I can confirm, I’ve never used a non memory managed language, and the Rust borrow checker is a massive kick in the teeth

But, the more i consider it from the perspective of memory, and pointers, the borrow checker makes a lot of sense

Especially when storing references inside structs, and how mutability affects references

I actually figured out i could fix a re-mutable borrow error by performing the two mutable operations in separate for loops

To explain

There are 2 Error struct / enum declarations, probably in separate files

To the ?, they are different types and cannot be converted from one to the other (because they are two disparate structs that happen to have the same name, but can have different bodies)

To fix this

You can either use .some_func_result().map_err(|err| /* conversion here/*)?; +

Or you can impl From<Error1> for Error2

And you should also name it ThingError, so you can visually differentiate the two

+ There are like 10 different mapping functions, depending on if you’re using an option or a result

I never remember which one specifically i need, (unwrap_or, map_or, map_or_else, ok, ok_or)

I usually just hunt through the auto complete list until i find the function signature that gives me what i need

The SoC on the motherboard has a special EDL mode

This is kinda like the SoC’s pre-bootloader, which loads the bootloader and can be used to flash a new bootloader

EDL mode is locked behind vendor specific certs/keys, so it’s unaccessible to the device owner

Buggies? Or just “furries”

There are a surprising number of moth and bee 'sonas, but the terms aren’t well defined

Can confirm, “scalies”

For birds it’s “avian”

Proton / wine is modern day magic

Most Windows only steam games work out of the box (you do have to enable it in the right click menu > Compatibility options, per game)

Games that use Anti-cheat aren’t likely to work (it depends on the Anti-cheat used and how it’s configured)

ProtonDB is a good resource for checking if/which games work, or fixes and workarounds

You can use proton or wine on non steam games, but that requires additional setup that I’m not familiar with

Quality work will always need human craftsmanship

I’d wager that most revolutionary technologies are either those that expand human knowledge and understanding, and (to a lesser extent) those that increase replicability (like assembly lines)

Sometimes you forget to verify if your assumptions are true

I just have a spell checker enabled in vscode

So helpful for dynamic languages that can’t detect undeclared variables (looking at you JS)

I was reading Crafting Interpreters. After adding function calls and stack frames, i tested my implementation with the Fibonacci script at the end of the chapter

I spent about 2 hours debugging my call stack, and even tested the script in Python

Only to realize that Fib(3) is indeed 2

I’m not sure that’s their intended design. Old pull-tab cans actually had a ring for you to pull them off (similar to “easy open” soup cans of today)

I’d imagine that as the tab shrunk and changed from pull to a lever action, the “ring” was left as a vestigial design (as a form of skeuomorphism)

That’s the only reason i don’t think this is real

This is genius

I run Arch, so docker was the easiest method of installation.

Rather than try and figure out how to install a .deb manually (and lose package manager perks)

Vscode and dotnet core (5+) work well on linux

You can also run SQL Server via docker

If you do that, you lose formatting and comments every time you load the source from disk

As much as this hurts, yeet; as an alias throw; is hilarious

The technology behind the registry is fine (which is what I think @VinesNFluff meant)

But it’s execution in Windows was ass

In theory, a configuration manager with DB-like abilities (to maintain relationships, schematic integrity, and to abstract the file storage details), isn’t a bad idea

But the registry as it is today is pure pain

Sanity checks

Always, always check if your assumptions are true

• am i even running the function?
• is this value what i think it is?
• what is responsible for loading this data, and does it work as expected?
• am i pointed at the right database?
• is my configuration set and loaded in correctly?

I’ve been running Linux for 4 years, but this still hurts to read