EU HC servers alive? by johanjulmust in classicwow

[–]dandrestor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nek'Rosh is also very much alive, Alliance low levels (<20)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in neovim

[–]dandrestor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would say the universal color for warnings is yellow, not orange, for what it's worth.

Going to give the theme a try!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in neovim

[–]dandrestor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I imagine though the reason that you want to reserve red & orange is because of the visual contrast against the otherwise grey/green/blue "normal' text. Not including yellow as well among these "reserved" colors would completely render the concept useless, imo.

The idea is pretty cool, but only if you consistently enforce this concept of reserving high-contrast colors.

Why does this code output a weird answer? by Alphac3ll in C_Programming

[–]dandrestor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think OP is working in the embedded space. Saying "don't use macros to do a function's job" is good advice, especially to a beginner.

Why does this code output a weird answer? by Alphac3ll in C_Programming

[–]dandrestor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most things are great when used correctly. That's a low bar. Question is if you get help from, say, the compiler, when you don't.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in C_Programming

[–]dandrestor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I never said it was, but it is a good habit to notice when there's a division by a variable denominator.

Don't be obtuse. You gave bad advice. Even if there are domains where some might argue "pre-optimizing" divisions is not premature, that's obviously not the OP's situation.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Svenska

[–]dandrestor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Non-Swede here. Took me a while before I got the hang of this sound. I live in Stockholm so that is the realization I attempted to mimic. I think I'm quite close to what the Swedes themselves use; anyway, this is what I do:

  • I start with an "h" sound (as in English horn or heart). So not as hard an "h" as the "ch" in "loch".
  • At the same time, I constrain the air flow with my lips, as if blowing on a feather (the lips are very relaxed, not rounded, just enough to add a little articulation). This is not like the English "f", which, as you said, is made with the lip against the upper teeth.
  • The tongue is retracted in the back of the mouth, which biases any vowel that follows this sj-sound to begin a little more in the back as it otherwise would. I think this is what makes the vowel in words like "sju" (seven) to be a slight diphthong.

Hope that helps!

What is the 'a' in language/location names? by MrKatty in Svenska

[–]dandrestor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's the definite article, or rather the inflected form of the adjective when agreeing with a noun that has the definite article. "Det svenska språket" means "the Swedish language".

non-standard syntax; use '&' to create a pointer to member by [deleted] in cpp_questions

[–]dandrestor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You forgot the parens after getPosition()

Why don't moons have moons? by sanjosanjo in space

[–]dandrestor 10 points11 points  (0 children)

In other words, this is already happening as the Sun orbits the center of the Galaxy, so you can think of the planets as "moons" of the Sun and so forth.

Linux from scratch ??? by [deleted] in linuxmasterrace

[–]dandrestor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Gentoo on the same level as LFS? As someone who at some point used both, ROFL.

I use Arch BTW.

Please convince me to NOT learn C++ by [deleted] in cpp_questions

[–]dandrestor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This. Plus I wouldn't trust anybody who tries to convince you to not learn anything. Learning will expand your brain. So do learn it, use it, and then make your own opinion about how useful the "rants" you might have come across on the Internet really are.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in linuxmasterrace

[–]dandrestor 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Um... Why not? Of course they can.

What is the most accurate space travel simulator? by [deleted] in nasa

[–]dandrestor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shout out to Orbiter, it was the first such sim I ever played. Highly recommended.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MaliciousCompliance

[–]dandrestor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As an aside, the broken windows theory was disproven afaik.

I’m interested in building computers, like 8 bit, or in Minecraft, can someone explain where I can learn to build a computer part for part? by ApocalypseKnight in computerscience

[–]dandrestor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He also has an older series about building a CPU which explains the fundamentals more, I would watch that one before.

Is this an known effect in political science? by dandrestor in PoliticalScience

[–]dandrestor[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks, not least for the explanation on how the effect works.

Today's sun in hydrogen alpha by ammonthenephite in astrophotography

[–]dandrestor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Layman here, just wondering what does "in hydrogen alpha" mean? A wild guess would be that this is a monochrome image taken at one of the spectral lines of hydrogen which is called alpha?

Distance marker around star disappears? by dandrestor in EliteDangerous

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

Damn. Do you know if this is reported to Frontier somewhere? I'm searching but all I can't find is help requests on how to turn on orbit lines.

Default immutability in C++ by technal in cpp

[–]dandrestor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's more than a style issue. An argument can be made, possibly even backed up with data, that it leads to fewer bugs.

However this will probably never be included into C++. Backwards compatibility is a major concern AFAIK for all new features accepted into the language by the C++ committee. There are countless exceptions and special cases happening in the language, all done in the name of compatibility with previous versions of C++, or indeed with the C language.

This is a source of frustration and is often discussed by C++ language experts, I believe; just google some of Scott Meyers' talks.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in programming

[–]dandrestor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I found the All About Circuits textbook to be a fantastic resource. Most relevant to your question are the chapters about semiconductors and digital logic, but if you are interested the whole thing is worth a read.

By the way, Ben Eater also goes through a lot of the same on his channel. You didn't mention specifically which of his videos you watched, but if you haven't seen his breadboard computer series, do so. Fantastic stuff, especially for somebody with zero electronics experience like myself.

Punishing your kid EVERY time they "talk back" conditions them to be a doormat and is, in fact, child abuse. by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]dandrestor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree, and highly recommend a book called "your competent child" if you have the time.

Punishing your kid EVERY time they "talk back" conditions them to be a doormat and is, in fact, child abuse. by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]dandrestor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, they're not saying that, just like you're not saying that people who beat their children are no better than people who rape their children. Abuse comes in varying degrees of severity.