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- Sun Feb 10, 2019 6:58 pm UTC
- Forum: Coding
- Topic: Coding: Fleeting Thoughts
- Replies: 9924
- Views: 1882887
Re: Coding: Fleeting Thoughts
I suspect something other than ~500 line text files are being committed...
- Sun Feb 10, 2019 1:31 am UTC
- Forum: Coding
- Topic: Coding: Fleeting Thoughts
- Replies: 9924
- Views: 1882887
Re: Coding: Fleeting Thoughts
git fsck?
I suspect you're probably fine if git didn't complain during the operation.
Try cloning it elsewhere from that repo, and then diff the working trees.
I suspect you're probably fine if git didn't complain during the operation.
Try cloning it elsewhere from that repo, and then diff the working trees.
- Wed Jan 30, 2019 5:57 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: British EU referendum in June [update: Leave wins 52% - 48%, politics ensue]
- Replies: 1296
- Views: 206200
Re: British EU referendum in June [update: Leave wins 52% - 48%, politics ensue]
Nobody is surprised at the EU's response at this stage.
The hope is that it will not be the response later on.
The hope is that it will not be the response later on.
- Tue Jan 22, 2019 10:00 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: British EU referendum in June [update: Leave wins 52% - 48%, politics ensue]
- Replies: 1296
- Views: 206200
Re: British EU referendum in June [update: Leave wins 52% - 48%, politics ensue]
Parliament stripped her of her ability to dissolve it whenever she wanted, back in 2011(?).
That was the main tool (that was never used anyway).
That was the main tool (that was never used anyway).
- Tue Jan 22, 2019 12:12 am UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: British EU referendum in June [update: Leave wins 52% - 48%, politics ensue]
- Replies: 1296
- Views: 206200
Re: British EU referendum in June [update: Leave wins 52% - 48%, politics ensue]
You've been told you have to eat one of three choices of meal. All three meals are piles of shit. Actual shit. There is nothing good that will come from eating a plate of excrement. How easy would it be for you to pick a meal to eat? You tell the 50% of the country who are shiteaters to go to hell,...
- Mon Jan 21, 2019 6:03 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: British EU referendum in June [update: Leave wins 52% - 48%, politics ensue]
- Replies: 1296
- Views: 206200
Re: British EU referendum in June [update: Leave wins 52% - 48%, politics ensue]
You've been told you have to eat one of three choices of meal.
All three meals are piles of shit. Actual shit.
There is nothing good that will come from eating a plate of excrement.
How easy would it be for you to pick a meal to eat?
All three meals are piles of shit. Actual shit.
There is nothing good that will come from eating a plate of excrement.
How easy would it be for you to pick a meal to eat?
- Sun Jan 20, 2019 11:38 pm UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: My Pokemanz, let me show you them...
- Replies: 547
- Views: 135835
Re: My Pokemanz, let me show you them...
So last week I did something I never thought I would do - I bought Pokemon: Let's Go Eevee. And I mostly enjoyed it; this is the closest I think I've been to 8 year old me (not many games can bridge a 20 year gap). It is essentially a retelling of the original Gen 1 games, with some of the new mecha...
- Sat Jan 19, 2019 1:08 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: British EU referendum in June [update: Leave wins 52% - 48%, politics ensue]
- Replies: 1296
- Views: 206200
Re: British EU referendum in June [update: Leave wins 52% - 48%, politics ensue]
Wait, walking back Brexit is still an option? Why hasn't that been chosen, since the vast majority of Pro-Brexit politicians have stepped down at this point? The UK appears to have the power, in the eyes of the European Court of Justice (at least, unofficially, without a full ruling), to unilateral...
- Mon Jan 14, 2019 12:41 pm UTC
- Forum: Mathematics
- Topic: Math: Fleeting Thoughts
- Replies: 408
- Views: 135976
Re: Math: Fleeting Thoughts
gmalivuk wrote:One's son shouldn't be one's sibling...
I've got some friends that may argue against that.
