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AlectronikLabson C23: A Slightly Better C

Why don't they start to support units instead of these ugly header files to finally stop duplicating code? I see this might break stuff but you could implement it side by side with the preprocessor so old code would continue to work.

AlectronikLabson Anyone else finally have YouTube force the adblock off? What works now?

Brave browser worked for some time but stopped as of today. The ad speedup extension (https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ad-speedup-skip-vid...) is the only thing that still works afaik.

AlectronikLabson Ask HN: What do you want to see in a systems programming language?

I would love to see a systems programming language with classes which were usable on bare metal, like with c++ and unlike e.g. D or free pascal where a runtime is required.

Any homepage of your project @OP to check for the alpha?

AlectronikLabson Louvre: C++ library for building Wayland compositors

Looks very interesting! I just wish there was a possibility to run nested Weston sessions to avoid always having to switch to command line first before trying out a new compositor.

AlectronikLabson Alternative Platform to YouTube: Odysee

This project is awesome! Just recently began to get these anti-adblock notices on YT and while one can still skip them by reloading the page I assume this won't be so for long. Awesome that Odysee even comes with different related videos than YT itself so one can discover new stuff outside of YT's algorithmic bubble.

AlectronikLabson Any adblocker which still works with YouTube

You're right, just tried it & worked. But I imagine they'll "fix" this pretty soon.

AlectronikLabson Ask HN: Looking for a project to volunteer on? (October 2023)

AlectronikLabson Platform that enables Windows driver development in Rust

Yeah, this is one of the reasons why I think a microkernel would be excellent for today's computing.

AlectronikLabson Dumpster Tektronix 2465B Restoration

I wanted to trash dump into the electronics at the local disposal center in Switzerland and they told me I couldn't because they need to destroy the stuff by law and punishable with 10.000 CHF if not. Don't know about an university though.

AlectronikLabson Pelles C

Based on LCC but no source code :/

AlectronikLabson Ask HN: Not allowing Ad Blockers on YouTube has affected your Usage

For me the usual adblock extension and Brave browser still work most of the time. Recently I got two skippable ads on one video but overall no problem. As I am using YT for streaming music I downloaded all relevant videos to have them available for sure without ads.

I will certainly use alternatives if YT begins to force ads.

AlectronikLabson FontStruct – Build, Share, Download Fonts

Many fonts they show in the gallery aren't available for download. Quite a pity!

AlectronikLabson Focus: A simple and fast text editor written in Jai

Afaik is Jai still in private beta or something alike, just seen some sources like this and RayLib bindings but not the compiler itself.

AlectronikLabson Poll: Which distro do you use? (2023)

I'm using Garuda Linux which is based on Arch so I voted for that.

AlectronikLabson Basta Persistent Bash Status Line

I need (to write?) a variant for the excellent fish shell...!

AlectronikLabson Ask HN: What one change in C would make it a better language for you?

Modules. No more duplicating code into header files, just import a module like in modern languages. I love C but really hate headers.

Then, second for namespaces.