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by sph 3mo ago
Someone has started to implement Aaltonen’s “No Graphics API” idea in Odin: https://github.com/leotmp/no_gfx_api
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by sph 3mo ago
You’re not in a position to gloat, my friend
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by sph 3mo ago
It’s always a problem of too much entropy.
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by sph 3mo ago
> soft on crime I cannot take these words seriously since Trump tweeted that the Pope is weak on crime, and it’s the most retarded thing I’ve ever heard. The US is not a serious country any more.
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by sph 3mo ago
The AI posts will continue until morale improves. Honestly, I am starting to feel it’s Groundhog Day every day here, reaching the same discussion we’ve been having for years now.
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by sph 3mo ago
The art of essay writing allows an author to ascertain how well they understand a topic and work out the flaws just by trying to put it into words. Paul Graham speaks about this.
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by sph 3mo ago
Same with taking notes by hand compared to writing on a keyboard, and the effect it has on memory retention is well researched.
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by sph 3mo ago
Train travel is so great, even in the crappy trains. Just turn up at the station, sit down, and enjoy the sights. You don't even need a seatbelt. I wish to see high speed maglev transportation to supplant air travel in my lifetime.
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by sph 3mo ago
Those were the only two times of outdoor sleep in my life to date. The itinerary was Milan - Zurich - Amsterdam - Paris - Biarritz - Modane - back to Italy, sleeping in either hotels or the closest camping site to the train station. IIRC it
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by sph 3mo ago
Yes, there is a widespread belief in tech that 'removing friction' is a good direction to aim for. But you can have too little friction that completely ruins a product and the user experience. In game design friction very importan
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by sph 3mo ago
Interrail used to be more popular years ago among young adults who had just finished high school. I did it with a few friends at the time, and it was an incredible experience of self-reliance, patience and just complete freedom. My best mem
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by sph 3mo ago
The reality is that what is in our control is very, very little, and we’re squabbling like mad among ourselves because I had a piece of beef for lunch. I’m the first to recycle, so you’re preaching to the choir. What I’m saying if we could
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by sph 3mo ago
Though I keep wondering if the ‘invest consistently whether the market goes up or down’ defeats the point of a stock market in the first place. People effectively keep throwing money at mediocre or failing endeavours, which magnifies any st
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by sph 3mo ago
Yes, I should recycle more. Meanwhile, it’s OK for politicians to invest in coal and build gas-powered datacenters, while the ultrabillionaires buy groceries in a private jet. Don’t worry about that, just recycle more! It is about time we s
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by sph 3mo ago
We have ways to determine the past climate without having access to direct measurements.
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by sph 3mo ago
They get abandoned because they get generated on a whim. Sunk cost fallacy can be a feature: if you have spent a lot of blood, sweat, and tears on a project, you are more likely to push it through adversity and the doldrums that inevitably
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by sph 3mo ago
> what fits the guidelines or not It is no coincidence lawyering is a lucrative career, even when (in most countries) it is simply about interpreting what’s written in the big book. Until you rewrite the guidelines in an unambiguous prog
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by sph 3mo ago
I have had plenty of disagreements with dang over my time on this site, yet I am the first to claim he has been instrumental in making HN as good as it is, notwithstanding the deluge of posts, bots, trolls, and other ungovernable people. I
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by sph 3mo ago
I agree with you, though you’ll find other old users that will claim people have been moaning about the ‘decline in morals’ of this site since its inception
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by sph 3mo ago
How I view the market: Short term: high volatility and uncertainty, feels more like gambling at a casino Medium term: the world is too unstable, best to hold cash Long term: dollar cost averaging and time in the market always win so dependi
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by sph 3mo ago
Sure, quoting select passages over multiple emails with you personally. > I'm afraid we took vouching privileges away from your account because you vouched for too many comments that were unsubstantive and/or flamebait and&#x2F
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by sph 3mo ago
Probably one of the best solutions I have heard. Just add [AI] at the end. Though it should probably be [SLOP] as the term AI has legitimate uses.
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by sph 3mo ago
Then we are fucked. A quality platform must strive for more quality than what the average lurker, likely a bot, decides is worth reading. That’s how you get modern Reddit. Is the goal of this site to remain high-quality, or to rely on rando
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by sph 3mo ago
Honest question, why would it be a grim future for people to be allergic to what, in 99% of the cases, is effortless slop? Personally that is the future I hope to see. Hence my continuous protestations at the lazy excuses for articles that
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by sph 3mo ago
I have been discouraging people from flagging ‘articles that they think don't belong on HN’, because you have disabled my ability to do so time and time again. In private conversation with you, you have confirmed that if I flag/vo
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by sph 3mo ago
Non-native speakers have learned and improved their English for decades by trial-and-error, let’s stop using that as an excuse to use LLMs. I have been there, and making mistakes is how one learns to communicate effectively in another langu
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Using a Highly Dynamic Language for Development [pdf](github.com)
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by sph 3mo ago
The second 2 day old vibecoded project by the author, posted minutes after: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48877344
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by sph 3mo ago
Of all the millionaires in the world, I feel he’s earned a little bit of monetary recognition for his achievements. Had I coinvented TCP/IP, I’d gladly take a bullshit, cushy paying job in my latter half of my career as a ‘reward’
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by sph 3mo ago
“Non ragioniam di lor, ma guarda e passa” — Dante Alighieri Translated: don’t mind them, just look and move on

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