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> why on earth would I want firmware updates for a lens?

One reason is to update the lens to work with new camera or new camera firmware.

If the concert attendees value the concert experience more than they paid for the tickets, then the concert generated value.

min and max are predeclared identifiers in the universe block, not reserved words. https://go.dev/ref/spec#Predeclared_identifiers

You can continue to declare your own entities with these names.

It's either habbit or you are doing something out of the ordinary with your Go installation. The standard installation of Go has not required GOROOT for a very long time.

Yes, this happens. My son could not take calculus in high school because he was mislabeled in 8th grade. The 8th-grade decision has had an impact on his college career.

The school system has as a track of classes leading up to calculus. A student can jump forward on the track by passing a test on the next class in the track.

Because there were other demands on my son's time, it was not practical for him to learn a year's worth of material outside of school time.

See the Fair Tax proposal for one way to address this problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FairTax

You do not need to go down the Github rabbit hole. The symbol prometheus is from the package github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus. Use go doc github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus to read the documentation from your local copy of the package. Use go list -f {{.Dir}} github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus to find out where your local copy is located. If there is only one prometheus.NewGaugeVec in your workspace, then the command go doc prometheus.NewGaugeVec shows the documentation for function and reports the package where it's defined.

Russ Cox https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=rsc

The type definition `type X Y` declares new type X with the underlying type of Y. X and Y share underlying types and nothing else.

This is a useful feature and there's nothing weird or special case about how this works. It's just not the aliasing feature you expected.

A type alias binds a new name to a type. All of the type’s methods are available through the new name.

pkg.go.dev is the module aware replacement for godoc.org.

McConnell’s office did not state that. Search the web for “mcconnell fake quote” for info.

The compiler optimizes conversion from []byte to string on map lookup. https://github.com/golang/go/commit/f5f5a8b6209f84961687d993...

Permethrin is an insecticide that's applied to clothing, tents, packs, etc. It's effective for a month or so depending on exposure to UV and number of washes. Picaridin is a repellent that's a applied in lotion or spray form.

Use both for best protection.

It's called "orange and teal". Search for "orange and teal" to find explanations on why the style is popular and tutorials on how to create the style in image and video editing applications.

The go vet command checks format strings. I expect that the command will be updated to check for correct use of %w.

Previous post on the topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1852400

There's limited choice, but Fuji provides one of those choices (http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/gfx/index.h...).

XMPP support did very little to grow whatever power Google has in the chat market. Traffic to federated services and use of third party clients was low.

I had the Fisher Paykel double dishdrawer and found that it works great. We loaded dirty in one drawer and took clean from the other. We always had to put a few clean items away when swapping drawers, but that's a quicker than unloading everything.

IE4 was a rewrite, not a refactor job.

A high school graduation at the Expo center in Redmond is enough to cause 97 to backup. The eclipse backup will indeed be epic.

The site http://caltopo.com/ is another good resource for maps. The site includes a number of maps including USGS, USFS and marine charts. There are several useful overlays for hikers including trails and fire history.

Tarp and tent campers both sleep on the ground, usually with a sleeping pad. At this level, the comfort level is the same.

There are situations where a tent will be more comfortable: a tent provides protection from the wind absent natural barriers, a tent provides a refuge from biting insects, etc.

In many situations, the comfort provided by a tent is more mental than it is physical. The full enclosure of a tent provides comfort to people who worry about critters crawling over them in the night. Some people just feel more comfortable when fully enclosed.

All this said, it does take more expertise to sleep comfortably with a tarp. Site selection is more important. There are several ways to pitch a tarp and the best pitch to use depends on the situation. Tarps are more fiddly to pitch.

Some people get down to six pounds. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHmtdtctzzc and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LggWPhMv-H4.

The Washington Trail Association (http://wta.org) is a great resource for hikers and backpackers in Washington State.

See http://www.wta.org/hiking-info/basics for introductory information about hiking and backpacking.

Most people will want some sort of netting when there's moderate to heavy pressure from biting insects. I carry a three ounce mosquito net in these situations. A full tent is not required.

Insect repellent and site selection (don't sleep next to lake) handle low bug pressure situations.

I don't worry about other critters where I hike in the PNW.

When you carry your gear for a thousands of miles, you reevaluate what you really need. A stove is not needed because food can be consumed raw. A full tent is not needed because a basic tarp and careful site selection are enough to keep a person dry while sleeping. Toilet paper is not needed because smooth rocks, leaves and other material found on the trail can be used to wipe.

When I was 15 years old in the 1970s, I went a 100 mile backpacking trip with five youth between 15 and 16 years old. We thought it was normal at the time. When I told my younger colleagues at work about this trip, they were shocked that our parents sent us off without adult supervision. There was also some concern that we went on this trip without a mobile phone!

CalTopo (http://caltopo.com/) has these maps and more. In addition, CalTopo supports many useful overlays.