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by pqh 9y ago
How might one know which address to attack like this? I thought memory was fairly randomly laid out.
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by pqh 9y ago
What pun?
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by pqh 9y ago
default to privacy though, please
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by pqh 9y ago
I feel like my job is to never trust anyone. Don't trust their string encodings, the characters they put into those strings, the arrangements of the characters we do allow, etc.
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by pqh 9y ago
"Possible UFO" is a silly phrase if you think about it.
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by pqh 9y ago
Just read the manual. https://git-scm.com
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by pqh 9y ago
I had this problem and the solution was to use the game's `f` keybinding for fullscreen instead. Or open the game in a separate window, because ALT-F4 is the only way to close it.
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by pqh 9y ago
I'd be happy with more turn speed on all aircraft. Or maybe dual-stick control. :]
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by pqh 9y ago
And yet, thankfully, the old versions of those commits are still present in the reflog for some time. Making it easy to recover from finger slips.
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by pqh 9y ago
If life isn't worth creating, why is it worth preserving? Why not take this to the logical conclusion of voluntary total extinction? Furthermore, how could one even discuss good or bad without a frame of reference?
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by pqh 9y ago
I'm not sure yet what to think about the idea of internet access as a social program. However, I'd be less irritated about losing Net Neutrality if competition actually existed in the US. Break up the monopolies and maybe we can
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by pqh 9y ago
Tight coupling is the worst enemy of both refactoring and testability, as I see it.
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by pqh 9y ago
I'd also be interested in effect on resource consumption. GDP isn't everything. I can't say it better than Kennedy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77IdKFqXbUY
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by pqh 9y ago
I agree with the latter parts of your comment, but not that "What makes unit tested code maintainable has nothing to do with how application code is structured". My original point was that code that's hard to test is often ha
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by pqh 9y ago
Would you have any thoughts on how they compare in maintainability?
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by pqh 9y ago
I think good code usually results in the test suite being useless the vast majority of the time. That is, only let's say one run in a thousand of any given test should fail after adding or refactoring code, if that. Even then, the fa
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by pqh 9y ago
I'm curious what language and techniques you mean this applies to. In my experience, I've seen a lot of code that was written in a way that was not unit-testable, for what was the same reason that later turned out to be poorly-mai
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by pqh 9y ago
Don't abstract it out until it's used in multiple places. Don't abstract it out using a complicated system, like inheritance, when you can use a function in a module. Don't abstract it out if it's superficially si
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by pqh 9y ago
Would it still be travelling too fast to be captured if it hit the sun directly?
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by pqh 9y ago
Euclid's Elements teaches geometric concepts that you're probably familiar with, but with interesting proofs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclid%27s_Elements It's free, it's time tested, and prob
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by pqh 9y ago
This is a really beautiful proof that connects complex numbers and primes to derive a formula for calculating pi. It should only require high-school algebra prereqs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaL_Cb42WyY If you want
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by pqh 9y ago
While I agree with the spirit of your post, starting with abstract algebra is probably too formal and abstract. The best way to learn something is by learning the concepts first and progressively formalizing, always with some link in the c
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by pqh 9y ago
How did "Blockchain" and "Cryptocurrency" become mass nouns? It's interesting. http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/parts-of-speech/nouns/Coll...
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by pqh 9y ago
Bonus if it's all hardware with good Linux drivers.
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by pqh 9y ago
I mean, I'm in favor of gun control for practical, statistical reasons. I want less gun violence, if we can manage to implement some means of accomplishing that. Hard problem, I know. But I understand the intent of the second amendme
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by pqh 9y ago
Okay, fair enough. I'll grant you this. But this certainly doesn't fit in one line by my standard. It linebreaks in my standard tiling setup. `from random import choice; print(''.join(choice(('\\', '&#x2
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by pqh 9y ago
Neither a game nor a single line (using semicolons is disingenuous)
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by pqh 9y ago
I suppose, continuing this thought experiment, the generic game engine behind the AI-generated game would be the AI generating games.
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by pqh 9y ago
It's hard to be worse than YouTube. "Here are some videos you've already watched, mostly that you've already liked, but also a few from the same channel, and even a helping of some you've disliked but which other pe