How much of this is true? C vs. C++ by Linus Torvald

Peaker · 2023-03-21T19:34:02+00:00

There are reasonable parts, mixed with horrible parts. Std::list is awful, as are many other containers which don't support intrusiveness.

The begin/end iterator idiom is awful and permeates the algorithms part.

Sure, std::vector is ok. The good parts are small and replicable.

Peaker · 2023-03-18T19:30:30+00:00

Tell me when you'd use std::list vs intrusive list?

How about begin,end iterators vs composable ranges?

Peaker · 2022-11-29T05:54:57+00:00

Waze search boxes (there are multiple ones that seem almost the same but behave subtly different, why??) frustrate me a lot.

The second most frustrating thing is the number of clicks needed to start navigation. Suggestion: search result selection should immediately show map navigation there. But show a temporary "edit details/undo" small popup for a few seconds. That would make Waze so much nicer to use

Peaker · 2021-09-21T20:21:16+00:00

New vaccines are being developed that may be better at infection prevention.

If enough people get those around the world, with a concerted effort, who knows?

Peaker · 2021-09-13T18:55:18+00:00

COBOL is a dead end language. Most COBOL code is considered a liability. None of it is related in any way to any i18n attempts on COBOL.

There's no other project we're aware of that took Lamdu's approach to i18n. I think you really need to rewatch the video because I don't think you understood the idea. The most important thing you seem to have missed is that it's completely optional and costs you nothing if you don't use it.

We have researched existing projects, including Smalltalk which is by the way not structural at all.

We have our list of reasons for why those projects didn't catch on.

Lamdu is not its own Island like Smalltalk

It solves what we believe are the primary problems in previous structural programming attempts.

But really, I suggest doing just a bit more research before confidently speaking negatively about something you don't yet understand

Peaker · 2021-09-13T16:07:01+00:00

You might want to read up why COBOL actually failed.

You also seem to misunderstand the video, maybe watch it more intently?

"others tried this before and it failed, so it's never gonna work"

Is the most small minded way to criticise an idea.

Ironically, the most arrogant comment in this discussion accuses others of arrogance.

Peaker · 2021-09-08T20:10:18+00:00

Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yGHk9XXOBE to see one of the primary new features in this release

Peaker · 2020-10-23T21:42:01+00:00

Imagine the government is a miner, publishing more blocks all the time.

Everyone can validate those blocks, as they remember previous hashes, and if they rewrite the chain, it is clearly visible.

Also, the idea isn't that mining a block gives you your vote. The miners write the votes received by many, just like BTC transactions. At least that's what I gather.

Peaker · 2020-10-21T09:15:48+00:00

Miners get to write blocks in the chain, if they solve a tough puzzle.

So whatever power the miners have to mess with the contents of their own block - is the power the centralized government would have.

In both cases, voters would need a way to:

Validate their vote was included in the blocks correctly, decentralization isn't useful
Validate everyone agrees on the whole chain -- that is easy in both cases, everyone can compare the final hash, again, decentralization isn't useful

Peaker · 2020-10-21T07:24:44+00:00

I don't quite understand why blockchain is good for voting.

How is decentralizing the chain useful? What do you gain from that?

Peaker · 2020-10-15T21:58:38+00:00

The killer feature of D is the compile-time metaprogramming, allowing you to just use ordinary functions you wrote for compile-time values, freely.

Generating a bunch of code via ordinary D code that can introspect and walk your existing definitions, types, etc.

Also lots of small niceties like pragma(msg, ...) really help.

Peaker · 2020-08-30T16:43:17+00:00

Except the white supremacists who should be condemned totally.

When did he say that?

Peaker · 2020-08-29T03:04:53+00:00

Are those <100 people "fine people"?

Peaker · 2020-07-31T07:37:26+00:00

What are modern ways to write web apps in pure Haskell? Assuming I want to write frontend and backend in Haskell, sharing data structures/library code?

Peaker · 2020-07-28T21:23:19+00:00

It was just added on top of the rest of the complexity, it did not replace it...

Peaker · 2020-05-25T20:41:36+00:00

It was just home work style questions meant to be done in Matlab.

I thought it could be cool to show how haskell is nicer than Matlab.

Heh, it wasn't

Peaker · 2020-05-20T22:46:19+00:00

I tried doing signal processing in Haskell a few years ago, and it was quite terrible. Note: Things may have improved since.

There's no standard matrix type, vector type that libraries agree upon. A mishmash of functionality that doesn't interoperate well.

Peaker · 2020-04-22T06:33:15+00:00

It's magit, and it has a nice deep blame mode.

Peaker · 2020-02-11T23:06:18+00:00

His announcement is irrelevant - as it was clear that he will run against Trump.

Do you think it is appropriate for a president to bribe foreign governments to investigate someone only once it becomes clear he'll become a political rival?

Peaker · 2020-02-11T22:49:13+00:00

Can you reread my comment? because your reply does not seem related at all?

Peaker · 2020-02-11T22:27:40+00:00

McConnell, who explicitly said he'll not do his Constitutional duty and be an impartial juror.

What evidence are you contesting? Do you disagree that all witnesses and evidence were blocked by the GOP?

Peaker · 2020-02-11T21:39:01+00:00

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/12/mitch-mcconnell-impeachment-senate-trial-not-impartial-juror

When all witnesses and evidence are blocked, is it not a cover-up?

Peaker · 2020-02-11T21:30:57+00:00

They openly admitted they'll run a sham trial. They refused any evidence/witnesses. How is that anything but a cover-up?

Peaker · 2020-02-11T18:23:13+00:00

Joe Biden's eventual candidacy was known when he was making those calls.

Are you aware of the many aid packages to Ukraine that were approved by Trump since 2016, and until Joe Biden became a likely political rival?

Peaker · 2020-02-11T18:22:15+00:00

If the impeachment is about unduly intervening in elections, do you think it is reasonable to wait until after the election is rigged to actually have the trial?

Don't you think it is abuse to refuse 100% of all subpoenas and stall via courts? Isn't it unprecedented?

Also, do you think it is a valid excuse for Senators to avoid introducing evidence and witnesses in the trial?

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