Spoiler:
- Mon Jan 07, 2019 10:16 am UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Stellaris - MOO3 the bettering
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6216
Re: Stellaris - MOO3 the bettering
Semi-arbitrary end-game conditions are a mixed bag - on the one hand, managing the transition from long-term development to short-term points-grab is a significant strategic choice. On the other hand, the points-grab phase and the hard cut-off mean that having a star empire that would collapse the ...
- Sat Jan 05, 2019 10:58 pm UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Stellaris - MOO3 the bettering
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6216
Re: Stellaris - MOO3 the bettering
... but then someone decided that the game was done. Second place is not so bad for the first try! I think the default "end-game" year is 2500 - so once there's no galactic crisis (Prethoyrn Scourge or the like), the game will declare a winner there (you can see the standings at any time ...
- Wed Nov 21, 2018 7:55 pm UTC
- Forum: Coding
- Topic: Coding: Fleeting Thoughts
- Replies: 9924
- Views: 1882887
Re: Coding: Fleeting Thoughts
So, in C++... "foo" and "bar" are C (and we can compile both). However "app" appears to be C++ (we don't have the secret sauce) and was distributed with its own version of "foo". >> What happens with the symbol collisions? If v1 and v2 have a different API/AB...
- Tue Nov 20, 2018 11:46 pm UTC
- Forum: Coding
- Topic: Coding: Fleeting Thoughts
- Replies: 9924
- Views: 1882887
Re: Coding: Fleeting Thoughts
My knowledge of the details of dynamic linking is limited; I don't really know what happens when "dlopen" is called. But the following situation occurs with some program at work, and my intuition tells me that "bad things" could happen. There exists an application (call it "...
- Tue Nov 20, 2018 11:22 pm UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Gaming fleeting thoughts
- Replies: 696
- Views: 129378
Re: Gaming fleeting thoughts
Dino D-Day was a thing, once. Very briefly.
- Fri Nov 16, 2018 1:58 pm UTC
- Forum: Movies and TV Shows
- Topic: Detective Pikachu- Not A Prank
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1348
Re: Detective Pikachu- Not A Prank
I'll be honest, this is the most interested I've been in a film for a long time. Not excited, not hopeful, but interested in a "identifying body parts after a catastrophic aeronautical crash can be interesting" way. Could be fun. Also, I think the furry Pikachu looks great, but I don't thi...
- Fri Nov 02, 2018 10:53 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: In other news... (humorous news items)
- Replies: 15072
- Views: 2482401
Re: In other news... (humorous news items)
As far as £50 notes, there's also a criminal bias in that they're beyond what many normal, sane, law-abiding individuals might wish to carry in one papery-item. Even if you're paying £200 quid in cash for something, get 10 Twenties from the petty-cash (FCVO 'petty') or ATM to pay it. There's little...
- Mon Sep 24, 2018 10:37 am UTC
- Forum: Coding
- Topic: Coding: Fleeting Thoughts
- Replies: 9924
- Views: 1882887
Re: Coding: Fleeting Thoughts
How terrible is this? try: # bunch of method calls on objects from modules mod_1_object.call_1() mod_2_object.other_call() mod_1_object.call_2() # some stuff mod_1_object.call_4() mod_2_object.call_3() except: e_t, e_v, e_tb = sys.exc_infO() if any(mod_1.__file__ in trace for trace in traceback.form...
- Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:52 pm UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: World Cup 2018!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4344
Re: World Cup 2018!
England won a penalty shootout. Nothing else matters any more. Warning: I probably don't actually know my Netmeg from my Away Leg. The above is hardly pundit-quality predicting. ;) Go here and sound "informed": https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-world-cup-predictions/ ;) (Although i...
- Wed Jun 27, 2018 4:29 pm UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: World Cup 2018!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4344
Re: World Cup 2018!
Assuming Brazil win their group, then the winner of Belgium v England is placed in the same quarter as Brazil, which isn't exactly desirable (the other quarter doesn't have any power house teams). But I don't think either team would want to take the morale hit losing a game might bring, particularly...
- Wed Jun 27, 2018 4:04 pm UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: World Cup 2018!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4344
Re: World Cup 2018!
