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kittiepryde

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    Comment #47127201

    Would a safe ABI work with sandboxing the C code? I'm a bit unsure how one would construct a safe C ABI from Rust's side,

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    Comment #46825580

    I use visual studio pro and when I hit F5, my game runs in the godot ide. I can pipe the log output back to visual studio. So, I think the integration is quite good, imo. ( sorry f…

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    Comment #40514152

    Reading, 'ensuring that data is actually written and stays written is rather difficult', immediately reminded me of https://github.com/microsoft/FASTER (its not written in Go thoug…

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    Comment #39878740

    Are the people running drug companies barely scraping by?

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    Comment #37935630

    Should we shut down all efforts to generate power that uses heat, steam, and turbines?

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    Comment #36526745

    AMP made the internet on my phone work. Most sites seem to dedicate 50% or more of the screen space to advertisements and load very slowly -- AMP sites were just crazy more perform…

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    Comment #35821050

    Like making a specfic mechanic in a video game worse so they can sell the fix later on.

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    Comment #35010442

    Neat observation. I wasn't doing much programming in 2004, but, I'm guessing 2004 Python would be like today's Rust. People learn it because they love it.

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    Comment #33482128

    Do you have an educational youtube channel? Will definitely take a look if you do.

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    Comment #32973917

    You are right. Thanks for correcting me.

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    Comment #32972044

    y=x^a would be an example of an exponential equation; I guess applied to the metaphor, F=a^m

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    Comment #32924450

    Some libertarians are -- but I think they were trying to employ the slippery slope argument

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    Comment #32917120

    Relying on sites to be honest about themselves, is even less likely. There are monetary incentives for many of them not to do that. Many sites host dishonest and clickbait content …

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    Comment #32704696

    An anecdote- my mother's car was stolen, stripped for parts, and the repair shop that stole out, had it visible and out in the open the entire time, police (Virginia, Hampton area,…

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    Comment #32580346

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software#Definit... See the provided link. I am used to the source open / source available phrasing, but, I did not know the history beh…

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    Comment #32357804

    I think it would need to present at least a little bit more of the qbasic experience. A simple editor, but it still looks different from notepad, and built-in documentation, and im…

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    Comment #32203698

    I think a very intelligent alien could think the same of us. if you test the human with any known limitation of their architecture (like making conclusions or just changing the for…

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    Comment #31666528

    I don't think bluGill is entirely wrong ( as indicated by the downvoting ), the average driver believes they're better than the average, which isn't possible. But, I'm sure, the av…

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    Comment #30619374

    Capitalism (Society?) rewards unethical behaviors, as long as it's even just a little obfuscated. It's a competition for resources.

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    Comment #30469926

    McNamara Fallacy - thank you for posting this, it's extremely obvious, but seeing it in print is super helpful, and I think it's important for anyone working in a corporate setting…

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    Comment #30302736

    I'm curious about what is going on while .NET is "optimizing"? I haven't seen something like that, my laptop is AMD though? (I write .net code) Unsure how much of a difference that…

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    Comment #29973986

    https://launchandscalefaster.org/covid-19/vaccinemanufacturi... But, we could, at 12 billion doses a year already realizable, getting to 14+ isn't far fetched -- distribution and c…

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    Comment #29973951

    https://www.cell.com/trends/cancer/fulltext/S2405-8033(20)30... Looks early on, inconclusive atm, but interesting ( this is specifically applied to cancer and not a viral infection…

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    Comment #29973884

    That's not really how vaccines work. No force fields are deployed, you'll still catch COVID, but, you're immune system is now got some training in how to handle the situation. I do…