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The author should be killed for indentation alone.
0·1 day agoAccording to Merriam Webster, “thru” is an acceptable, albeit less common, variant of “through”. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thru
English is three languages wearing a trench coat and pretending to be one.
I just now realized that the word “trench” is in “trench coat”.
[…] heavy-duty fabric,[1] originally developed for British Army officers before the First World War, and becoming popular while used in the trenches, hence the name trench coat.
haet would be pronounced “heat” like in “haemoglobin” and “haematoma”
4·2 days agoDescribing the what also helps when you dabble in a new technology or little-used technology. It helps to explain to yourself what you’re doing and it helps in onboarding. “Hey, newbie, there’s a function in XYZ module that’s extensively documented. Look there for guidance.”
it is literally impossible to use regular expressions to parse languages that aren’t regular
It’s impossible to parse the whole syntax tree, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get the subset you’re interested in.
Does sqlite create a file for every page in the table or what?
0·2 days agoEven better when the thing eventually breaks
You mean when it finally does become your problem?
Forgive my ignorance. SQLite is a database software. Why would McAffee create lots of database files?
[Edit:] I’m not asking why a program needs to store data. I’m asking why that necessitates many files. One database file (or one per table) should be enough, right?
0·2 days agoAnecdotal evidence, the best kind of evidence
What are you arguing? It’s not the obligation of the driver ahead to make sure the car behind them keep their distance.
Tell me how “the aerodynamics of the car” somehow just invalidate the drag equation that clearly states that drag increases proportional to the square of the velocity. Going 160km/h rather than 130km/h increases fuel consumption by about 30%. That’s what you actually learn in driver’s ed.
Regarding “depending on the gearing” – do you realize how significant the overlap between the gears is? You don’t need to drive 10km/h faster to get into the next gear.
I think it’s very common, particularly for gamers, to want to take control of their cooling.
There’s a lot of people all over the world that would’ve never known about adblockers
I see this sentiment a lot. Is there any reliable data to support it?
It takes some real mental gymnastics to put the blame for a crash on the driver going “too slow” rather than the inattentive speeding driver who crashed into them.
I know this thread is 10 years old, but still the steps “My laptop is a bit too warm” – “Scanning for temperature sensors broke my monitor” – “
sudo i2cget -y 6 0x4f 176[WTF?!] fixed it.” are really not unlikely to happen again today. I shot xOrg trying to get control over my fans just this year.
I’ve had a few issues every time Windows updated around 2–3 years ago. Since then, neither OS cares that the other exists (thankfully).
Where is ‘here’?
I think you assume a lower proficiency level for “average user” than I do. Now that I’ve come to think about it, you’re probably right.