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Comment · 1 month ago
I don't think "imagination" should be remotely like seeing. it's completely different than dreaming or seeing with your real eyes, I would qualify it as a "different sense" if you will.

for me, it's much less detailed unless I focus my imagination on the less detailed part.

Comment · 2 months ago
but a human doesn't attempt to make up an answer, the human knows that he doesn't know?
Comment · 2 months ago
is dangling pointers reuse memory corruption bug from out of bound index?
Comment · 2 months ago
Philadelphia is seen as a cheap product in Canada, similar category as Cheese Wizz etc.
Comment · 2 months ago
there is a big chunk of people who wouldn't afford healthcare in the USA but still have access to in Canada. I don't mind paying more taxes if this means everyone has healthcare access.
Comment · 4 months ago
I think USA'n suffers more from discomfort than European, and the gp comment is an attempt at explaining that.

this is also my experience as a north American, sweating is a no-go and they clutch AC at 18C.

Comment · 5 months ago
> Windows is also a rare bird in UTF-16.

an interesting tidbit, some Windows kernel developer realized that most registry keys are ascii anyways so they could save up to 50% space simply by storing the name as ascii. The flag is called "compressed name" and they will pad with 0x00 when reading the name to make a proper utf-16 string.

Comment · 6 months ago
that's the scenario they want to prevent. they can't force the client to use ipv4, if they connect via ipv6, they will be served an accss denied.
Comment · 7 months ago
"cancel" means cancel the last operation (e.g. "quit the program", "yes/no" is an action taken on the prompt.
Comment · 7 months ago
why would they need Copilot to insert ads on GitHub?
Comment · 8 months ago
thank you for sharing, I was trying to find something similar that explains why UTC everywhere is such a bad idea!
Comment · 3 years ago
Should Airbnb share all listings with cities so they can inspect buildings?
Comment · 4 years ago
I think dannyw meant something like this:

  # This function is defined by the system
  def validSignature(sig):
    return false

  # This function is defined by the system
  def isSignaturefromGuardian(sig):
    if sig.validator == "guardian":
      return true
    return false

  # A bug in the system compared both return values
  if validSignature(tx.sig) == signatureFromGuardian(tx.sig):
    approve()
```

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