why_Mr_Anderson

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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
Intercal isn't horrible! How could be the only language with PLEASE keyword be bad? (from wikipedia) This last keyword provides two reasons for the program's rejection by the compiler: if "PLEASE" does not appear often
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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
And Erlang runtime) is used in massive telephone switches, famously AXD301 which is claimed to have uptime percentage of 99.9999999% over 20 years.
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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
Because all systems try to handle several kinds of unexpected behavior in the exactly the same way - invalid arguments (e.g. 'x == null') - code logic (e.g. 'if (x.salary < 0) ...') - external errors (e.g. 'out
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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
embarrassingly parallel workloads - so...GPU?
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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
Yeah, a bit more? https://twitter.com/steipete/status/1025024813889478656
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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
Google pretty much destroyed any possibility of anothe competitor entering the mobile OS market (I always thought that dumping was illegal and you can't go much lower than 0).
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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
Ehh, Spotify should stay quiet and off-radar and hope that more people won't learn about the ridiculous level of tracking they do in their desktop app.
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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
Thank you. I realized my mistake, I totally skipped the word playgrounds . Now everything make sense :)
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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
Not to mention there are so many different types of concrete tailored to meet specific requirements that it's very unlikely anything could even make a dent in our need for concrete.
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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
After all, we frequently pave playgrounds with fl\ammable material made out of shredded tires. Wait,really? Could you point me to some material about it? I know it was tried several times in many countries but IIRC everyone returned to ju
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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
Major problem with plastic in roads is thermal stability and abrasion from constant wear. In the end, concrete is not only cheaper, but also much safer option.
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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
And if you know anything about electrical wiring, do not look up how they do it in those plywood houses in US, any European building inspector would have a heart attack :)
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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
And of top of that, burns from plastics are HORRIBLE, think napalm, but worse.
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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
Aren't cardiovascular diseases by far the most common cause of death (around 30% IIRC)? Respiratory diseases were in low single digits, something like 5%.
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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
Is there anything of any significance written in Haskell outside academia?
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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
And on top of that, most users want it to work the same it worked yesterday. Nothing drives me up the wall more than neverending stream of updates for anything and everything, be it PC, mobile, web, even cars. I understand it's great f
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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
It's actually sad to see that scale-up almost disappeared, especially considering the insanelly powerful HW we have now, just NVMe SSDs are game changer for anything I/O bound. I remember how few years back there were some people
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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
Because game dev isn't about programming for the most part, making game engines is. But that's a whole different beast where hardcore math and all kind of tricks and hacks often considered 'wrong|unmaintainable|bad practice
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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
AAA game development is the very definition of misery, pain and suffering.
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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
Good. 'Presstitutes' on one side versus sociopaths on the other. Mutual destruction would be a wonderful thing.
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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
Studio monitors are entirely different category, not meant for 'mere mortals' :) I bet that less than 0.1% of people buying headphones not specifically marked as monitors would have no idea what is the purpose of such information
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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
Are you s(h)ure that you wrote correct model? 215s are in-ears and while excellent sound-wise, their cables break quite easily with frequent use. I'm on my 3rd pair and I'll most likely still buy new ones after the inevitable dest
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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
In Europe, mandatory arbitration are usually unlawful. European Union Council Directive 93/13 on Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts creates a rebuttable presumption that pre-dispute arbitration clauses in consumer contracts are invali
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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
It's actually one way of putting out otherwise very persistent fires, especially the ones that like to only smoulder (really nasty chemicals, metal compounds, etc.) Removing heat from the reaction lowers the ignition temperate of the s
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by why_Mr_Anderson 6y ago
What you and many others are missing is the fact that major part of GDPR is about collecting unnecessary data, specifically PII, personally identifiable information. If your web/app/whatever has legitimate reason why it needs th