Lounge - October 2023

CppCon 2023

See https://cppcon.org/ for details re the CppCon 2023 and the links to the keynote addresses - including Bjarne's on 'Delivering Safe C++' and Herb's 'Coopera...

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by deleted account xyzzy

Weird....

I backup the boot partitions on my 3 PCs daily. A full backup and 6 differentials every week. I observe how much space in on my boot drives and how big the ba...

[6 replies] Last: Then what do you mean when you say Nothing has really changed on the ... (by helios)

by helios

We should use different names for Git branches

"Main" implies there's a hierarchy and that some branches are better than others. We need to eliminate branchism from language. I instead propose names with no ...

[3 replies] Last: I'll have to bookmark Git Extensions for looking at later, thanks for ... (by deleted account xyzzy)

by zapshe

No one wants help

The amount of friends who have simply failed their Computer Science classes after refusing my insistence to help them study and understand is insane. That's ...

[3 replies] Last: Maybe they think the water is poisoned. (by helios)

by deleted account xyzzy

Asciidoctor and Ruby programming language?

Has anyone used Ruby? And Asciidoctor? I'm askin' since to generate manually a PDF and/or EPUB copy of the "Pro Git, 2nd Edition" eBook can be done with Asci...

[4 replies] Last: I used WSL because getting Windows ports of Linux programs to work usu... (by mbozzi)

by adam2016

Altair 8800

Hey guys, I've stumbled upon this great video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQIY3rl8ANU )in which a guy uses his altair 8800 to load a BASIC interpreter ...

[3 replies] Last: Makes sense, thanks guys (by adam2016)

by KunjeeB

The origins of Big Foot (1,2)

Does anyone consider that Big Foot could be a cross between a human and an ape? There are documented cases of ligers, zonkeys, ... Could this be the re...

[28 replies] Last: Since OP has abandoned this thread That happens a lot with occasiona... (by deleted account xyzzy)

by MiloCharmingMagician

Discord Server Issue (1,2)

Hi Software Engineer here, could someone help me with the discord invite issue? thanks. It's been a while and I'm trying to join.

[25 replies] Last: The edit to claim std::format is a class is a bit risible. I was ad... (by deleted account xyzzy)

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