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by spoiler 4y ago
> > But shunning any conversation about PL advancements because alternatives have them and C++ doesn't is immature and unproductive. > > Who is doing that, either? Unfortunately many. You can even see these comments on HN.
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by spoiler 4y ago
Right, you're absolutely correct that C++ is currently the defacto standard (or maybe not even just defacto) in those fields. I have a lot of opinions on the situation. Some are on technical merits, some boil down to humans doing human
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by spoiler 4y ago
Look, I'm not saying C++ will go away. I agree with you the whole "X will be the Y killer" arguments are nonsense. I used to like C++, and just don't care about it any more. It can stay, and I'm sure it makes people
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by spoiler 4y ago
> Chances are you're writing this message on a C/C++ OS running a C/C++ browser engine. NodeJS and v8 are C++ applications. That's because there was hardly any mainstream alternatives (sans C, I guess) within its doma
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by spoiler 4y ago
You're conflating runtime and language. I doubt JS or TS will go away anytime soon, seeing as they power the Web. Sure, there will be ways to augment them and the languages evolved since what they used to be, but I don't think the
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by spoiler 4y ago
> Writing new C++ code with all the modern approaches and tooling doesn't sound so bad. Uh, but it still kinda sucks, if only because the nice way that looks idiomatic is usually the incorrect way for either performance (anything
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by spoiler 4y ago
These shallow quippable sentiments needs to stop on HN. If you're a small team, cloud costs are probably less than having to pay X engineers to maintain a highly available infrastructure to meet product SLAs. Saying this is an easy tas
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by spoiler 4y ago
Do we know if the Seed function is now noop or does it set the seed value like previous? I don't think people would use the "global" random functions for deterministic randomness. At least I hope they didn't...
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by spoiler 4y ago
Ah, I didn't really read the ToS, but contemplated a third party client a while ago, and was told I best avoid them due to ToS violations. I guess it must've spread through that tweet.
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by spoiler 4y ago
This apparently breaks their TOS, but I don't know if anyone got in trouble over it yet
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by spoiler 4y ago
I generally tend to think of code as "encoding" or formalising intent. If the intent is obvious from the code comments are usually not necessary, but if the intent is hard to decode when glancing at the code, then I comment on it.
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by spoiler 4y ago
I've not been doing 4, but it's s great idea. If someone's asked the question, it's likely it will come up again for the next person reading the code!
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by spoiler 4y ago
Hmm. I think that devs developing for macs tend to at least try and reuse established design language forms. I've only recently started using a mac for work and a lot of stuff I use seems to try and feel "maccy" (with varying
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by spoiler 4y ago
Ok I guess I've had a bit of a different perception back then, since thinking back I think you're rights. I guess the thing I was thinking of being cohesive were stuff like context menus, or integrating better with the window mana
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by spoiler 4y ago
I actually agree with you, but I think that's not what people complain about. I think people mostly complain about a lack of cohesion that Windows/macOS have. But then again, their design language has recently started to be less c
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by spoiler 4y ago
They are the author of the project. So, I guess the idea is that they want to make future development and maintenance easier. It also probably isn't in their interest to split the community (Also, as a fish user, I also personally woul
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by spoiler 4y ago
> No technical merit is presented other than cargo-cult aspirations, and to fill in the void in their rationale they resort to try to denigrate other technologies again through non-technical arguments. I don't even believe you think
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by spoiler 4y ago
I think most of this stems from the fact you can focus on the problem you want to solve, instead of mundane plumbing (like in C or C++ project). Suuuure, some people will complain about the borrow checker, but I think it's people who a
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by spoiler 4y ago
Sorry, I meant to write witch-trials/hunts! It must've autocorrected. Thank you for spotting that and calling it out! And to tie into your reply: the mentality you described is exactly the same one thay current social media mobs s
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by spoiler 4y ago
Regarding flossing, at least in my case, it helps with my gum disease. If I don't floss for a while my gums start to bleed. Although, I use a water floss instead of a regular rope floss
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by spoiler 4y ago
I would recommend therapy. It's helped me loads. Meditation can also help (but if you suspect you had a traumatic childhood, discuss meditation first with your therapist). The reason I suggest therapy is because it can be a number of r
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by spoiler 4y ago
Which one did you get? I tried getting one at work a few years ago and all it did was feel like a dragon's breath on my face, and my hands got a bit of warmth
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by spoiler 4y ago
Why is there no winning in this situation?! I have never realised something as simple as brushing teeth can be so nuanced lol
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> One of the few things we do know was that the Swedish prosecutor was threatened when she wanted to drop the case ("Don't you dare get cold feet"). It's sad and disappointing this can happen, but it also made me snor
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by spoiler 4y ago
Not OP and also kinda disagree with them at the surface value of the statement, but maybe not with the underlying premise. One of the worst people I know are "religious". Some of the kindest people I know are also religious. This
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> I understand the principle, but it seems too onerous on the end user. I agree that this is the state of affairs currently, but this could made to work similarly to how it works on Android perhaps, which has generally good UX for this.
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by spoiler 4y ago
Not a security expert, so I could be wrong. I imagine stuff like AppArmor, Snap (or Craft? I forget) sandboxes, or Docker and LXCs help with this. Or do they not?
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by spoiler 4y ago
I think Rust is probably working towards features like this. They've added partial const generics only a year ago, and I'm not sure what the stance on variadic functions is, but unless they're considered bad, they might get a
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by spoiler 4y ago
Thanks for linking that thread, it's an interesting discussion. I didn't realis GATs were so polarising. I understand why, but it was my assumption that everyone was okay with the limitations, and that it would eventually be lifte
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by spoiler 4y ago
Not quite used for the same thing, but Haskell also allows using 'x (for symbol names)

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