BlimpSpike
Re:Open Source Visa/Mastercard Competitor: Zenobia Pay
on Thursday August 14, 2025 @11:53AM (#44901946)
If you read the article they do give merchants more value in the form of 2% lower fees. It's just that that's not enough.
Re:Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP
on Monday July 14, 2025 @02:35PM (#44563673)
The article says they're a 10 person family.
Re:Fundamentals of Garbage Collection
on Saturday July 12, 2025 @03:03AM (#44539960)
Kindof unrelated to the article, but I was recently wondering if it would be possible to detect and deny pointer cycles in a language in an efficient way, so that you could then use simple reference counting instead of full-blown garbage collection.
It probably wouldn't be usable for a general-purpose programming language, but for a special-purpose scripting language I could see it making the language implementation easier.
Re:Btrfs Allocator Hints
on Friday July 11, 2025 @05:03PM (#44536760)
I hadn't heard of bcachefs, but I looked it up and apparently Linus just removed it from the kernel source tree last month for non-technical reasons.
Re:Spaced repetition systems have gotten way better
on Sunday May 18, 2025 @04:18PM (#44024032)
The author bashes other algorithms for being "arbitrary", but I don't see how FSRS is any less arbitrary.
Re:Google is hurting new apps that have less users than competitors
on Friday May 02, 2025 @04:11PM (#43874134)
PCs don't have sandboxing or permissions.
Re:Show HN: Mechanical Computer Kit (Roons)
on Thursday May 01, 2025 @01:57PM (#43861132)
How loud is it? Would it disrupt the whole office if I had it on my desk and occasionally played with it?
Very cool, I'll check back for the Kickstarter!
Re:Why Is This Site Built with C
on Sunday March 30, 2025 @05:36PM (#43527890)
Having the MD file and the website open side by side and being able to see immediate updates as you write is valuable.
Re:Landrun: Sandbox any Linux process using Landlock, no root or conta...
on Saturday March 22, 2025 @04:03PM (#43448227)
Similarly to the bubblewrap comment, I'd also like to know how it compares to nsjail.
I think nsjail uses mount namespaces (CLONE_NEWNS) instead of landlock for filesystem sandboxing, but what would the practical differences be?