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by ragnese 6y ago
I'm a giant Rust fanboy and have been since about 2016. So, for context, this was literally before Futures existed in Rust. But, I only work on Rust code sporadically, so I definitely feel the pros and cons of it when I switch back and
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by ragnese 6y ago
Definitely dynamic dispatch + async brings out a lot of pain points. But I only agree that the async part of that is unfortunate. Making dynamic dispatch have a little extra friction is a feature, not a bug, so to speak. Rust's raison
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by ragnese 6y ago
> As it is though, most people just don't know any other consistent, repeatable way to break a complex system down. I think MVC is that. It's just vague enough that you can square-peg-round-hole almost anything into it, but it&
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by ragnese 6y ago
> Multiple dispatch, homoiconicity (well... more specifically, the ability to generate dependently typed functions at runtime, which is useful for custom matrix routines) Ooh. Fair enough. Sounds very cool! > I did HPC work in Julia,
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by ragnese 6y ago
I agree. But, like everything, even this concept gets abused. Example: "Zero code solutions". Hell, we even had that back in the old days with Java frameworks doing a ton of configuration via XML files. Sure, it's not "c
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by ragnese 6y ago
Yeah. There's "dead" and there's "DEAD". Many languages are "dead": COBOL, probably Perl 5, Groovy, Common Lisp, etc.
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by ragnese 6y ago
> Personally, I'd like to see a version of Julia with all static typing and Rust-like memory management. That would be pretty close to the perfect language for me. Can you elaborate on two things: 1. What would this language have th
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by ragnese 6y ago
:p I'm not that far behind GenX. But it's definitely shocking to see someone claim that 78% of a generation that is over 40 years old is still "living at home"!
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by ragnese 6y ago
Agreed. Just look all other paid software, computer services, and even computing machines. Microsoft charges you for a Windows license and still tracks you. I have little doubt Adobe, et al, are selling your data. Amazon surely makes money
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by ragnese 6y ago
Do you have a source for that 78% number? GenX is old. A genXer "living at home" seems to me to be more likely "genXers are taking care of their elderly parents (boomers)".
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by ragnese 6y ago
> While grain free and free range is always best, even commercially produced grain fed cooked healthy is miles better than mickey d chicken nuggets. Since you're upset about the weakness of these studies, can you point to any that r
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by ragnese 6y ago
The idea that it's somehow better to have your newborn baby be denied nutrition for their first days of life is a very dangerous one in my opinion. There have been several cases in the U.S., even in recent years, of children becoming v
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by ragnese 6y ago
I do not claim that breast feeding is no better than formula. However, I am currently convinced that there is not yet sufficient evidence that breast feeding a child will likely lead to significantly better long-term outcomes than feeding f
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by ragnese 6y ago
That is very positive and reassuring to hear. When my then-wife and I had our son, it was still very strong "breast is best" messaging. It really has made a lot of parents feel awful amounts of guilt and shame. Personally, until w
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by ragnese 6y ago
I agree with everything you said. Especially with acknowledging that breastfeeding, in particular, has costs associated with it. Something that isn't discussed much is that formula/bottle feeding gives the opportunity for dad to b
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by ragnese 6y ago
I'm in the U.S. I personally know a non-trivial number of women who have gone through absolutely intense (real, diagnosed) anxiety and depression because of having to feed formula to their child instead of breast milk. If you ever get
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by ragnese 6y ago
For sure. I didn't mean to suggest that nobody from C land would enjoy Rust. Just that I think the trend will be that more C++ people move to Rust than C people. But my point of view is quite biased. I am still baffled that people wo
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by ragnese 6y ago
Cargo is the least of reasons I prefer Rust. Rust APIs are much more ergonomic than C++'s, its type system is better (built-in ADTs and type classes, no null), it's obviously safer by default, it's expression-based which is j
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by ragnese 6y ago
If C++ compilers had a default mode of rejecting code that was unsafe (any code using raw pointers or unchecked array access, I guess?), then sure- you could call it that. But as it is, no way.
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by ragnese 6y ago
It'll be interesting to see how it plays out. I could absolutely see C++ devs jumping ship to Rust. I think const generics just stabilized or is about to. That was one of the first shortcomings I noticed when I learned Rust. I think cu
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by ragnese 6y ago
> I wonder if Bitcoin will ever be forced to bend towards an inflationary monetary policy controlled by government like entities? It is code and code and always be changed. If it is so successful it becomes necessary to co-opt it into th
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by ragnese 6y ago
A valid point and definitely something people should be aware of. It's disingenuous to call Bitcoin anonymous. On the other hand, "anonymous" is to some degree like computer "security". Secure against what threat ?
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by ragnese 6y ago
I agree and am also disappointed. On the other hand, I really don't miss Swift outside of iOS because of Rust and Kotlin. I wonder if Kotlin is too far from "arms length" from the low level details in your mind? Because other
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by ragnese 6y ago
>> Budgie can't even comfortably coexist with GNOME Shell on the same OS installation > Yes, it absolutely can. You can use GDM and log in to both. >> If you change your settings in GNOME Shell with the Settings app, it
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by ragnese 6y ago
I haven't followed budgie in a couple of years, but the last I understood about it, it might not be technically accurate to say it's based on GNOME *Shell*, but it's absolutely based on GNOME, the desktop stack. Just to clari
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by ragnese 6y ago
A couple of people are here mentioning bugs they've encountered, etc. So I'm responding with them in mind (not necessarily arguing with or against them). I had grown increasingly pessimistic with my personal computing choices. I&#
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by ragnese 6y ago
Gold has some industrial uses. Therefore it has some "intrinsic" value. However, I suspect that the VAST majority of today's price of gold comes from the fact that it's used in jewelry (not actually "valuable"
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by ragnese 6y ago
As /u/AuthorizedCust said, I've always understood an Americano to be water + espresso, which is different than what I'd call a normal cup of (American?) coffee. Do Brazilians drink what I call espresso and call it coffee
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by ragnese 6y ago
Right. It's all mass psychology. Gold, the stock market, bitcoin, whatever. It only has value as long as people believe it has value. The caveat of course is that all of the things I listed have SOME more inherent value, but that is NO
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by ragnese 6y ago
I've noticed some of the adverse effects, too. I didn't notice any of it until I read a few stories of people who quit coffee and said they were less irritable, etc. It's hard because I also love coffee. I, like you, never ha

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