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931.
by pif 5y ago
Bullsh*t! 99% of users are only interested in accessing the content they requested. It either works, or it doesn't.
932.
by pif 5y ago
> With an EV you drive to the supermarket, plug in your car to the destination charger When EVs will be so cheap that I can have one small EV for the city and one real car for long journeys, I'll happily get one.
933.
by pif 5y ago
1) you are assuming that I always stop at gas stations. I like the freedom, from time to time, to take a break in a parking area, with just a toilet and maybe some scenery. Or quitting the motorway to have my lunch in a local restaurant. I
934.
by pif 5y ago
That's not what I wrote. I don't want to be bothered every time I stop.
935.
by pif 5y ago
1) I don't want to be bothered every time I stop. Charge should be enough for 5 hours driving. 2) that is a nice example, but definitely not the norm. 3) the most important point is not longevity: it's predictability.
936.
by pif 5y ago
I'm not going to buy an electric-only car until these issues have been solved: 1) range - when driving on a motorway, with regular pauses every ~2.5 hours, it must be possible to drive two periods without charging: 5 hours at regime sp
937.
by pif 5y ago
> You first have to be aware of all the footguns, Knowing your tools is part of being a professional. C is not for amateurs.
938.
by pif 5y ago
Unspecified result means the compiler must think about what could happen in case I made an error. UB means the compiler will trust me and concentrate on generate the fastest code ever. C is for clever programmers; if you don't want to
939.
by pif 5y ago
You don't get it: if you are ready to give up top performance, you can choose among a multitude of more forgiving languages. There is simply no point in having a C language with less than top level optimizations.
940.
by pif 5y ago
> modern attention spans and ability to focus It's not a problem with attention spam of focus ability: internet gave us a HUGE choice of information, and we literally like the time to enjoy it all. Thus prioritising is fundamental.
941.
by pif 6y ago
Bullshit! The most important feature for the utter most of enterprise software is to be maintainable over requirement, managing and employee changes. Such optimizations as those described in the article make sense only in a handful of situa
942.
by pif 6y ago
STOP USING NUMBERS !!! Feelings is all that matters. Make America Gawful Again, and all that.
943.
by pif 6y ago
Oh, it's just 1024^10, a bit more than 10^30, or 10 million moles. A water molecule contains 18 nucleons, thus a mole of water weighs 18 grams. 10 million moles of water are 180 cubic metres: an Olympic pools contains an order of magni
944.
by pif 6y ago
> they know their current understanding of physics could be wrong. Sure, we do know! And we know how to recognise when someone masters current literature (a.k.a. factual knowledge) and proposes a breaktrough in a yet uncovered field, and
945.
by pif 6y ago
Literally in the first paragraph on Wikipedia: It is purported to generate thrust by reflecting microwaves internally in the device, in violation of the law of conservation of momentum and other laws of physics. https://en.wikipe
946.
by pif 6y ago
Ever heard about -O0 and -O3 ??
947.
by pif 6y ago
That's also why you get the -O0 and -O3 options.
948.
by pif 6y ago
I don't want Eden. I want medicine, engines, cheap energy and internet.
949.
by pif 6y ago
I have never understood this fetish for short compilation times. Compilation time is an extremely good investment if it lets me express exactly what I need and gives me the fastest possible program as a result.
950.
by pif 6y ago
People from rich countries exploited every possible energy source to enhance their living standards, without too much thinking about the pollution. Demanding people from poor countries to pay more attention than we did is not fair, not at a
951.
by pif 6y ago
They bought the wrong ticket, it can happen, I get it. But they are going to literally the other side of the planet and never had a look to their tickets? Never wondered why Canada is suddenly between Europe and Australia? Not the smallest
952.
by pif 6y ago
> I want a computer that I own No, you don't. Or, at least, you didn't want it enough for too long enough! Each time you sent your friend a document which was not formatted in an open standard, you didn't want a computer t
953.
by pif 6y ago
You lost me at "until". There's no "until" without "if ever".
954.
by pif 6y ago
You may have a rad at this post by Alex: https://thedailywtf.com/articles/programming-sucks!-or-at-le... If I had to choose one sentence to quote, it would be this: _There’s a term for this type of boring software: inf
955.
by pif 6y ago
In other words, UX/UI is for when you don't have anything else to offer.
956.
by pif 6y ago
> The customer of course desire high-quality product they have paid for. People pay for features first, and UX/UI second, if at all. People pay for software that makes them money. When two competing software offer the same feature s
957.
by pif 6y ago
> Why don't you think ... It's not what I think: it's what we can be sure of! If we ever get to the point where we can keep the same living standards as of today, with no fossil and no nuclear, well: let it be! Should we p
958.
by pif 6y ago
> Until the 80s You mean until Chernobyl?
959.
by pif 6y ago
> There's nothing that prevents us from doing so with the technology of today if we're prepared to ... We are not prepared to, neither do we want to.
960.
by pif 6y ago
> In many European countries, renewables provide over 30% of the consumed electricity. That fraction is not very important, unless you can name at least a country who is ready to devote all its renewable enrgy to 30% of their people&#x2F

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