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by torginus 8mo ago
Tbh, I think Windows' stable ABI/API at all levels + excellent docs is something the open source community could learn from. Software that is poorly documented, has no stable api, and no way of accepting extensions other than modi
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by torginus 9mo ago
I'm not sure if GPTs ability goes beyond a formal math package's in this regard or its just its just way more convienient to ask ChatGPT rather than using these software.
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by torginus 9mo ago
I'm glad you brought up the contrast between the Aztecs and Ottomans - the majority of South America was inhabited by tribes similar to Native Americans in the North. The Aztecs are noteworthy because of having an empire to conquer. I
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by torginus 9mo ago
The reason the entire concept of 'Westerners' exist, is because empires who became dominant in the aforementioned dimensions conquered, subjugated other peoples on the continent, or others were forced to adapt to their standards t
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by torginus 9mo ago
No empire in the world would have been able to accomplish what the Spaniards did if the indigenous population of millions decided to put up a strong resistance against them. The 2014 Ukraine invasion worked because the nation was splintered
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by torginus 9mo ago
I think we as software developers are resting on the shoulders of giants. It's amazing how fast and economical stuff like redis, nginx, memcached, and other 'old ' software are written decades ago, mostly in C, by people who
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by torginus 9mo ago
IMGUI and other GPU accelerated toolkits exist and have been created without billons of VC revenue. In fact the entire Qt group is just work 650m EUR
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by torginus 9mo ago
While I have no doubt that most Western colonial empires did not have the conquered's best interests at heart, I've read a theory (particularly about the Spaniards and Portugese in Latin America), is just Westerners are in aggrega
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by torginus 9mo ago
My problem isn't with positive affirmation, which I will happily give. Complimenting others, but something so excessively superlative that it feels like manipulation. For example if I told you 'good thinking', you would proba
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by torginus 9mo ago
It just occured to me how different the emotional landscapes of people are. While I do not want to turn this into a sexist rant, I did observe this trait particularly in women (not all of them, mind you) - is that how much they crave strong
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by torginus 9mo ago
Very few OO languages track reference mutability with any level of rigor. In C/C++ most devs don't even know what restrict is or how to write code using it correctly (which is very difficult an bug prone), const is unfortunately
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by torginus 9mo ago
I don't think it worked well for Rust - in fact one of the core issues of Rust imo, is that it somewhat encourages this OOP style which can cause major headaches when you design an app in a traditional OO way - object compostion, compl
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by torginus 9mo ago
I'm an EE, I have worked with things like sensor fusion professionally. In short sensor fusion depends on what sensors you have and how you combine them, especially if two sensors' outputs tend to disagree - which one is wrong and
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by torginus 9mo ago
Personally as much as people like to dunk on Musk, he did build several successful companies in extremely challenging domains, and he probably listens to the world-leading domain experts in his employ. So while he might turn out to be wrong
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by torginus 9mo ago
I think past experience shows that the US prefers a wait and see approach - owning in part I think to it federal structure, where states compete for companies good graces and money, so if State A bans something, State B will allow it and ga
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by torginus 9mo ago
It didn't end with a bang - it ended with an em-dash
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by torginus 9mo ago
That is true, but on the flip-flip side, while procedural or FP programs are usually easy to run piecewise, with OOP, you have to run the entire app, and navigate to the statement in question to be even able to debug it. Imho, most FP langu
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by torginus 9mo ago
Man, this is one of the ways society has fundamentally broken - all the 'think of the children' arguments, resting on the belief that children are so sacred, that any sort of leinency or consideration of circumstances is forbidden
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by torginus 9mo ago
OOP and ownership are two concepts that mix poorly - ownership in the presence of OOP-like constructs is never simple. The reason for that is OOP tends to favor constructs where each objects holds references to other objects, creating whole
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by torginus 9mo ago
This is maybe a bit of a tangent to this article,but I've tried so many pieces of tech over the years to replace pen & paper notebooks, mainly iPads and eInk based notetaking devices, like the Remarkable. While I cannot find a conc
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by torginus 9mo ago
Personally I don't own a huge SUV, but I feel backup cameras are a godsend. You're so much better off looking from the point of the actual back of the car to judge the distance to the car parked behind you. The perk of not having
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by torginus 9mo ago
Good schools are certainly not free in most Western European countries, in fact for most middle class families, it's one of their biggest expenses to put their 2-3 kids through secondary schools.
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by torginus 9mo ago
My issue with CC is that its interface deliberately obscures the code from you, making you treat it more like a genie you make wishes of rather than making changes and checking the output. I may not be up to date with the latest & great
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by torginus 9mo ago
I welcome the competition, but my two cents is that BYD or any other Chinese brand doesn't seem to be offering anything outside of the typicial price-performance calculus of existing brands. I welcome competition, as it benefits everyo
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by torginus 9mo ago
Imo its not anti-China protectionism. Western models are cheaper in China, and Chinese models are more expensive in the EU & UK. I think it's a combination of manufacturers wanting a higher profit, some adaptations & certificat
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by torginus 9mo ago
Just don't let the credit card companies find out. The reason they give the money to you and not the stock market is to diversify their portfolio. Imagine if all the shares in Bank X were paid for by loans issued by Bank X.
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by torginus 9mo ago
In Europe, credit cards for individual use are extremely rare. I've only had one to manage a company expenses account.
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by torginus 9mo ago
Is it possible to support OpenGL on top of Vulkan well? It has been pointed out that Vulkan requires you to completely freeze and compile a graphics pipeline before using it, while OpenGL's state machine is more flexible, and the under
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by torginus 9mo ago
this is like when companies go we take your privacy extremely seriously, now hand over your personal data that we should have no business accessing
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by torginus 9mo ago
From what I've heard from auto engineers I know, using the battery as part of the structure is not really done. Transfering mechanical stresses to the battery is something you just do not do. Additionally the battery must be protected

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