otis_inf 12y ago

   Let C be C. For the people who don't like C for one reason or another, there are a ton of alternatives available, from x64/x86 targeting languages to manages stacks. Adding these libraries to C might look nice, but if you want to
7. 97.▲
   by otis_inf 12y ago

   > Microsoft writing a LINQ provider for PgSql is a great thing for running .NET code on non-Windows platforms. I've heard nothing of this kind with respect to npgsql, which is the current .NET provider for PostgreSql. Microsoft has
8. 98.▲
   by otis_inf 12y ago

   Thanks, dodyg :)