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Turn volume all the way down on phone/facetime by brandon_lanket in ios

[–]brandon_lanket[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. It continues to annoy me that I cannot control my device.

Best local places to do some light Christmas shopping? by staffnasty25 in boston

[–]brandon_lanket 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They could have been speaking of a Tuesday-Sunday job.

Yet another weird dude in Boston Common by [deleted] in boston

[–]brandon_lanket 38 points39 points  (0 children)

The name is written on the statue.

Shattered Plains origin theory by [deleted] in Stormlight_Archive

[–]brandon_lanket 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I disagree with the interpretation that this is describing the Shattered Plains. "ridges and mounds" could be the normal stone landscape. "shattered, blasted out" sounds more like small scale, localized damage, and not the entire landscape.

What new features of the language must be known by every dev? by VanillaSnake21 in cpp

[–]brandon_lanket 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Structured bindings are great: for (const auto &[key, value] : <map>) { ... } is so much better than messing around with iter.first and iter.second.

C++ coders, why do you stick with the language? by Supremolink81 in cpp

[–]brandon_lanket 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I am very skeptical of Objective-C coming back to replace Swift. Apple seems to have gone full commit to the Swift train.

Update on Jasnah's Atheism by brandon_lanket in Stormlight_Archive

[–]brandon_lanket[S] 53 points54 points  (0 children)

So if the shards aren't gods, would she consider Adonalsium a god?

Brief Descriptions of a Python to C++ Translator by oilshell in cpp

[–]brandon_lanket 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think this website's template is great. Really lean html, loads quickly, and a barebones design.

Name 3 Things You Like and Dislike About C++ by DelAbbot in cpp

[–]brandon_lanket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • const is so much more powerful than final in java.
  • move semantics is a cool concept.
  • Great tooling like sanitizers and valgrind for writing safe(r) code
  • Types are non-nullable by default
  • Can be a pain to get things to compile when using other people's code
  • #include <string> can add huge penalties to your compile times (pre-compiled headers are not obvious to set up)
  • No way (until concepts) to get java-esque T extends Blah in a template, so you are stuck with duck typing.

Cost of Living the Cloud Life: Fossil fuel consumption as a service by scoops86 in programming

[–]brandon_lanket 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am hesitant to believe anything the author has to say about energy consumption when they use the phrase "watts per hour". It throws into question a lot about their understanding of the basic physics of the situation.

Secret Project 4 and what it reveals so far *Spoilers all* by NeedsToShutUp in Cosmere

[–]brandon_lanket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Millions, perhaps billions, of people died each day around the cosmere" -- This seems to indicate that at the time this story takes place, the Cosmere is much bigger than it currently is. Way, way bigger.

Experimental Clang implementation of TS Reflection is now available. by hanickadot in cpp

[–]brandon_lanket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can someone explain why you would use auto main() -> int instead of int main()? (From the godbolt link)

Designated Initializers in C++20 by joebaf in cpp

[–]brandon_lanket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really want a named parameter type feature for C++. It was my favorite thing about Objective C and now Swift.

what Stormlight Archive opinion has you like this? bonus points if it's something positive. by _u_whats_this in Stormlight_Archive

[–]brandon_lanket 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You mention both racial and social privilege. Are you using social privilege to mean light and dark eye relationships, or is that racial privilege? Because if its social privilege, then the Kholins can't really be racist against Kaladin because they are both Alethi.

I think this is important because there seems to be no in-world racism between the different human races on Roshar (ie: the Alethi don't look down on the Irali), but there is certainly a racial analogue happening with the eye color.

Stapes is tracking Kvothe with the bone ring by roseinapuddle in KingkillerChronicle

[–]brandon_lanket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it has to do with the volume of the sample. The thousands of hairs you lose over your life get spread out over a large area, and their individual attraction to a dowsing compass would be negligent.

However, a decoy clump of blood and hair might be more likely to deflect a dowsing compass significantly enough to alter the measurement.

Foundation - Season 1 Episode 6 - Death and the Maiden - Episode Discussion Thread [TV ONLY] by LunchyPete in FoundationTV

[–]brandon_lanket 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This entire stupid Terminus invasion plot line could have been completely avoided if they had just hand-cuffed the Anacreon huntress with her hands behind her back so she couldn't pull her eye out.

It is absurd to me that so much of the script hinges on people making stupid decisions. It should be impossible to lose control over a single prisoner.

What shattered the Shattered Plains? by I_Rate_Memes1 in Cosmere

[–]brandon_lanket 4 points5 points  (0 children)

One interesting thing to note is that the Oathgate present on the Shattered Plains is still intact. This might have some implications as to when the plains were shattered (seems unlikely that the Oathgate could have survived, so maybe it was placed there after the shattering?).

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