On Tue, 2013-06-11 at 05:40 +0200, David Nadlinger wrote:
[…]
> Not really – if I don't get a first beta of the next version out
> in the next few days, it will unfortunately take *much* longer
> (exams mid/end August, need to prepare).
[…]
Is there any way of making the LDC development activity
On Monday, 10 June 2013 at 23:54:41 UTC, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
On 6/11/13, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:19:20 -0400, Anthony Goins
wrote:
Will there be video for Andrew Edwards?
IIRC, Andrew specifically requested not to be videotaped. I'm
having
trouble finding
Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1g47df/dconf_2013_metaprogramming_in_the_real_world_by/
Hackernews: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5861237
Twitter: https://twitter.com/D_Programming/status/344431490257526785
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dlang.org/posts/65527170
On Monday, 10 June 2013 at 16:14:32 UTC, Jesse Phillips wrote:
Please discuss on official thread:
http://forum.dlang.org/post/adyanbsdsxsfdpvoo...@forum.dlang.org
This library is authored by Jacob Carlborg and has been around
through the D1/Tango days.
Review is being suspended while we work
hah, I have a PV solar module sitting in my house right now...
I'll be installing it (and the rest of my setup) as soon as I
have another two or the grand to spend.
It is great stuff, solar power is almost free money if you can
wait 20 years for it.
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 15:28:09 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
hah, I have a PV solar module sitting in my house right now...
I'll be installing it (and the rest of my setup) as soon as I
have another two or the grand to spend.
It is great stuff, solar power is almost free money if you can
wa
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 16:19:20 UTC, John Colvin wrote:
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 15:28:09 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
hah, I have a PV solar module sitting in my house right now...
I'll be installing it (and the rest of my setup) as soon as I
have another two or the grand to spend.
It i
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 16:19:20 UTC, John Colvin wrote:
Combine that with good government subsidies and a deal to sell
the power back to the grid and it's more like 10 years, max
Aye, that's what I was hoping to get (New York State would have
given like 50% money back) but alas I went
On 6/11/2013 8:28 AM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
It is great stuff, solar power is almost free money if you can wait 20 years for
it.
Yeah, but you'll have to replace it before 20 years!
Am 11.06.2013 14:33, schrieb Andrei Alexandrescu:
> Reddit:
> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1g47df/dconf_2013_metaprogramming_in_the_real_world_by/
>
>
> Hackernews: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5861237
>
> Twitter: https://twitter.com/D_Programming/status/3444314902575267
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 18:47:35 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
On 6/11/2013 8:28 AM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
It is great stuff, solar power is almost free money if you can
wait 20 years for
it.
Yeah, but you'll have to replace it before 20 years!
Source? There's not much that wears out in a ph
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 18:47:35 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
Yeah, but you'll have to replace it before 20 years!
Here's the beauty of it though: the manufacturer offers a 25 year
warranty! I've heard stories of PV panels from the 70's still
working too. I betcha the lifetime depends on you
On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:21:31 -0400, John Colvin
wrote:
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 18:47:35 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
On 6/11/2013 8:28 AM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
It is great stuff, solar power is almost free money if you can wait 20
years for
it.
Yeah, but you'll have to replace it befor
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 19:38:13 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer
wrote:
On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:21:31 -0400, John Colvin
wrote:
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 18:47:35 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
On 6/11/2013 8:28 AM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
It is great stuff, solar power is almost free money if you
c
On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:44:35 -0400, John Colvin
wrote:
It's not ready to roll out as the energy of the future, but in certain
circumstances it's a good deal for an individual.
It's not a good deal for the taxpayers who have to subsidize it to make it
a good deal for the individual. Wo
On 6/11/2013 12:21 PM, John Colvin wrote:
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 18:47:35 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
On 6/11/2013 8:28 AM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
It is great stuff, solar power is almost free money if you can wait 20 years for
it.
Yeah, but you'll have to replace it before 20 years!
Sourc
On 6/11/13, Walter Bright wrote:
> Circuit boards, inverters, etc., also fail, and you'd need some assurance
> you
> can get replacement parts for 20 years.
I bet most companies don't even get to live 20 years. And usually the
older a product, the harder (i.e. more expensive) it is to fix it or
g
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 19:38:13 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer
wrote:
I have to laugh at this. "Solar is *almost* free money *if*
you can wait 20 years"
A 20 year payback time is no big deal to me, the house won't pay
for itself compared to renting for a similar timeframe either,
but I see i
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 08:05:55 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
On Tue, 2013-06-11 at 05:40 +0200, David Nadlinger wrote:
[…]
Not really – if I don't get a first beta of the next version
out in the next few days, it will unfortunately take *much*
longer (exams mid/end August, need to prepare).
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 03:40:16 UTC, David Nadlinger wrote:
but there is some funky business going on with CTFE in 2.063
pretty much holding up any further work.
Derp. Turns out that actually calling the newly added
Expression::init during startup might be a good idea.
Working on gettin
On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:18:09 -0400, Adam D. Ruppe
wrote:
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 19:38:13 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
I have to laugh at this. "Solar is *almost* free money *if* you can
wait 20 years"
A 20 year payback time is no big deal to me, the house won't pay for
itself
On 6/11/2013 1:11 PM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
On 6/11/13, Walter Bright wrote:
Circuit boards, inverters, etc., also fail, and you'd need some assurance
you
can get replacement parts for 20 years.
