old hacker...low tolerance

[JonB]

@mzimmers
I checked up yesterday, we are due to have nuclear fusion online in early 2030s. It's very exciting, I have been waiting for it all my life.

[mzimmers]

@JonB said in old hacker...low tolerance:

@mzimmers
I checked up yesterday, we are due to have nuclear fusion online in early 2030s.

I thought the Qt Forum already experienced that, back when that crabapple AnneRanch used to post here?

[fcarney]

Meanwhile Javascript is being put into everything.

[mzimmers]

@fcarney said in old hacker...low tolerance:

Meanwhile Javascript is being put into everything.

Now let's don't YOU start...

[Kent-Dorfman]

@mzimmers said in old hacker...low tolerance:

Right...and robots will eliminate the need for human labor in 10 years. signed, a lot of smart people c. 1960.

Well, those idiots on the left coast (SanFransisco) just approved the use of "lethal force" robots against civilians. Yet another step closer to sky-net, but what do those of us wearing tin-foil hats know, right?

[JoeCFD]

@Kent-Dorfman When were weapons not used against civilians? The latest technology has always been used for weapons if possible in the history. The first computer was made to calculate the trajectory of projectiles. The nuclear energy was first applied for a bomb against civilians. I recently watched Hiroshima in youtube and it is a good movie.

[mzimmers]

Well, that settles it: I quit. Forever.

Let's all quit, move to Florida and go golfing. First birdie buys the beer...

[J.Hilk]

@JonB said in old hacker...low tolerance:

Programming (languages, humans writing code) will be over in 20 (50?) years. Discuss.

sure, same as self driving cars, just right around to corner!

[SimonSchroeder]

Looks like I'm a little late to the party about cppfront. In general, I like some of the idea. There's recently been some talks (some by Herb himself) that passing argument by const reference is not always the most performant way to do it. You would actually need 3 different version of the same function for best performance. If you have two parameters that need to be optimized this way you'd have to write every combination of those, i.e. 9 different version. His C++ syntax 2 would solve this problem. That's the part I like. Concerning interoperability his approach is way superior to Carbon. Within the same file you can mix syntax 1 and syntax 2 if you are using cppfront as a compiler. This means as long as cppfront is your compiler you can still write classic C++ code and call functions written in syntax 2. There is no extra interoperability layer you have to write or be concerned with. Someone already mentioned that experts in C++ would need to know syntax 1 & 2 which is an extra burden added. Understanding syntax 2 at will tell you about the pitfalls when using syntax 1. Only problem with cppfront: I don't particularly like the syntax. Though for some of the features I might still be persuaded to swallow the pill and switch over if this would become standard.

[TomZ]

@mzimmers said in old hacker...low tolerance:

Let's all quit, move to Florida and go golfing.

I retired some years ago (never been busier, though), I would not move to the USA, but the Caribbean looks interesting.
Especially when they are turning their backs on the dollar system (which turned its back on them years ago).
https://www.stvincenttimes.com/st-kitts-nevis-to-make-bitcoin-cash-legal-tender-by-march-2023/