Smarter people than you and I have thought about this problem and come to the opposite conclusion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect

"I made my max bid $500.01, but I'd have paid $500.02!"

"I made my max bid $500.02, but I'd have paid $500.03!"

…where does this process end?

    User activeUser

    var intValue = 3;

    int value = 3;

(I hope this makes the joke more obvious.)

I’ve used languages with an approach like this. The difference in what I’ve used is that you separate the conventional part from the rest of the name with a space (or maybe a colon), then only refer to the value by the non-conventional part for the rest of the scope. Then the language enforces this convention for all of my co-workers! It’s pretty neat.

This isn’t the case. It’s allowed because the question-mark syntax means two different things in value- and reference-type contexts. The signatures really look like this:

    public static IEnumerable SelectNotNull(
      this IEnumerable source,
      Func fn)
      where TR : class // …and the nullability of TR is tracked by the compiler

    public static IEnumerable SelectNotNull(
      this IEnumerable source,
      Func> fn)
      where TR : struct

I’d estimate it at somewhere in the region of $10–$30, personally.

Sure it does. It’s labeled “Copy Translation”. It’s the first button under the translation for un-editable text.

> - Multitasking (apps should shut down after some time spent idle, instead they have to be manually closed)

Apps that aren’t working in the background shut down effectively as soon as they lose focus. Don’t let the list of screenshots fool you – those aren’t running. Don’t waste your time swiping them away.

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After looking it up: Nu, lrf, ohg Beq. Vagrerfgvat ubj gung vzcyrzragngvba qrgnvy yrnxf.

Even later: Unat ba, gurer'f ab jnl vg pbhyq or rira vs gung fngvfsnpgvba pbhyq or birepbzr! Vzntvar n frg pbagnvavat sbhe naq artngvir sbhe naq lbh znc `fdhner` bire vg… Gur fvmr bs gur pbyyrpgvba jbhyq punatr!

If this is what you are worried about, America is pretty far behind the leading edge:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Shinzo_Abe

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/asia/court-dissolution-unific...

Can you square those for me? I don’t get it.

This seems like a good hint.

This isn’t necessarily the case. “Go to Definition” on the `val` goes to the definition of the deduced type in the IDEs and IDE-alikes I’ve ever used.

Taking his personal struggles out of kernel development and onto Hacker News was the escalation – pointing out his hypocrisy is only trying to get people who agree with him to realize that they’re wrong.

Abusing others individually in public, but expecting a quiet word on the side about “the overall situation” when it comes to your own behavior. I hope you realize something from this.