I bet most companies don't even get to live 20 years. And usually the
older a product, the harder
Steven Schveighoffer:
I have no doubt that solar technology will continue to
innovate, but the worst thing we can do right now is subsidize
it. When it's ready (and it will be), it will succeed on its
own merits.
The situation is far more complex than that.
Bye,
bearophile
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 20:47:04 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
Actually, parts for old cars are a lot cheaper than for new
ones! But I think that's an anomaly.
I guess it totally depends on where you live. :)
On 6/11/2013 1:18 PM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 19:38:13 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
I have to laugh at this. "Solar is *almost* free money *if* you can wait 20
years"
A 20 year payback time is no big deal to me, the house won't pay for itself
compared to renting f
On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:51:53 -0400, Walter Bright
wrote:
On 6/11/2013 1:18 PM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 19:38:13 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
I have to laugh at this. "Solar is *almost* free money *if* you can
wait 20
years"
A 20 year payback time is no big
On 6/11/2013 1:47 PM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 20:47:04 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
Actually, parts for old cars are a lot cheaper than for new ones! But I think
that's an anomaly.
I guess it totally depends on where you live. :)
In the US.
For example, my daily driv
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 20:51:58 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
Owning a home has lots of nice advantages, but saving money
isn't reliably one of them.
I agreed with you until last year, but the very low mortgage
interest rates and fitting in principle prepayments into my
budget tipped me towa
On 6/11/2013 2:19 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
Define financially better off :)
You have mo' moolah. Is their any other definition?
And this is not even a fair conversation, because there are so many variables to
consider.
I'd like to pop that default conception that buying is financial
On 6/11/2013 2:20 PM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 20:51:58 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
Owning a home has lots of nice advantages, but saving money isn't reliably one
of them.
I agreed with you until last year, but the very low mortgage interest rates and
fitting in principle
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 19:54:34 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer
wrote:
On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:44:35 -0400, John Colvin
wrote:
It's not ready to roll out as the energy of the future, but in
certain circumstances it's a good deal for an individual.
It's not a good deal for the taxpayers who
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 21:29:49 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
On 6/11/2013 2:19 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
Define financially better off :)
You have mo' moolah. Is their any other definition?
And this is not even a fair conversation, because there are so
many variables to
consider.
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 21:29:49 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
I can't even recall anyone remembering that selling a house
costs you a 6% commission to the real estate agent. Poof! There
goes a big chunk of your profits right off the top.
This is a peeve of mine. I don't see my house as a fina
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 20:02:29 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
On 6/11/2013 12:21 PM, John Colvin wrote:
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 18:47:35 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
On 6/11/2013 8:28 AM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
It is great stuff, solar power is almost free money if you
can wait 20 years for
i
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 21:21:57 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
For example, my daily driver is an '89 Bronco II.
Had to look that up on wikipedia. Yikes, don't corner too fast in
that thing, we need you alive!
On 6/11/13 5:29 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
On 6/11/2013 2:19 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
Define financially better off :)
You have mo' moolah. Is their any other definition?
And this is not even a fair conversation, because there are so many
variables to
consider.
I'd like to pop that d
On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:33:03 -0400
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Reddit:
> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1g47df/dconf_2013_metaprogramming_in_the_real_world_by/
>
> Hackernews: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5861237
>
> Twitter: https://twitter.com/D_Programming/status/3444
On 6/11/2013 2:55 PM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
...and if you sell it, unless you own multiple houses, you're now homeless. And
housing prices are up, so getting a new house will erase the gains you got from
selling the old house!
Yeah, I love that one.
But I do feel the house is worth it financia
On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:29:45 -0400, Walter Bright
wrote:
On 6/11/2013 2:19 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
Define financially better off :)
You have mo' moolah. Is their any other definition?
Cash is not always the only consideration. Equity has value. Quality of
living has value, an
On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:51:08 -0400, John Colvin
wrote:
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 19:54:34 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:44:35 -0400, John Colvin
wrote:
It's not ready to roll out as the energy of the future, but in certain
circumstances it's a good deal fo
On 6/11/2013 6:54 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:29:45 -0400, Walter Bright
wrote:
On 6/11/2013 2:19 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
Define financially better off :)
You have mo' moolah. Is their any other definition?
Cash is not always the only consideration. Equ
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 21:55:48 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
...and if you sell it, unless you own multiple houses, you're
now homeless. And housing prices are up, so getting a new house
will erase the gains you got from selling the old house! So I
don't think raising property values makes me
On 6/11/2013 6:54 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
My profit on my first condo, which I bought in '99 and sold in '05 was 150% of
the *purchase price*. Minus the 6% commission :) Although, it was only 3%
because a family friend who is a real estate agent did not charge me her half.
And I only ha
On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:36:11 -0400, Jesse Phillips
wrote:
On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 21:55:48 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
...and if you sell it, unless you own multiple houses, you're now
homeless. And housing prices are up, so getting a new house will erase
the gains you got from selling
On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:29:17 -0400, Walter Bright
wrote:
On 6/11/2013 6:54 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
Property will ALWAYS have
value, even if almost everything else goes to shit.
Unless you buy in Detroit! (And that's far from the only such example.
Many small towns in America ar
On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:40:29 -0400, Walter Bright
wrote:
On 6/11/2013 6:54 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
My profit on my first condo, which I bought in '99 and sold in '05 was
150% of
the *purchase price*. Minus the 6% commission :) Although, it was
only 3%
because a family friend who
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