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Re:"I'm on a War Footing": Terry Tao and the Crisis in Math on Monday October 19, 2026 @02:05AM (#50148917)
Chile in the 1970s, anyone?
What is the difference when every problem becomes low-hanging fruit?
Massachusetts allows the use of Cellebrite software.

In which case "precise location data" is moot.

Re:Magnifica Humanitas (Encyclical Letter) on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @08:24PM (#48287867)
There is scope for cautious optimism. Certainly the changes in train around the world (and being wound back in the US) are well and truly heading in the right direction, and at pace. It's a matter of perspective.

c.f. https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/reframing-energy-fo...

Re:Starship 10T minus 10 min on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @03:42AM (#45036609)
Still, LEO is halfway to anywhere in the Solar System, so that's exciting.
Re:Starship 10T minus 10 min on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @03:40AM (#45036590)
The hype had this thing already on the Moon by now.
The "syntax extension" thing is precisely the reason I have an interest in (and advocacy for) Common Lisp.

Be that as it may, for C++, Eric Neibler's [Boost.Proto](https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_84_0/doc/html/proto.html) could likely help conveniently connect syntax to implementation to achieve something similar to what the author is taking about.

Re:Gondwanaland: The search for a land before (human) time on Friday December 27, 2024 @03:56AM (#42520823)
"Gondwana": land of the Gonds

"Gondwanaland": land of the Gonds land

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2024) on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @01:22AM (#41431545)
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia

Remote: open to, yes

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Technologies: C++, Linux, embedded, and allied tech

Résumé/CV: upon request

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