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by pdevr 4y ago
Piggybacking on this: Is there any book out there which covers C++ 20? Most of the reference books suggested on forums (SO, IRC/Discord channels) seem to cover C++ 17 or 14, or even worse, 11.
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by pdevr 4y ago
Nice to see that again. I always used to show this to my colleagues as an example of the unconventional (and some clever marketing) converting adversities or deficiencies into strengths.
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by pdevr 4y ago
Thanks. I am planning to use AntLR for the main parts and Flex/Bison on an as-needed basis.
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Ask HN: What is the latest mainstream parser?
2 points by pdevr 4y ago|2 comments
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by pdevr 4y ago
I have disciplined myself to do it only one way. That is enough, and keeps it simple for most purposes. Copy from the phones and other devices, paste to the main device. It being just one file makes it much easier to do so. It is backed up
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by pdevr 4y ago
After using a lot of different tools, now I use a plain text file. It works for me. I move things down as I finish them. The top part always have my pending tasks in there. The file is more than ten years old now, and have been the best pro
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by pdevr 4y ago
Those are crimes, for sure! I was comparing the former (cheating) with the potential of the same person for committing worse crimes which impact more people more forcefully. Not absolving them of their crimes.
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by pdevr 4y ago
This summarizes it well. Two more (in fact, the most frequent ones I saw) are: (1) He moves a piece, accidentally another piece tumbles down on the board, he adjusts it, and meanwhile, one of the opponent's crucial pawns magically dis
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by pdevr 5y ago
I missed this part "Black to move. Black offered a draw" - thanks for pointing that out. In that case, it is a draw. Of course, unless black messes it up!
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by pdevr 5y ago
>The black pawn is on the h-file and never goes to a3. Meant h3, sorry, result of mental calculations. I just checked on an analysis engine, and it confirms: every position is losing for black, as long as white does not mess it up, and h
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by pdevr 5y ago
The problem is, then white queen follows up with checks which eventually also attack the black pawn. Since the black pawn is at a3, there is no immediate threat of queening. If black moves the king away from the pawn, white grabs it. If bl
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by pdevr 5y ago
I agree with this, since I have seen this in action. They cheat a lot, and argue with you when they lose. However: >But stealing, robbing, lying—if you eliminate that from your program, you’ll be 99% better as a person. Biblical referenc
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by pdevr 5y ago
Louis Pasteur is one of my most favorite scientists. That being said, he won't have been able to do it all on his own. Variolation was practised in Africa, India and China long back[1]. The record shows that [...] Edward Jenner heard
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by pdevr 5y ago
Classy joke. Kudos to the team. On a lighter note: what better day than today to be a day of jubilation for Scala fans? :)
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by pdevr 5y ago
Those who visit the link expecting jokes: you can read them in the comments on this page. The BBC page linked to has only one full joke. The following one. Two men had been ridiculing the king at a drunken feast – the king was furious and s
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by pdevr 5y ago
There may be multiple reasons for this, some of which may be those you stated, but couldn't altruism be at least an important part of the reason they shared this?
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by pdevr 5y ago
Looks good, from whatever I have seen and read. I am going to give this a try. A question to those who have used Zotero: Can I opt to store everything on the local device and have zero data transferred to the server? Is there any kind of c
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by pdevr 5y ago
Informal usage, as others have pointed out. Since it is informal, it can be read as "Hey I'm Chris Sev. Here's My [Collection/Set/List of] Courses", which is grammatically correct.
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Ask HN: Best Books about NLG (Natural Language Generation)?
1 points by pdevr 5y ago|0 comments
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by pdevr 5y ago
>>The user tests were conducted in a specially constructed room featuring a one-way mirror, so observers could watch the tests without being intrusive. The tests were conducted by a moderator who made sure the user felt comfortable an
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by pdevr 5y ago
>>the approach is to "wrap" CRISPR components in an envelope that is able to target specific cell-surface proteins for the cell type of interest. Fascinating, thanks.
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by pdevr 5y ago
A colleague recommended "Free Solo" to me a few years back. There was this part where the doctors claim (paraphrasing) his brain is unique in that he is much less afraid of danger than us. The part towards the end, where he does t
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by pdevr 5y ago
I may be way out of my depth, but until we can edit all the cells of a living organism, isn't CRISPR limited to working with pre-embryos/embryos? If so, other than creating a potential super race, what is it of benefit to the livi
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by pdevr 5y ago
This and the intermezzOS project linked below are both good, thanks for sharing those links. Is there any similar OS project (or even book!) that uses the latest operating system principles and non-hypothetical (i.e., unlike MIX or MINIX) l
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by pdevr 5y ago
Most of the important points have already been posted, so let me give you a different piece of advice: Be nice to people. Remember who is good to you.
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by pdevr 5y ago
Most of you have (so far) recommended Fastmail. Can Fastmail employees access your messages? If they can, how do you mitigate or avoid that risk?
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by pdevr 5y ago
Thank you for sharing this. Can Fastmail employees read your email?
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by pdevr 5y ago
That's a quarter century of experience - thanks a lot for sharing your experience!
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Ask HN: Best paid email provider with great support?
2 points by pdevr 5y ago|10 comments
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by pdevr 5y ago
>>I remember once going to see him when he was lying ill at Putney. I had ridden in taxi-cab No. 1729, and remarked that the number seemed to be rather a dull one, and that I hoped it was not an unfavourable omen. “No,” he replied, “i

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