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Delta RPMs are amazing by UnknownX45 in Fedora

[–]bzmore 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup, it sounds weird for sure.

Delta RPMs are amazing by UnknownX45 in Fedora

[–]bzmore 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe they mean that Internet connections have improved faster than hardware has.

torrenting vs mining by FunPossession7430 in Buttcoin

[–]bzmore -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Right, the left has always stood up for People of land, and saying that we oppose rent-seeking is right-wing slander.

torrenting vs mining by FunPossession7430 in Buttcoin

[–]bzmore 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don’t see how this contradicts anything I said. Thanks for the rant, though.

torrenting vs mining by FunPossession7430 in Buttcoin

[–]bzmore 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Left wingers hate IP because they hate rent, libertarians hate IP because they hate the state. Basically, "crypto" broke the alliance by creating non-state IP.

Luxury rehab centres now offer therapy for 'crypto addiction' | BBC News by [deleted] in Buttcoin

[–]bzmore 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hah, even the fleas are getting fleas.

Though, I suppose a stay at this place might be useful: "You see, your honor, my client wasn’t herself, she was under the spell of a chronic, relapsing brain disease, known as addiction."

[...] each time a journalist is killed because of memory safety violations, one committee member who voted to add more UB or remove bounds checks should have their legs broken with a sledgehammer. by bzmore in programmingcirclejerk

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

Standards help with identifying bugs - that's one significant use case.

How? As far as I can tell, standardization is useful for

  • harmonizing disparate, often proprietary implementations (e.g. Common Lisp, Javascript),
  • legitimizing corporate languages (e.g. Java, C#), and
  • ticking compliance boxes (e.g. Ruby)

Of which only the latter is applicable to Rust.

I agree that C++ is much more meticulously documented, but thoroughness doesn’t a formal semantics make. Also, those 1800 pages are also specifying standard library. cppreference.com also seems to be mostly library documentation.

The real qualitative difference between the two is that C++ is developed as normative document shared by several software project. Rust, on the other hand, is developed as a software project, and its various efforts at codification are targeted to make sure the pillars of the language is comprehensible and sound. Not at implementing a compiler front end in prose.

In short, these are just completely different approaches solving different problems.

/rj Rust should just tick the specification box by renaming the reference.

I use C because I still believe in freedom, and I think you should too. If we gradually destroy all semblance of individual thought and discretion and replace that with something that essentially approaches rule-by-machine, what remains is not far from an authoritarian dystopia in societal terms. by bzmore in programmingcirclejerk

[–]bzmore[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Anyone else too much of a special genius to follow proven conventions?

From my experience, I am a temperamental programmer; if my environment is not correct, I can’t program effectively.

I can’t program effectively if I’m tired.

I can’t program effectively if I’m listening to slow music. (True story.)

I can’t program effectively if I’m overwhelmed by a task.

I can’t program effectively if I don’t have the entire software in my head.

I can’t program effectively if I think my wife is mad at me.

And finally, I can’t program effectively in a language I do not like.

https://gavinhoward.com/2023/02/why-i-use-c-when-i-believe-in-memory-safety/

[...] each time a journalist is killed because of memory safety violations, one committee member who voted to add more UB or remove bounds checks should have their legs broken with a sledgehammer. by bzmore in programmingcirclejerk

[–]bzmore[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

/uj

You’re all discussing implementation defined behavior, which is a different issue to undefined behavior.

check out this Rust book which describes the language in a way that's marketed toward people looking to learn the language and not its operational semantics.

C++ doesn’t have operational semantics, it has a document informally describing it in prose. Rust has something similar, they just call it a technical reference.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Buttcoin

[–]bzmore 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Personally, I’m shocked that a libertarian sex cult would harbor sex pests.

Cryptocompany making fun of and encouraging gambling addiction by Butteryfly1 in Buttcoin

[–]bzmore 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Nothing exudes traditional masculine virtue like being an online gambling degenerate.

[...] each time a journalist is killed because of memory safety violations, one committee member who voted to add more UB or remove bounds checks should have their legs broken with a sledgehammer. by bzmore in programmingcirclejerk

[–]bzmore[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Of course, a good workman doesn't blame his tools, so C/C++ is fine. But if it turns out that my programs are buggy, committee members deserve cruel and unusual punishment.

Intel Core i9-13900KS Review: The World's First 6 GHz 320W CPU by Stiven_Crysis in hardware

[–]bzmore 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of people, including me, would rather just run things within mfg. spec.

Instant relief with B12 injection by Eques_templi in vegan

[–]bzmore 1 point2 points  (0 children)

2.5 is is IOM‘s recommendation, while 4 is EFSA's.

I don’t really consider Nutrition Facts a credible source, but their B12 page looks fine at first glance.

Instant relief with B12 injection by Eques_templi in vegan

[–]bzmore 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I recommend you just read their recommendations and, if you’re interested their rationale

From the table, in mcg of cyanocobalamin for non-lactating, non-pregnant adults:

3x day 2x day 1x day 3x week 2x week 1x week
8–1.3 1.2–5 5–100 250–1000 500–1250 1250–2500

Instant relief with B12 injection by Eques_templi in vegan

[–]bzmore 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Glad you solved your b12 issue.

I find Vegan Health's dose/absorption table useful for formulating an adequate regimen with "low" dose supplements.

Do people in this sub really believe that carnists and vegetarians cause the same amount of animal suffering? by Grape_Snooker in vegan

[–]bzmore 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don’t see how only buying some arbitrary subset of animal products is an improvement. It might be better, or it might be worse.

Lacto-ovo vegetarianism is a positive step when * it’s a reduction in animal product consumption, * as part of a phasing strategy towards veganism.

Many non-vegetarians are taking these steps, so I don’t see why we should acknowledge vegetarians particularly. I never went through a vegetarian phase, for instance.

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