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by z3phyr 8y ago
Radiation is another issue. I have heard that radiation hardening is very costly
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by z3phyr 8y ago
>Many developers don't care about the stuff we make computers do, but are passionate of the tools and implementation details of doing them This is a positive characteristic of a hacker. Very much desirable. Do note that I was specif
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by z3phyr 8y ago
I heard my old physics professor say "In FORTRAN GOD is real"
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by z3phyr 8y ago
People who proselytize programming languages are missing the big picture. Its always about making computers do stuff and programming language of choice is just an implementation detail. Having said that, we do need to look into other kinds
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What to do with your computer science career(neopythonic.blogspot.com)
2 points by z3phyr 8y ago|0 comments
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The 4tH compiler(thebeez.home.xs4all.nl)
77 points by z3phyr 8y ago|43 comments
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by z3phyr 8y ago
A similar approach is taken in this Obligatory mention: https://compilers.iecc.com/crenshaw/
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by z3phyr 8y ago
Standardization took place and the "business class" caught up.
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by z3phyr 8y ago
False advertisement is false. Please refrain from such statements as it actually hurts the language more.
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Ask HN: Getting started with pcg, computational art and demoscene?
1 points by z3phyr 8y ago|1 comments
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Procedural Content Generation(pcgbook.com)
2 points by z3phyr 8y ago|0 comments
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by z3phyr 8y ago
They are going to arrest the fishermen who took the man to his death. I just hope that man was not infected in any way..
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by z3phyr 8y ago
He went to a quarantined area just to proselytize. These are endangered tribal who have remained practically un-contacted for thousand of years. As someone who is not very familiar with western religions, can anyone explain the rational beh
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by z3phyr 8y ago
Writing emulators is a lot of fun. Great stuff here :) Kudos!!! A little off-topic: I end up doing a sub par job at writing some classic 8-bit emulators myself. At first it looks pretty straightforward, but becomes daunting as I progress, e
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by z3phyr 8y ago
Theorotically, in a world without consequences the USA can take out multiple powers very easily. Practically (and without usage of nuclear weopons), the USA can barely handle attrition. Also the USA have not fought a conventional war with a
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by z3phyr 8y ago
The recent C++ revisions are modern (kindof). Coming from C (and expecting a C with classes like stuff like in the 90s) C++ looks totally alien. Can't say its a mess because haven't used it much, just a toy project here and there.
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by z3phyr 8y ago
What if you can't figure out who the offending country is? The USA like any other nation is just some people who have emotions and psychology that can be tinkered with. How about six American Carrier groups against the other six??
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by z3phyr 8y ago
Maybe people who want to get into systems programming and choosing rust rather than C. Many JS devs do seem to prefer new glittering things.
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by z3phyr 8y ago
People look for legitimacy in history, ofcourse it plays a huge role.
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Ask HN: Alternative/Abandoned methods for AI?
3 points by z3phyr 8y ago|4 comments
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by z3phyr 8y ago
A cabinet is filled by elected representatives (diet/ parliamemt/senate) in a representative depocracy, unlike the US..
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by z3phyr 8y ago
Its beneficial for people in leadership roles to have some experience in the grounded disciplines; But it is not mandatory. Historically, there have been many kings and emperors who were not professional soldiers or strategists. Yet many
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by z3phyr 8y ago
The natural successor of perl5 was supposed to be ruby, at least in the early 2000s. Python is nothing like perl (by design), but got adopted for the same tasks nonetheless.
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by z3phyr 8y ago
Feasibility is the major contributing factor. Time, Space and Money are hard to come by. Then of course there is the red tape from the respective government involving permission for a very costly hobby. Then, the easiest to acquire, knowled
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Pokemon Red in Minecraft (2017) [video](youtube.com)
3 points by z3phyr 8y ago|0 comments
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by z3phyr 8y ago
Most of the modern games I have played have no replayibility, very limited in scope and on top of that archaic buisness models. I understand that it is very hard to make games and 100 times harder to make good games. There must be a sane me
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by z3phyr 8y ago
Thank you very much! This is what I will do!
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by z3phyr 8y ago
Are the 1st and 2nd parts mutually related? Is it ok if I start reading from the Bytecode VM part? PS: I am enjoying the design and writing. Kudos sir!
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by z3phyr 8y ago
EMP? Cyber Intrusion?
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by z3phyr 8y ago
It's rosy, but there are actual theoretical limits (like the halting problem) which act as a bedrock in that magic. Eventually we might find a way around, but we cant be sure of it now.

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