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Re:Ask HN: What are some examples of beautiful software? on Monday March 14, 2016 @01:02AM (#11281164)

Indeed. No Starch Press's book on TCP/IP by Kozierok is 1600 pages!

RINA is a beautiful new redesign of the networking stack wherein "computer networking is just inter-process communication."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_InterNetwork_Archi...

Re:The Palmer Method of Business Writing on Saturday February 20, 2016 @11:15AM (#11140643)

For an alternative that uses more consistent primatives, check out the Getty-Dubay method: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getty-Dubay

Re:Study: Women Twice as Likely to be Hired in STEM Tenure-Track Posit... on Saturday October 24, 2015 @01:38PM (#10444268)

Is it common in academia for sexism to be defined as male preferential treatment?

Re:For Students Accused of Campus Rape, Legal Victories Win Back Rights on Thursday October 15, 2015 @08:29AM (#10392696)

"Legal" victories win back rights but don't cure the harm.

Event-Driven Kernel for Kestrel-3

Posted by supdog on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @10:49AM
from the sam-falvo.github.io dept.

http://sam-falvo.github.io/kestrel/2015/10/11/evented-kernel/

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Re:Ask HN: What does it take to make a decentralized Wikipedia? on Friday October 09, 2015 @02:45PM (#10362414)

Although not a server, you may be interested in InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), an open protocol for decentralizing data: https://ipfs.io

Re:Is OpenSMTPD worthy of OpenBSD inclusion? on Monday October 05, 2015 @03:10PM (#10334058)

From what I understand, Rust is not making in-roads into the OpenBSD world for at least these reasons:

1) Rust's use of LLVM means it will not work on some hardware platforms that the OpenBSD folks are committed to run on.

2) The Rust project currently does not offer a long term support release.

These are important to the OpenBSD team. Additionally, I am sure that they value the memory safety that Rust offers.

I wonder if the OpenBSD team would ever design a systems language?

Re:Why the Internet Needs IPFS on Sunday October 04, 2015 @07:40PM (#10329257)

Link to .../ipfs/notes/ appears to contain 37 bytes of nothing. Is the content available elseware? Would love to see the random crazy things you're planning.

Re:Single Women: There Aren't Enough College-Educated Men Out There on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @03:42PM (#10299013)

Hypergamy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergamy

Re:Jackfruit could save millions from starvation on Monday September 21, 2015 @03:55PM (#10254737)

USDA zone 9b or warmer. If you are looking for a versitile, exotic fruit with high protein content that will grow outdoors in many cooler climates, check out the pawpaw:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimina_triloba

The BSPL Compiler

Posted by supdog on Tuesday September 15, 2015 @02:53PM
from the sam-falvo.github.io dept.

http://sam-falvo.github.io/kestrel/2015/09/15/bspl-compiler/

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Kestrel Open Computer Design: History and GUI

Posted by supdog on Thursday September 10, 2015 @02:24PM
from the sam-falvo.github.io dept.

http://sam-falvo.github.io/kestrel/2015/08/12/gui-code-walkthrough/

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Why compilers are doomed (2000)

Posted by supdog on Monday August 24, 2015 @01:03PM
from the equi4.com dept.

http://equi4.com/moam/doomed.html

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On consensus and forks What is the difference between a hard and soft fork?

Posted by supdog on Sunday August 16, 2015 @08:35AM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/@octskyward/on-consensus-and-forks-c6a050c792e7

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Re:Ask HN: What are the coolest new web technologies/frameworks to lea... on Monday June 08, 2015 @07:15AM (#9678259)

You may be looking for Outlaw Techno Psychobitch: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rRbY3TMUcgQ

Edit: this is a constructive parody of Erlang OTP web tech with some NSFW language.

Re:Compilers in OpenBSD (2013) on Saturday April 04, 2015 @10:16PM (#9322903)

Agree.

I wonder what it would take to make Rust 1.0 + LLVM into an LTS?

Re:Abolish High School on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @10:51AM (#9218278)

Paywall.

Re:What should the next Aaron Swartz do when the DOJ knocks? on Friday March 13, 2015 @06:23PM (#9200471)

Have I? Or have we?

Re:What should the next Aaron Swartz do when the DOJ knocks? on Friday March 13, 2015 @03:06PM (#9199243)

Indeed.

Re:What should the next Aaron Swartz do when the DOJ knocks? on Friday March 13, 2015 @12:26PM (#9197999)

Or the claim is highly probable, if bad policy was systemically painting peaceful people as felons. If so, what then is the root cause of the harm?

Re:What should the next Aaron Swartz do when the DOJ knocks? on Friday March 13, 2015 @10:46AM (#9197364)

Would you find that "most people commit felonies (without harm)" to be convincing evidence of policy flaws?

Re:What should the next Aaron Swartz do when the DOJ knocks? on Thursday March 12, 2015 @06:39PM (#9194454)

If you mean to ask me what my aspiration in life is, you might be interested to know that many of my heros were felons. Jesus, Gandhi, John Bunyan,...

Peaceful agribuisnessman Joel Salatin said it this way, "Everything I want to do is illegal" http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Want-To-Do-Illegal/dp/09638...

Re:What should the next Aaron Swartz do when the DOJ knocks? on Thursday March 12, 2015 @05:52PM (#9194186)

Normal people commit felonies doing normal things every day.

http://www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/dp/...