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Re:Some Smalltalk about Ruby Loops
on Thursday October 30, 2025 @09:23AM (#45759774)
I think this misses the point. `times` is "better" than `for` because it's declarative, reads like English, etc. Which of course are opinions, but the implementation details (messaging passing or not) are irrelevant.
Example: Swift and Kotlin can do `Int#times` and don't need message passing to get it done.
Re:Ask HN: Founders, what was the major sourcing channel for your firs...
on Saturday October 19, 2024 @09:47AM (#41887750)
App Store search.
Re:Web Design Is 95% Typography
on Saturday November 11, 2023 @09:42PM (#38236741)
(2006) An article about the importance of typography uses massive, unreadable font at 25px.
Re:Airbnb security captcha causes depression in single human
on Monday October 30, 2023 @01:31AM (#38066024)
I thought HN would find this amusing. I went to sign in to Airbnb and faced the hardest security captcha test in my life. After 10 minutes and failing twice, I finally succeeded, only to be met with an error message saying I couldn't sign in anyway. Depression ensued.
Re:Chess Is Booming and Our Servers Are Struggling
on Monday January 23, 2023 @03:18PM (#34494369)
Some previous discussion around scaling their database: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25730778
Re:Apple Unveils MacBook Pro Featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max
on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @09:30AM (#34412763)
Missed that, thanks.
Re:Apple Unveils MacBook Pro Featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max
on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @09:30AM (#34412759)
Thanks.
Re:Apple Unveils MacBook Pro Featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max
on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @09:25AM (#34412701)
will this support multiple monitors?
Re:Show HN: Plain Text Cryptocurrency Prices
on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @11:04AM (#31740567)
Some small feedback if I may: Could you separate the link and the text on the main page? My first thought was: "This isn't text. I can't highlight or copy anything. It's actually the opposite of what the title says." But everything was as advertised when viewing an actual coin.
Cool site! Cheers!
Re:What’s New in Swift 5.2
on Thursday February 06, 2020 @10:46PM (#22263054)
You hit the nail on the head. `callAsFunction` was introduced for Swift in order to interop with Python for the TensorFlow project.
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