Germany are done, but it isn't enough for South Korea - Sweden and Mexico to qualify from the group with Sweden at the top. I'm cautiously optimistic for England, but disappointment is part-and-parcel of the World Cup as an Englishman - my optimism will undergo adjustment after their match against B...
- Tue Jun 12, 2018 8:25 pm UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Quake Champions
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6959
Re: Quake Champions
Just like the railgun at 13 minutes. Maybe I missed, but it felt like at least one of those should have connected ... I care about netcode. When I or my opponent have missing packets, what does the game do about it? It seemed that when you lose connection, you stop and become invulnerable. I wouldn...
- Tue Jun 12, 2018 6:43 pm UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Quake Champions
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6959
Re: Quake Champions
https://youtu.be/GSYbP__YKi4 How did I miss that guy with the lightning gun at 10:35? Either my connection had died, in which case my client should have been telling me I got those hits anyway? Or his connection had died, and he was now invincible. Then the next thing I know he shot me and did dama...
- Mon Jun 11, 2018 9:24 am UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Gaming fleeting thoughts
- Replies: 696
- Views: 129378
Re: Gaming fleeting thoughts
The thing I found with the Witcher 3 is that it was pretty tough early on. Levels were slow to come and you'd frequently run into groups of ghouls and things at double your level. Then once you get to about level 10 or so, the game sort of becomes easy - you get access to a lot more quests near your...
- Mon Jun 11, 2018 9:15 am UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Quake Champions
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6959
Re: Quake Champions
The $30 version unlocks all champions, including future releases - I suspect the free version does not, but I cannot clarify myself. But worth testing I guess, it's not like it costs anything. Edit: I didn't watch the E3 announcement but, according to reddit, the trial download will unlock two champ...
- Sat Jun 09, 2018 3:53 pm UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Quake Champions
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6959
Re: Quake Champions
So Sacrifice turned out to be a lot of fun, if a bit painful for solo-queue. But the community is still pining for CTF, so that may come in and replace it. Right now, Sac has been dropped from match making games, but is still available for custom games. The two biggest problems with the Sacrifice ga...
- Tue May 22, 2018 4:17 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: Trump presidency
- Replies: 8352
- Views: 699183
Re: Trump presidency
I suspect you are conflating "left" with "authoritarian" and "right" with "libertarian" as many on the American right do these days, when those charts are explicitly listing them separately. "Left-Right" lines are not consistent between countries or...
- Thu May 17, 2018 8:34 pm UTC
- Forum: Movies and TV Shows
- Topic: Deadpool 2
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3261
Re: Deadpool 2
I can't find any reference to Joi Harris stating she was not comfortable attempting the stunt that ended her life, nor that she was forced, and none saying Reynolds was responsible for hiring her. I can find plenty saying she wasn't qualified and that another, more experienced, stuntwoman was ready ...
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:33 pm UTC
- Forum: Language/Linguistics
- Topic: Regional Dialect and Idiolect Oddities (pronunciation)
- Replies: 941
- Views: 258019
Re: Regional Dialect and Idiolect Oddities (pronunciation)
No, fillet rhymes with billet or skillet.
I had no idea that it was pronounced differently in American accent.
I had no idea that it was pronounced differently in American accent.
- Wed Mar 28, 2018 11:20 am UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: In other news... (humorous news items)
- Replies: 15072
- Views: 2482401
Re: In other news... (humorous news items)
It is enough to just get on a tall building and verify to can see farther off to prove the world is not flat. Maybe it's oblong, maybe it changes from places to place, but it would definitively prove it's not flat. Nah, clearly that's just due to the atmosphere being thinner at higher altitudes, so...
- Tue Mar 27, 2018 1:58 pm UTC
- Forum: Coding
- Topic: Coding: Fleeting Thoughts
- Replies: 9924
- Views: 1882887
Re: Coding: Fleeting Thoughts
There's extensive documentation about the calculation and interpretation of those values. I bet you haven't produced a single UML diagram, barely did any testing, and there's zero documentation, so your 700 loc aren't finished yet. To be fair, it has had zero testing. And basically no error handlin...
