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Responsibility sink.

> tesla does not need to advertise

What do you think Elon's shenanigans are exactly?

> 2x memory looks like a naive implementation of just allocating an std::string from heap for each line. Due to heap fragmentation and various overhead it would quickly blow up.

Looks more line Qt's internal UTF-16 encoding in this case.

"Recycling" means "the landfill is on the other half of the globe".

> Barcode scanners are hilariously bad

Aren't they just USB HID (previously: serial) devices that literally just output key codes for the numbers detected?

In the Challenger case, the bad information has been deliberately hidden within the structure. They could just as well have pulled it up in the structure.

It's like saying variable font sizes are inherently bad because due to them, contracts can have small print sections.

A small set standardized data structures (vectors, maps) would do so much good for C.

For me, The Witcher 3 and Red Dead Redemption had the most compelling environments. I spent probably half of my play time just walking-riding around.

> it's a book filled with solutions to imaginary problems.

Have you even read it? I'd say it has more deep real world examples than almost any other SW engineering book I've read.

Obligatory plug for Simon Tatham's (the author of Putty) puzzle application.

Love it!

Trade shows are a particular kind of crazy.

> Nobody is forcing anyone to partake in this new technology.

Like I wasn't forced to participate in the resolution and the fallout of the housing crash?