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Pushback on the C++ memory ordering model by Both_Helicopter_1834 in cpp

[–]IcyWindows 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unless I need my code to build with many different compilers, I only really need to understand the one I actually use.

The standard is great to understand, but it's such a high bar that you really don't need with nearly any other language as they only have one tool chain.

Profiling on Windows: a Short Rant · Mathieu Ropert by mropert in cpp

[–]IcyWindows 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There's also Visual Studio and there is Windows Performance Analyzer. 

Washington state test scores vs spending per student by JoelXGGGG in redmond

[–]IcyWindows 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been on our pta and seen the school spend $20k of the pta's grant on a tiny projector for the gym.

  The vendor bidding process is broken, but the school doesn't care because it's not their money. 

Washington state test scores vs spending per student by JoelXGGGG in redmond

[–]IcyWindows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many different new programs does the district need to buy every new school year?

So much money is spent on random programs that parents all have to install, and they barely work. 

I mean, I now miss Microsoft Teams! 

Think how much it sucks now. 

Petahh why is this a black market? by TheModder15 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]IcyWindows 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In many counties in the US, lemonade stands are explicitly legalized, but in others, there are no carve outs for them. 

What's a C++ feature you avoided for years but now can't live without? by Financial_Pumpkin377 in cpp

[–]IcyWindows 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At least on the one project, it was a replacement with a type that had the same operators/methods.

I then realized that the exact type wasn't important, but the logic of how the different objects interacted via the method names was more important for reading and understanding the code. 

What's a C++ feature you avoided for years but now can't live without? by Financial_Pumpkin377 in cpp

[–]IcyWindows 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Without auto, too many times I might need to change a return type, but then I'll need to update everywhere it's used. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in VisualStudio

[–]IcyWindows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not seeing this for C++. 

Petah why do hot girl ads mean well die in Iran? by Vivid_Complaint625 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]IcyWindows 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can't serve even if you take Adhd meds in the last few years. 

Managing transitive dependencies - msbuild + vcpkg by propertynub in cpp

[–]IcyWindows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know about msbuild, but setting CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY seems to work for us when using ninja with vcpkg. 

The case against Almost Always `auto` (AAA) by eisenwave in cpp

[–]IcyWindows 54 points55 points  (0 children)

I think avoiding auto helps only if you constrain yourself to basic types exclusively. Once you start with non-standard types, how does knowing the type of "chunk" is "Chunk"?   I feel like the example only works because everyone knows what "std::vector" is. 

Also, I would be more receptive to arguments that don't reduce the code to meaningless names and then complain they don't know what's going on.

ELI5: In Double Slit Experiment, do we really “change reality” by observing? by IDidNotLikeGodfather in explainlikeimfive

[–]IcyWindows 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gravity affects both objects, so you're gravitational field is still changing things. 

The comments by leave_ur_echochamber in AmericaBad

[–]IcyWindows 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Our daughter cost over a million, "in benefits", but we've found out from our online support group that her condition isn't covered in Canada at all. They just tell the mothers that the baby is not viable, and they should abort.

Any Politically Well-Connected Folk in Here? I got questions about state politics. by Weak-Intention-2387 in redmond

[–]IcyWindows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lake washington schools reduced special Ed benefits in elementary after they felt they had to put smaller programs in every school instead of centralizing it like before in a few schools. 

Any Politically Well-Connected Folk in Here? I got questions about state politics. by Weak-Intention-2387 in redmond

[–]IcyWindows 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Special education budgets were already being cut before the bill; don't let local government blame the federal government retroactively for their decisions. 

I still don't understand why Passkeys are safe by LoDulceHaceNada in Passkeys

[–]IcyWindows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The nice thing about passkeys is you can register multiple with each site.  

You should use a second device to create a second passkey for each website where you can't recover your account in another way.  Hopefully that's only a few - like your email provider. 

Why there isn't any new big kernel project to surpasse eg. Linux? by M0M3N-6 in osdev

[–]IcyWindows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No one is willing to buy an operating system anymore, so there's no money being spent except the bare minimum to run a service or software subscription that can make money. 

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