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HoppyHaus

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I run an IRC server and use too much Tkinter.
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HoppyHaus··on Introduction to Nintendo DS Programming
3DS programming is even easier! * Run through https://3ds.hacks.guide/ * Set up devkitpro: https://devkitpro.org/wiki/Getting_Started * Probably start from an example here: https://github.com/devkitpro/3ds-examples * Then you don't even need to transfer your built file, 3dslink can boot it over the network: https://github.com/devkitPro/3ds-hbmenu?tab=readme-ov-file#n...
HoppyHaus··on Nim versions 2.2.0 and 2.0.10 released
"Many long-standing compiler bugs with generics, typedesc and static types have been fixed in this release, effectively making these features stable."

Awesome! Though it may not be the "proper" use, the bugs regarding static types made working with ImGUI much more painful than it should have been.

HoppyHaus··on Ask HN: What is the most useless project you have worked on?
The quickest win would to move off of Heroku. Either rent your own server that you can control (to a reasonable degree), or find an alternative that doesn't suffer that issue.

Redis would work but I'd be afraid of race conditions. There probably wouldn't be any, but it's something to be aware of.

If you wanted to test the waters with at least the relative public, I'd consider doing step 1 of renting a server, but then hiding it behind a Tor hidden service. Inconvenient to connect to? Yeah. (Probably) safe from the Hasbro demons? Also yeah.

HoppyHaus··on Find the date of your birthday in the number pi
You'll like this then: https://github.com/philipl/pifs
HoppyHaus··on Nintendo’s Wii U and 3DS online services will shut down in April
There is something just like that for one of the largest 3ds piracy sites. I won't link to it, but it isn't hard to find
HoppyHaus··on The $2.98 Computer Library (1977)
Adjusting for inflation, $2.98 in 1977 is equivalent to $15 nowadays, which means that we've knocked this out of the park. On Ebay you can get a cheapo Android phone for under that amount with more storage than detailed on the article. And hey, gfortran is free!
HoppyHaus··on Intent to approve PEP 703: making the GIL optional
The issue is when someone's unattended-upgrades bumps up the version and causes something to come crashing down. The people who need to use nogil should know that they need to, and will now have the ability to enable it
HoppyHaus··on Why even let users set their own passwords?
Those are called "magic links"
HoppyHaus··on More Americans are using fake license plates
You can use CDC WONDER[1] and the FBI's statistics[2] to check it. In terms of homicide, in raw numbers we are at 90s levels, but per-capita it's significantly down.

1) https://wonder.cdc.gov/Deaths-by-Underlying-Cause.html 2) https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/

HoppyHaus··on Nim 2.0.0 RC2
Awesome! Really looking forward to the 2.0 release - specifically default object values, which is one of the few language-level pain points I've had.
HoppyHaus··on Tell HN: Do not store any funds in PayPal or use them for anything critical
I can only hope that FedNow works as promised and maybe, just maybe, we may have something a bit better than our current situation
HoppyHaus··on Steam now allows you to copy games over a local network to another PC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spawn_installation - I was going to say that StarCraft 1 had this, but it turns out it was a whole category of games!
HoppyHaus··on ImGUI Ported to a LiteX SoC
That's really neat! ImGUI has got to be one of the most satisfying GUI libraries to use, its fast, versatile and looks absolutely beautiful, so spreading it to even weird places is great!
HoppyHaus··on PayPal inactivity fee
Thank you!
HoppyHaus··on PayPal inactivity fee
Could you elaborate more on this? Specifically the DDA bit - I don't know which acronym you're referring to.
HoppyHaus··on A Way Out for A.out
GCC a.out is an ELF file (except in extremely rare circumstances). "a.out" as a executable format is like ELF, but different and practically no longer used. This is a proposal to remove the latter
HoppyHaus··on Show HN: P2P remote desktop – an alternative to TeamViewer / AnyDesk
Certain networks heavily filter, or entirely filter UDP. At least having the option is a nice thing in case you find yourself in that situation.
HoppyHaus··on FarPlay: Low-Latency Audio over the Internet
Mumble can get it very low. I don't know the actual stats, but audio packets can go to 10ms and use UDP
HoppyHaus··on Revolt: Open-source alternative to Discord
Finally, something that outright says that its intent is to be a discord alternative. So many platforms try to sell themselves on some other feature, rather than just being open source and self-hostable. So many things, like Matrix, come close, but lack key components to really competing, such as voice channels rather than calls.

I hope this goes somewhere!

HoppyHaus··on Beyond All Reason: Open-source RTS reimagining Total Annihilation
From my experience, TA ran great over Wine. I might be misremembering though.
HoppyHaus··on The Elephant at WWDC
It still is the case, and the documentation itself has improved greatly over time. PHP is one of the few programming languages that I feel can be used using only the official documentation (with the comments, of course)
HoppyHaus··on Found at Goodwill: WebPad 1001 Prototype
I was able to get a MS t-shirt with the Windows Defender logo on the front with "XP SP2" below it and "SECURITY" on the back.

It's absurd and I love it

HoppyHaus··on PHP 8
Agreed, that's how I learned. Also run it by someone that knows PHP so they can yell at you. I've used prepared statements ever since then
HoppyHaus··on PyPy: A Faster Python Implementation
If it hasnt changed, and I wasn't wrong in the first place, it has some issues with deep C integration, you need to jump over some hoops to get numpy working, and some of the other powerhouse libraries.
HoppyHaus··on PyPy: A Faster Python Implementation
PyPy is fantastic, it rescued a project I had where a massive amount of json needed to be parsed before an absurdly short heartbeat. Not even some of the fast json libraries could do it, but with a drop-in PyPy replacement, it worked, and still does, wonderfully
HoppyHaus··on Ask HN: How am I still able to order new IPv4 addresses despite run out?
We are effectively out of free, unallocated IPv4 addresses. All of them are owned by a non-regulatory authority. If any of those entities want to sell some of their IPs, or their block, they are free to do so, and it happens all the time. But if you wanted to go to ARIN and ask for an IP or a block, you are out of luck.
HoppyHaus··on Ask HN: Do You Miss IRC?
Hey, that's my server! Weird seeing it mentioned by someone that isn't me
HoppyHaus··on Show HN: Beef, a new performance-oriented programming language
Looking lightly at some of the code and the screenshot provided, I'd like to compliment on the look of the language. A lot of the newer languages coming out mess with the "normal syntax" way too much, which discourages me from learning it. Beef actually looks like I could sit down, and learn the features of the language, rather than relearning a new syntax that wouldn't translate well.

I wish you luck!

HoppyHaus··on Clear backpacks, monitored emails: U.S. students under constant surveillance
So that when somebody disagrees with this, they can go with the classic "So you support self-harm and suicide?".
HoppyHaus··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2019)
Your cert expired. Second one this thread for security companies.
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