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by rudedogg 6y ago
Are you using CocoaPods, SwiftFormat, or SwiftLint? Running SwiftLint or SwiftFormat in a build phase killed my compile times (SwiftLint especially). It'll help a lot to run them manually or with a git pre-commit hook. ----- I know Swi
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This was discussed recently on Zig Showtime: https://youtu.be/pacsngNYXI0?t=2217
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There was a lot of criticism, especially of the Web version, in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26332944
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> Blacklist and whitelist, when looking at the etymology these terms are obviously problematic Am I missing something? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacklisting#Origins_of_the_te...
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> master Like three times I've had to figure out what is wrong with my git repo because Xcode switched the default branch from 'master' -> 'main'. Tutorials everywhere no longer work, etc. We've managed t
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Funny, the ergonomics of the Swift string API are so bad that I've started learning a lower level language for parsing, etc. Here's my favorite WTF: https://christiantietze.de/posts/2020/01/string-in
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by rudedogg 6y ago
Can you give an example of how the composition works, or where it is used? With everything inheriting from the Node class, I've only seen it as being an OOP/inheritance system.
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I wouldn't beat yourself up about it. I think they took the practicing part literally. In my eyes, any work related to programming is programming. I'm sure Donald Knuth has spent over 30,000 hours working on "The Art of Com
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by rudedogg 6y ago
They do believe SIDS has a biological component
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Interesting, thanks for letting me know!
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This demo UI ( https://github.com/femtovg/femtovg/blob/master/assets/demo.p... ) is the same one I've seen in the Pathfinder ( https://github.com/servo/pathfinder ) examples.
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They're quoting Craig Federighi: https://youtu.be/Hg9F1Qjv3iU?t=3794 I don't get the downvotes of the parent post, the interpretation is completely reasonable. The point is that Apple was very clear that they are
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Linus Tech Tips recently did a video about Starlink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh1a2K9ZgNA
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by rudedogg 6y ago
For a short time, maybe around Swift 2/3, functional features got some focus, but the language moved in a different direction. The only functional features I can think of are closures, map/reduce/etc., and value types. I have
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by rudedogg 6y ago
What makes you think that? Looking at the summary it looks like async is better in every way.
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Yeah these have always been free. I got excited thinking maybe it was a more recent class being published, but it’s not. Anyway, they’re good!
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> Only users on Alpine (musl), BSD, other hardware platforms, and distro packagers are affected. Not just niche or antique!
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Quantifying Memory Unsafety and Reactions to It [pdf](usenix.org)
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How does this compare to "Digital Design and Computer Architecture" by David and Sarah Harris? Can anyone who has read both comment? I've been wanting to learn more about the fundamentals of how computers work. I'm also
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by rudedogg 6y ago
FYI, previous title on HN was "Yellen Accepted $700K Speaking Fees from Citadel; Will Not Recuse from Hearing". That's why it's the main topic in the comments. > "Yellen received more than $700,000 in speaking fe
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Clocks for Software Engineers (2017)(zipcpu.com)
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> Orthogonally, ever wondered why memory on your PC is so expensive? Thanks to Micron, Hynix and Samsung triopoly. Should have mentioned https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_price_fixing . It's not just speculativ
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It's cool you have found a workflow that works for you, but I don't think there are many people using JOE or (plain) vi to write software. https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#technology-_-... I can
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Single letter variable names annoy me so much. Every programmer uses an editor or IDE with autocomplete. Just use a damn name that describes the thing, if it's a little long no one cares. CS papers are the worst in my experience. I kno
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by rudedogg 6y ago
What is the Ballmer Peak[0] equivalent for weed? [0] https://xkcd.com/323/
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I used realm for a project, and don't think I would again. It's been a headache to deal with the dependency every Xcode release. They also refused to support SPM until the last minute. In hindsight I wish I would have learned Core
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The biggest problem is a lack of trust for our government and institutions. I don’t see how lying will do anything to help that. Whoever decided lying to the public about masks to make sure health care workers had PPE should be prosecuted I
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by rudedogg 6y ago
I haven't read it, but this article might address your performance question: https://www.mikeash.com/pyblog/friday-qa-2017-06-30-dissecti...
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States do this when they pass gambling laws to make it seem less scummy in my opinion. My state recently made certain slot machine games legal. I found myself overlooking the parking lot of one of the casinos at 8am while waiting for my gro
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by rudedogg 6y ago
> Apple's HCI research showed that people "lose" the time it takes to hunt and acquire the keyboard shortcuts. This may be the case for "casual" computer users, but not for "power" users.

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