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A pointer is an indirection. At a lower level, when you have some chunk of memory, you can have some actual values sitting in there, ready for direct use. A pointer, on the other hand, points to some other location where to look for the values one's actually after. Following that pointer is also called dereferencing the pointer.
I can't come up with a good real-world example, so this poor comparison has to do. It's a bit like you have a book (the real value that is being pointed to) and an ISBN referencing that book (the pointer). So, instead of sending you all these many pages from that book, I could give you just a small tag containing the ISBN. With that small piece of information, you're able to locate the book. Probably a copy of that book and that's where this analogy falls apart.
In contrast to that flawed comparision, it's actually the other way around. Many different pointers can point to the same value. But there are many books (values) and just one ISBN (pointer).
The pointer's target might actually be another pointer. You typically then would follow both of them. There are no limits on how long your pointer chains can become.
One important property of pointers is that they can also point into nothingness, signalling a dead end. This is typically called a null pointer. Following such a null pointer calls for big trouble, it typically crashes your program. Hence, you must never follow any null pointer.
Pointers are important for example in linked lists, trees or graphs. Let's look at a doubly linked list. One entry could be a triple consisting of (actual value, pointer to next entry, pointer to previous entry).
_______________________
/ ________\_______________
ā ā | \
+---+---+---+ +---+---+-|-+ +---+---+-|-+
| 7 | n | x | | 23| n | p | | 42| x | p |
+---+-|-+---+ +---+-|-+---+ +---+---+---+
| ā | ā
\_______/ \_______/
The "x" indicates a null pointer. So, the first element of the doubly linked list with value 7 does not have any reference to a previous element. The same is true for the next element pointer in the last element with value 42.
In the middle element with value 23, both pointers to the next (labeled "n") and previous (labeled "p") elements are pointing to the respective elements.
You can also see that the middle element is pointed to by two pointers. By the "next" pointer in the first element and the "previous" pointer in the last element.
That's it for now. There are heaps ;-) more things to tell about pointers. But it might help you a tiny bit.______________________________________________
@prologic I see this with the scouts. Luckily, not at work. But at work, I'm surrounded by techies.
@movq Oh my goodness! I'm so glad that I don't have to deal with that in my family. But yeah, I guess you're onto something with your theory. This article is also quite horrific. O_o
fun run... broke it up in 5km segments. around 14 miles in started to just take it a bit easier because the legs just got a bit tired. pretty good for crap sleep and/or rest.
#running
fun run... broke it up in 5km segments. around 14 miles in started to just take it a bit easier because the legs just got a bit tired. pretty good for crap sleep and/or rest.
#running
fun run... broke it up in 5km segments. around 14 miles in started to just take it a bit easier because the legs just got a bit tired. pretty good for crap sleep and/or rest.
#running
People are less and less exposed to ālow-levelā details like this. There was also this story in 2021 about the concept of a āfileā: https://www.theverge.com/22684730/students-file-folder-directory-structure-education-gen-z
People are less and less exposed to ālow-levelā details like this. There was also this story in 2021 about the concept of a āfileā: https://www.theverge.com/22684730/students-file-folder-directory-structure-education-gen-z
I donāt intend to do much with Win95. I just want to be able to boot it, if I want to check how certain things worked or looked in that version. The purpose of this really is to be an archeological digsite.
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I donāt intend to do much with Win95. I just want to be able to boot it, if I want to check how certain things worked or looked in that version. The purpose of this really is to be an archeological digsite.
[](https://movq.de/v/9200de7e24/a.ff.jpg)
[](https://movq.de/v/9200de7e24/b.ff.jpg)
https://github.com/ZachGoldberg/Startup-CTO-Handbook/blob/main/StartupCTOHandbook.md
https://github.com/ZachGoldberg/Startup-CTO-Handbook/blob/main/StartupCTOHandbook.md
This wasn't the case six, seven years ago, everybody had some "real" username. Even non-techies. It looks like some "common knowledge" is getting lost. Strange. Very weird. It trips me every time I see it.
Have you experienced something similar?
