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Re:Introduction to Nintendo DS Programming on Thursday April 09, 2026 @12:50PM (#47706016)
3DS programming is even easier! * Run through https://3ds.hacks.guide/ * Set up devkitpro: https://devkitpro.org/wiki/Getting_Started * Probably start from an example here: https://github.com/devkitpro/3ds-examples * Then you don't even need to transfer your built file, 3dslink can boot it over the network: https://github.com/devkitPro/3ds-hbmenu?tab=readme-ov-file#n...
Re:Nim versions 2.2.0 and 2.0.10 released on Friday October 04, 2024 @12:16PM (#41742885)
"Many long-standing compiler bugs with generics, typedesc and static types have been fixed in this release, effectively making these features stable."

Awesome! Though it may not be the "proper" use, the bugs regarding static types made working with ImGUI much more painful than it should have been.

The quickest win would to move off of Heroku. Either rent your own server that you can control (to a reasonable degree), or find an alternative that doesn't suffer that issue.

Redis would work but I'd be afraid of race conditions. There probably wouldn't be any, but it's something to be aware of.

If you wanted to test the waters with at least the relative public, I'd consider doing step 1 of renting a server, but then hiding it behind a Tor hidden service. Inconvenient to connect to? Yeah. (Probably) safe from the Hasbro demons? Also yeah.

Re:Find the date of your birthday in the number pi on Friday October 20, 2023 @11:51AM (#37957810)
You'll like this then: https://github.com/philipl/pifs
There is something just like that for one of the largest 3ds piracy sites. I won't link to it, but it isn't hard to find
Re:The $2.98 Computer Library (1977) on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @02:58AM (#37304281)
Adjusting for inflation, $2.98 in 1977 is equivalent to $15 nowadays, which means that we've knocked this out of the park. On Ebay you can get a cheapo Android phone for under that amount with more storage than detailed on the article. And hey, gfortran is free!
Re:No-GIL mode coming for Python on Saturday July 29, 2023 @01:32AM (#36917251)
The issue is when someone's unattended-upgrades bumps up the version and causes something to come crashing down. The people who need to use nogil should know that they need to, and will now have the ability to enable it
Re:Why even let users set their own passwords? on Saturday July 22, 2023 @01:14PM (#36827928)
Those are called "magic links"
You can use CDC WONDER[1] and the FBI's statistics[2] to check it. In terms of homicide, in raw numbers we are at 90s levels, but per-capita it's significantly down.

1) https://wonder.cdc.gov/Deaths-by-Underlying-Cause.html 2) https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/

Re:Nim 2.0.0 RC2 on Friday March 31, 2023 @07:56AM (#35385673)
Awesome! Really looking forward to the 2.0 release - specifically default object values, which is one of the few language-level pain points I've had.
I can only hope that FedNow works as promised and maybe, just maybe, we may have something a bit better than our current situation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spawn_installation - I was going to say that StarCraft 1 had this, but it turns out it was a whole category of games!
Re:ImGUI Ported to a LiteX SoC on Thursday January 26, 2023 @07:24PM (#34540849)
That's really neat! ImGUI has got to be one of the most satisfying GUI libraries to use, its fast, versatile and looks absolutely beautiful, so spreading it to even weird places is great!
Re:PayPal Inactivity Fee on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @02:46AM (#33606393)
Thank you!
Re:PayPal Inactivity Fee on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @02:28AM (#33606305)
Could you elaborate more on this? Specifically the DDA bit - I don't know which acronym you're referring to.

Ask HN: Where to find jobs that have screening questions?

Hello HN! I've been job hunting unsuccessfully for nearly a year now. I've been trying to get my foot in the door, however just haven't had much luck, except whenever there's a position that poses one or more technical questions to applicants, which usually gets an interview.Is there a place that aggregates or has such questions as a feature?

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Re:A Way Out for A.out on Friday March 25, 2022 @01:53AM (#30799067)
GCC a.out is an ELF file (except in extremely rare circumstances). "a.out" as a executable format is like ELF, but different and practically no longer used. This is a proposal to remove the latter
Certain networks heavily filter, or entirely filter UDP. At least having the option is a nice thing in case you find yourself in that situation.
Re:FarPlay: Low-Latency Audio over the Internet on Thursday November 25, 2021 @01:47AM (#29338842)
Mumble can get it very low. I don't know the actual stats, but audio packets can go to 10ms and use UDP
Re:Revolt: Open-source alternative to Discord on Monday September 06, 2021 @12:45PM (#28435517)
Finally, something that outright says that its intent is to be a discord alternative. So many platforms try to sell themselves on some other feature, rather than just being open source and self-hostable. So many things, like Matrix, come close, but lack key components to really competing, such as voice channels rather than calls.

I hope this goes somewhere!

From my experience, TA ran great over Wine. I might be misremembering though.
Re:The Elephant at WWDC on Sunday June 13, 2021 @03:52PM (#27495748)
It still is the case, and the documentation itself has improved greatly over time. PHP is one of the few programming languages that I feel can be used using only the official documentation (with the comments, of course)
Re:Found at Goodwill: WebPad 1001 Prototype on Monday June 07, 2021 @02:53PM (#27426562)
I was able to get a MS t-shirt with the Windows Defender logo on the front with "XP SP2" below it and "SECURITY" on the back.

It's absurd and I love it

Re:PHP 8 on Thursday November 26, 2020 @08:09PM (#25224755)
Agreed, that's how I learned. Also run it by someone that knows PHP so they can yell at you. I've used prepared statements ever since then
Re:PyPy: A Faster Python Implementation on Thursday June 18, 2020 @07:45AM (#23562135)
If it hasnt changed, and I wasn't wrong in the first place, it has some issues with deep C integration, you need to jump over some hoops to get numpy working, and some of the other powerhouse libraries.
Re:PyPy: A Faster Python Implementation on Thursday June 18, 2020 @07:37AM (#23562085)
PyPy is fantastic, it rescued a project I had where a massive amount of json needed to be parsed before an absurdly short heartbeat. Not even some of the fast json libraries could do it, but with a drop-in PyPy replacement, it worked, and still does, wonderfully
We are effectively out of free, unallocated IPv4 addresses. All of them are owned by a non-regulatory authority. If any of those entities want to sell some of their IPs, or their block, they are free to do so, and it happens all the time. But if you wanted to go to ARIN and ask for an IP or a block, you are out of luck.
Re:Ask HN: Do You Miss IRC? on Friday February 14, 2020 @10:07PM (#22332889)
Hey, that's my server! Weird seeing it mentioned by someone that isn't me
Looking lightly at some of the code and the screenshot provided, I'd like to compliment on the look of the language. A lot of the newer languages coming out mess with the "normal syntax" way too much, which discourages me from learning it. Beef actually looks like I could sit down, and learn the features of the language, rather than relearning a new syntax that wouldn't translate well.

I wish you luck!

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