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by skywal_l 4y ago
I don't think that raising your price because your cost increase is price gouging. Gouging occurs when the price increase do not relate to the cost increase and the difference is being pocketed by the intermediary, here the supermarket
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by skywal_l 4y ago
This is just a caricature of what labor unions are. It's as if I was saying that company hierarchies are useless because they introduce a level of management and workers would be better off if they could negotiate directly with the CEO
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by skywal_l 4y ago
Another interesting article in the newyorker on Simenon and Maigret: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/09/19/the-mysterious...
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by skywal_l 4y ago
> Linux is not oriented toward supporting binary compatibility beyond the most rudimentary level Why do you say this? I am truly curious. My understanding is that the Linux ABI is very stable ("we never break user space" -- Lin
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by skywal_l 4y ago
Well it's basically like C macros. The C compiler won't see any code that's behind a deactivated macro. Same thing for zig here, except you don't have to deal with an unreadable macro language full of pitfalls. All is do
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by skywal_l 4y ago
> He deliberately took cultivars from his neighbour's plot You mean stole? Where do you see this in the link you provided? That's what I read in the article. > As established in the original Federal Court trial decision, Per
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by skywal_l 4y ago
That puts in perspective all the apocalyptic talk about the falling birth rate.
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by skywal_l 4y ago
Everybody who had to maintain an API knows this. 1. You can't just rely on documentation ("we never said we would guarantee this or that") to push back on your users' claims that you introduced a breaking change. If you
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by skywal_l 4y ago
Have a look at this Ted-ed video [0]. What they basically say is that Teflon is not dangerous in itself, what is dangerous is the product they use to glue it to the pan. [0]: https://youtu.be/uXaP43Zbz7U
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by skywal_l 4y ago
So you're saying your comment is irrelevant to the example given in the article.
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by skywal_l 4y ago
Now, solve package management and I'll be ready to be back on board the C++ train!
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by skywal_l 4y ago
I am no mathematician but as far as I remember a shear matrix is just half of a rotation matrix (in 2D).
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by skywal_l 4y ago
> 1. Forget what they say—instead look at who they marry. Reminds me of Moneyball when they are evaluating potential prospects on how good looking their girlfriends are. [0] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6naO8n6HsqE
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by skywal_l 4y ago
Balavoine was a once in a generation talent. He was a great singer but more importantly an exceptional composer right next to Goldman. He died at 36 and still he was able to write so many memorable songs. Lady Marlene is not the most popula
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by skywal_l 4y ago
This website is gold. It manages to be at the same time funny and full of actually smart observations.
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by skywal_l 4y ago
Nice, use a well known C project to showcase the Zig package manager MVP. That would be a nice tour de force if andrew could basically kill two birds with one stone and get us a package manager for Zig *and* C/C++. Please don't tr
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by skywal_l 4y ago
> SDL may rename the application’s main to SDL_main and substitute its own C main Wow ok. This FAQ[0] is for windows but I guess the same applied for linux. > A software renderer fallback is exactly the behavior you want! Apart from t
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by skywal_l 4y ago
Aren't they already illegal? (ref to the infamous Jobs/Google email chain).
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by skywal_l 4y ago
It's not a black and white thing. They are ways to make learning maths or even the oboe a little less boring. Enough so that kids don't get outright repulsed. But that requires a particular charismatic type of teacher that are pro
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by skywal_l 4y ago
> Pierre Bézier worked at Renault where he developed CAD software using piecewise polynomial curves in the 1960s. For a short demo of the UNISURF system (in french): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0_a6r2JaWQ
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by skywal_l 4y ago
> * Ruby was created as a personal, hobby project; Python was created while Guido worked in research institutions, and it helped Python gain recognition in academia environment As a data point, I remember interviewing for an internship i
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by skywal_l 4y ago
Boy, that video is really another proof that youtube* is a great invention. Kudos to "System of levers" and all the creators out there showcasing their passion with talent and enthusiasm. *or any user generated video platform.
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by skywal_l 4y ago
What about this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34203762
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by skywal_l 4y ago
Do you ever take a day off?
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by skywal_l 4y ago
Agreed. Just a nitpick, when I think of libertarian absolutists, I don't necessarily think about Adam Smith. I haven't read "Wealth of Nations", but I believe he was much more reasonable than an Ayn Rand for example. Ame
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by skywal_l 4y ago
Had a cursory look so sorry if I missed something but does this run on the GPU? If not what's the point?
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by skywal_l 4y ago
They did not abandon France, they followed their national (and perhaps the individuals in power)'s interests by reconciling with the UK. As Charles de Gaulle answered to a question regarding franco-american friendship: "people hav
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by skywal_l 4y ago
Yes, that's why every time I buy something I check the list of companies my employers is in litigation with. /s
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by skywal_l 4y ago
So to reword what you said, nobody was writing games for SGI workstations. The video game industry is so huge that whatever hardware benefits from it, it will eventually crush the professional competition. If AI is possible today, it's
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by skywal_l 4y ago
The Computerphile channel has a nice series of videos on JPEG and one focusing on DCT [0]. It's a nice and easy intro to the subject. [0]: https://youtu.be/Q2aEzeMDHMA

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