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Re:Quality non-fiction books are the antithesis of AI slop on Thursday July 23, 2026 @07:05AM (#49019644)
Well since human culture has developed from very limited stone age culture into what we have today, we must conclude that at least _some_ people are capable of generating something that is genuinely new.
Re:When can the C++ compiler devirtualize a call? on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @04:17AM (#48190632)
I think this is unfortunately wishful thinking, a lot of code is still written with traditional inheritance. It just makes unit testing with mocks much easier.
Re:We can't send mail farther than 500 miles (2002) on Thursday January 29, 2026 @08:40AM (#46810060)
TIL about 'units'
Re:Show HN: We Built the 1. EU-Sovereignty Audit for Websites on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @10:00AM (#46780876)
How is this calculated? A suspicious amount of people (including myself) get 92%...
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2025) on Monday October 13, 2025 @03:58AM (#45565901)
A Lisp Interpreter for Linux Shell Scripting, written in C++.

https://github.com/gue-ni/redstart

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025) on Monday May 26, 2025 @02:53AM (#44094705)
A 3D terrain renderer called 'FreeFlight', using real world elevation data and aerial imagery. I am hoping to turn it into a flight simulator eventually.

https://www.jakobmaier.at/posts/free-flight/

Re:Hotspot: Linux `perf` GUI for performance analysis on Thursday May 22, 2025 @04:29AM (#44059983)
Fun fact: firefox also supports loading 'perf' reports: https://profiler.firefox.com/
Re:ArkFlow: High-performance Rust stream processing engine on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @03:54AM (#43842360)
"High-performance" is just a meaningless buzzword if you don't have any benchmarks or performance comparisons to comparable software
I really wish people would stop using medium.com. There is no real benefit, it is so easy to host a website and Medium keeps paywalling content that other people have written.
Re:Clouds in Video Games on Monday July 15, 2024 @06:34AM (#40966633)
Agree to selection never becomes clickable.
Re:Clouds in Video Games on Monday July 15, 2024 @06:33AM (#40966628)
I can't even read the article because the cookie banner won't close. What the hell.
I have seen this as well.
Re:PeerTube: Free software to take back control of your videos on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @04:11PM (#30446498)
This has nothing to do with Web3
Re:Ask HN: Is the Ask HN page broken? on Monday February 21, 2022 @09:15AM (#30416083)
It's the same for me.
Re:Ask HN: React Alternatives? on Monday February 21, 2022 @09:14AM (#30416076)
Vue is good
I love this, looks great
Re:How the ancient Romans managed their toilets on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @04:33AM (#29390447)
"11 asses may have been paid for the removal of manure" - the roman coin "As" makes for a funny wordplay here
Re:Show HN: Hulu Raw Video Downloader on Monday November 22, 2021 @09:42AM (#29306751)
Would it be possible to do something like this for Netflix?
Re:How to identify that light in the sky on Friday November 19, 2021 @02:43PM (#29281384)
Isn't this how the early AIM-9s worked?
Ha, looks cool
Re:Show HN: Men's Skirt Brand Launch on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @05:44AM (#29173252)
I have always thought this is the perfect outfit for a hot summer day
My eyes hurt already
Re:SSH Tunneling Explained on Sunday October 10, 2021 @05:41AM (#28817098)
I see this page has built in chat functionality, such an annoying and useless feature.