Bob
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Bob
@InquiringBob
Just a regular guy. Son, father, engineer. Try to chip in here and there with common sense. Nothing fancy.
New York, USA Beigetreten Ocak 2026
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First off, the code is awful. Since the variables are local, success means you have an open file handle with no way to close it, you have allocated memory with no way to free it, and an open socket with no way to close it. The best outcome is config.txt can't be opened :). From a structural standpoint only, I would do something like this:
if ((FILE *f = fopen("config.txt", "r")) {
if ((char *buf = malloc(1024)) {
if (int sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0) > 0) {
return 0; // need to return the handles, but...
}
}
}
if (f) { close(f) }
if (buf) { free(buf) }
if (sock) { close(sock) }
return -1;
Still has all the problems previously mentioned, but no goto and cleaner. That is why goto is discouraged. Too many coders use it in place of structured logic.
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@loumacarichippy @terrychristian Their great great great great great grandparents were this or that.
Today they were just a random cross section of society.
If society is more conservative, so should they be.
Whether it suits your agenda or not.
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@terrychristian "most were Conservatives" sums up why the system was wrong.
Next step is replacing the rest of them with an elected and less bloated upper chamber.
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@terrychristian Hereditary peers today were no more than a random cross section of society with long ties to these islands.
More importantly the government just deeply changed how we are governed without a vote.
Even if you were right, this was very wrong.
The lords would have stopped it.
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Why is the United States supporting Russia and Putin instead of Zelensky and Ukraine. How does aligning with a ruthless dictator benefit the U.S.
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@Shambles151 Way to ask a leading question.
Should demonizing Israelis which is happening, be treated in the same way as demonizing Iranians which is not happening.
We can’t know if the thing that is happening equates to the thing that isn’t happening,
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"Jonathan Hall KC, the UK’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, stated in a speech that the "demonisation of Israelis" should be treated as a hate crime under existing laws."
Should demonising Israelis be treated any differently to demonising Iranians or Russians?
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@Dipshit28985545 @Nickisbackbaby The law provides unique protections to persons.
Therefore it must define what a person is.
So many weeks or whatever is agreed.
Once the embryo meets that definition, it’s a person. Destroying it is either lawful self defense or an unlawful killing.
That’s a criminal matter.
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@Nickisbackbaby so, let's explain this.
prison meant for rehabilitation of criminals back into society, Even if very bad man in prison.
abortion is like if you wanted to get rid of a parasite because that's what a baby is until it leaves the womb
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Can someone explain this to me like you would a child.
The majority of liberals oppose the death penalty even for horrendous crimes. But are totally fine with abortions.
Why? I fail to see the logic.
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@Aeon212 @Nickisbackbaby Has being made responsible for your own choices ever worked on a societal level?
I think the answer is yes.
So we are left with - is this a choice where consequences should be born. Literally.
That’s not some unique mental gymnastic event.
It’s just responsibility.
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@Nickisbackbaby Has that ever worked on a societal level ever in the history of our species?
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@RealPostFolder Add 5mph to the limit and answer that.
If they instead ask what is the speed limit on this road you answer 5mph below your actual speed.
And you smile and you’re polite.
If you still get a ticket maybe they will mark it down.
Then you plead not guilty. 5mph come on.
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"Officer, I believe I was going the speed limit"
Don't say what your speed was, or what you thought the limit was, just say you thought you were following the law and nothing else
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@JacquiDeevoy1 30 days from the moment you tell them in writing they have 30 days.
A text message will do.
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If a friend stays at your place for a few weeks while you’re away and they invite a friend of theirs to stay and that person leaves a whole load of stuff in your home, how long should you wait before you bin the lot of it? In my personal situation, it’s been over a year now.
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‘Keir Starmer Jew Harmer’: A march has begun in Golders Green after today’s terror attack.
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Muslims are actually the only few honest people left. *in my experience* every encounter with them on a business or professional level I have never felt ripped off regardless of their race they all conduct business Honestly. Again “from my experience”
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If Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez runs in 2028, how likely are you to support her?
A. 100%
Β. 75%
C. 50%
D. 25%
Ε. 0%
Vote honestly
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Last night, Israeli forces intercepted and boarded a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza in international waters off the coast of Greece — unlawfully detaining more than 175 people, including several New Yorkers.
My team has been in direct contact with State and Federal partners as we work to confirm the whereabouts and conditions of these New Yorkers.
This is a brazen violation of international law. Those detained must be released.
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@SteveOnSpeed Ask them for a simple breakdown materials versus labor. Just that nothing detailed.
Then ask them how long it will take and do they have enough people how many people.
That gives you an hourly rate. You can reason with that.
I think the quote is reasonable.
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Just got a quote for a new garage at our lake house. $70,000.
Includes:
Foundation.
24x30 garage.
Loft area upstairs with full plumbing. Earth leveling.
Running utilities, like power, water, and sewer.
This is good, terrible, or about right?
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@oelma__ All we can do, while we are here, is maximize happiness.
So we need to understand what is happiness.
An Anglican would tell you, not without reason, that happiness is a more perfect union with god and your neighbors.
That’s their definition.
Your mission is to find yours.
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@zarahussain999 @reformparty_uk Awww did somebody say something about somebody else?
It wasn’t about you?
We have an English word for that. It’s diddums.
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@reformparty_uk I don’t remember any comments on the Muslim community when we were attacked during the national riots
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@zarahussain999 @SuellaBraverman The traditional parties are all going byebye.
They refuse to listen to the bedrock that built these lands.
They prefer the opinions of folk who arrived last week, because their votes are more easily bought - the cheap way out.
We don’t yet know restore or reform.
Let’s see.
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@SuellaBraverman You was part of that government too
Strange tweet
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You were part of the government that utterly failed to back the banning of the hate marches.
Why did your former party leader sack me when I called out the failure of the Met Police and the out of control antisemitism?
You’re part of the problem.
Sky News@SkyNews
"We need more action now, not just words." Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch outlines what the government needs to do in wake of the Golders Green terror attack in northwest London. trib.al/wKcTa5R 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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Something that I could not wrap my mind around as an American moving to the UK is they specify if a bedroom is a "single" or a "double".
A single means the bedroom can only fit a single/twin bed and is not wide enough for a double bed to even fit in!!
Laura Lupin@bugsandfishes
Lots of property size / raising a family discourse on the timeline today that's making me feel the American mind could never comprehend the British terrace (this one is just under 800 square feet).
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