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Ask HN: Is there a good language overview for C?

A friend who has good programming knowledge with high programming languages (Java, Ruby, JS, etc) asked me if I knew a good introduction or language overview for the C programming language, because though it is not really necessary to know any C to study computer science any more, it is still (and I guess will be for a long time to come) a sort of reference language for everything low-level...

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Ask HN: What's the main difference between Ori and Infinit file systems

So I just stumbled across a post on Infinit which was here on HN a couple of weeks ago. It's a what they call "Decentralized Software‑Based File Storage Platform". It reminded me a lot to the Ori file system, which came out about a year or so.Now I was wondering what the main difference between the two is. Does anybody have an experience with both of them, and can write about observed up- and...

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Ask HN: A way for me to catalog terabytes of digital assets

I am looking for something that allows me to index and tag huge folder structures. Preferable with the ability of cross relationships between nodes in the file structure.I've found this topic from before last year (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7542144), where a good idea on a principal solution to a similar problem was discussed. I wonder if there is any news on the current state of the...

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