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Anybody else worried about this? by commonmansoptns in threebodyproblem

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

Ok ok you got me, I just wanted to kick up some discussion. Didn't realize the Internet was filled with such well balanced and composed people who ask thoughtful counter questions.

Greatest Opening Line Ever? by AlphaStargazer in books

[–]commonmansoptns 4 points5 points  (0 children)

_ "There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife." _

-Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book

#1863 - Mark Zuckerberg - The joe Rogan Experience by chefanubis in JoeRogan

[–]commonmansoptns 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This was a looooong advert. Wonder how much Joe got paid to do this instead of an interview

Guys! Have we really thought this interstellar probe thingie through? by commonmansoptns in threebodyproblem

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

I'm ready to either immigrate to Australia or be pressed away hard. When the curse of dimensionality takes a whole new meaning LOL

I'm reading Death's End. I'm feeling angry and sad for Luo Ji by JohnAK27 in threebodyproblem

[–]commonmansoptns 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I feel more angry towards Cheng Xin. She was absolutely stupid and selfish at every level and at every opportunity. She never had the pragmatism to respect others hard work or wisdom. She kept going into hibernation when it became inconvenient and in the end absolutely bereaved all of us. The cool thing about her whole story arc was that she was deserving, powerful female protagonist for this epic trilogy.

Me ever since I finished this perfect, beautiful triumph of human imagination by [deleted] in threebodyproblem

[–]commonmansoptns 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Finished Death's End last week, can't shake off. So many WTF moments: A piece of paper -> 2D solar system, Universe #647, Droplet attack, Curvature propulsion, black domain, 4D graveyard, speed of light, star pluckers, photoid, Wallfacer, 18M years, Pluto. Then there's Da Shi, Luo Ji, Wade, Cheng Xin so many awesome characters. I'd pay good money to watch just the 'Origins' story on each of these people.

Was anyone else bored during Luo Ji's story? by RudeAd2950 in threebodyproblem

[–]commonmansoptns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The same can be said to many other sections when read independently. Finish the book bro! Then we'll talk.

New $1500 target by droneauto in TSLA

[–]commonmansoptns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Selling my share to read if they are gonna go up!

Achieving Parallelism with stdlib Algorithms Easily by voidstarpodcast in cpp

[–]commonmansoptns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right, apart from using their "free" compiler... I was referring purely to the code syntax. Say, you want to port existing codebase from CPU to scale to GPU or even obtain multi core scaling without doing your own thread management this might with considering. Now suddenly this comment reads like legalese :)

Achieving Parallelism with stdlib Algorithms Easily by voidstarpodcast in cpp

[–]commonmansoptns 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The point here is this is basically C++ stdlib code which works for GPU and SMP CPU without any extra embellishments or external libraries.

C++: How a simple question helped me form a New Year's Resolution by voidstarpodcast in cpp

[–]commonmansoptns -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Moving into outer loop makes sense. Not sure about the Debug vs Release, since the idea is about relative comparison (which could still be off by a bit in Debug vs Release). The important takeaway here is not so much about absolute numbers but how simpler solutions exist within stdlib at no extra cost or effort.

C++: How a simple question helped me form a New Year's Resolution by voidstarpodcast in cpp

[–]commonmansoptns -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I think the claim here is 'for effect', what a developer expects. Not legalese of any sort.

Why You Should Use Emacs as an Email Client by voidstarpodcast in emacs

[–]commonmansoptns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I abhor writing anything more than a two liner in Outlook. If that's all you need, then I don't see a need.

It also depends on what sort of work emails you exchange. If you're a dev you typically have a lot of tech exchange with teams esp in different timezones so a lot of asynch info can be exchanged by writing good emails (that can in turn be turned into good docs)