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by teddyh 2y ago
Relevant: < https://geekfeminism.fandom.com/wiki/Who_is_harmed_by_a_%22R... >
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by teddyh 2y ago
When bugs too easily derange or mung the programs of machines; When programs too "intelligent" start taking over the machines: Is this the end of AutoProg? — The HACTRN
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by teddyh 2y ago
In the very early history of computing, it was still belived that copyright did not apply to computer programs. What large companies, like IBM, did was to require all customers to first sign a contract where the customer was forbidden, amo
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by teddyh 2y ago
These questions were argued at length since time immemorial, and we have in modern times reached some sort of conclusion, most famously defined in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the United States Declaration of Independenc
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> By comparison, the lack of accountability and lack of disincentive to engage in anti-social afforded by anonymity is inherent to anonymity. Possibly. One could argue that the problem is not nearly as closely linked to anonymity as y
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by teddyh 2y ago
I mean, public flogging also (arguably) reduces crime, but we don’t want to have it, for good reasons. Disallowing anonymity has a lot of negative effects for all but a select privileged few, as documented by the link I gave.
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by teddyh 2y ago
Only if that C-implemented module uses raw C to create file descriptors. And if the module has not gotten an update in the past ten years to fix the problem.
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Regarding labels: < https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2015-05-23 >
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> I really wish file descriptors were non inheritable by default. In Python 3.4, they are (released ten years ago).
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by teddyh 2y ago
The counter-arguments presented seem persuasive. This was originally submitted in 2020, and closed in 2022. Why is it relevant or interesting today?
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by teddyh 2y ago
Cool, but: • No option for alternate character aspect ratios; what if your characters are square, like an 8×8 font? • They are using a quite old database dump of OpenStreetMap. • No option to jump directly to a coordinate and zoom level.
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by teddyh 2y ago
> But nowhere does it seem to consider that many of the bullies and harassers would only dare do so with an anonymous identity. Have you seen Facebook? Anonymity does not, in any way, preclude horrible behavior and harassment. Also,
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by teddyh 2y ago
Anonymity is, in fact, quite crucial to a surprisingly wide range of people: < https://geekfeminism.fandom.com/wiki/Who_is_harmed_by_a_%22R... >
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by teddyh 2y ago
My understanding is that p≡p < https://pep.software/about/ > was designed to automate all the modern best practices of using e-mail with PGP.
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by teddyh 2y ago
Maybe you should read less AI-authored texts; you’re evidently starting to copy its style.
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For Emacs, there’s a package for editing very large files: < http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/vlf.html >
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Those “Wat”s are mostly the result ot weak typing , (as opposed to strong typing) which is an entirely orthogonal concept to static/dynamic typing. Don’t confuse the two concepts. Older languages which first started to experiment wi
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by teddyh 2y ago
That’s going too far. RYF certification is what you could reasonably require.
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RYF certification or no sale.
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Really? < https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Generic_trademark... >
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by teddyh 2y ago
You aren’t allowed to make any changes. Under GitHub's rules, you have the right to read and fork this repository... but that's it. No other use is permitted, I'm afraid. — README.md
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by teddyh 2y ago
A master programmer passed a novice programmer one day. The master noted the novice’s preoccupation with a hand‐held computer game. “Excuse me”, he said, “may I examine it?” The novice bolted to attention and handed the device to the master
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by teddyh 2y ago
You could try Zile: < https://www.gnu.org/software/zile/ >
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by teddyh 2y ago
10 years? Try three months (worst case, but still): < https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37144598 >
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It’s baffling that HN has not banned you for these regular tirades and personal attacks.
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Dijkstra, being one of a handful of luminaries in the field of computer science – indeed, he can be said to have created the field itself – can be (provisionally) taken at his word when he claims something. You, on the other hand, being
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by teddyh 2y ago
Here’s the ultimate authority on why computer languages should count from zero: < https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/ewd08xx/EWD831.PDF >
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Shown in the article, but not linked: Google's IPv6 adoption statistics: < https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html > Facebook's IPv6 adoption statistics: < https://www.f
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by teddyh 2y ago
According to stty(1), ”cbreak” is a negative alias of “icanon”, which simply enables the special functions of the ‘erase’ (backspace), ‘kill’ (Ctrl-U), ‘werase’ (Ctrl-W), and ‘rprnt’ (Ctrl-R) keybindings. “cooked” mode includes “icanon”. S
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Unleavened bread?

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