It is not viable to expect 80s/90s level code optimisation in 10’s/20’s software.

Yes you could in theory, but with deadlines and security requirements you realistically cannot!

Well yes obviously; Nano is perfection but is normally left out to give the other text editors a chance.

First of all - you have a point. Certain things are seen as creepy.

Secondly, it’s not a good one. It rests on the presumption that you “know why they both have those backgrounds”. No offense, but men who liked to sew were seen as creepy.

By your logic, a good citizen should report anyone with an anarchist symbol on their desktop because they are plotting active insurrection (we all know why they have them right).

The reality is they could just like the pattern and have no idea of the context, or their vision of the context could be different (Planescape Anarchs ftw), or (and let’s be honest here) it could be Ankh-zone levels of misunderstanding, or let’s really go for it - they could just be all mouth to fit in.

Grandmas should love their grandkids, but how many really do (ye gods I’ve met some awful grandparents)? Guys should all be sexually aggressive, except a lot of eggs need a vision (how many gender dismorphic men dream of the childhood they never had - fyi this is 100% of the people I know with anime schoolgirl avatars) and a lot of men try to hide who they really are behind d false machismo (the overcompensation of closeted gay men being legenday). Funny how that works.

I’ll judge folks for who they are, not how I want to see them.

Ooh, this is a spicy one, and definitely unpopular.

Is that thinking logically consistent? Yes. Is it pervasive? Yes. Is it sane?

Does putting a badger as my profile picture mean I want to fuck the badger? Oh god, is my manager a closet badger buggerer?!? Holy Jesus, does my elderly coworker wants to fuck her cat, and does the younger guy wants to fuck a Ferrari… What kind of twisted society do I inhabit?!?

Nope, definitely not sane.

Sorry but that kind of inference of “profile picture = thing I want to fuck” is definitely unpopular for a reason.

Yes

Ok…

Now code Skyrim in assembly.

Let $\mu(x)=0$ if $\exists y<x\mu(y)=0$ or $x$ is the 20 millionth prime. $\mu(x)=\mu(x+1)+1$ otherwise. The elements of the sequence only become defined once the 20 millionth prime is found; till then they’ve yet to be constructed.

Bonus: The sequence $\nu$ is defined as follows.

Let $\nu(x)=0$ if $\exists y\leq x\mu(y)$ is perfect. $\nu(x)=\nu(x+1)+1$ otherwise.

We’re not sure if this is a sequence, even though it is algorithmically definable. Its existence relies on the existence of an odd perfect number.

It’s possible to define an infinite sequence whose nth term must exist before it’s first.

So, this might not be the great news folks think it is…

I own a bunch of ancient freeholds (“peppercorn rents”), so I keep track mostly for folks looking to develop the land (I.e. buy the land off me).

Recently, a lot of rented houses got sold, and bought up by “property management” companies.

This appears to be a consolidation rather than a capitulation sadly. The properties are going under the umbrella of larger firms with better lawyers.

The chart they didn’t post showed that time spent on homework correlated well with exam score regardless of AI use.

Turns out using AI to avoid homework (in this scenario, replace work) might be the issue. Using it to improve the quality of work (e.g. when you’re done coding a block, getting an AI to help fuzz your inputs to test that block) is likely to be beneficial.

“Pay or Ok”

The latest scummy tactic of news sites; this started shortly after the ruling that reposting their content was grounds for a DMCA strike.

Mostly, we all see the world in unique ways - picture a building of possessed dwarves and you have the average mathematics department.

I just want to add, this is coming from someone who has completed a mathematics PhD, and so has a very very high bar for psychosis (seriously, math departments are fun, but also FUN).

I just did that earlier today - 100% works.

People in glass houses…

Cyclists: every pavement is a shared space if you’re going fast enough.

Project zomboid with 200% zombie spawn…

Guessing a survival time of approx 10 mins?

A lot of it is pacing - once you get left behind it’s hard to catch up.

Also, no-one shows them anything sexy like triangles on a sphere, horocycles, or matrices encoding multiple transformations.

We’re a spirited minority!

This is c/shitposting ;)