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drycabinet

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    Comment #40387980

    Does finding the number of unique elements in a set actually require comparison of each element with everything else? Can't you use a hashtable? For every element, add it to the ta…

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    Comment #40373276

    That part of the man page sounds confusing. Is it unconditional and enabled by default?

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    Comment #40314637

    NASA knew that people new that planetariums existed, so they didn't paint a realistic sky because people would think they used a planetarium. Game theory!

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    Comment #40314606

    Wait until you switch to unions in rust and ask yourself whether it is a union or a struct.

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    Comment #40314438

    Wikipedia has something interesting on this (how unions can be implemented using "class hierarchy in object-oriented programming"): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_union#Class…

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    Comment #40185891

    Is RISC-V technically superior or is it just about the license?

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    Comment #40185878

    Might sound surprising until you remember there used to be Lisp Machines.

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    Comment #40182151

    But some random word in its response can trigger an idea in your mind. Getting an idea from a conversation is not always about getting it directly. It's already in you and you just…

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    Comment #40182116

    No pipe organ in any of these?

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    Comment #40182086

    Maybe a stupid question, but how do you compare this against GPT-based search engines?

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    Comment #40182029

    example: apply typo-fix PRs as commits by the maintainer, so that only those who are genuine will submit those.

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    Comment #40182005

    Any examples other than Scientific Linux?