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> In 2012, Prabhakar joined Google after severe funding cuts in Yahoo!'s research division.[19] In 2018, he was > put in charge of Ads and Commerce at Google and in 2020 his scope was expanded to include Search, Geo, and Assistant.[20] [21]
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> In 2024, he transitioned to the role of Chief Technologist at Google.[2]
The "idiossINcrasias" series from the ANTI-DEMOS-CRACIA label starts in June!
It was an ill-kept secret: kokori had the honor of being invited to kickstart this series with the also Portuguese band "Floating Ashes".
Starting June, ADC will release a series of "idiossINcracies", a special, limited CD collection, where each volume will showcase two musical projects with five songs from each.
The first volume, to be released on the 16th of June, joins Floating Ashes and kokori, and from this moment on you can already get a sample of it with one track from each project, on the label's bandcamp:
https://anti-demos-cracia.bandcamp.com/album/idiossincrasia-vol-1
Being Ā½ #kokori I'm suspect, but I agree with the label when they state that "this series promises to be a valuable addition to collectors and followers of experimental and alternative music."
š reservations can be made by sending me a message.
#music #ADC #kokori #FloatingAshes #CD #ADC139JUN2025
idiossINcrasias - vol. 1 Floating Ashes Kokori ADC
The "idiossINcrasias" series from the ANTI-DEMOS-CRACIA label starts in June!
It was an ill-kept secret: kokori had the honor of being invited to kickstart this series with the also Portuguese band "Floating Ashes".
Starting June, ADC will release a series of "idiossINcracies", a special, limited CD collection, where each volume will showcase two musical projects with five songs from each.
The first volume, to be released on the 16th of June, joins Floating Ashes and kokori, and from this moment on you can already get a sample of it with one track from each project, on the label's bandcamp:
https://anti-demos-cracia.bandcamp.com/album/idiossincrasia-vol-1
Being Ā½ #kokori I'm suspect, but I agree with the label when they state that "this series promises to be a valuable addition to collectors and followers of experimental and alternative music."
š reservations can be made by sending me a message.
#music #ADC #kokori #FloatingAshes #CD #ADC139JUN2025
idiossINcrasias - vol. 1 Floating Ashes Kokori ADC
#documentfreedomday2025 #DocumentFreedomDay #ECTL *
#documentfreedomday2025 #DocumentFreedomDay #ECTL *
"Programa Eleitoral 2025 - Oportunidade para a Soberania Digital?"
https://ansol.org/noticias/2025-03-21-programa-eleitoral/
"Programa Eleitoral 2025 - Oportunidade para a Soberania Digital?"
https://ansol.org/noticias/2025-03-21-programa-eleitoral/
Yeah, I should revert that and try to figure out which programs misbehaved. But that's something for future Lyse. 8-) Right now, I just redefine
TERM in my Makefile when the USER happens to be me.
only needed 8 and miscalculated a bit so could not do the whole park. such a nice morning.
#running
only needed 8 and miscalculated a bit so could not do the whole park. such a nice morning.
#running
only needed 8 and miscalculated a bit so could not do the whole park. such a nice morning.
#running
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$TERM variables. Leave $TERM at whatever value the terminal itself sets and use an appropriate terminfo file for it. If there are programs misbehaving, they probably blindly assume XTerm and should be fixed (or have XTerm as a hard requirement). If you try to fix this on your end, itāll likely just break other programs. š„“
$TERM variables. Leave $TERM at whatever value the terminal itself sets and use an appropriate terminfo file for it. If there are programs misbehaving, they probably blindly assume XTerm and should be fixed (or have XTerm as a hard requirement). If you try to fix this on your end, itāll likely just break other programs. š„“
My granddaughter will grow up much like me.
Chapter 14:
Epilogue:
Chapter 12:
Chapter 13:
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autocmd BufNewFile * call s:InsertTimestamp()
inoremap <CR> <Esc>:r!date +"\%F \%T"<CR>A
function! s:InsertTimestamp()
call setline(1, strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S '))
normal! G$
endfunction
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"Crime Perfeito" is the title of this Dorothy L. Sayers book in the Portuguese edition from "ColecĆ§Ć£o Vampiro"
#bookstodon
"Crime Perfeito" is the title of this Dorothy L. Sayers book in the Portuguese edition from "ColecĆ§Ć£o Vampiro"