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Re:YAML? That's Norway Problem
on Saturday May 23, 2026 @02:44AM (#48245316)
I guess the missing brace is a scope delimiter and easy to notice if missing, while the tab is an indentation marker and much harder to spot, and might get you into an invalid state but still parse correctly, just not doing what it was meant to do
Re:Apple has removed most of the towns and villages in Lebanon from Ap...
on Sunday April 12, 2026 @05:55PM (#47744960)
Your reply is too high level for him, won't get a reasonable response
Re:What's on HTTP?
on Thursday March 19, 2026 @05:52AM (#47436956)
Unless I'm misunderstanding your point, your HTTP server from 35 years ago is still working today without any maintenance?
Does that mean no security patching and no updates for bugfixes? or does "no maintenance" means something else I'm missing?
I find it difficult to discuss these topics when comments like these pretend that you can leave your system exposed on the internet for years without any maintenance.
If we're talking applications that don't actively listen on the internet that's fine, and I would agree that we should have complete software that just works. But a webserver, unless it's for personal/home use, it's on the internet and I don't see how it could work for 35 years without any update/change
Re:Show HN: I spent 3 years reverse-engineering a 40 yo stock market s...
on Saturday February 14, 2026 @03:44AM (#47012833)
This story is super interesting and I think can teach us some valuable lessons about refactoring and the price of truly understanding the domain in which the code operates.
The accompanying article is also a pleasant reading with a nice bit of background, and I really liked the motivation behind "layering" on top instead of rewriting from scratch.
Thanks for bringing this story to HN!
Re:A programming language based on grammatical cases of Turkish
on Saturday January 17, 2026 @05:16PM (#46662642)
Not relevant to the language itself but to the grammar: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=73
Re:60k kids have avoided peanut allergies due to 2015 advice, study finds
on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @01:48AM (#45652864)
Most likely you know already, and if that's the case just ignore this comment please. Spawn camp in this context is referred to gaming terminology where it indicates an enemy that camps/waits for for a long time and kills you as soon as you are put in the battlefield, which is your spawn point, hence spawn camping
The DNSSEC Root Signing Ceremony
Ask HN: What is this weird certificate transparency entry for Google?
Checking on crt.sh for google.com I can see this entry https://crt.sh/?id=39021015Does anybody know why those weird characters are in the common name field?What is this phreedom.com domain that's after the xn- encoded section?
Re:Merry Christmas, HN
on Saturday December 24, 2022 @06:46PM (#34122428)
Merry christmas and thanks for being such an awesome community
Re:No one reads the terms of service. Lawmakers want to fix that with ...
on Monday December 12, 2022 @04:01AM (#33952495)
Even with substantial differences, I believe that the principle of
<Contra proferentem: "Against the offerer"> described in section
8.4.2 of "Notes on Contract Drafting"
(https://toedtclassnotes.site44.com/Notes-on-Contract-Draftin...) also offers a similar level of protection against unexpectedly ambiguous claims.
MS PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune their Windows 10
Re:Happy New Year HN
on Thursday December 31, 2020 @06:33PM (#25598540)
Felice anno nuovo! Have a wonderful new year you all, hope things will be going great for you and you will experience great joys and many unforgettable moments!
Max: Boeing 'inappropriately coached' pilots in test after crashes
Re:Merry Christmas HN
on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @05:55AM (#21878013)
Merry Christmas to everyone!
Tell HN: Yahoo is completely down, including mail
It appears that Yahoo is completely down worldwide, with some reporting that only the mail is unavailable and others that both the website and the email are down.https://twitter.com/DowndetectorUK/status/1169494174850269185
Re:Tests that sometimes fail
on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @05:51PM (#20034775)
Sorry for the OT, what is "TFA"?
Re:Ask HN: Books you read in 2018?
on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @11:29AM (#18665225)
I am amazed by "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs".
Unbelievably good on the technical side and all around a nice introduction to programming, highly recommended