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compilercrim.es
Fitting a Forth in 512 bytes
Software is full of circular dependencies if you look deep enough. Compilers
written in the language they compile are the most obvious example, but not the
only one. To compile a kernel, you need a running kernel. Linkers, build
systems, shells. Even text…
written in the language they compile are the most obvious example, but not the
only one. To compile a kernel, you need a running kernel. Linkers, build
systems, shells. Even text…
A comparison of jokes between Daggerfall and Starfield to demonstrate how out of touch Bethesda has become
https://nypost.com/2024/10/30/media/abc-mistakenly-airs-fake-election-results-declaring-harris-winner-of-key-swing-state/
Pretty weird. "It's a test!" Why would you then choose who wins and declare it? This is very dangerous not just for trust in public voting, but harmful to both campaigns. This hurts Harris by inferring she's cheating, and hurts Trump by labelling his followers conspiracy theorists for finding this odd.
In reality, they should never have even put such text in a file, there is too much liability and too much risk especially in a digital age where voting is already facing such heavy scrutiny.
It makes no sense to randomly generate numbers and base a scenario off of it, this is very dangerous that such practices are even being done, and I hope that more information comes out about this.
Pretty weird. "It's a test!" Why would you then choose who wins and declare it? This is very dangerous not just for trust in public voting, but harmful to both campaigns. This hurts Harris by inferring she's cheating, and hurts Trump by labelling his followers conspiracy theorists for finding this odd.
In reality, they should never have even put such text in a file, there is too much liability and too much risk especially in a digital age where voting is already facing such heavy scrutiny.
It makes no sense to randomly generate numbers and base a scenario off of it, this is very dangerous that such practices are even being done, and I hope that more information comes out about this.
New York Post
ABC station mistakenly airs election results declaring Harris winner...
WNEP-TV said that the results came up on the screen in "error" and that they had been "randomly generated"
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The Rust Programmer is basically a modern class of Eunuchs which has taken a vow of celibacy in order to serve as dedicated functionaries to their elite masters.
They do have shorter lifespan, but you can generally trust them not to creep on your girl, though perhaps not children.
They do have shorter lifespan, but you can generally trust them not to creep on your girl, though perhaps not children.
Deputy Sheriff The Viking Programmer
I must say, this has been me a lot for the last many years. I'm almost to the point of just having a Forth OS over some basic hardware, doing wireless drivers for IRC and using bridges, using ham radio for local coms and just shutting off access to the modern…
Re: you can actually get a lot done with a lawn tractor i.e a riding lawn mower if you remove the deck.
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Completely true though. By the history of a definition of a (software) "bug", a bug really did creep up into the system unnoticeably. But the modern software we write isn't getting infested with bugs - it is infested with programmer's errors and he is fully responsible for them. He ought to do his best and use appropriate tools for the purpose.
At the time of writing this I remembered another quote of Dijkstra: "If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in". Bugs are not creeping up to the codebase - we are putting them in.
At the time of writing this I remembered another quote of Dijkstra: "If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in". Bugs are not creeping up to the codebase - we are putting them in.
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Medicalxpress
Memories are not only in the brain, human cell study finds
It's common knowledge that our brains—and, specifically, our brain cells—store memories. But a team of scientists has discovered that cells from other parts of the body also perform a memory function, ...