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by adtac 10y ago
Except when it comes to inserting USB drives. All hail USB-C!
872.
by adtac 10y ago
Not really relevant, but there's no binary sort :P
873.
by adtac 10y ago
I think so? Assuming a regular function (a method should do one thing and one thing only) is about ~20 lines, we're looking at ~6 functions (170 lines - 17 comments - about 15 lines of newlines, imports and so on = 130-odd). Six functi
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Show HN: Exterminate – break python programs with a single import(github.com)
1 points by adtac 10y ago|0 comments
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by adtac 10y ago
Is that like a theoretical limit or are is it just a big number?
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by adtac 10y ago
Yeah, took me like 3 hours :)
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by adtac 10y ago
Ask and ye shall receive: https://relevant-xkcd.github.io/ (I'm not monetizing it though lol)
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Show HN: A search engine for relevant XKCDs written in Go(relevant-xkcd.github.io)
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by adtac 10y ago
>Charge $0.01 per tweet Guaranteed to kill twitter within a year.
880.
by adtac 10y ago
Why? The inner monologue with all its swearing is what made the book what it is. It's hilarious, witty AND you get to learn actual engineering.
881.
by adtac 10y ago
It's hilarious that he has a "Like" button in the upper right corner embedded on every post.
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by adtac 10y ago
Thank you for that video - it was wonderful. Are there any other channels that focus on things like this (logical stuff)? I like CGP Grey, so I'd love suggestions that are similar.
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by adtac 10y ago
I laughed at that too. It literally says "English" :D
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by adtac 10y ago
With the backend powered by NodeJS, of course.
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by adtac 10y ago
>Knuth did proudly use TeX to print dinner menu That's hilarious. Any sources on that? That man is incredible.
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by adtac 10y ago
I understand why someone would want to start with a prefilled vimrc, but I really can't stress enough how useful writing your own vimrc is. I started with bits and pieces from everywhere on the internet, but one day, I sat down and wro
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by adtac 10y ago
I wonder if we'll see software this timeless ever again.
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Ask HN: What makes a good landing page?
2 points by adtac 10y ago|2 comments
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by adtac 10y ago
Apps are usually in the order of 40-50 MB. From a back of the hand calculation, the a 50 MB file when compressed with Brotli is 14.5 MB and LZMA is 17.5 MB. The difference of 3 MB translates to an additional 8 seconds of data transfer in a
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by adtac 10y ago
No it's not. That's literally what I would summarise the entire article as: Google Intern's work saves over 1.5M GB per day.
891.
by adtac 10y ago
You're a HN user. I think it's safe to say that you're more technically educated than the average user - which is where Linux has failed.
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by adtac 10y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8743374
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by adtac 10y ago
Are there legal implications if you use language like "we _hope_ to get to a profitable stage within one year"?
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by adtac 10y ago
Like, making actual cameras? I don't use Snapchat, but would that just be a regular camera with filters?
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by adtac 10y ago
May I ask why? What would companies get out of doing that?
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Gitlab up and available to the public again(twitter.com)
2 points by adtac 10y ago|0 comments
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by adtac 10y ago
You were trolling 10 year olds? Really?
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Break Python programs with a simple import statement(github.com)
1 points by adtac 10y ago|0 comments
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The Tanenbaum-Torvalds Debate(oreilly.com)
1 points by adtac 10y ago|0 comments
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by adtac 10y ago
I think I got a solution - every article is accompanied by a QR code that you can scan to open a searchable version of the exact same text. Just a couple of seconds away and you don't lose the papery-feel either.

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