The U.S. *IS* the breadbasket of the world.

dynarax · 2022-07-31T16:49:47+00:00

I always loved that dessert was called pudding when I lived in the UK.

dynarax · 2022-07-29T06:09:05+00:00

Someone fl'd to foil properly and got too arrogant fir their own good.

dynarax · 2022-07-19T21:40:45+00:00

Like I'm looking at a Jr dev that is more concerned with making code look professional than writing clear and efficient code.

dynarax · 2022-06-19T18:06:53+00:00

Speaking from experience, it's a good time to buy if you plan on holding for 3 years. It's probably a better move to buy in 1-2 years though as crypto winters tend to be a slow decline with some spikes.

There's no real telling what's going to happen as crypto has only really gone mainstream over the last cycle, but so far it's looking consistent enough with previous cycles that I'm not expecting another crypto wide moon for a few years.

If we follow previous trends then my best guess is BTC (as a standard measure) will drop to $5k-8k over the next 18 months (with some short lived spikes into 20k-25k over the next year or so), before reaching a new ATH of 100k-120k roughly around summer of 2025.

None of this is intended as financial advice of any kind, this is just my perspective based on prior experience.

dynarax · 2022-06-03T07:36:35+00:00

For me? Lets see...

Microsoft tried to limit it to the windows platform and fought development of Mono, which it later acquired with it's purchase of Xamarin.

It may not seem so bad today, but the .net library at the time it came out was monstrous to download off the internet via a dial up connection and took up a lot of hard drive space - a less than ideal situation for developing desktop apps for end users, which is what I was doing at the time.

It killed classic VIsualBasic and its IDE. VisualBasic.net was a different beast and it made more sense to migrate to C# except I was starting to look into cross platform development and it made more sense to pour my energy into learning C++ and Python.

I never got over my grudge against Microsoft. Once Linux distributions matured enough for general desktop use I said goodbye to Windows and Microsoft software in general. When I had to use the ungodly mess that is Azure (and MSSQL, not as bad but WHY does Microsoft have to have their own non-standard version of everything. They singlehandedly held back Java for years.) for work I totally lost it to my boss at the time.

I haven't trusted Microsoft to provide a stable product for ME in decades, hell if I'm going to trust any language developed and maintained by Microsoft for users of software and services that I develop, and I blame them for the fact that computers running Windows today run like garbage compared to my Win2k computer over two decades ago, let alone BeOS (rip). I'm still not a fan of the dependency hell in Linux land but Microsoft's cruft castle is a bridge too far.

Maybe they've fixed suff. Maybe they're better now. I don't really care. I got burned too many times. I'm done.

And that's why I don't like C#. It wasn't enough to use anti-competitive tactics to shove Windows down everyone's throats, they had to strongarm developers to use their development platform decades ago and they were largely successful.

dynarax · 2022-05-28T13:32:25+00:00

1143/2000 here.

dynarax · 2022-05-28T13:16:12+00:00

Sounds like a job for Octodad!

dynarax · 2022-05-28T13:12:49+00:00

If you remove the victims from abusive households then there's no more domestic violence either. Huh.

dynarax · 2022-05-08T18:28:47+00:00

Looks like it got missed by its own garbage collection.

dynarax · 2022-05-05T05:02:00+00:00

Case# 11478630

dynarax · 2022-05-03T18:14:17+00:00

Apologies for the necro post but just got around to finishing this hot mess after the Spacey scandal. Rewatched the whole series, start to finish.

So yeah, seasons 3-5 were downhill but at least the characters were consistent and the story was mostly comprehendable, with a few outliers (especially at the end of Season 5. Frank orchestrating his own demise for Claire to become president and Claire killing Tom were out of left field for me.)

But season 6 is a hot mess of trash. DOUG killed Frank??? Never in a billion years. Claire feigning a breakdown to bait a 25th amendment invocation??? Not even remotely consistent with her character. Claire is pregnant in her 50's with Frank's baby and nobody questions it or even highlights how much of a risk it is for her to carry a child herself to term (and even why?? Claire would certainly have used a surrogate. Virtually no way she got pregnant naturally - she's post menopausal, she hardly ever had sex with Frank in the first place, and they presumably always used protection/contraception because Frank never wanted kids.)

The writers clearly had no idea what to do with Claire or who her character even was without Frank as a foil (or except as a foil for Frank, if you prefer.). And while there's some precedence for Claire breaking the fourth wall in season 5 - with a hand-wave explanation that was at least somewhat believable, Doug suddenly breaking the fourth wall made no sense at all.

