twen_ty

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by twen_ty 4y ago
Now give me relocatable virtual environments and I'm game
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by twen_ty 4y ago
This must be a troll post because F# already exists and used extensively in production in Azure.
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by twen_ty 4y ago
VR encourages staying in as opposed to going out - the whole thrust of technology should be that - so that humans could be more... human. The timeline where VR fits seamlessly in the latter is decades, away and betting on it as a company ri
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by twen_ty 4y ago
I think you missed the most important point - no one wants VR apart from a niche audience.
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by twen_ty 4y ago
Oh please - Apple had more than a decade to improve on the lightning cable - you somehow infer that progress will be hindered now because of this ruling? You do realise why standards actually exist?
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by twen_ty 4y ago
No. No. No. This reminds me of Dart - another big company thinking they can invent a new language to tackle old language problems. This is not the way to improve C++ - because this path already exists, either as D or if compatibility or OO
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by twen_ty 5y ago
Why not open source it?
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by twen_ty 5y ago
I assume you're from the UK? Where? I ask because salaries in London are definitely higher. A senior engineer should get 80k and a principle engineer/architect should be on 90-120k.
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by twen_ty 5y ago
So what's your solution? I'm not holding my breath...
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by twen_ty 6y ago
"The previous windscreen had also been fitted using incorrect bolts, which were replaced by the shift maintenance manager on a like-for-like basis without reference to maintenance documentation" Blind copy pasting in realworld.
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by twen_ty 6y ago
Labour lost because of Brexit, not because of policies. Populism won.
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by twen_ty 10y ago
Here's a little anecdote: https://www.indy100.com/article/brexit-leave-remain-voters-1... Problem is, a non-binding referendum with just a binary subject with virtually zero clarity on how the process will be exer
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by twen_ty 12y ago
Great stuff! The biggest takeaway for me is that investing in c/c++ paid off immensely for Microsoft. For a massive codebase that's 30+ years old this is a huge win. No other programming language could have and still give that lev