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Re:Ask HN: Best books on building a programming language on Sunday April 12, 2026 @08:09AM (#47738739)
thank you very much

that is all i needed

Ask HN: Best books on building a programming language

I have this long thought about building a language for the age of ai.Here is a non-exhaustive list of features i would love to have it included: - separate effect full code from pure logic - separate state and code - ai native debugger - native deterministic simulation testing - coding proofs - explicit type system - repl - wasm targetI have no background in compiler building or similar. I...

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Looks great. Super interesting to browse other peoples code. I'm working on a desktop app for ChatGPT.

https://github.com/EzzatOmar/delegate

Re:Ask HN: Is Quora Finished? on Thursday March 18, 2021 @05:02PM (#26507522)
Idk never used it. The paywall makes me flee every time a search leads me there.
Re:Ask HN: What (side-)project are you working on? on Thursday March 18, 2021 @05:01PM (#26507512)
Working on an ad network for sideprojects (just launched). tinyads.io

It works by sideprojects showing each other on their landing pages.

Ask HN: Any projects turning your phone into a database?

I'm very conflicted with the rise of smart home products. On the one hand I would love to automate things and go with the tech trend. But man, streaming my life to a tech company feels very creepy. Are there project trying to solve this?I'm thinking about an app which turns your phone into a database for this use case. Just curious if you heard of any.

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I was just pushing some new code to production when it stopped working. So frustrating.

Show HN: Ad network for side projects has launched

I'm excited to have launched Tiny Ads. https://tinyads.io A privacy respecting ad network for side projects. It's an old idea (web rings) lifted for a niche. Tiny Ads wants to become a network of smaller projects by linking each other on their respected landing page. The ad will provide a standardized way to display projects across the web. Like a feed layer on top your web page. New users...

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Re:GDPR – No reject option – what to do? on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:45PM (#26307382)
UPDATE: the cookie banner was updated. A reject option is now available!

https://twitter.com/LetMeReject/status/1366473613709365257?s...

Thanks to everyone supporting this. We changed the world a little bit.

If you think this format has potential please follow @LetMeReject.

Re:GDPR – No reject option – what to do? on Monday March 01, 2021 @12:54PM (#26305711)
That's true. As long as they have not to bear the external cost it's cheap to pollute. But the market is two sided. We can bring the cost to the polluter if we choose to.
Re:GDPR – No reject option – what to do? on Monday March 01, 2021 @12:49PM (#26305643)
The DPA (Lower Saxony) says it's not. German link: https://lfd.niedersachsen.de/startseite/themen/internet/date...

They call it Nudging.

I might translate this to a proper blog post in English.

Re:GDPR – No reject option – what to do? on Monday March 01, 2021 @12:34PM (#26305436)
In this case the footer banner is not accessible with an open cookie banner. E.g. German law requires the website owner to have a legal link to the website representative.

In this case, only by consenting to the cookies I could have access to those links.

Re:GDPR – No reject option – what to do? on Monday March 01, 2021 @12:30PM (#26305390)
I filled 2 years ago a few complaints. It took over 1 year for an answer. Basically nothing happened.

The Data Protection Authority are underfunded and understaffed. They try the best with their resources.

Re:GDPR – No reject option – what to do? on Monday March 01, 2021 @12:26PM (#26305341)
Some do some don't.

The GDPR strictly requires an explicit opt-in. So it's reasonable to assume that clicking on 'X' is a rejection. But some website do not accept that as a rejection.

Re:GDPR – No reject option – what to do? on Monday March 01, 2021 @12:07PM (#26305017)
Quoting the banner: "You can consent to the use of such technologies by closing this notice"
Re:GDPR – No reject option – what to do? on Monday March 01, 2021 @12:04PM (#26304985)
As a European I encounter a lot dark patterns to circumvent privacy laws. Some just ignore your choice and track you. Some don't give you a reject option. Some make it really really annoying (or slow) to reject.

Do you think it's possible to politely ask them on twitter to change? Maybe as a group?

Re:The Framework Laptop on Thursday February 25, 2021 @02:03PM (#26266725)
Are the privacy switches hardware or software based?
Re:Show HN: Ad Network for Sideprojects on Monday February 22, 2021 @02:51AM (#26221913)
Thanks for the feedback. There are some issues left unsolved. I will take care of them.
Re:Show HN: Ad Network for Sideprojects on Monday February 22, 2021 @02:46AM (#26221881)
Thank you!
Re:Show HN: Ad Network for Sideprojects on Monday February 22, 2021 @02:45AM (#26221872)
Is there a difference between the two?
Re:Show HN: Ad Network for Sideprojects on Monday February 22, 2021 @02:42AM (#26221856)
Thanks. I fixed the typos.
Re:Show HN: Ad Network for Sideprojects on Monday February 22, 2021 @02:42AM (#26221853)
Yes. Tailwind mixed with alpinejs.
Re:Show HN: Ad Network for Sideprojects on Sunday February 21, 2021 @04:51PM (#26217600)
What a great project. Love the idea. This might be a new game gerne. Developer Board Games or so. Haha
Re:Show HN: Ad Network for Sideprojects on Sunday February 21, 2021 @04:48PM (#26217577)
No I don't. The ads must be respectful and unobtrusive.

Edit: typo

Re:Show HN: Ad Network for Sideprojects on Sunday February 21, 2021 @04:43PM (#26217549)
No wobble, juggle, jumping in the live version. I'll remove the animation now. haha

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