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Valmond

@ Valmond @lemmy.dbzer0.com

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  • C++ takes decades to master

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  • What do you mean? For me, a definition is declared once, in its entirety, and that's it.

    Declaring it in several places makes no sense of course (for me at least) just include the header and voilà!

  • Pointers explained:

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  • You can't escape it, it will always get you.

  • Feels like trouble brewin

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  • Have they figured out why you get cramps nowadays? I have heard many explanations but none seems to be backed scientifically.

  • C++ takes decades to master

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  • Aah!

    Remember direct mode/protected mode? Mode 13? That 64k color buffer, aah memories :-)

  • C++ takes decades to master

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  • Worldmatrix, objectmatrix, movematrix, ... !

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  • I like c/c++ headers because you can put the "code" in one file, and use the header file in your others where you need access to that code. And you can do that on a compile level. No need to for example compile a c# library that you'll then use.

    In c# (for example) you'll include all the code in another file, when you just need one function. In c++ you include only all the definitions, if that makes sense.

    In c# it quickly becomes a garbled mess IMO.

    Sure, you can make libraries, but make libraries for every file? That's not optimal either.

    So I guess I like it as it lets you split up code on a lower level, very convenient IMO.

  • ‘More harmful than helpful’: young people sour on AI

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  • I see where you are coming from, even if I don't see a direct link between AI and hyper surveillance in your text. Personally I wager people will not only upload their holiday photos to the big corporate but share their most inner feelings with it, volunteerly...

    And, like facebook did, they'll create/generate "shadow persons" descriptors for people who are not using AI, by just using people around them.

    On a side note, art cannot be made by machines, it's intrinsic to the human mind, an expression of it. AI can rehash and redistribute it though, which is only bad for artists doing business (so that's the downside, not excusing it but machines have done that like forever, again not excusing anything).

    If we finally distributed some of the wealth automation generates we could all create art (and machines could even distribute it), but that's dreamland for now of course.

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  • I inherited a supposedly finalised "core" handling data, but only booleans were dealt with and I had to code the other ones. It was coded in template metaprogramming (MSVC & gcc 4.8 😨), just thinking about it gives me chills down the spine!

    It's a bit fascinating (and your normal template problems if you have any will vanish and your loved one will return) but it's, IMO, not for large projects 😬. Impossible to debug (not every error is caught compile time after all).

    printf was coded like that (with the variadic template "..."), I don't remember if it was libraries for the old compilers or the new ones... But that's a fun way of checking it out IMO!

  • ‘More harmful than helpful’: young people sour on AI

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  • Why do you think supercharged surveillance capitalism is intrinsic?

  • C++ takes decades to master

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  • Header files are a thing of beauty! Languages that can't abstract away definitions suck (or are like script languages, which is fine for scripting).

  • C++ takes decades to master

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  • Was Logo that turtle language?

  • C++ takes decades to master

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  • As an oldtimer myself you portray it perfectly!

    Cheers from another java loather 😁

  • Making the bed

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  • I was talking about mites, but maybe it's just a translation issue.

    And shaking it all is probably best, except if you're allergic 😁!

  • Making the bed

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  • It's also good to not make your bed, the warmth keeps the little pesky allergy generating beasts alive and reproductive (they still do, but less or so I have heard).

    If you sweat like a pig (I sometimes do), don't make your bed but hang your comforter(I guess that is the word, duvet ?) on some chair instead, and wash it when needed.

    That said, do as you please, the cops can't stop you!

  • Making the bed

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  • It says that, and more.

  • SpaceX has to grow 60x in a decade to justify a $1.75 trillion valuation. It's an impossible bar | Fortune

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  • Because the employer can get the money back I guess!

  • SpaceX has to grow 60x in a decade to justify a $1.75 trillion valuation. It's an impossible bar | Fortune

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  • That "for free" part is probably paid for by someone (invertors, rocket company, ...)

  • C++ takes decades to master

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  • Ooh been there done that, but with opengl, lol memories...

  • Engineer turns disposable vape pen into a working web server

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  • Kardashev level 1 here we goo!