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Re:JavaScript Demos in 140 Characters
on Friday January 09, 2026 @08:56PM (#46561959)
> the halting problem can just be figured out experimentally in production
That's a wild statement
Re:Firecracker: Start a VM in less than a second
on Saturday January 23, 2021 @02:06PM (#25885118)
60s total or each? I haven't tried WSL2 but I had to help people with _really_ bad docker performance running in WSL (php page load took around 60s)
Re:Not everyone has an internal monologue
on Friday January 31, 2020 @05:53AM (#22200661)
I have both this and aphantasia. Meaning I don't normally hear my thoughts or see anything in my mind. I am able to kinda hear myself, but i have to almost hum. I can not see anything at all the vast majority of the time, but sometimes I feel like I start to see something simple and it quickly goes away
Re:You know how HTTP GET requests are meant to be idempotent?
on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @04:31AM (#16965403)
No. A function which multiplies a number by two is side effect free, but is no idempotent.
Re:Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet Is Not a C...
on Friday December 15, 2017 @12:33PM (#15933444)
A related story is that windows 9 isn't a thing because software used to check for windows 95 and 98 by matching the name to "windows 9".
Re:VLC 360° Technical Preview
on Friday November 25, 2016 @12:46PM (#13038458)
Not to be pedantic, but it should be called spherical video. :P
Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite YouTube channel for developers?
on Thursday October 13, 2016 @04:36PM (#12703830)
You should explain what your channel's about.
Re:Show HN: Tesseract.js – Pure JavaScript OCR for 60 Languages
on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @02:03PM (#12695166)
No, tesseract is a C++ library; this is a wrapper for an Emscripten port of that library.
Re:Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't exist any...
on Sunday May 15, 2016 @07:30PM (#11703284)
Isn't Krita more for drawing?
Re:Hacker Publishes Personal Info of 20,000 FBI Agents
on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @08:35AM (#11065116)
That's not what "hacker" means. An Hacker is some person who enjoys tinkering with systems. You mean "cracker".
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Re:Ask HN: What are some podcasts you listen to?
on Monday June 29, 2015 @04:34PM (#9800821)
I've recently been listening to This Developer's Life; also the Blender Guru podcast (about the 3D free-software program a Blender).