mhogomchungu

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Comment · 1 year ago
Raymond Cheng faced a similar situation here: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20240927-00/?p=11...

The problem boils down to usage of stack memory after the memory is given to somebody else.

Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
A passport will allow you to go from anywhere in the world to anywhere else in the world and its usually hard to get.

"An emergency travelling document" will allow you to go from anywhere in the world to ONLY your home country and its usually easier to get.

Comment · 4 years ago
Typically, its from "8:00 AM" to "4:00 PM".

In swahili time, i would say "its from hour 2 in the morning to hour 10 in the everning.

Comment · 4 years ago
Each african here and in Swahili time, the day starts at 7:00 AM and ends at 6:59PM and night starts at 7:00 PM and ends at 6:59AM.

So, I would read "12:00 AM" as "six hours into the night" since its been 6 hours since the night has started.

I would also read "12:00 PM" as "six hours into the day" since its been six hours since the day has started. Speaking it, i would say "saa 6 mchana" and the literal translation is "time 6 noon".

I and most people here always set time in AM/PM format and i always have to first convert it to swahili time before making sense of it.

Comment · 4 years ago
Problems with std::function:-

1. It can not hold move only callable objects.

2. It heap allocate stored callable object if the object is large enough.

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Comment · 6 years ago
If you loose your phone here in Tanzania, the phone company will require a police report and a copy of a photo ID(passport, drivers licence or national ID card) that matches the lost line and some will additionally ask you to remember the last few calls that was made by the lost line. All the above will have to be done person in one of many branches operated by the phone company.
Comment · 7 years ago
Native Swahili speaker here and the language cares only if its a being or not a being and for beings, it simply doesn't care if its a man, a woman, a horse, a pig or an alien with ten sexes.

Its possible to speak naturally in Swahili without revealing the gender of the person being talked about and for this reason, i find the he/she/they in English to be very strange and limiting at times.

Comment · 7 years ago
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