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by sidpatil 2y ago
What are some of the issues you've had with the Pkg system?
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by sidpatil 2y ago
https://rakhim.org/honestly-undefined/19/
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by sidpatil 2y ago
> There was a proposed standard for this but its name escapes me for the moment. XLink? It supports a feature known as extended links, which seems similar to what you're describing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2F
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by sidpatil 2y ago
What are some examples of these C++ features you've missed in other languages?
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by sidpatil 2y ago
What if a is negative?
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by sidpatil 2y ago
Which career path did you choose instead?
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by sidpatil 2y ago
> Dettol has pine oil mainly for the scent; its main active ingredient is Chloroxylenol which is toxic to cats in addition to being disastrous for marine life. In fact, chloroxylenol is the precursor to the proposed safer alternative, ac
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by sidpatil 2y ago
Ah, that's too bad. I only just found out about this project a few weeks ago, on this site.
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by sidpatil 2y ago
> There is commuting to and from work - but we can't optimise that one out ... Remote work, building housing that's closer to the office, high-speed public transit, etc.
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by sidpatil 2y ago
Interesting that they avoided mentioning the term "spreadsheet" entirely.
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by sidpatil 2y ago
It's not about the values, but the units of measurement. g is in units of meter/second^2. The article discusses the dependency of the meter's original definition on the value of pi.
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by sidpatil 2y ago
You forgot to include the links.
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by sidpatil 2y ago
If taxes and CoL end up being more than 20% less, then it can be profitable to move.
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by sidpatil 3y ago
I always thought this was just a joke: https://xkcd.com/1172/
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by sidpatil 3y ago
(2020)
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by sidpatil 3y ago
Some of the pre-IoT home automation system did use powerline for communication: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X10_(industry_standard)
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by sidpatil 3y ago
> You can get Ikiwiki hosting here: https://www.branchable.com/ They've stopped accepting new signups: https://www.branchable.com/news/Branchable_closed_to_new_sig...
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by sidpatil 3y ago
qsv is a fork of xsv — the latter hasn't been maintained in a while.
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The day I started believing in unit tests(mental-reverb.com)
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by sidpatil 3y ago
> As a tangent, it would be interesting to see if non-pathetic modern computer systems could actually achieve to implement that mechanism successfully. You might find this interesting: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2F
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by sidpatil 3y ago
Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37955402
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by sidpatil 3y ago
It depends on what you're trying to communicate and why. Controlled languages [1] have been around for a while — the goal is to simplify the semantics and syntax, in order to improve consistency and ease of use/understanding. [1]
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by sidpatil 3y ago
> LPL-friendly front doors What does LPL stand for?
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by sidpatil 3y ago
For those who are unfamiliar: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maneki-neko
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by sidpatil 3y ago
How did you calculate that?
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by sidpatil 3y ago
> because the transistor is of no use to anyone until people made microprocessors with it What? That's not true at all. Discrete transistors are absolutely useful in a massive range of analog electronics. Open up any electronic devi
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by sidpatil 3y ago
Which is fair, since Linux Is Not UniX.
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by sidpatil 3y ago
> And crazy umlaut looking things in coöperate. If I recall correctly, I've seen Knuth use the diaeresis [1] in The TeXbook as well. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaeresis_(diacritic)
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by sidpatil 3y ago
> More generally, a globally connected civilization locks things in, once they are sufficiently widespread. This idea is known as the end of history . https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_of_history
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by sidpatil 3y ago
> For one, unlike cash, the issuing entity can program CBDC to expire on a specific date unless utilized. The idea isn't new. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_Gesell

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