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Re:I Don't Understand Quantum Physics (2018)
on Sunday October 25, 2026 @05:35AM (#50229742)
Agree, but kinetic energy being mv^2/2 rather than mv can be pretty intuitive in the right context:
> Would you father get hit with:
> * a 1 kg object moving at 1 m/s or
> * a 1 g object moving at 1 km/s?
Re:I Love Software Rendering
on Saturday October 17, 2026 @07:20PM (#50136099)
I predict a shift towards antialiasing being less desirable as DPI->inf. In my experience, disabling antialiasing dramatically improves sharpness and readability of small font sizes on modern 4K+ monitors, along with reducing eye strain and surprising bystanders.
Re:Billions of Triangles Redux
on Saturday October 03, 2026 @04:49PM (#49947624)
A triangular/hexagonal grid is the densest possible packing when there's a min-distance constraint.
Re:Git 3.0's upcoming SHA-256 default will be a costly mistake
on Thursday October 01, 2026 @01:48PM (#49924813)
Tools like git-filter-repo[1] support rewriting commit hashes in commit messages. git-filter-repo actually does it by default; see `--preserve-commit-hashes` in the manual[2].
[1]: https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo
[2]: https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/newren/git...
Re:Cops Can Bypass iPhone's Automatic Reboot to Get into Locked Phones
on Thursday October 01, 2026 @01:29PM (#49924568)
The Great Firewall doesn't restrict SSH, so you can functionally ignore it (assuming using e.g. `ssh -D` is second-nature to you).
Re:California Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Grapes as Demand for Wine...
on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @01:41PM (#49897285)
> Someone saying they need to have alcohol to enjoy themselves at a gathering is not going to be looked at very kindly, as if everyone else was just so boring they had to intoxicate themselves to bear through it.
Well duh, which is why nobody would ever say that out loud. Doesn't stop anyone from thinking it, though.
Re:SDCC – Small Device C Compiler
on Saturday September 19, 2026 @02:18AM (#49763881)
I assume you're running that test suite using a 3rd party 8051 emulator to avoid the potential for common-mode errors in both your compiler and emulator resulting in false confidence the compiler's correctness?
> two simulators used for testing, sim51 (a plain 8051) and minitel_sim
Narrator: No, he was not.
Re:Unsolved Problem by Fields Medalist Breached by Two High School Stu...
on Monday September 14, 2026 @11:13AM (#49698324)
It is still an unknown whether an unqualified increase in productivity in the long-term for software engineering is a given.
Re:LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on l...
on Monday September 07, 2026 @06:57AM (#49596762)
Re:Resources to Get Good at Soldering?
on Saturday September 05, 2026 @01:04PM (#49578456)
Strong disagree. Leaded solder is still a ton easier to rework thanks to its lower eutectic melting point.
Re:Transfer files over an Ethernet patch cable
on Monday August 31, 2026 @02:45PM (#49513316)
Most equipment connects the shield of all ethernet ports to chassis ground, so you're back to zero isolation if you use shielded cables.
Re:GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven
on Friday August 28, 2026 @04:59PM (#49484189)
Because most people do not get to choose what software they use for working?
Re:Doctors are finally learning to manage antidepressant withdrawal
on Friday August 28, 2026 @12:09PM (#49480599)
> phone interviews within 75 to 105 days of starting antidepressant therapy.
Different thing entirely from long-term effects.
Re:fork() Considered Harmful in macOS
on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @03:08PM (#49454201)
This doesn't allow reusing initialization work via CoW mappings (like GP was asking about).
Re:Xiaomi: New CPU matches Apple cores single threaded, much faster mu...
on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @01:22AM (#49429397)
Yes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40441650 "TSMC EUV machines equipped with remote self-destruct in case of invasion"
Re:Coding expertise is going to collapse from AI reliance
on Monday August 24, 2026 @12:51PM (#49422544)
And it's so often wrong that you better be doing sanity checks if you use it for anything.
Re:Munder Difflin – Agent harness to run an office of your clones
on Sunday August 23, 2026 @08:27PM (#49413965)
That only works if failures are uncorrelated.
Why are you ignoring basic principles of engineering?
Re:I'm Becoming AI-Blind
on Saturday August 22, 2026 @12:08AM (#49396477)
Please don't use double-quotes when you're not directly quoting someone.
Re:After Losses, Retail Investors Flock to 3x Leverage as 2x Product A...
on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @03:45AM (#49179769)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40441650 "TSMC EUV machines equipped with remote self-destruct in case of invasion"
Re:Engineering management after the cost of code collapsed
on Saturday July 25, 2026 @05:16PM (#49051670)
btw, your last paragraph makes you sound like an ass.
Re:GDID Windows – Cut the tracker that follows you even under VPN
on Saturday July 25, 2026 @03:24PM (#49050690)
I'm guessing Devuan still has /var/lib/dbus/machine-id.
Re:Good Tools Are Invisible
on Saturday July 11, 2026 @11:12AM (#48872744)
preach, brotha
Re:Almost $1B Later, the US Still Can't Make a Medical Glove
on Saturday July 11, 2026 @06:25AM (#48870636)
NBR = nitrile butadiene rubber, a synthetic rubber. Not really a raw material, as it's synthesized.
Re:No leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2026
on Thursday July 09, 2026 @12:59PM (#48849003)
For things that need much more precusion than my lunch, ±1 second probably still isn't good enough, so they need another layer of correction anyway. Given that exists, might as well push leap seconds into that layer too.
Re:I used sound waves to make espresso. It could cut coffee‑brewing en...
on Friday June 19, 2026 @05:27PM (#48603433)
s/shit/shot/g
Re:Corrupting a ZFS File on Purpose
on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @08:59PM (#48469879)
Why use zvols? Aren't they essentially just single-file ZFS datasets (allowing e.g. independent snapshotting)?
OpenSCAD has almost zero crossover with B-rep modelling ('true' CAD, what this apparently is), though.
Re:Microsoft Edge stores all passwords in memory in clear text, even w...
on Monday May 04, 2026 @09:40PM (#48017096)
No, that is actually very rare, not typical. Do you have any examples of password managers that do that?
Re:I am worried about Bun
on Monday May 04, 2026 @07:33PM (#48016335)
You dropped this: </sarcasm>
Re:Unsigned Sizes: A Five Year Mistake
on Saturday May 02, 2026 @04:33PM (#47990207)
> Wrapping around is what happens when you decrement the minimum value of any integer type, including signed types.
No, signed wraparound is undefined behavior in C, whereas unsigneds are defined to wraparound. If you use -ftrapv, signed wraparound is an immediate abort().