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dazilcher··on Implementing Scoped Defer in C
If you're going to embrace goto, why not go all the way and use multiple exit labels such that you can jump to appropriate point in the cleanup sequence and avoid those conditionals?
dazilcher··on If you die, your 100+ accounts are a nightmare for your family
If you don't care what happens after your death, then your accounts becoming inaccessible doesn't matter, and there is no reason to do anything at all.
dazilcher··on Researchers jailbreak AI chatbots with ASCII art
My understanding is they don't, not on their own: "We show that five SOTA LLMs (GPT-3.5, GPT-4, Gemini, Claude, and Llama2) struggle to recognize prompts provided in the form of ASCII art."

What the researchers are doing is include instructions for how to interpret ASCII art in the prompt, effectively "teaching" the LM how to parse it. Look at the article screenshots for an example.

Which means the ASCII art aspect is tangential, and the attack could be generalized using arbitrary encodings.

dazilcher··on US permanently deploys training mission in Taiwan
"seize the moment"
dazilcher··on Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on purpose
"On Android, Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Opera, and Samsung Internet Browser all support installing PWAs."

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web...

dazilcher··on U.S. moves closer to filing antitrust case against Apple
Google's app store is not exclusive.
dazilcher··on Ask HN: Why is Google killing Waze if so many consider it superior to Maps?
What prevents Google from collecting the same data from Maps users?
dazilcher··on YouTube suspends Russell Brand from making money off the streaming site
Then neither is the age, so why bring it up?
dazilcher··on So You're an American?
Immigrants most certainly have some agency over their citizenship.

Do you find their pride less confusing?

dazilcher··on No One Is Happy About Diversity Efforts at Work
If the applicant pipeline does not match such an idealized distribution and you attempt to fix it at this stage, would "the smartest and most capable Americans" still apply to the admitted cohort?
dazilcher··on Top secret U.S. Navy system heard titan implosion days ago
Certainty.
dazilcher··on What are the risks of being an older father?
With a few draconian exceptions, immigration is up to individuals, not their native countries.
dazilcher··on Solving Intermittent Cable Modem Issues
You can use the Xfinity mobile app to activate your own modem. No call required (anymore).
dazilcher··on China’s BYD is overtaking Tesla as the carmaker extraordinaire
> Once China introduces the EV equivalent of the Chevy Spark [...] it's game over for many of these American manufacturers.

Then why aren't the streets full of Chevy Sparks?

dazilcher··on Building a better world without jobs (2022)
Reminds me of this joke:

Moshe is an apprentice septic tank cleaner. When his shop gets an emergency call, he and his senior head out to the site.

The place is a mess. The experienced septic cleaner wastes no time, pulls up his shirt and dives right in, head first.

After a while, he pops back out and reaches with his hand: "I need the Channellock pliers". Moshe hands him the pliers, and the expert dives back in. Then, out he pops again: "Jumbo plunger, now!". Moshe hands him the plunger, and the old man disappears once more. Finally, he re-emerges and pulls himself up with a tired-but-content look on his face:

"See, Moshe, if you don't take it seriously and apply yourself to this job, you're going to carry that toolbox all your life."

dazilcher··on Building a better world without jobs (2022)
> Your job, replace the fillers in your house or some such thing.

What about your job when the fancy "in home processing plant" lines get clogged or start leaking?

Time to call the guy who deals with that shit for a living.

dazilcher··on Untraceable 3D-printed guns on the rise in Canada
> The 2nd amendment originally was only meant for well regulated militias to carry simple rifles

That is your opinion, and it is very wrong.

dazilcher··on Automatic1111's GitHub account suspended for "ToS violations" [restored]
Nah, BlackOnly was released on the same day [1] and YellowOnly two days later. They were merged in 2020 to WhiteOnly.

[1] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=15188...

dazilcher··on US Supreme Court poised to ban affirmative action in university admissions
Not what GP was referring to, but discrimination is not signed. Injustice cannot be "corrected" with more discrimination, it only increases.
dazilcher··on Deconstructing Bézier Curves
Skia includes a module for path operations: https://github.com/google/skia/blob/main/include/pathops/SkP...
dazilcher··on US Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade [pdf]
Do you consider yourself liable for transgressions committed by your spouse?
dazilcher··on Hate to say it, but we need to increase oil and gas output immediately
> What do you expect to do when the price of petrol inevitably doubles or triples?

Not GP, but that's an easy one: vote for people who would increase production.

dazilcher··on Putin says Western sanctions are akin to declaration of war
> What would happen if indeed NATO intervenes? > Russia will quickly start losing a conventional war. They would turn to nukes.

So what is the trigger in your opinion: NATO involvement, or losing the war?

What do you think would happen if NATO doesn't intervene and Putin still loses the war?

dazilcher··on World War III has already started – Gary Kasparov
> For those wanting to involve NATO and set off WW3 along with the nuclear apocalypse, I wonder - why the rush?

1) Atrocities are being committed and innocent civilians are being killed right as you type this tone-deaf question.

2) Appeasing dictators only leads to escalation, and early intervention minimizes damage. This is not theoretical, just look at Putin's belligerent last decades.

3) The risk of Russia unleashing nuclear Armageddon over Ukraine is very small. For all intents and purposes the West is already involved militarily - doing so overtly would not fundamentally change the equation.

dazilcher··on Feds arrest couple, seize $3.6B in hacked Bitcoin funds
Kyle Rittenhouse would like a word with you.
dazilcher··on Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes
Can you point to some baseless conspiracy theories in the episodes being removed?
dazilcher··on Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young in protest against Spotify
> Neil Young [...] joe rogan

Interesting capitalization choice. Intentional?

dazilcher··on Myocarditis Cases Reported After mRNA-Based Covid-19 Vaccination
Were you not so engulfed in righteous outrage, you might have noticed you're replying to a different person.

Maybe you should take their advice after all, and exercise some tranquility.

dazilcher··on Myocarditis Cases Reported After mRNA-Based Covid-19 Vaccination
I am fully vaccinated and, as I'm typing this, recovering from COVID.

Do tell me more about this vaccine/disease exclusivity. I must be doing something wrong.

dazilcher··on Professor Ehud Qimron: “Ministry of Health, it’s time to admit failure”
https://tinyurl.com/55rext65
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