Consultant, Programmer, writer, trainer, geek, low latency trading, clock synch Graduated from OU in 2019. former director at credit suisse. Now Zyxt Technology
Joined November 2011
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Neil Horlock retweeted
You may have heard of #embed, new for C23. It is a godsend for game dev, effectively #include for binary. Do you want it in MSVC (clue: yes, you do)? Then vote for it here: developercommunity.visualstu…
Neil Horlock retweeted
Introducing...Your Community Cycling Champions!! Thank you SO much to everyone who got involved @SteveCrackett @_zyxt_ @pedalperfect to name just a few. And HUGE thanks to @AshfordCouncil for their ongoing support youtu.be/0ryimqJBEDo #activetravel #cycle #bike @ExploreKent
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Could we repair YOUR chair? Fav footstool? Cherished coffee table? Many small wooden items and furniture can be repaired by our Repair Cafe volunteers, helping you live more #sustainable, #savemoney and #savetrees! Email [email protected] or visit Wednesdays 1-4pm.
Neil Horlock retweeted
Are your textiles, teddies or cushion covers seam-ingly done for? Can your zips not pull it all together? Repair Care Ashford has a new volunteer who wants to help save such belongings from the bin! Visit us to see if we can help, Wednesdays 1-4pm. #repair
Neil Horlock retweeted
GDB: For bugs that scarcely appear you can use GDB commands to re-run the program until it fails (see screenshot below)
#gdb #gnu #cpp #cplusplus #debugging
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Some Volunteers of Repair Cafe Ashford & Singleton Environment Centre will show examples of our work at Ashford Town Centre's Big Green Week Event this Saturday 24th September 9.30am-5.00pm. Please DO NOT BRING items for repair to town. We will be around to chat about repairing.
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Repair Cafe Ashford is open ALL SUMMER LONG at @Singleton_EC Singleton Environment Centre workshop, Wednesdays, 1pm-4pm. Bring your busted items to us and our team will do our best to fix them for you. #RightToRepair #fixit #repair #reuse #Recycle #upcycle #Sustainability
Neil Horlock retweeted
I’m going to start tweeting out a bunch of gdb tips. Every time I give a talk on GDB someone comes up to tell me they thought they knew GDB but discovered some things they had no idea about. And every talk I give someone teaches me something I didn’t know existed.
Neil Horlock retweeted
I am looking forward to this great collaboration opportunity, any questions please contact Diego and/or me!
We are very excited to announce this: in collaboration with @CAGames, we are advertising for a PhD scholarship for @iggiphd for September 2022 start. This is a fully-funded, 4-year position for home (UK) or EU-Settled status at @GameAI_QMUL.
👇🧵 1/5
Neil Horlock retweeted
Standard ISO/IEC 14882:2020 (aka C++ 20) has been approved unanimously by 22 countries.
This is a really major release of C++.
Thanks to all who contributed during years.
Neil Horlock retweeted
When we rebuild on the other side of this pandemic, we can choose to do so with greater consideration than ever to the wellbeing of future generations
Proud to introduce #FutureGenerationsBill today with cross party support
Acting #TodayForTomorrow is as important as ever
Neil Horlock retweeted
New big blog post on Mikado Refactoring with C++ Macros.
An important technique written by @vaughncato
Check it out!
fluentcpp.com/2020/01/24/mik…
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Join us in 45 minutes for the first Code Club panel session at the Fox@Excel.
🗣 We’re discussing what makes an engaging Code Club! #Bett2020
📍The Fox@Excel pub, just off the footpath between the ExCel West Entrance and Custom House DLR pscp.tv/w/cPrUEzE5MjY2MTd8MU…
Neil Horlock retweeted
C++17 - The Complete Guide
is now complete and available as a printed book at
amazon.com/dp/396730017X
See cppstd17.com/ for details of the book.
Neil Horlock retweeted
Quick C++ quiz (no checking, no spoilers please):
int n=0x1e+2>>4;
29%n == 30
27%n == 2
12%n == 0
32%ill-formed
568 votes • Final results Neil Horlock retweeted
Blender 2.80 is officially available for download! Thank you for making this possible. #b3d
blender.org/download/release…
youtube.com/watch?v=Kik4iZp5…
Neil Horlock retweeted
Alternative Big O notations:
O(1) = O(yeah)
O(log n) = O(nice)
O(nlogn) = O(k-ish)
O(n) = O(ok)
O(n²) = O(my)
O(2ⁿ) = O(no)
O(n^n) = O(fuck)
O(n!) = O(mg!)
Neil Horlock retweeted
Two years ago I made a weak joke; today there is a busy, well-populated (nearly 2000) discord server serving precisely this need... I wasn’t expecting that! Many thanks to admins @gregcons, @TartanLlama and @pati_gallardo for their great work since then, and also to all the mods!
