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Using a plug-in hybrid as an EV can and will wear out the drive battery over the lifetime of the car. It doesn't even matter if you don't intend to keep the car for very long as a …

Related to this, GNU's libstdc++ shared_ptr implementation actually opts not to use atomic arithmetic when it infers that the program is not using threads.

Even with a 5" screen, it was bigger than for example iPhone 17 in every single dimension due to its hefty bezels (and not insignificantly so; iPhone 17 is closer in width to iPhon…

While it is true that only class types have member functions in C++, that does not mean that objects of other types demand the use of macros. C++ also supports non-member functions…

How could you ever continue after the second statement without checking if you actually read an integer or not? How would you know what you can do with a?

from_chars_result closely matches the strtol line of functions we've had for decades. Not returning the end position would be weird here!

Well, obviously it doesn't have parentheses. It's not like this is the only instance where adding parentheses affects the end result. You could write even more complex declarators …

ABP was initially released almost a full decade before UBO was a thing (although I don't know if the Chrome version is related), so I wouldn't judge someone for just using it...

It will eventually not matter, but I didn't suggest using a single file.

Why does everything have to fit in the memory all of a sudden? Open files, there's your infinite tape.

The Finnish caption is quite a bit worse than "all your base are belong to us" type of invalid grammar. Translating it back, even with best intentions (ignoring the naive attempt o…

A lot of folks write char const * (and T const& in C++), and the "rule of thumb" is to read the declaration right to left. In this case, pointer (to) const char. Works also with mu…

Block heaters can be used to heat the engine coolant (and afterwards the cabin) with or without running the engine. I doubt any cars have special batteries for these (even a drive …

While writing a fancy word counter I learnt that glibc iswspace (or the glibc locale data) actually does not consider non-breaking spaces as, well, spaces even when using a Unicode…

This thread stinks of cabbage to high heaven. Can you actually fool even yourselves anymore? Russians have lost the war a long time ago, it's barely a nasty procession that's left.…

The type of the expression 'x' is int, not char (in C). The type of an expression consisting of a variable name is the type of the variable (as far as sizeof is concerned).

The 2000 kcal reference (which I assume you're referring to) isn't for "an average man", but for an average person. For an average man, the reference value would be somewhere betwe…

>They are demonstrably and objectively not “fine” Aka "my opinions are the objective viewpoint". >They are the primary destructive force in society Hyperbolic nonsense. Today's mob…

That may have been the case sometime between the World Wars, but the only reason you'd do that these days is if you particularly enjoy visiting the shop. Modern oils can easily las…

A local community had a rather similar programming challenge years ago (although it was limited to digits-only/letters-only and pi-digits categories). I revisited the challenge som…

Fuel-type block heaters heat the cabin as well (they turn on ventilation once the coolant has warmed enough). Electric heaters are meant to be used with a cabin heater that uses th…

You only have one life. If you want to spend it using public transport, going through places you aren't visiting and stopping at stops you are not leaving at, then go right ahead (…

Wonder no more: at least clang does, since around v3.5. https://godbolt.org/z/jEq5xbMna

From what I have seen, VAG DCT models tend to be invariably less efficient than their MT counterparts (and I don't know why ZF-8 would be more efficient than a DCT).