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imploded_sub··on Too much discussion of the XOR swap trick
TFA mentions this as an issue for the trick, whereas you rightly point out it's an evil feature instead.
imploded_sub··on Craft software that makes people feel something
Reacting mostly on the title, not the article about software as art/hobby, most software I interact with makes me feel something. Mostly rage, occasionally despair. There has been cases of pleasure or delight, but those are so rare they basically don't count. Edit: also lots of confusion.
imploded_sub··on Extropic is building thermodynamic computing hardware
Same on a serious dev machine. That page just pegs a core at max, it's sort of impressive.
imploded_sub··on GNU Octave Meets JupyterLite: Compute Anywhere, Anytime
I did that with Octave too. I didn't mind the language much, but it wasn't great. I had significant experience with both coding and simple models when doing it, so I wasn't a beginner; I can see it being an additional hurdle for some people. What are they using now? Python?
imploded_sub··on Titan submersible’s $62 SanDisk memory card found undamaged at wreckage site
It wasn't in the crushed part, it was in the camera's shell, and the camera was mounted outside, if I understood properly.