Callbacks and decorators are fine, but callbacks/decorators to a function which itself takes a function pointer and returns another function pointer are crazy.

I’ve thankfully never had to use recursive callbacks or decorators, but it seems like it could very quickly become difficult to keep track of.

If you actually use code like this you’re insane.

Cool, so I’ll get started on building an automated business that sells cheap access to all the music, movies and shows on the streaming services.

Getting consent for each title would basically kill my business and would be implausible, so I’ll just assume it’s ok.

Agreed. I don’t understand the people who claim it’s easier to work with, or better for prototyping.

Automatic typing exists. Type casting exists and is even handled automatically in some scenarios. Languages like java and C# can manage memory for you, and have the same portability and runtime requirement as python.

Prototyping in python and then moving to another language later makes no sense to me at all.

I think it’s context dependent.

The field is called mathematics, but I see math as a short form of mathematic or mathematical.

Calling something a ‘math’ question or a ‘maths’ question both make sense. But something like “I hate math” sounds like you hate a singular mathematic, which sounds weirder to me than “I hate maths” (the field).

If you’ve ever been in a position where you weren’t able to relicense an entire project as GPL, or were developing for a platform that doesn’t allow LGPL3 libraries to be used because users can’t replace the LGPL3-licensed binary (ios, android, game consoles, proprietary hardware), which I’m sure many people with programming careers have experienced at some point, you’ll quickly find that any copyleft-licensed library is effectively useless to you.
I would wager that those who have had to deal with that before are much less likely to use a copyleft license for future projects.

There’s also a lot of small projects where the developer doesn’t care about licensing. They just want the code out there, and for anyone to be able to use it, as long as they get some recognition for making it.

Most people aren’t lawyers, and don’t care enough to read all the different licenses and compare them all. They pick the simplest one that ensures anyone can do anything with it, and they aren’t held liable for anything.

Apache is too full of legalese for most people to bother reading. BSD has different versions which make it more complicated to pick which one you want. MIT has much less confusion about versions (there are different versions, but most people associate ‘MIT license’ with the most common one).

And then the existing popularity helps lock in a license choice once you’ve picked a license category. “If MIT is good enough for ‘x’, it’s good enough for me.”

I have aged since but I’m not quite 27 yet, so maybe it worked?
I’ll try adding that eyeglass cleaner and let you know how it’s going when I’m 40.

Holy shit you just reminded me of my childhood.
I remember mixing all the things I could find in the bathroom because I thought it would make your hair grow faster and might be the secret to immortality, because none of the scientists would have considered mixing dove and palmolive together.

The funny part is these idiots seem to always forget that trans men exist too.
They would literally force men into women’s restrooms without knowing it.

Ha, you want choice in how your OS functions?
Here, have another bing toolbar for your settings app.

Fuck I’m stupid

Am I supposed to know who any of those people are?

Filters are nice too, if you’re here for escapism rather than news.

Not sure if it was a plasma issue or a wayland issue, but I tried it last year and had trouble with cursor locking.

Virtualbox had issues with the input being intermittent, and my mouse would move off the screen while gaming.

It might be fixed now, but I don’t plan on trying it again for another few years, because what I’m using works for me.

I would argue that unless you’re specifically trying to learn a new language, you should use whatever language you’re most effective in.

If that happens to be C++, use it.

Or even worse, they might come to lemmy!

You can blame @Mubelotix@jlai.lu for that one.

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“oh no, oh no, oh no no no no no.”

robot voice
How, It, FEELS. to Find a PENNY!
oh MY god. Wow.

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“oh no, oh no, oh no no no no no.”

robot voice
my CAT. is so, cute!

Careful, they might call you a nazi for saying that

Are you suggesting that the algorithms for every website are pro-trump?

Algorithms mostly care about profit and user engagement.
Go check the front page of reddit and see how most political posts are about trump’s/america’s fuck ups.