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Does it make any sense to place a series of landers in solar orbit, waiting for short-lived opportunities like this? I don't think we'd save much on fuel since the orbits wouldn't …

I use them with functions that have too many arguments. It's not always feasible to fix the problem at the source. damageDealt = calcDamage(weaponType, monsterType, DamageType.FIRE…

I was an awkward kid with few friends, and turned to computers because they were fascinating and more fun than interacting with people. Could be that people with [insert unusual tr…

The original post started "He says he attributes...". The author's profile suggests they would prefer "They say they attribute...".

I'm a stickler for appropriate use of literal/figurative, and I think it was used correctly here. In addition to the clarifying effect mentioned by other posters, the literal use o…

Which is great, in theory. But devices in Europe are just as accessible to Brazilians as they are to anyone else. Unless a device is locked down to local access, you can't have "sa…

for our time. I just learned this yesterday: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_for_our_time

And the beeps! I generally turn off all of the sound in my environment, and it's very distracting to hear a beep and try to figure out where it's from. The worst is WPEngine. I alr…

11% still in use?

"Of around 310 GB only about 4.5 GB is left" What is gitlab storing in their database? From what I understand, the repos were untouched by the DB problems, so what is taking up a t…

When I make a site for a client, I can't always guarantee I'll be available in 6 months, 2 years, 5 years, whatever. Using PHP and Wordpress guarantees they'll be able to find deve…

$25/mo. The $100/mo package includes up to 10 sites. https://wpengine.com/plans/

I did a month with significantly-reduced sugar last year, and for the first few days I caught of glimpse of how heroine addicts feel. I remember spending a full afternoon just thin…

There's definitely a bug in the timing. I feel like it's related to the previous round. Whenever I finished a round early, the next round timed out early. Also, it should be revamp…

Is a memory wipe any better than slavery? In a world with the technology to wipe human minds, you could say the same about us.

Totally worth it. I felt the productivity drop when I started emacs, but now I fly through editing tasks. I should probably put in the effort for vi as well, but that idea exhausts…

To be fair, Canada's not _actually_ independent yet. The queen is still our head of state, but that probably lasts only until she actually tries to act like it.

Wait, so it creates a privileged session before verifying the password? That's your problem right there. A crash in the JSON processor (or anywhere else) is a minor blip compared t…

Exception flow control is far more structured than goto. An unexpected goto can drop you anywhere in memory, with no idea how you go there or how to get back. Exceptions cause a cl…