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Re:Jaithon 3, a fast programming language with the perfect syntax
on Saturday August 15, 2026 @10:12PM (#49316270)
I highly recommend you to rethink error handling. No way to know if function throws exceptions, no way to know what kind of exceptions. This is a minefield.
Re:"Code was never the hard part" is an insult to all programmers
on Sunday August 09, 2026 @05:00AM (#49229684)
Do you have any advice for someone who wants to take this path? I'm betting on determinism, simulations, tests and CEL.
Re:A Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time
on Thursday June 25, 2026 @03:50PM (#48678368)
So they were polished? We already know how to do it.
Re:Orthodox C++
on Saturday June 13, 2026 @12:19PM (#48518701)
At this point, if you want better C, just use Zig.
Re:New YC homepage
on Saturday January 24, 2026 @05:13AM (#46742355)
No dark mode. Classic.
Re:John Simpson: 'I've reported on 40 wars but I've never seen a year ...
on Monday December 29, 2025 @01:30AM (#46418002)
Ukraine is Europe. And what does US do? Threatens Ukraine into giving away land.
"Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed"
Re:Building a Durable Execution Engine with SQLite
on Friday November 21, 2025 @04:27PM (#46009178)
Sounds like a Celery with SQLAlchemy backend.
Re:The Uselessness of "Fast" and "Slow" in Programming
on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @09:25AM (#45966463)
Agreed, some languages and frameworks have trouble scaling https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45950542
Re:Obsidian Note Codes
on Monday September 22, 2025 @02:17AM (#45329689)
Oh, I thought it meant written in the Notes app. I guess it's nice for those, who don't use johnny decimal system.
Re:Obsidian Note Codes
on Monday September 22, 2025 @01:26AM (#45329373)
Why? You can already link notes: obsidian://open?vault=Documents&file=Ideas
Re:When the job search becomes impossible
on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @11:31PM (#45271318)
Obsidian app with it's latest "bases" feature (or Dataview plugin) would work nicely for this.
Re:Becoming the person who does the thing
on Friday September 12, 2025 @09:05AM (#45221700)
Mindlessness is a positive thing here. You don't have to think, just follow the moves, hit your goals and the numbers will naturally go up over time.
Re:Why I Use a Dumbphone in 2025 (and Why You Should Too)
on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @05:32AM (#44178832)
One simple solution is to buy a cheap used phone. Every app is made for flagships now. You'll still be able to use the apps, but everything will lag.
Re:Why I Use a Dumbphone in 2025 (and Why You Should Too)
on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @05:22AM (#44178754)
Damn, I guess I skimmed the article with my short attention span :). He's right, but the title is clickbaity.
Re:Why I Use a Dumbphone in 2025 (and Why You Should Too)
on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @05:12AM (#44178683)
> TikTok, Instagram Shorts, YouTube Reels
Just don't install these apps? There are tons of useful apps that don't require your constant attention.
Re:Hacker News now runs on top of Common Lisp
on Monday May 26, 2025 @02:34PM (#44100213)
uBlock origin filter:
! Hacker News dark mode
news.ycombinator.com##html:style(filter:invert(90%) hue-rotate(180deg))
news.ycombinator.com##body:style(background: white)
Re:Teal – A statically-typed dialect of Lua
on Friday May 16, 2025 @05:31AM (#44003393)
I'm getting `TypeError: e is null` by opening this website in a new tab.
Firefox 138.0.1
Re:Ereader Easy Swedish. Tool I Made for Myself to Learn a Language
on Friday March 07, 2025 @03:21AM (#43288221)
Is it better than DeepL own extension?
Edit: it is.
Re:Bad Moon Rising
on Thursday January 09, 2025 @11:36AM (#42647318)
You can look up Ellen Pao and her time as interim CEO of Reddit for recent example.
Re:Generate video sprites using just FFmpeg
on Thursday November 28, 2024 @02:10AM (#42263142)
You can make a playlist with start-time and stop-time.
https://scriptun.com/tools/video/m3u-playlist-generator
That would be a great way to create smyths (streamlined mythbusters).
Re:INNER JOIN ON vs WHERE clause
on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @06:05AM (#41993364)
Wonder what's the difference in PRQL...
Re:Lab Leak 2.0?
on Monday January 03, 2022 @11:00PM (#29791146)
It took 4 billion years to get to this point. Plenty of time.
Re:More Casio Watch Mods
on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @02:10AM (#28613538)
Or this one: https://github.com/joeycastillo/Sensor-Watch
Re:More Casio Watch Mods
on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @12:33PM (#28606790)
How do you like SKMEI? Backlight must be way better than F91W.
Re:A sewing page that never closed its font size HTML tags
on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @03:52AM (#28058418)
Seen the same happen 5 years ago on some Rainbow band fan site. It even could reliably crash firefox.
Re:Crazy Clock
on Friday June 25, 2021 @06:05AM (#27628901)
The ultra-quiet Quartex® Continuous Sweep Mini Clock Movement is a quartz clock movement that moves the second hand in a smooth, continuous motion. This continuous motion eliminates the ticking sound traditional clock motors make.
Re:A URL Lengthener
on Saturday May 15, 2021 @12:01AM (#27162233)
Why do you use Internet Explorer 6-8 on the internet?
Re:Permission.site
on Friday March 26, 2021 @01:16AM (#26588961)
Maybe it's used for fullscreen games?
Re:Show HN: Sorted CSS Colors – Sort the named CSS colors in a nice way
on Thursday March 18, 2021 @12:46PM (#26504628)
A good IDE will show a color preview
https://code.visualstudio.com/assets/docs/languages/css/colo...
Re:Google admits Kubernetes container tech is too complex
on Friday February 26, 2021 @04:50AM (#26273079)
vagrant and ansible can help.