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We walked that back, sorry. http://eel.is/c++draft/diff.cpp20.lex#1 Change: Previously valid identifiers containing characters not present in UAX #44 properties XID_Start or XID_Co…

> I don't know how recent those versions are gcc 14 has not yet been released; going by past years, 14.1 should come out around the start of May (2024). clang 17 was released Septe…

A radially symmetric object does not produce gravitational waves, whether it is spinning or not, since it has zero quadropole moment.

The Remington No. 1 - which introduced the QWERTY layout - omitted number keys for 0 and 1; the O and I letter keys were considered sufficient. The No. 2 added a shift key, and a f…

Does Apple block imessage on rooted phones? If not, what level of device security do you really have?

ceil(0.000001) = 1 ceil(0) =... 0? Wtf? But that's a perfectly well defined function. Not every function has to be continuous.

Is there outrage when a clothes store puts the items they haven't been able to shift onto the sales rack? Is there outrage when a grocery store puts discount stickers on the food t…

Sticking gold in a vault is only a means to saving if you have a reasonable expectation that when you take it out you can use it to obtain goods and services. It is thus a disguise…

I'd be happy if they have an easier and safer commute because everyone else is staying home.

No, they couldn't. One person's savings is another person's debt. If everyone tries to save then no one can; this is the paradox of thrift.

The Russian rouble was not free floating prior to the crisis. They tried to defy the iron triangle and paid for it. This is not a problem for the USA, since other currencies are de…

It exhibits two distinct constructions both of which demonstrate that n^2 + 2 unit equilateral triangles are sufficient to cover an equilateral triangle of side n + ε. The obvious …

OpenStreetMap has the zone as a map feature: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/127782964

Try driving to get your groceries with epilepsy or a vision impairment.

Location and vision are separate senses. I'm completely aphantasic, but of course I can orient myself in remembered spaces. Fictional spaces are more difficult, but not impossible …

We write the same way an LLM does; by putting together words in the order that convention dictates. It's less of a chore if we can make them mean something by metaphor or allusion;…

Clarification: a knot is one nautical mile per hour.

The politicians are aware their messages are being read already. This just opens up existing practice and levels the field.

The referendum was advisory. The decision to leave the EU was made by parliament, not by the people. With that out of the way, you should read "EU" as being in parentheses.

The CADT model continues to demonstrate its relevance.

> Saying that people in Salt Lake should cough up enough cash to outbid the people who want to grow alfalfa to sell it to China is kinda gross It's also incredibly easy ; SLC could…

An economy needs money to be created to ensure full employment. If that money is created as loans to businesses it will result in investment; to the government, in lower taxes; to …

Yes, but instead of consumption, that alternative money would be biased towards investment or even less productive activities, such as house price speculation. Consumer credit crea…

You can use `std::array ` (which, as it happens, is a literal type) as an intermediary when performing materialization. A nice toy example is to build a comma-separated string list…