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Re:Mount Athos, the “Autonomous Monastic State” of Greece (2016)
on Friday December 10, 2021 @01:51PM (#29513875)
You can get by with English, but you won't understand the service (which is in the monastery's main language, e.g. Greek/Russian/etc).
Re:'42 Knees in One Day': Israeli Snipers Open Up About Shooting Gaza ...
on Friday March 20, 2020 @08:06PM (#22643036)
I can only wish "imagine yourself in the shoes of the protester before making a decision" would be added to the training.
CVE-2016-5195
Re:Swiss cybersecurity startup Cyberhaven raises over $2M to secure se...
on Thursday July 28, 2016 @10:17AM (#12180319)
Swiss cybersecurity startup Cyberhaven raises over $2M to secure sensitive docs
Re:Massive Zurich building completes 19-hour trip (2012)
on Sunday March 20, 2016 @05:00PM (#11324630)
Moving massive buildings was quite common in Romania during the communist regime, to make room for large boulevards: https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/29b7pi/moving_...
Stream Fusion is PEF-ible
Ask HN: When interviewing, what are the telltale signs of a very good candidate?
What are the signs you use to sort out the best candidates before an interview (or after having the initial chat with them)?
Re:The Dotty experimental compiler for Scala now bootstraps
on Saturday October 31, 2015 @11:12AM (#10482867)
Please see the comment above: even though the main compiler is in maintenance and stabilization mode, innovation has happened in Scala in the form of independent projects, driven by people in Martin Odersky's lab.
Re:The Dotty experimental compiler for Scala now bootstraps
on Saturday October 31, 2015 @11:07AM (#10482852)
A lot of work in 2.11 has gone in stabilizing the compiler (aka bug fixing) and the backend (the JVM bytecode generator). Unfortunately this is not very visible work, but it had to be done to maintain compatibility with Java 8 lambdas.
As for the new things, they are mainly library-based and compiler plugins, so the scalac compiler remains stable, and new features are self-supporting. Some examples:
* Scala.js (http://www.scala-js.org/)
* Scala.meta (https://github.com/scalameta/scalameta)
* Pickers and spores (https://speakerdeck.com/heathermiller/on-pickles-and-spores-...)
* Scala offheap (https://github.com/densh/scala-offheap)
* RRBVector (https://github.com/nicolasstucki/scala-rrb-vector)
* ScalaBlitz (https://scala-blitz.github.io/)
* Miniboxing (http://scala-miniboxing.org)
Also, I should mention the theoretical work on the DOT type system, which is a sound and more expressive type system to be used for the Scala programming language (compatible with the old type system, as it's more expressive, but also sound -- disallowing any incorrect code).
Regarding Typesafe, they took over releases and maintenance, and did a good job at that. Yet Martin Odersky himself and his team at EPFL are the main drivers for innovation, including dotty and all the projects listed above (which were all developed at EPFL, see http://lamp.epfl.ch).
The Dotty experimental compiler for Scala now bootstraps
Spark Summit EU talks
Dotty: bootstrapped experimental compiler for Scala
Re:Creating a realistic 3D face avatar from selfies
on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @01:57PM (#10011555)
Use a simple phone camera to make realistic 3D models of your face, including wrinkles and face expressions. Pretty neat technology :)
Creating a realistic 3D face avatar from selfies
Re:Microsoft Launches Its .NET Distribution for Linux and Mac
on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @02:51PM (#9460762)
Too little too late.
Ask HN: How do you thank the people that changed your life?
Taking some time off the almost-non-stop programming and tinkering, I'm wondering how can I thank those people that have helped me beyond what anyone else would have had?You know, those people who went out of their way to help out when you had an illness, who taught you the things that changed the course of your life, or maybe were always there, silently comforting you when you had a tough day....