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FUGC: Understand the GC in Fil-C

FUGC is the GC of Fil-C, a C/C++ language extension for memory-safe, here's the previous post to introduce Fil-C. In this post, we will introduce FUGC briefly.Non-stop, concurrent, mostly parallelFUGC (Fil Unified Garbage Collector) is a non-stop, concurrent, and mostly parallel garbage collector. This means the program, often called the mutator, continues executing while garbage collection...

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What is Fil-C and how to use it?

I know many people fear about this article, but here's what you got.For decades, memory safety flaws have fueled countless security incidents across the industry, undermining trust in technology and causing billions in losses. Traditional measures—such as code audits, fuzzing, and exploit mitigations—have helped but fallen short of stopping the problem, all while driving up costs.Promising...

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The Arrogance of Compute Power

GitHub’s CEO recently told developers that if they don’t embrace AI tools like Copilot, they should consider getting out of the profession. It’s framed as advice, but let’s be honest — it’s a veiled threat: buy our AI, or we’ll replace you with someone who does.This is what happens when those who control the compute, the models, and the platforms also try to dictate the future of labor. The...

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Open Source and OpenAI's Return

OpenAI just dropped GPT‑OSS, its first open‑weight model family since GPT‑2: a 120B variant and a 20B variant that users can run locally — even on laptops or high-end desktops. Both are released under Apache 2.0, and perform nearly as well as OpenAI’s previous o3‑mini and o4‑mini models.This isn't a marketing stunt — it's significant. It marks OpenAI’s return to releasing weights that anyone...

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Nerd vs. Dealers

Lately, my blog's been getting a surprising amount of love. Funny thing is, not many people write these days, but they sure still drink.A bunch of folks have been asking me out for drinks, each with their own story to tell. Last weekend, a colleague, the kind who rarely says more than two words at work, suddenly invited me for a beer. This guy is strange in the best way: quiet most of the time,...

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Language Stability vs. Program Stability

In software engineering, we often hear terms like “stability,” but context is everything. There's a subtle yet important distinction between language stability and program stability, and confusing the two leads to flawed arguments, misguided tool choices, and bad engineering tradeoffs.Let’s clarify what each really means.https://www.gizvault.com/archives/lang-stability-and-prog-stability

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Thinking in Crypto Security for Cyberpunk Individuals

We’re already in cyberpunk. Everything’s tracked, logged, and nudged by algorithms. In that kind of world, crypto isn’t just cool tech, it’s a way to push back. It’s a statement. A choice to stay in control.Forget corporations and regulators for a second. This post isn’t about them. This is about you as the individual holding your own future in a few lines of cryptographic math. That’s where...

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The Lost Path to Seniorhood

There’s big news today from the Linux kernel community. Sasha Levin — long-time contributor, LTS co-maintainer, and now at NVIDIA — just proposed a set of AI contribution guidelines for the kernel. The idea is to introduce documentation and configuration files that help AI coding assistants like Claude and Grok properly participate in kernel development. With it comes rules on attribution and...

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Re:Crypto Doesn't Need Blockchain on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @06:26PM (#44664671)
I hope someone could remove me from the blacklist so that I can post as a link. Anyway, feel free to repost it as a link for me.

Crypto Doesn't Need Blockchain

Most people think “crypto” means blockchain. Big public ledgers like Bitcoin and Ethereum where every transaction is stamped into eternity. But blockchains were never designed for privacy. They're loud by default. Transparent by design. Every payment is a broadcast. Every balance, a public file.That might be fine in clean systems. But in cyberpunk economics — messy, low-trust, and full of...

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Kill the Middleman, Hack the Tower

The cyberpunk genre has always been about friction—between man and machine, between freedom and control, between the street and the tower. But beneath its neon-soaked aesthetics and chrome implants lies a consistent economic tension: centralized systems that no longer serve the many, and decentralized workarounds that barely keep the underclass alive. In many ways, the rise of crypto and Web3...

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Re:Software Freedom and Cyberpunk: Why Freedom Still Matters on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @04:26AM (#44579952)
Welcome to the earth!

