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Does that mean that if I have a struct with #pragma pack(push, 1) I can't use pointers to any members that don't happen to be aligned?

I wonder if it's intentional and making everyone get copilot is the goal

Speaking of new outlook, has anyone else had search just...not work? I'll search for emails sent from myself, to myself (of which I know there are hundreds) and get 7 results. Same…

I recommend this technology connections video which dives into this in wonderful detail https://youtu.be/DTsQjiPlksA?si=gx18FGOcjsv5PpNg

I gave up on the onedrive client and switched to rclone to access SharePoint at work. It's more manual but it always works! The onedrive client was great when it worked, but when i…

For what it's worth Canadian Amazon also has them DRM free

But as a consumer I don't want to have to check the price/mass in every product everything I shop, especially if I'm buying the same brand every week.

I received a similar email from Type Founders despite the fact that my website does not provide or even specify a specific font to use (besides things like size and sand serif). I …

Reminds me of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khet_(game)

I once entered 'sudo echo hi" or something similar on a large HPCC and received an email back from a sysadmin that just said "hello".

Yeah the author glossed over this a bit in my opinion. In infinite precision math you're correct, but at some point the signal in those higher frequencies is going to be reduced be…

Not GP, but 0.5% == 0.005, not 0.5.

Just to add a data point, I had trouble accessing fastmail early this morning (around 7 EDT). I haven't had any issues since then.

If they're using a botnet of compromised servers then I suspect the marginal cost is negligible.

https://github.com/apprenticeharper/DeDRM_tools works pretty well once setup. Allegedly...

I have a meteorite wedding band and we were passing it around outside the bore to feel how strong the pull was. A grad student lost their grip and the ring shot into the bore like …

My (now) wife picked out her engagement ring on Etsy. It's an antique ring with a sapphire gem. Of course that took away some of the surprise from the proposal, but we were of the …

"I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study." -Ezra Cornell. I'm not sure if they're offered anymore, but they used to have Basic Rifle Marksma…

Ah nevermind I see this was addressed in another comment.

Cool! I'd considering adding CMA-ES [1], which as far as I know is the gold standard for derivative free optimization. 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMA-ES

The author states their intent at the bottom > Author's note: Some people have read this blog as my utopia or dream of the future. It is not. It is a scenario showing where we coul…

For anyone else who had never heard this and wants some background: https://hackernoon.com/how-the-nintendo-switch-prevents-down...

It's unfortunate how (blatantly) political this announcement is written, as opposed to scientific. I think announcements from FDA/CDC etc should be about the science, not the polit…