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by xjay 4y ago
Herb Sutter is working on a standalone, second syntax for C++ called "Cpp2" [1] to "reduce complexity 10x, increase safety 50x, improve toolability 10x, evolve more freely for another 30 years". [2] Compiler Explorer lis
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by xjay 4y ago
This seems like a good time to ask web people to stop using the private unicode range for icons. It's bad practice because downloadable fonts are considered optional, and there is no fallback equivalent to alt text for undefined glyph
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by xjay 4y ago
iPod. Brings back memories of Mad TV making a parody of the iPod ad. It was for something called the "iPad". This was at least three years before Apple announced iPad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTzhXMbOWHE
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by xjay 4y ago
"RAII" has some overlapping associations. Primary purpose: To guarantee the cleanup of resources during stack unwinding, after an exception is thrown, because it's tightly bound to the automatic storage duration mechanism (th
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by xjay 4y ago
Maybe a lewdifier could instead merge lewdness into every picture.
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by xjay 4y ago
Their "Nerd Crew" [1] was some kind of relief valve for anyone who has experienced what can be described as "movie shill" channels on youtube. The Nerd Crew: A Pop Culture Podcast by Red Letter Media [1] https:/&#x
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by xjay 4y ago
2013: German Federal Government Warns on the Security Dangers of Windows 8 https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/german-federal-go... 2015: Governments recognize the importance of TPM 2.0 through ISO adoption htt
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by xjay 4y ago
..and egos, and attribution.
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by xjay 4y ago
> It is hard to argue with the fact that humans are social animals and gain enjoyment from connecting with others, whatever age we are. Maybe except for schizoid personality disorder: > lack of interest in social relationships, a tend
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by xjay 4y ago
Those people ~ "When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." [1] Law of the Instrument "Where some have found their paradise, others just come to harm." - Law of Joni Mitchell "Don't do things
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by xjay 4y ago
"Writing is nature's way of letting you know how sloppy your thinking is." [1] Dick Guindon "To think, you have to write. If you're thinking without writing, chances are you're fooling yourself. You're onl
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by xjay 4y ago
"Build one to throw away" [1] - Fred Brooks Jim Coplien on how one of Dave Thomas' companies do software [2]: "They build a prototype, then they throw it away. They learn from the prototype. Then they build the product,
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by xjay 5y ago
Coder sees "We need feature X". Coder implements feature X, marks it as complete; next. So they have the coder (implementer) role covered, but not the "programmer" role ("thinker"/feature designer). Leslie
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by xjay 5y ago
Maybe we should just paint the country code on a white piece of cloth instead.
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by xjay 5y ago
In an alternate universe, ads are only allowed on a global ad portal run by a neutral intermediate per political region. Consumers learn about relevant products and services based on stated interests. Advertisers pay to replicate a list o
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by xjay 5y ago
To address the app and phone number concern I have; I doubt it's possible to remain a user of Google services without being forced to give them my phone number at least once, and even if they don't keep it, they'll keep a has
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by xjay 5y ago
Funny how "2FA" almost always equates to "phone number". Beware if they claim they don't store your phone number. It's highly likely they store a hash of it for tracking purposes, and proceed to use child-like
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by xjay 5y ago
The late pioneer in compiler optimization--Frances Allen--agrees. 2006: "..but something else had happened--and that was back in 1973--[something] which I was very, very unhappy about--and that was the advent of C! It derailed, as far
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by xjay 6y ago
In the not-so-distant future: Code snippet scanning for copyright infringement or Stack Overflow attribution. 2 years? 4?
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by xjay 7y ago
Somewhat related: "How Immune Systems Can Influence Social Behavior" [1] So yeah, maybe there's actually some subsystem that controls social behavior, to get rid of someone from the group, or out them to the group by having t
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by xjay 7y ago
A likely opt-out [1] mechanism that will prevent Firefox from enabling DoH in any future update. 5 means explicitly disabled. 0 (default) is whatever is considered default for now. 1. about:config 2. network.trr.mode = 5 [1] https
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by xjay 7y ago
That is, until software on any of these devices start running their DNS queries through DoH directly, circumventing any DNS filtering at the perimeter. This is what browsers, like Firefox, are likely to do as it stands today.
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by xjay 7y ago
Firefox could provide an opt-out flag.
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by xjay 7y ago
Related: On April 15, 2019, Ted Nelson published a video on Youtube with the title 'Pre-Final Reply to "The Curse of Xanadu" by Gary Wolf / Gory Jackal' [1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_-5cG
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by xjay 9y ago
There's the web, and then there's the web of electronic brochures (WEB).
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by xjay 10y ago
Anecdote: Richard Dawkins -- not being happy with Apple Writer that came with the Apple II -- ended up spending a lot of time programming his own word processor [1] which he then used to write one book -- The Blind Watchmaker. In response t
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by xjay 10y ago
Related: Site for tracking lightning/thunderstorms [1]. Warning: Sound is on by default. Disable by clicking Sound in the menu on the lower left. [1] http://blitzortung.org/
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by xjay 10y ago
Might as well raise awareness of Radon, and laser printers. It's a tragedy, and reminded me of Marie Curie (who eventually discovered her research was causing damaging levels of radiation exposure).
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by xjay 10y ago
The half-life of facts (knowledge) [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-life_of_knowledge
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by xjay 10y ago
#Related There was a recent talk about the model-code gap [1]. How diagrams often don't map to the code. The C4 model. "Structurizr." Lack of common abstractions to describe software, in contrast with other fields like elec

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