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by macintux 1y ago
Looks like this comment might help: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44128109
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by macintux 1y ago
I think you’re both right, but the key is walking vs driving. Walking gives you time to look around, GPS reduces stress, and typically you’re walking in an urban location with landmarks. Driving still requires careful attention to other dri
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by macintux 1y ago
I have no idea, but personally after 30 years of IT work, I definitely regret not finding something to strengthen my hands. They're barely useful for anything besides typing, and often not even that.
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by macintux 1y ago
From a purely Schadenfreude perspective, I’d love to see Microsoft face karmic revenge for its abysmal naming “conventions”.
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by macintux 1y ago
The repo includes runnable code. > Show HN is for something you've made that other people can play with… On topic: things people can run on their computers or hold in their hands
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by macintux 1y ago
I believe this could (or should) have been a Show HN, which would have allowed you to include explanatory text. See the top of this page for the rules. https://news.ycombinator.com/show Welcome to the site. There are a lot
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by macintux 1y ago
If you’re not going to write it in assembly, why should I use your software?
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by macintux 1y ago
Nearly everything Trump accuses someone of is projection. This has been true for years.
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by macintux 1y ago
Yep. I researched JVM and .NET thread sizes once, to compare/contrast with Erlang processes, and the difference is ludicrous. Erlang: ~1k 64-bit .NET thread: 4MB
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by macintux 1y ago
How does your point about the death of local languages relate to "time for developing new universal languages is over"? I don't think anyone is trying to make Náhuatl a new global language.
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by macintux 1y ago
Apple proposed reducing the scare factor months ago. The EU told them to hold off. https://daringfireball.net/2025/05/that_eu_app_store_warning...
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by macintux 1y ago
It's more accurate to say that businesspeople consider research a waste in our quarter-by-quarter investment climate, since it generally doesn't lead to immediate gains. And our current leadership considers research a threat, sinc
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by macintux 1y ago
Related from a month ago, including discussion of this post's submission at the time. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43706037
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http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2013/07/man-named-kim-a...
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by macintux 1y ago
I was pleasantly surprised to discover that my favorite technical writer, W. Richard Stevens (RIP), long ago wrote a Forth manual for Kitt Peak Observatory. It can be found here: https://www.forth.org/tutorials.html
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by macintux 1y ago
Odin has been hitting HN semi-regularly. A recent thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43939520
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by macintux 1y ago
That doesn’t change the fact that using “so-called” is a red flag. The physicists are mainstream. That doesn’t make them right, but using derogatory language like that is not helping make the case against them.
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by macintux 1y ago
Per Wikipedia: non-deterministic execution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe-E
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by macintux 1y ago
Just for future reference: when a comment thread is sufficiently nested the “reply” link is missing, but you can click/tap on the timestamp link. That’s a hardlink to the comment, whence you can reply.
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by macintux 1y ago
Well, that sounds legit. > Many so-called mainstream physicists who believe in quantum theory dismiss your theory as pseudoscience. What is Mills Grand Unified Theory of Classical Physics (GUTCP) underlying the SunCell® that harnesses th
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by macintux 1y ago
Discussion yesterday of Odin, that touched on Zig and D. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43939520
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by macintux 1y ago
I remember chatting online (MUD) with a friend in Sweden in 1990. I sent her an email, and she confirmed it arrived moments later, and my mind was blown. For some reason I felt “mail” surely couldn’t arrive that fast, even though we were ch
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by macintux 1y ago
Walter Bright, the creator of D, is an active commenter here. https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=WalterBright Zig is also worth mentioning, and pops up frequently.
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by macintux 1y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/11e63o2/what... Update: This is a remarkable statement. "We marvel to see no shadows of our bodies at noon"
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That ‘restricted set’ is incredibly powerful politically at the moment.
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I remember the phrase "heroin chic" from that era.
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In the absence of a membership action plan, NATO saying "Yes, someday Ukraine will be a member" (something that they were barely able to agree on in 2008, and nothing changed in the 15 years after that) is hardly "imminent&qu
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by macintux 1y ago
> With Ukraine's entry into NATO appearing increasingly imminent Say what? AFAIK, Ukraine wasn’t even eligible for entry due to the organization’s rules on contested territories.
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Committing crimes like registering to vote and being told they could vote? https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/08/florida-voter-fr...
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by macintux 1y ago
When did “level playing field” become more important than other considerations?

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