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FisherGuy44

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FisherGuy44··on Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust
This is not a fair comparison. Go 1.9.2 was released over 2 years ago. In that time they have fixed a lot of the GC stutter issues. Comparing rust nightly to a 2 year old compiler is unfair.
FisherGuy44··on Germany looks to step up coal exit timetable
It seemed really expensive in the beginning, but now even more so, given they'll do it 5 years faster. I wonder if the investment pays off as it's implemented. Or does it pay off at all? It's really cheaper to move from coal to other ways of producing electricity? I'm asking about the current state of things because I'm sure in the future it'll be cheaper and cheaper
FisherGuy44··on Writing Software to Last 50 Years
I agree with this post.

This mentality is the reason I chose the most compatible and time-proven formats as the base of my project: Text files, and PGP. For glue, I chose SQLite, Perl, and HTML.

For a simulation of the first 20+ years of use, I made it compatible with older browsers: Mosaic 1.0 for now, and I plan to test on older platforms in the future.

FisherGuy44··on Google pushed to take action against Android bloatware
Really glad to hear this. Hopefully, Google will take action and I finally can get rid of those