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by vascocosta 4mo ago
I'm exactly in the same boat. 25+ years of experience and I use agentic coding exactly to learn better patterns. I often let it implement something, read the code, learn the pattern, confirm it's a good practice and then code myse
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by vascocosta 5mo ago
GluonScript really doesn't need a garbage collector, because at the end of the day when a script is executing, it is just safe Rust code evaluating expressions. So it's just a Rust program running really, with its automatic static
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by vascocosta 5mo ago
Really interesting read, especially after I released the initial version of my own interpreter which is also an AST-walking interpreter. My main goal was to understand at a basic level what it takes to build an interpreted programming langu
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by vascocosta 8mo ago
I know, but I often use Golang for two reasons: 1. avoids confusion, no matter how unlikely it is in a context like HN, and 2. search engine "findability".
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by vascocosta 8mo ago
I totally resonate with the author of the post. My main requirement to enjoy a language deeply is often simplicity, so I love languages like, C, Golang, Odin and Zig. That said, I also acknowledge that often times I need to solve problems t
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by vascocosta 1y ago
Thanks! It says this however: "Expected to ship to customers in February 2025." I wonder if a typo or if batch 2 is already gone too...
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by vascocosta 1y ago
Any idea when Pixel86 is going to be available again or how/where to get an ITX-Llama system?
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by vascocosta 1y ago
That's exactly what's compelling to me as well. As an absolute fan of KDE and all its features, as well as stability. Who better to seamlessly integrate everything around a KDE desktop than themselves? KDE neon had potential as we
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by vascocosta 1y ago
TIL about distrobox. It seems like a really neat way to use containers with good host distro integration.
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by vascocosta 1y ago
I didn't know this one, thanks. Looks interesting as well.
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by vascocosta 1y ago
A long time ago I have used all BSDs and loved them. Eventually the performance of Linux hooked me back, but I guess it's always a good time to go BSD again. I miss the predictability of the upgrades.
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by vascocosta 1y ago
Or you can try to install whatever custom packages you need under $HOME, without the need for any special permissions or FS overlays? But yes, saving snapshots is also a good solution. I guess immutable distros such as this one target peopl
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by vascocosta 1y ago
Personally I'm interested in distros with an immutable base system. After decades of a lot of tinkering with all sorts of distros, I value a stable core more than anything else. If I want to tinker and/or install/compile pack
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by vascocosta 1y ago
I agree with you in principle. However, this distro in particular makes use of an immutable base system, which although not new, is definitely not extremely common among Linux distros.
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by vascocosta 1y ago
No. Obviously Rust is popular outside HN and for instance in my case and other people that I know the interest for Rust is totally unrelated to HN or any other specific platform for that matter. In my experience there are roughly three main
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by vascocosta 1y ago
I pronounce as CLI as well, at least mentally whenever I read it. I don't often, if ever get the chance to say it out loud, so I wouldn't know. English is not my native language so I guess "cee el eye" would not be how I
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by vascocosta 1y ago
> One possible interpretation is that the brakes when manually applied are insufficient to stop the vehicle when the counterweight provided by the cable is absent. > Another is that the manual brake is insufficient, but the pneumatic&
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by vascocosta 1y ago
One of the issues is that the body consists of a wooden frame, surrounded by a thin sheet of steel to avoid extra weight. So it's not very strong, plus the bulk of the 14 ton mass lies on the bottom where the bogies are. When it derail
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by vascocosta 1y ago
You're welcome. :) Most people here have exactly the same view you expressed. My initial reaction was the same as well. Then, on top of it all there's the political noise where each party is now trying to take some advantage out o
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by vascocosta 1y ago
It's my understanding that this particular funicular system uses eight shoe brakes, where rubber pads basically clamp a metal track (from above and below) causing friction. Hearing some local experts, they often mention that this is ph
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by vascocosta 1y ago
Yes, as a Portuguese with some patriotic feelings (but also self critical when needed), I was impressed myself with the quality of this report given the time frame.
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by vascocosta 1y ago
> Have to read it with time, however as Portuguese I imagine the service done during the same day of the tragedy was as always in our culture, "good enough" and to move on. Coming from the same country as you, I totally underst
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by vascocosta 1y ago
Hopefully that's what this investigation will lead to. Nice videos.
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Gloria funicular derailment initial findings report (EN) [pdf](gpiaaf.gov.pt)
46 points by vascocosta 1y ago|38 comments
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by vascocosta 1y ago
This is not a preliminary report yet, but presents interesting technical data, including a description of how the system works and a detailed timeline of what happened pointing towards the detachment of the balancing cable at the anchoring
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by vascocosta 1y ago
This kind of approach is exactly why I believe we can have a nice experience over HTTP. Progressive content enhancement nails the perfect balance between too simple and too bloated. I personally believe client side scripting is important an
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by vascocosta 1y ago
I liked that as well, but wouldn't remember it before reading your comment. I guess all in all it is a pretty nice protocol, the only real problem for me is that the content is too niche to appeal to me on a daily basis.
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by vascocosta 1y ago
As an early adopter and developer of a couple of service oriented capsules, as time went by my interest faded completely. I'm a strong advocate of live and let live, so this is not a critique or discouragement post, but rather my own p
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by vascocosta 1y ago
I resonate with you about interfaces and a String type. At least these two are so prevalent even on the simplest of programs to warrant some proper language and std lib support.
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by vascocosta 1y ago
It has and it's both pretty mature and extensively used. Some users have philosophical reasons against using async/await at all, so I believe that's why the user said that... The other option being the user doesn't like

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