That’s neat, so TIL ligature in code do actually have a strong following

LGTM. Though do people really code with ligatures turned on?

Edit: Ok so there are some big advocates of ligatures, I’m going to have to give them a second chance. I’ll try for a week, and either way that Fira Code font looks great.

Maybe it’s that this is a better a metaphor for the destruction of the common cultural heritage of the environment? Not many people can relate to or are inconvenienced by a very expensive private boat sinking.

If the angle of the jet is more then a little off axis the jet may still visible if it is sufficiently powerful and it passes through a scattering medium (interstellar dust?) the wiki page for blazars shows just such an example in the M87 galaxy

The OU has always had strong distance learning teaching, I have a family member who pivoted to a new career thanks largely to getting a degree with the OU. Also completing a degree through a remote program from and provider is a great indicator of your resolve and tenacity and can easily be a great selling point to future jobs etc.

Well done!

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World — Elif Shafak.

It of course depends on the context and choice of ethics framework. If the decision is personal I like to use the shorthand: If you have the privilege to choose, then choose to build the type of future you want to live in.

You say that it is at the expense of the storytelling but to me it is the storytelling or at least an essential part of it and what makes it special.

If you prefer, there is plenty of other sci-fi where it’s just two strait white dudes using cgi to save the universe. But then that’s also not really a rich seam for storytelling.

I think you were looking for anglicisation the other is an Americanisation

I agree, but it is going to increase the charging time for a car by quite a bit unless the USB spec advances significantly.

So should we call this Xexit or just Xit?

I think this touches on why I sometimes am reticent to recommend Bank’s’ sci-fi as it is not for everyone. Often I will try to lure people in with his fiction in particular “The crow road” and then convert them from there if they are digging his style.

Despite loving his sci-fi I think the crow road might be one of my favourite books of his all round.

Hey just took a look at the GitHub and I see one main.cpp so far are, you set on c++ or have you considered other languages such as rust?