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“C has known memory footguns. C++, due to its complexity, has footnukes.” - Hacker News comment

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“C has known memory footguns. C++, due to its complexity, has footnukes.” - Hacker News comment

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  • @[email protected]
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    3•10 months ago

    pretty much any software made by @[email protected] is a ticking time bomb regardless of language tbh

  • @[email protected]
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    Was it a sudden realization? Did it make a big big noise?

  • @[email protected]
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    62•10 months ago

    I need a fact check on that first image please

    • @[email protected]
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      61•10 months ago

      That is real https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3268091/elderly-woman-china-defies-death-after-using-hand-grenade-hammer-20-years

    • @[email protected]
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      You’re more cautious with a meme than that lady with a grenade.

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      32•10 months ago

      https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3268091/elderly-woman-china-defies-death-after-using-hand-grenade-hammer-20-years

      https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2024/06/27/elderly-woman-in-china-defies-death-after-using-hand-grenade-as-hammer-for-20-years-stuns-mainland-police-and-social-media

      Found these two articles, seems legit

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      Here is a start for you: https://www.msn.com/ko-kr/news/world/20년간-수류탄을-망치로-써온-할머니에-中-화들짝/ar-BB1oYj9a

      It’s all Korean URL encoding in that link, btw. Here is a screenshot anyway.

      • Lemminary
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        9•10 months ago

        Thanks for including the screenshot!

  • smpl
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    80•10 months ago

    The quote is a derivative of something Bjarne Stroustrup said himself¹.

    C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off

    1: https://www.stroustrup.com/quotes.html

    • @[email protected]
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      3•10 months ago

      Makes sense C++ makes everything harder

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      30•10 months ago

      A citation with a superscript number reference in a comment? Impressive.

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