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Show HN: Y2K – A 0-byte code golfing language using pre-2000 timestamps

Posted by benbusby on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @02:04PM
from the show-hn dept.

Happy New Year HN. I thought it would be a fitting time to share a project I've been working on called Y2K. It's a code golfing language that can interpret file timestamps as code and ignore all file content, effectively allowing a set of 0-byte files to collectively form a solution to a problem. The repo has some small examples, including a simple "Hello World" program, printing the Fibonacci...

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Re:GitHub Release Radar December 2020 Edition on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @06:35PM (#25367097)

Never used PHP for anything major before, but the changes in PHP 8.0 seem to fix a lot of what I’ve heard complaints about in the past. Probably not enough to fix the whole “lol PHP bad” meme, but still nice to see the improvements.

Re:AirPods Max on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @11:13AM (#25347174)

> AirPods Max come with a soft, slim Smart Case that puts AirPods Max in an ultralow power state that helps to preserve battery charge when not in use.

Instead of, you know, a power button.

Re:Ask HN: Will the dev tools that don't work on M1 chips be fixed nex... on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @10:55AM (#25346903)

I'll add to the recommendations to steer clear of the 16" MBP. It runs uncomfortably hot for rather menial tasks, and the fan noise is bothersome if you're like me and are used to previous generations that were an order of magnitude quieter (I upgraded from a 2015 MBP whose fans were seldom activated). I also almost always use an external display, and just connecting the monitor (1440p ultrawide) causes the fans to spin up to an audible level every time.

As for the M1 issues, nobody knows except for Apple, but I would expect that most will be solved within the next year. There's a lot of core functionality in that article you posted that I can't imagine staying broken for more than a year.

Re:Show HN: We created a hexagonal keyboard made for smartphones on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @10:43AM (#25346683)

Huh. I just downloaded it and like the idea, but it definitely will take an adjustment period. I generally just use the default iOS swipe keyboard, and haven't had any issues besides the occasional retroactive (incorrect) spelling correction, which are sort of annoying.

Is there any plan to implement full swipe functionality in the future? I like the idea of swiping for space/backspace, so I think extrapolating that out to a full gesture based keyboard would be a logical next step.