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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...

The Great Firewall doesn't restrict SSH, so you can functionally ignore it (assuming using e.g. `ssh -D` is second-nature to you).
> 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.

It is still an unknown whether an unqualified increase in productivity in the long-term for software engineering is a given.
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?
> 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).
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.
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.
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.
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
NBR = nitrile butadiene rubber, a synthetic rubber. Not really a raw material, as it's synthesized.
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.
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)?
Re:GenCAD on Sunday May 17, 2026 @09:22PM (#48174702)
OpenSCAD has almost zero crossover with B-rep modelling ('true' CAD, what this apparently is), though.
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().

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