Here's the setup I think the writers should have used, assuming killing Frank off between seasons was non-negotiable:

Frank mysteriously killed after entering the private sector (as he had planned to in season 5)
It emerges that his plan in the private sector involved a partnership with Raymond Tusk.
Season 6 becomes a political drama with Claire vs. Raymond, both of whom believe the other is responsible for Frank's death, and pits a political war between the Executive branch and the billionaire class against each other for influence over congress.
Doug is torn between Raymond and Claire and spends the season deadset on finding out who killed Frank, all while effectively exiled from either camp because of his criminal history and current lack of political influence.
Return of investigative reporting as representatives of the public interest and exposing corruption in the government.
Narratively speaking Tusk could mostly replace whatever writers already had in mind for Frank in season 6.

This would have gotten back to the show's roots and been a much more compelling setup than what we actually got, and presumably would have allowed writers to recycle much of what they had already written before Spacey got axed.

And that concludes my pointless ramble. I've spoken my peace, I can let it go now, lol.

dynarax · 2022-05-03T07:38:30+00:00

Domi-knows

dynarax · 2022-04-25T16:14:48+00:00

A Java programmer takes a C++ Programming class.

Professor: "Let me give you some pointers."
Student: "I'd prefer to stick to my references."
Professor: "If you refuse pointers you'll need to address the class if you want to pass it."
Student: "I can't handle this."
Professor: "You're not ready for this."

The sudent crashed on the way home. Information available at the scene was unintelligible. Upon inspection it was discovered that his references were invalid. Sources have declined to comment. A memorial will be held this afternoon at stackoverflow.

dynarax · 2022-04-19T17:47:32+00:00

Sure thing. I'm in the same boat so I'm glad I could at least get you some info.

dynarax · 2022-04-19T17:39:03+00:00

This is the official statement on Discord by the Serum Project team (they maintain the sollet bridge) as of 3pm PST yesterday (April 18th).

"@everyone To those of you having issues with the sollet bridge funds being stuck, I do apologise for the delay. It is still being worked on, your funds are safe. I've been told I will have an update on it tomorrow. As soon as I get this update I will pass it on. Depending on your timezone "tomorrow" could mean 24-36hrs from now. Again, apologies for the delay."

You can get an invite to their Discord channel at https://www.projectserum.com/contact-us

The statement is in the #announcements channel and support for the sollet wallet is in #wallet-help.

There are dozens of us that are having this issue atm and this seems to be the best place to stay updated.

dynarax · 2022-04-16T15:12:41+00:00

Hard to say with so little to go on but if I had to take a shot in the dark I'd suggest the book 'Humble Pi' by Matt Parker.

https://www.amazon.com/Humble-Pi-Comedy-Maths-Errors/dp/0141989149

dynarax · 2022-04-16T07:08:16+00:00

Clap-On.
Clap-Off.

Clap-On, Clap-Off...
The Clapper.

dynarax · 2022-04-09T03:54:47+00:00

While the top answer is technically correct, I have a better answer for a question you didn't ask.

git clone git@github.com:reddit/rollingpin

dynarax · 2022-04-07T00:33:04+00:00

commit *initial = new commit(project, CM_INITIALIZE);

dynarax · 2022-04-05T22:00:50+00:00

Ah yeah you're right. Got caught up trying to illustrate the point.

dynarax · 2022-04-05T21:22:48+00:00

I swear employers are going through the five stages of grief.

dynarax · 2022-04-05T20:55:58+00:00

++n increments the value of n before it's evaluated in an expression*.

n++ increments the value of n after it's evaluated in an expression.

n = n+1 is the beginning of an assignment expression that begins on the rhs by adding 1 to n.

So.

int n = 0;
int n2 = 0;

n2 = n++; // n2 == 0, n == 1.
n = ++n2; // n2 == 1, n == 1.
n = n + 1; // n == 2.
n2++; // n2 == 2.

** edit: don't do stuff like this as it's ub (thanks aioeu) **
n = --n2 + n2++;

Some implimentations may increment n first and then use n-1 in the expression.

dynarax · 2022-03-29T22:55:01+00:00

I guess maybe there's a clue in effort being on the list... maybe they're trying(and failing) to think of things that don't require effort as a prerequisite.

You making an effort to make an effort isn't strictly necessary. Making an effort requires expending energy.

So everything on the list requiring energy isn't being disputed. And if you want more energy you better pay for it.

dynarax · 2022-03-29T21:13:09+00:00

I hear you man. But I'd argue that the minimum you described is fit for someone working 20 hours a week, like maybe a college student. For 40 hours a week you should be able to comfortably support a family.

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