Software Freedom and Cyberpunk: Why Freedom Still Matters

We often talk about cyberpunk as if it’s a future that hasn’t arrived yet — dystopian cities drenched in neon, rogue hackers, mega-corporations, and synthetic realities. But if you look closely, we’re already living in it. The surveillance is real. The monopolies are real. The technological dependency is total. And in this environment, software freedom is not just an ideal — it’s one of the few...

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welcome to the earth!

Cyberpunk and Politics: Neon Dystopias, Power, and Resistance

Cyberpunk has never been just an aesthetic. Sure, it gave us mirrorshades, chrome limbs, neon alleys, and black market brain implants. But under the surface glitz is something far more grounded: a raw political critique of the world we live in — or the world we’re steadily becoming.https://www.gizvault.com/archives/cyberpunk-and-politics

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Re: on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @02:25AM (#44568396)
Cyberpunk has never been just an aesthetic. Sure, it gave us mirrorshades, chrome limbs, neon alleys, and black market brain implants. But under the surface glitz is something far more grounded: a raw political critique of the world we live in — or the world we’re steadily becoming.

https://www.gizvault.com/archives/cyberpunk-and-politics

Re:The Ideological Gravity of FOSS on Monday July 14, 2025 @10:07AM (#44560471)
Welcome to the earth.

The Ideological Gravity of FOSS

A recent article from The Register, “The Price of Software Freedom Is Eternal Politics,” struck a nerve. It didn’t tell us something entirely new, but it articulated what many in the free and open source world have felt for years: that the software itself is only half the story. The rest is people. And wherever people gather, politics...

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Programming Language Switching Sociology: Be a Human

My last post, "Programming Language Switching Politics", got some pretty solid attention. Based on the traffic stats from our backend, it’s clear we had a lot of readers—really appreciate the interest!So today, I want to wrap up the third part of this little series and complete my theory.Now, here’s a fun bit: I never actually pointed to Rust in the post. The theory I laid out applies to any...

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Thanks for the reply! It's a valuable complement.

I'll add your point for a further discussion in the coming third article "Programming language switching Sociology".

Of course, anyone are welcome to add points here, I'll delay to finish the third in the next week. Feel free to add your points so that I can organize them together.

I like your ID.

And thanks for the well-intentioned and detailed advice.

UX/UI is not an easy work and we'll take time to make it better gradually.

Programming Language Switching Politics: A Rigged Game of Power

Previously, we've discussed Programming Language Switching Economics. Today, let's take a look at the politics behind it. I wasn't too extremely to throw my theories in a short time. But when I saw many employed downvoter crazily tried to give pressure to destroy my posts as possible, I believe it's not bad to make things clear and clear, everyday. That's very interesting, in the beginning,...

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Save Your Future, Revisited: From Survival Guide to Privacy Manifesto

Previously, I posted an article titled “Save Your Future: A Realist’s Guide to Cyberpunk Survival”. It was an attempt to outline what individuals — especially developers, hackers, and digital misfits — can do today to prepare for the strange future we’re already living through. The piece focused on three key survival principles: mastering old-school tech, relying on free and open-source...

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Now, I guess someone, include me, will think more carefully about, who are these people that prevent others publish content they don't like, and even has no guts to show themselves, but register a new account younger than 40 minutes to troll.

What kind of benefit behind, will lead these people do so many things so far...

IMO, this is an auto generated information.

user: gen6acd60af

created: 36 minutes ago

karma: 1

If I were the cyber mafia on HackerNews, I would do something to let a domain no longer be published, like I'm an asshole that can't bear with anything I don't like.

Save Your Future: A Realist's Guide to Cyberpunk Survival

We were promised flying cars.Instead, we got targeted ads, infinite scroll, and a browser that knows your mood before you do.But don’t worry — the real future isn’t fully built yet.And if you’re reading this, you’re one of the few who might still help shape it.Here’s how.Privacy That Sells: Hide Identity, Not Value Let’s be honest: total anonymity isn’t commercially viable. But unlinkability...

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