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Error handling is as important as the happy path of an application. It’s not something you sweep under the rug. The err != nil quickly turns into metrics, logs, fallback strategies…

Some more examples: int v, *w, x[5], *y[5], (*z[5])(int, int); Where v is an int, w is a pointer, x is an array, y is an array of pointers, z is an array of function pointers, etc.…

I think it’s similar to telling children to look both ways before crossing the street. If you don’t explain why, they won’t see the point and optimize by not doing it. Instead, if …

I'm doubtful the venn diagram intersection of engineers and the world cup is as big as you think it is.

I’m the Alex mentioned in the acknowledgments, feel free to ask your questions.

Yes, the () operator dereference function pointers automatically for you for convenience. There's also the surprise that you can infinitely dereference function pointers as they ju…

That is correct. int x, *p, arr[5], fn(), (*pfn)(); Using x, or dereferencing p, or subscripting the array arr, or declaring a function that can be called with fn, or dereferencing…

They're important conversations but people don't want to engage in them every second of their living lives. The point of entertainment is to be able to compartementalize and regula…

Or people are just trying to not be reminded every second of their living lives that there's one conflict or another going on. TikTok is made in China and used worldwide. Not many …

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That's fine. Not every platform has to work the same way and attract the same communities.

> "The C standard library provides malloc/free/resize" It does not provide a `resize`. You're thinking of `realloc` on hosted environments.

Okay, but put the panels on rooftops, not over that nice greenery.

That's a way to either get me to cancel my paying subscription or opt-out of all form of ad personalization out of frustration. I respect the hussle and am paying you; respect my u…

Delaying critical decisions in a project is crucial to making good decisions. They'll be made both by someone more informed (after learning all the complicated corner cases of the …

Pipelining is cool, though this could've easily just been a library with nice chaining and combinators in your language of choice (seems to be Go here).

> These new Unity per-install fees could hit developers who aren't making money There's a revenue threshold to meet to pay the fee.

C11 3.6p1 byte "addressable unit of data storage large enough to hold any member of the basic character set of the execution environment"

The width is defined as CHAR_BIT >= 8 (C11 5.2.4.2.1p1). The size, sizeof (char), is always 1.

Changes to the Standard usually happens as a result of defect reports (confusing details that implementation writers want clarity on) or vast enough general adoption (unifying how …

This is off-topic for HN and not the kind of content I want to read on here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html >> Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, o…

Tesla stock plunges 250 dollars, all four shareholders survive.

The actual typo in the URL slug is on the nose too ("worlkd").

On a similar note, the screenshot should probably put emphasis on the first bullet point "Make profile private and hide activity". What jumps to the eye right now is that second op…