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by hn_submit 5d ago
C wasn't meant to fully replace low-level languages like Assembly. Context switching still isn't possible in C (nor in Zig). And most C library calls are actually Unix system calls. Malloc() is an operating system call and not a l
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by hn_submit 5d ago
As far as I understand it comptime is basically runtime compilation and integration into the running program (just-in-time compilation). That gives it great flexibility of course but it also requires each Zig application to carry a full com
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by hn_submit 5d ago
Swift is basically C++ with shared_ptr (i.e. using reference counting for smart pointers). You need to be aware of its limitations just as you would with shared_ptr.
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by hn_submit 6d ago
Anything that's not an operating system kernel.
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by hn_submit 6d ago
An application since it's not an operating system kernel.
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by hn_submit 7d ago
Writing an operating system kernel in C is valid usage since there's a great deal of thought going into it and it almost never changes. EVERYTHING ELSE is invalid usage no matter how performance critical people claim their applicatio
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by hn_submit 7d ago
It's useful, but systems programming languages shouldn't be used to create applications in the first place. We're trying to solve a problem that shouldn't be solved. We're continuing and even confirming the usage of
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by hn_submit 7d ago
There will never be a true successor to C since C is "high level assembly." The lack of pointer checking, unsafe casts and non-existent bounds checking aren't an oversight but by design ! Assembly doesn't have them so n
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by hn_submit 7d ago
It's plain wrong to accuse U.S. forces of war crimes over this. You could say it was negligent of them to use old maps of the military base, but that's not a war crime. Trump should close the U.N. headquarters in New York and demo
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by hn_submit 8d ago
This is exactly what we need in the West! I have a strong suspicion that nobody here actually cares about security or customer data being spilled into the streets. Security costs money and as long as there aren't any penalties for negl
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by hn_submit 8d ago
The future of authentication is....CertFP. Basically the same as passkeys, but a based on certificates that you can backup somewhere. If the browser supports them and stores them securely you're safe as houses even after a breach.
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by hn_submit 9d ago
These are baseless and misleading accusations. In WWII many tens of thousands of civilians died because of erroneous bombings and no one ever got accused of "war crimes" over them. In a war mistakes are made and people will die as
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by hn_submit 9d ago
The powers granted to the U.S. President are meant to be used in times of war or situations that threatens the security of the United States. Trump is using it nilly-willy for just about everything. It will, however, be difficult to come up
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by hn_submit 10d ago
I believe this will turn around. The mood is a sign of the times and the general dislike of the man in the White House. But he won't be there forever yet Canada will always be the U.S.' Northern neighbor, biggest trading partner a
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by hn_submit 11d ago
They're trying to dissuade European NATO members from continuing their support for Ukraine. Things are going badly for Russia. The war has lasted longer than the Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany and Ukraine is actually taking b
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by hn_submit 11d ago
I thought the Russians were supplying them with HiRes imagery. I've not heard of any Russian optical or radar satellite breaking up.
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by hn_submit 11d ago
In the great power struggle there can be no safe havens. All the world's a stage. And the sky too.
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by hn_submit 11d ago
It's not perfect (Linux Mint) but neither is Windows. I mean, there are three or four different UIs in there from different eras. I find Linux far easier to use because you never have to install device drivers. It either works with you
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by hn_submit 12d ago
Linux is rising from the ground up. Many users are fed up with Redmond's nefarious schemes to pump up their share price like using its user base as A.I. guinea pigs. Amazingly it's U.S. users who are taking the lead in installing
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by hn_submit 12d ago
Yes, but unlike WebP it wasn't exclusively designed and developed by Google. That's a big difference.
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by hn_submit 12d ago
I agree that the choice for JPEG XL is mostly politically motivated: it isn't Google. And its name is derived from JPEG, which is an IETF standard which gives it more clout.
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by hn_submit 13d ago
Like I've said here before: we need to push for legislation that bans the sale of consumer data collected by websites and manufacturers to third-parties. We need a solution, not a Band-Aid like the "Freedom Car Act." I believ
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by hn_submit 13d ago
I can imagine a future where batteries and chargers communicate using an open-source protocol just as they are doing now over USB.
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by hn_submit 13d ago
Kagi will never make it. Asking people money for search is a non-starter. Also, I type in something in the search bar and...nothing happens. There's a pop-up below the search bar which tells me nothing is saved with a "Dismiss&quo
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by hn_submit 13d ago
These days almost all Google search results return nothing but links to stuff that you can buy instead of useful information you were looking for. They do this because they think they can get away with it, they're the only game in town
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by hn_submit 13d ago
Async/await is a poor abstraction since I find it difficult to reason how an application using it will behave. It's certainly not intuitive or easier to understand than threading. If, in addition, there are many possible design ch
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by hn_submit 13d ago
I believe that it's time, a quarter century after 9/11, to abolish the DHS, the department which was created pure out of spite towards the FBI and NSA. It's a service looking for a purpose and in doing so is trampling the rig
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by hn_submit 13d ago
I believe one of the feasibilities we have with electric locomotion is the standardization of components: electric motors, motor controllers, batteries and battery chargers. These being interchangeable will lead to lower costs through compe
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by hn_submit 13d ago
When they send fingerprints (cryptographic hashes) of the content your watching isn't that "snooping" by definition ? OK, they're not recording everything I say or do (probably) but their categorical denial is insincere
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by hn_submit 13d ago
I believe these "A.I. Armageddon" warnings are completely self-serving to pump up their share price now that interest rates are rising. Soon, it may become financially unsustainable to finance the A.I. boom and the entire sector w

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