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Re:Linux From Scratch ends SysVinit support on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @02:56AM (#46867920)
Modern mechanical engineers, to this day, learn the thermodynamics of steam engines. Not because they are living in the past, but because they are building foundation knowledge that will permeate everything they'll be doing in the future.

LFS should stick to academic pedagogy, instead of trying to compete in the Linux Distro space.

This is fantastic! There are plenty of us out there that dont mind paying for software if its high quality. This is an excellent resource for people who are less militant about open source and just want to make music.
Re:Factorio: Space Age on Friday August 25, 2023 @10:50AM (#37262364)
Divorce attorneys.. get ready!
Re:Notes apps are where ideas go to die. And that’s good on Thursday June 01, 2023 @07:09AM (#36149625)
This hits home for me. I am a serial idea-writer-downer. Maybe its time to cold delete all my programming notes. And free my brain to focus on things that matter, and not an endless stream of unfinished side projects. Good read.
Re:Advanced Linux Programming on Sunday April 09, 2023 @05:18AM (#35501078)
Little is known about the tools used by The First Ones.
Re:Making nice-looking and interactive diagrams for your PCBs on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @03:09PM (#29912101)
This is a very impressive start. It has the potential to be extremely useful. I would suggest making this into something like codepen, but for PCBs. Then makers and professionals alike can copy-paste unique urls around the internet of their circuits diagrams and ideas, forum posts, etc, etc. Could have lots of utility in education as well.

And starting from the open source KiCAD community is just gold. Well done.

Re:Spatial Software (2020) on Friday September 03, 2021 @07:02AM (#28402624)
Makes me think of "viewing" in Asimov's The Naked Sun.
Re:68k.news: A Netscape 1.1 makeover of Google News on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @05:58AM (#26632802)
This is the perfect way to deliver factual news. To the point, no fluff. No wasted time.
Tesla fans regualrly speak about how the company doesnt advertise at all.

After articles like this, I remain unconvinced.

Re:Overload functions in Python on Monday February 17, 2020 @09:32AM (#22347918)
This is very clever. But function overloading is something out of static language territory. It feels un-Pythonic and needlessly complicated. Especially when compared to args and *kwargs.
Re:Thank HN: You helped me get a new job on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @08:49AM (#22054069)
What a wholesome story. Well done.
Fastastic! This is so deliciously language/framework/editor/OS agnotic.

Nothing quite like experience to make you wish you could go back in time, with all your current knowlege, and take over the world.

This a fantastic UX idea.
Re:Red Flags Signaling That a Rebuild Will Fail on Thursday July 12, 2018 @04:20AM (#17512980)
Used your software once before. Loved it! You guys should do a blog post about your rewrite experience. Would love to know what your tech stack was and what your new one looks like.
Re:Linode Manager and API are under attack on Thursday September 08, 2016 @03:07AM (#12450865)
I'd be interested to know which data centres are being attacked. And why just the api and manager?
If you were in a developing country in a facebook world, this would be normal :-(
Too late. The latest S-Class Mercedes already has something like this.
Re:Javascript-Style Objects in Python on Monday March 16, 2015 @01:08PM (#9212716)
I like Javascript. And I like Python. But, writing Javascript code in Python syntax is as bad as writing Java code in Python syntax. Or writing Python code in Java syntax.

If you like Javascript that much.. then write in Javascript. Just my 2c. :-)

Edit: Forgot to capitalize.

Re:Developing and running a Java EE Hello World application on Thursday November 27, 2014 @05:09AM (#8666651)
This looks like a deliberately anti-java post or something taken completely out of context.
Re:Show HN: A pure Python implemention of Apache Thrift on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @09:38AM (#7845432)
I like the fact that its pure python. This makes it perfect for use on PyPy or Jython. +1
Re:Poll: Where are you currently living? on Monday October 21, 2013 @03:04AM (#6583830)
South Africa
Re:Node, Twitter, and Apologies on Thursday January 24, 2013 @04:03AM (#5108489)
I think the only reason people like this are apologizing publicly is to save face.

Behold people.. the underbelly of programmer culture :-(

Re:Things you need to know before working at a start-up on Tuesday January 22, 2013 @04:38AM (#5096323)
Cant see anything :-(