That was hilarious. I totally get it, kid.

It’s been continuously surprising to me how much hatred some C and C++ devs have for Rust. While Rust isn’t perfect, and plenty of criticisms aimed at the language are well-reasoned, the borrow checker is IMO the logical next step forward in “zero-cost abstraction” which is one of the strongest core philosophies behind C and C++.

The R4L effort seems to be structured sensibly, starting out with only allowing Rust code in (new) drivers. From what I can tell there’s comparatively little that has to be maintained upstream, but even that is encountering aggressive pushback.

I can’t help but feel like some devs have spent so much of their professional careers learning how to avoid the many footguns of C(++) that they fundamentally resent Rust for being a language which avoids most these problems, allowing fast code to be written with fewer bugs in less time and with less effort. This feeling is based on having written lots of C++ code for over 20 years, and having personally encountered devs who deeply resent Rust just because it’s not C.

They’re not going to lose any support from them then. And they don’t care about them either.

No, I don’t think it would. Conservatism in the US is now a full-blown cult. The kind of cult where followers are obviously suffering but they’ve been convinced any and all sacrifice is worth it…

Tariffs are from what I’ve read, according to economists anyway, a lose-lose for both parties. They’re apparently useful only for obvious things like targeted protection of specific vulnerable domestic industries. I cant begin to understand what Trump is even trying to accomplish here. Blanket tariffs seem just self-destructive.

Hail Satin

Yeah, that must be it. It’s a real shame because the core technology seems to be solid. Streaming 1080p videos from other instances just works. But finding channels to follow seems impossible.

I was about to leave a snide “Eww, crypto” comment here, but this “Interledger Protocol” seems like the most good-faith approach to digital currency I’ve seen yet? I’m not knowledgeable enough to fully understand it, but I hope it will actually turn out to be a good thing.

Beer-drinking European living in 'Murica here. For certain styles, the US has fantastic beers available. In particular IPAs (which don’t always have to be mega hoppy!), pale ales, pilsners, amber ales, and stouts. Plenty of great choices to be found here, if you discover the right breweries. That’s key, because there are a lot breweries with imo questionable taste.

What’s harder to find are good beers of other styles, such as Belgian or German beers. US breweries try, sometimes, but they aren’t succeeding.

I love Supcom, but haven’t played it in a few years. Gotta try this!

Ok, sounds cool. So I downloaded a .xdc file and… now what? I think they should’ve started with a paragraph on how to actually run one of these files.

inoreader seems very ergonomic, thanks!

I’ve been interested in trying out RSS again but I don’t want to self-host. Can anyone recommend a RSS client (hosted, local, or whatever) that they like?

If you don’t already have some combat boots, look for some new or used ones at an army surplus store. They’re usually cheap and look great.

Vintage band shirts can often be gotten from Ebay

Put on Tom Lehrer’s We Will All Go Together When We Go

They’re mainly doing it to deny India and Bangladesh access to their largest river. It’s not like people need fresh water to live, right?

FWIW I have never been bothered by a little cosmetic wear.

And people pay extra these days to get a "relic"ed guitar. Make of that what you will.

Ah, fixed. Thanks

Do you really believe the US Senate cares about 75 Nobel Laureates?

The continued existence of police forces in the US depends on their role as protector of the wealthy. They know they must perform their duty or risk losing the protection of their patrons.