Only if it’s performance sensitive. Otherwise you’re wasting programmer time both writing and reading the code, and you’ve made it less maintainable with more complexities where bugs can creep in.
The vast majority of the time you can afford a few wasted bits.
Honestly though I don’t quite understand why a compiler couldn’t optimise this process. Like it knows what a boolean is, surely it could reduce them down to bits.
Honestly it’s not that Gabe or Valve is a FOSS champion, it’s just that FOSS is the only viable alternative to a potential Windows walled garden, so it’s what they used.
If SteamOS plays a significant role in killing Windows, the credit will still belong to the FOSS movement. They are the ones that laid the ground for SteamOS to stand on, and they are the ones who ensured it couldn’t be fenced in once more.
Is the CEO trying to short the stock or are they just that out of touch?
Hm, looking it up I think you’re right.
I still think it’s kind of wild that we’ve noticed these things are linked to higher “justice sensitivity”, and as a society we still insist that those people are disordered.
Like, maybe there’s a link between having the kind of “disorder” that our hypernormative society punishes for not fitting its far too rigid systems, and being sensitive to injustice.
It’s like breaking someone’s finger and then noting that that person has high “digital sensitivity”. Like no, they have an injury, being sensitive where the injury happened is to be expected, actually.
“Justice sensitivity” as a symptom of a disorder is fucking wild. Like they really said, “This person doesn’t roll over and take all the systemic abuse. We keep telling them it’s a normal amount of abuse but they don’t accept it. This is their problem.”
Honestly the big mistake Starship Troopers made was making them win the fight. The only thing a fascist understands as a repudiation of their worldview is if it is shown to be weak, but beware, that will piss them off.
And funnily enough, most corporate movie studios aren’t going to take a risk like that. Having a movie where we follow human protagonists to their defeat at the hands of aliens is not ever going to fly in most of the conservative US, so the studio will play it safe and pander to the fascists.
Almost like fascists’ entire thing is just to worm their way into influence within a liberal capitalist democracy, and their actions are tuned very well to that end.
I hate it, but as a person with a lot of technical requirements on my software and system, there are use cases that I simply cannot use linux for. I’m developing a mod for Satisfactory right now, and a conversation I saw in the community was about how nobody has ever gotten the dev environment running in linux. That and other use cases make it virtually impossible for me to switch.
And dual booting is a non-starter. I’m not going to reboot my entire system just to check my email because I don’t trust windows with my login details. That’s absurd. I need access to those things all the time and I’m not going to keep a second high-maintenance system on hand out of a sense of principle.
Virtualising is also a non-starter because I need every little bit of performance I can get out of my machine, and again, operating a second high maintenance system which the original system now sits atop an extra stack which itself requires maintenance… yeah, no, I have things that need to be done. If one day I can afford to have a second gaming machine set up to tinker with then maybe, but that’s asking a lot.
The user unfriendliness of linux is not a selling point. If you want to make an actual difference to our technological ecosystem and break the windows monopoly then it should matter to you that most people aren’t technically proficient enough to use linux without extra help, because that guarantees it’s never going to succeed at that goal.
Well as pointed out elsewhere in this thread, this person is very much not working class.
What would make the British especially immune to having shitty upper classmen? They had a world-spanning empire and they still have an actual king.
Sorry, but for a just world, you need a class war. The rich & powerful need the system to oppress almost everyone on the planet so they can continue to profit. No class war would be great, but they are already fighting it, and we will never be free of it until we win.
Musk & Bezos, if you could ever get them in a room, would have no patience to hear you out. They are committed to the notion that they are special and you are a worthless peon because they have all of the money & power and you don’t. They would rage at you for even suggesting a change that makes the peons less poor, because they don’t think we “deserve” it. They think we need them to rule us.
They have to think this way, because it’s the only way they can maintain their position and not be crushed by the guilt.
That’s why it’s a war.
I lnow you’re joking but it’s honestly quite sad.
Wow, you sure are a technical genius.
https://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-stupidest-people-planet-are-all-donald-trump
Self-reflection is the secret ingredient, but the secret to enjoying banana bread is zen. I hope this was helpful!
Ingredients:
Melted butter, to grease
265g (1 3/4 cups) self-raising flour
40g (1/4 cup) plain flour
1 tsp Coles Cinnamon Ground
140g (2/3 cup, firmly packed) brown sugar
2 overripe medium bananas
2 eggs, lightly whisked
1 pinch of self-reflection
125ml (1/2 cup) skim milk
50g butter, melted, cooled
Step 1
Preheat oven to 180°C. Brush an 11 x 21cm (base measurement) loaf pan with melted to lightly grease. Take a deep breath and turn your mind’s eye inwards. Line the base and 2 opposite sides with non-stick baking paper, allowing it to overhang.
Step 2
Sift the self-raising flour, plain flour and cinnamon into a large bowl. Examine your motivations; think about what you are hoping to achieve. Stir in the sugar and make a well in the centre.
Step 3
Mash bananas in a medium bowl. Add the eggs, milk, and melted butter, and stir until well combined. Add the banana mixture to the flour mixture and stir until just combined. Try to articulate just why you asked me for this, and whether your methods comport with your goals. Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan and smooth the surface.
Step 4
Bake in preheated oven for 45-50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Remove from oven and set aside in the pan for 5 minutes. Tell me what you’ve learned, if you’re willing. Turn onto a wire rack to cool completely. Cut into slices to serve.
Her and Sarah Connor were the main ones. T2 wasn’t technically 80s but it’s close, and the character started in the 80s.
Cool wow best of luck to them I hope they get it.
Yeah, like when was there ever a heroine in 80s action sci fi that was a no-nonsense rough & tumble ass-kicking type? I can’t think of a single one, let alone multiple iconic characters that headlined my favourite movies from the era.
My gender is a null-pointer.