nitrix · HackerTrans

6 dagen geledendiscuss

I think it’s similar to telling children to look both ways before crossing the street. If you don’t explain why, they won’t see the point and optimize by not doing it. Instead, if you emphasize it’s for safety to avoid mistakes, that’s something Claude is trained to highly value and more likely to abide by.

nitrix

2 maanden geledendiscuss

I'm doubtful the venn diagram intersection of engineers and the world cup is as big as you think it is.

nitrix

6 maanden geledendiscuss

I’m the Alex mentioned in the acknowledgments, feel free to ask your questions.

nitrix

7 maanden geledendiscuss

Yes, the () operator dereference function pointers automatically for you for convenience. There's also the surprise that you can infinitely dereference function pointers as they just yield you more function pointers.

nitrix

7 maanden geledendiscuss

That is correct.

  int x, *p, arr[5], fn(), (*pfn)();

Using x, or dereferencing p, or subscripting the array arr, or declaring a function that can be called with fn, or dereferencing the function pointer pfn then calling it, all these things would produce an int.

It's the intended way to read/write declarations/expressions. As a consequence, asterisks ends up placed near the identifiers. The confused ones will think it's a stylistic choice and won't understand any of this.

nitrix

9 maanden geledendiscuss

They're important conversations but people don't want to engage in them every second of their living lives. The point of entertainment is to be able to compartementalize and regulate.

If they do what you suggest, all the creativity that makes the platform attractive is going to flock to somewhere else.

nitrix

9 maanden geledendiscuss

Or people are just trying to not be reminded every second of their living lives that there's one conflict or another going on. TikTok is made in China and used worldwide. Not many things are relatable and relevant to a world wide audience.

nitrix

9 maanden geledendiscuss

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nitrix

9 maanden geledendiscuss

That's fine. Not every platform has to work the same way and attract the same communities.

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