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24,200karma·4,492submissions·December 27, 2014
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I said this after reading this conversation [0] on comp.os.plan9 about rc. Though it does appear that I misread that as well. However, my point was that it seems like the shift away from Plan 9 or 9fr…
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I've been reading about Plan 9 lately but I am still missing why exactly (or more-or-less) Plan 9 (and Research Unix, similarly) fell out? From what I've read it seems like the lack of ubiqu…
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Took a look at Locust before and did not find it as useful or generic as ApacheBench or Httperf (by HP). Locust felt a little too cutesy and high-level for most of the work I wanted to do - which was …
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Hate to ask the stupid question, but I've been wondering and it seems to be along the same lines... Why can't this be valid? int f;
f = 2; To me this says, there is an int pointer f. Let f…
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Hmm, perhaps this reflects the model of phone with which I was using RW? I used the Moto G. Definitely not the top-of-the-line even for RW.
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To be honest I really don't recommend it. With RW, they will force you to join any nearby Wifi network - even if it requires you to accept its ToS and you haven't done this. So if you are wa…
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I had been using Republic Wireless for the past year. It also tries to keep you in WiFi (at all costs). This is in return for a flat rate of $30/mo with unlimited text, talk, and data. (Data gets…
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Did not watch the video, is this about Bluespec?
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Certainly! I noticed is assertion and was confused - until I checked the year. Then I listed some of the points relating to my confusion. What is apparent is that I am just missing some historical con…
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"One reason is that the average skill level of programmers who know Ruby is higher than those who know Java, for example." Had to double check the year on this one. Things must certainly hav…
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I don't understand the reasoning here, or you would benefit from dependent types. I am /also/ absolutely sure that /everything/ will shut down in X(company) years.
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It is easy enough to just write a shim. Google "bootstrap zepto shim" to get you started.
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Oh cool, I see! Thanks for the explanation.
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I am not getting the "Obama + Russia - USA = Putin" piece nor the "King + Woman - Man" bit either. Nothing particularly meaningful came up on a search for the latter. Could someone…