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Boomkop3

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  • TIL about powerships, special purpose ships on which a power plant is installed to serve as a power generation resource until a local power plant is built or until high demand in power supply is over

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  • That is awesome

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  • Looking at the Rust docs, it looks like it's not much more than a difference in implementation under the hood.

    It would be clunky, but in C# you could duct tape this: make a static abstract method in an interface that takes an object named 'self', then an extension method that extends the class and just casts then runs the function with Unsafe.As<TFrom, TTo>(ref obj), or an explicitly aligned struct with overlapping values.

    I don't expect any such implementation anytime soon though :/

    ps: Typescript can go take a hike, it's a superset for a language that was never designed for this

  • TIL about powerships, special purpose ships on which a power plant is installed to serve as a power generation resource until a local power plant is built or until high demand in power supply is over

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  • That makes sense. In an earlier climate conference some oil billionaires had a similar idea, but instead to create artificial scarcity and drive energy prices up by moving the power plant to the highest bidder

  • TIL about powerships, special purpose ships on which a power plant is installed to serve as a power generation resource until a local power plant is built or until high demand in power supply is over

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  • Oh great, this terrible idea is actually going into works

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  • use an interface?

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  • You gotta know how to use it properly

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  • To preface, I think it's best to focus on what the right approaches are. Not on what to avoid. And when you see a student making a mistake, showing them how a different approach is handier (if possible) is what I suggest you do.

    Having something to point at doesn't help much

    vertical separation

    This one argues against organizing your code in a way that shares variables are in one place. There are arguments to be made either way, but normally you'd scope your variables in a way that the ones specific to a particular bit of code are not accessible from elsewhere.

    null check

    Suggest writing a custom class to do what most languages can solve with inheritance or even better: the ? syntax.

    inconsistent names / styles

    Yes, it can be annoying. No, clarity is more important than insisting on removing that extra underscore.

    complicated Boolean expression

    They're advocating the use of a function to replace an expression. Sometimes this works, but the task of a boolean expression is not always easily expressed in a couple words. And so you can end up with misleading function names. Instead, just put a comment in the code.

    callback hell

    Not even a code smell. It's an issue from back when languages like JavaScript didn't support promises yet, but callbacks were popular. Cose got hard to read with a little complexities.

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  • writing code on my phone on the train with three minutes of time, let's go and think of the worst possible solution!

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int i = 1337;

for (byte x = 0; x < 32; x++) {
    if (i & (1 << x) == 1) {
        i &= 0xFFFFFFFF ^ ( // dangit I'm out of time
    } else {
        i |= 1 << x;
        break;
    }
}

    Instead of a loop, you'd use 32 of these copy-pasted if statements and a goto :p

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  • And focussing on what not to do is not the best way to get things right

  • [Rant] wtf GitHub?!

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  • Good job! I don't see another comment

  • [Rant] wtf GitHub?!

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  • Ahh, yep that one is rather important and often overlooked

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  • Software security or copilot training dataset security?

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  • Get a vpn to europe and try to claim your newfound right to be forgotten?

  • Pointers for writing software tutorials

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  • I didn't get that in school, perhaps we're in a different country or something. It's not about being engaging or following a guideline. It's about setting goals and checking if you achieved them.

    Every audience is different, every student learns at their own way and pace. A one size fits all solution doesn't exist. Some presentations may be awesome, but that takes more than just a good script and slideshow

  • Those who live outside Europe. What are things Europeans are not ready to hear.

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  • It does, about 42000 of them just in the patent holding company alone

  • You were buzzed. You went on social media and made some comments that you would never post if you were sober. The next day do you run back and delete them all?

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  • That's probably got more to do with the sugar high often associated. Chocolate, tea, cola, and more contain caffeine. I just have simple caffeine tablets on my desk.

    Zolpidem* and others are not over the counter medications, at least not here. You need a prescription to get them, it's kinda sad thinking how many people depend on medication to then run into situations like this.

    *Ambien is just expensive Zolpidem with a brand name on it

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  • ...and the evil rowboat

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  • I'm not, it's not a secret. As for deleted comments, they're mostly just stuff I deleted because I forgot to double check a fact and realised I was wrong after posting

  • You were buzzed. You went on social media and made some comments that you would never post if you were sober. The next day do you run back and delete them all?

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  • A high on caffeine does not make you less alert. Sleep deprivation might though