Have read Splitting Strings by Chris Zetter mini saga… What this expression: “”.split(“,”) shall produce?
Splitting strings
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When linear search O(N) is faster than hash table O(1) lookup
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Consider quite popular in programming task of string-to-enum value parsing. You have enum declared in your code (C/C++ but can be any modern programming language)
How I became a programmer
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Due to my grandma, macaroni and by accident. I’ve explained it on Quora. Wow, just discovered that the story got 4000 up-votes. Cool, eh?
Site transition
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Transferred the site to other provider and redesigned it a bit to conform mobiles and modern https requirements. I’ve made picture on the left in watercolor. But need to rescan it probably… That’s illustration to Alexander Grin romantic novel “Crimson Sails” .
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Open Source severs the link between good software and good software business, and the two veer off naturally in different directions. At worst, Open Source business models incentivize worse software. That above matches my own observations.
Sciter Notes application has been published
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notes.sciter.com
htmlayout.com domain and project is for sale
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htmlayout.com domain and project itself is for sale. If you are interested please drop me a message.
New in antivirus protection: smart cable
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The cable is not smart enough to remove viruses but as they say it can suppress some noise effects of them, at least. Ah those smart marketing people …
Epic discussion: VS Code Uses 13% CPU When Idle Due to Blinking Cursor Rendering
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VS Code Uses 13% CPU When Idle Due to Blinking Cursor Rendering Discussions: Reddit and Hacker News Couple of citations: Assuming 1 million users of VS Code This blinking cursor will waste $3 million per year in electricity costs, and output 32,000 tons of c02 per year. 2150: “Grandpa, why did the ocean’s dry up?”…
When you want to ask for help in programming …
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then use the following template: Explain details that you see as much as possible. Environment, problem, etc. Explain exactly what you want – what you think should be happening. Explain what is actually happening. Explain why you think it should be working differently. By walking through all these steps you may find answer by yourself….