echindod

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[–] echindod 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Oh. Good one. Markdown everywhere. Slack always pissed me off for it's sub par markdown support.

[–] echindod 2 points 3 months ago

Using an LLM to come up with function names for transpiled code would be a good idea, but other than that. Nope.

[–] echindod 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I was thinking about this. JKR is really a terrible writer. All of the later ret-conning to fix the plot holes is worse than just letting the plot holes lie. (like breaking all the time turners so they don't get used again).

But it is amazing how captivating these books are inspite of the fact of how poor they are. It's an imaginative world with exceptionally clear flaws, but one I want to revisit regularly.

But fuck JKR and her shitty politics.

Edit: maybe it's not technically ret-conning. But the whole two book gap or whatever is just so lazy.

[–] echindod 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Is RDJ really a good casting for Doom? I like RDJ, but, this doesn't seem like a good role for imhis usual schtick. But I am willing to admit I am wrong.

[–] echindod 1 points 4 months ago

Lonely Starbucks lovers for the win.

[–] echindod 3 points 4 months ago

I'd probably use selenium. But that depends.

[–] echindod 1 points 4 months ago

Bidet or washlet? I have a toto washlet that has a built in air dryer. Love the damn thing, but I still use a few squares of toilet paper to make sure it's completely dry.

[–] echindod 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh gawd. That would be so horrible! Is there a project o compile JavaScript to bytecode? With like LLVM? There must be, but I haven't heard of it. I shouldn't even say anything because I will be better off pretending it doesn't exist.

[–] echindod 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The Wittgensteinian Ladder. The pedagogical expedient misinformation.

[–] echindod 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh. Yeah. That's a good point. When I taught a dead language, I would tell my students that all grammars lie to you, but some of the lies are useful.

[–] echindod 3 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Or you get common misconceptions that were never facts. Like you only use 10% of your brain. I don't think science ever said that, but man the idea is/was really common.

[–] echindod 2 points 4 months ago (5 children)

It's kind of a fun idea, but as everyone has pointed out: every school is different, even of there is some centralized board of education, some times teachers just say dumb shit.

Also, when does a fact become a fact? Like, dinosaurs had feathers. It was theorized, then debated, then clarified, and now there are some reasonable consensus about it, but theropauds probably still aren't presented as having feathers in some books. And what teachers know this?

 

How do you discover system builtins for C functions? The man pages for the C functions on Linux are great, but only if you know the name of the function. Is there a way to see a detailed table of contents, or to browse Manpages on a Linux distro?

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