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2023-07-21 Nerd Roundup

Dumpster fires, checked exceptions, better peer reviews, an the case against reality

New C++ dumpster fire on HN Code

Why checked exceptions failed better programming

System with 39+ years of uptime better programming

Social rigidity research

Better peer reviews profound ignorance

The case against reality profound ignorance

Zip files at times better than LLMs artificial intelligence

Drive like a criminal artificial intelligence

Dedekind numbers oddball science oddball science

New kinda telescope oddball science

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