- Tue Mar 27, 2018 12:30 pm UTC
- Forum: Coding
- Topic: Coding: Fleeting Thoughts
- Replies: 9924
- Views: 1882887
Re: Coding: Fleeting Thoughts
*Spends a few days writing code at work* me@work:project$ sloccount src ... Total Physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC) = 700 Development Effort Estimate, Person-Years (Person-Months) = 0.14 (1.65) ... Total Estimated Cost to Develop = $18,578 So where's my cut of that $18k?
- Tue Mar 06, 2018 9:53 pm UTC
- Forum: Food
- Topic: The Liquor Thread
- Replies: 1265
- Views: 264745
Re: The Liquor Thread
So I recently obtained a bottle of "Cornish Moonshine" (it's a name, Google will find it) - it's 35% abv with an overpowering apple taste (it has "Apple Pie" written on the bottle - I'm guessing some apple juice was added after distillation?). It's way too sweet for me, so I don'...
- Thu Mar 01, 2018 11:00 pm UTC
- Forum: The Help Desk
- Topic: PyPI [resolved]
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4901
Re: PyPI
... huh. That seems a bit weird. Is there a way to do things so that I don't have to have that line in my __init__.py, or even not have the __init__.py at all? Directories with an __init__.py file are packages - you need the __init__.py file for python to recognise your directory as a package. Othe...
- Thu Mar 01, 2018 10:01 pm UTC
- Forum: The Help Desk
- Topic: PyPI [resolved]
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4901
Re: PyPI
>>> import labmath.labmath >>> labmath.labmath.gcd <function gcd at 0x7f880b94f9d8> Your package is labmath, which contains a module called labmath. In the __init__.py of your package, put: from labmath.labmath import * >>> import labmath >>> labmath.gcd <function gcd at 0x7f7b70e846a8>
- Mon Feb 26, 2018 2:21 pm UTC
- Forum: Coding
- Topic: code for melting computer
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7216
Re: code for melting computer
As other commenters have said, modern computers are pretty good at turning off before they get too hot, so any serious damage requires getting around the safety mechanisms first. There have been exploits that enable code to be executed under Intel's System Management Mode - a highly privileged mode...
- Thu Feb 15, 2018 12:21 pm UTC
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: Least Recognisable Acronym
- Replies: 68
- Views: 5687
Re: Least Recognisable Acronym
HIGNFY - Have I Got News For You (BBC panel show) StA:GoB2:DF - Slaves to Armok: God of Blood Chapter 2: Dwarf Fortress (full name for the game Dwarf Fortress) ASoIaF: GOT - A Song of Ice and Fire: A Game of Thrones (first book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, which in turn is more famously kno...
- Mon Jan 08, 2018 10:41 am UTC
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Copper in vacuum thermos
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3179
Re: Copper in vacuum thermos
Copper has antimicrobial properties - maybe that's the point?
- Fri Jan 05, 2018 11:40 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1938: "Meltdown and Spectre"
- Replies: 36
- Views: 7321
Re: 1938: "Meltdown and Spectre"
I think this, like rowhammer, shows mostly that we are getting sufficiently good at software security that attackers have to exploit the hardware. Actually, Heartbleed is only about 2 months older than rowhammer. Who needs hardware exploits when you only have to press backspace 28 times? http://hma...
- Thu Jan 04, 2018 4:37 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: In other news... (humorous news items)
- Replies: 15072
- Views: 2482401
Re: In other news... (humorous news items)
"Spectre", the other vulnerability I mentioned, has some interesting implications. It doesn't seem as bad as Meltdown, it doesn't cross privilege levels, but it's also kinda worse. It's much harder to fix (there doesn't appear to be an OS level workaround at the moment), affects pretty muc...
- Thu Jan 04, 2018 1:43 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: In other news... (humorous news items)
- Replies: 15072
- Views: 2482401
Re: In other news... (humorous news items)
Reminds me of the Pentium Bug . (Ok, so it's different at its core(s), but the whole software fix and recall thing…) There was speculation as to the cause going around for the past couple of days, but we have details now. There are a couple of vulnerabilities here, but the "Intel specific"...