Callbacks and decorators are fine, but callbacks/decorators to a function which itself takes a function pointer and returns another function pointer are crazy.

I’ve thankfully never had to use recursive callbacks or decorators, but it seems like it could very quickly become difficult to keep track of.

If you actually use code like this you’re insane.

Agreed. I don’t understand the people who claim it’s easier to work with, or better for prototyping.

Automatic typing exists. Type casting exists and is even handled automatically in some scenarios. Languages like java and C# can manage memory for you, and have the same portability and runtime requirement as python.

Prototyping in python and then moving to another language later makes no sense to me at all.

I think it’s context dependent.

The field is called mathematics, but I see math as a short form of mathematic or mathematical.

Calling something a ‘math’ question or a ‘maths’ question both make sense. But something like “I hate math” sounds like you hate a singular mathematic, which sounds weirder to me than “I hate maths” (the field).

Filters are nice too, if you’re here for escapism rather than news.

Not sure if it was a plasma issue or a wayland issue, but I tried it last year and had trouble with cursor locking.

Virtualbox had issues with the input being intermittent, and my mouse would move off the screen while gaming.

It might be fixed now, but I don’t plan on trying it again for another few years, because what I’m using works for me.

I would argue that unless you’re specifically trying to learn a new language, you should use whatever language you’re most effective in.

If that happens to be C++, use it.

They don’t put the gaydar on at all times, otherwise it would be too obvious.

You can blame @Mubelotix@jlai.lu for that one.

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How, It, FEELS. to Find a PENNY!
oh MY god. Wow.

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my CAT. is so, cute!

Careful, they might call you a nazi for saying that

Are you suggesting that the algorithms for every website are pro-trump?

Algorithms mostly care about profit and user engagement.
Go check the front page of reddit and see how most political posts are about trump’s/america’s fuck ups.

They don’t ever browse the internet?
They never watch tv?
And they never have conversations with somebody who has?

I’d assume the average american has a rough idea of what’s going on. You’d have to try pretty hard to avoid it.

Of course people are going to prioritise their daily issues and the things that directly affect them, but don’t pretend that nobody ever gets spare time. There wouldn’t be multi-billion dollar media companies if that were the case.

It just seems like people prefer media consumption / escapism over education.

Yes! Another one is ‘the sniff’.
There’s been so many times when I walk past somebody and they do that weird outward sniff thing, like they want me to know they’re there.

I guess I forgot to mention that those platforms usually require you to sign NDA’s that prevent you from releasing any code that references their SDK.
This makes it impossible to license your entire project as GPL/AGPL, as you would be breaking the NDA.

Using a GPL library will require you to re-license your entire project as GPL, regardless of whether you made a change or not.

LGPL is a bit better, because it allows you to dynamically link the library. But you’re required to provide a copy of source for the library, and any users must be able to swap the built library with their own copy.

Eg; you can use an AGPL-licensed .dll in your closed-source windows program, because users can swap that .dll easily.

You can’t do the same for a ps5 game because users aren’t able to replace any files that the game uses.

If you’re developing software for a platform that doesn’t allow users to replace dynamic libraries (game consoles, iOS, many embedded/commercial systems), you won’t be able to legally use any GPL or AGPL libraries.

While I strongly agree with the motives behind copyleft licenses, I personally never use them because I’ve had many occasions where I was unable to use any available library for a specific task because they all had incompatible licenses.

I release code for the sole purpose of allowing others to use it. I don’t want to impose any restrictions on my fellow developers, because I understand the struggle it can bring.

Even for desktop programs, I prefer MIT or BSD because it allows others to take snippets of code without needing to re-license anything.

Yes I understand that means anyone can make a closed-source fork, but that doesn’t bother me.
If I wanted to sell it I might care, but I would have used a different license for a commercial project anyway.

Hannah Montana Linux is always a good start

Ughh I fucking hate when this happens.
I get that you can’t load everything at once, but put some placeholder stuff there so the link I’m about to click doesn’t shift halfway down the page a millisecond before I click.

Ah fair enough, can’t argue with personal preference.
You sure you weren’t using waterfox classic though? That has a more dated UI than the current version.

I personally use librewolf anyway, but waterfox is still a pretty decent step up from Firefox, privacy-wise.