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SeekingMeaning··on Pytov – C-like syntax Python
I'm not sure if I'm a fan of the switch syntax. It looks neither like C nor Python.
SeekingMeaning··on Oh Shit, Git?
> One thing I hate is the pesky .DS_Store on Mac. No matter how many times I ignore it, it just wants to be a part of my commit.

Try a global gitignore: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7335420/global-git-ignor...

SeekingMeaning··on GitHub was down
People are mad/frustrated/busy, that's how it goes
SeekingMeaning··on Refined Hacker News
Yep, as someone who came from Reddit, the culture here has definitely changed me for the better
SeekingMeaning··on Strange things happen when you rotate in 4 dimensions
I also recommend:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t4aKJuKP0Q - 4D Toys: a box of four-dimensional toys, and how objects bounce and roll in 4D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-yRYmdsnGs - What does VR reveal about the 4th dimension?

SeekingMeaning··on New monkey species found hiding in plain sight
http://archive.vn/s6l1x
SeekingMeaning··on My dad launched the quest to find alien intelligence
http://archive.vn/fWFeM
SeekingMeaning··on CA Gov. Newsom Vetoes Bill Allowing Ranked-Choice Voting (2019)
> "Where it has been implemented, I am concerned that it has often led to voter confusion and that the promise that ranked-choice voting leads to greater democracy is not necessarily fulfilled."

Something is wrong if voters are not informed enough simply to vote...

SeekingMeaning··on Programming channels on YouTube that you shouldn't miss
He's not Techlead but the two are definitely associated.
SeekingMeaning··on Programming channels on YouTube that you shouldn't miss
Another good one: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS4FAVeYW_IaZqAbqhlvxlA

> Context Free is about programming languages, including implementation, design, usage, and history.

SeekingMeaning··on Ask HN: What Practices Has Helped You Reach Productivity Zen/Flow?
My brain isn’t used to 24-hour time, mind adding support for AM/PM times?
SeekingMeaning··on Onfim
I find it amusing that he couldn't manage to stay aligned with the edge of the "paper" on the left

(Also, pitchfork hands)

SeekingMeaning··on Ennui: How to Overcome Chronic Boredom
> However on the show it seemed like he was treated as a controversial figure.

Well, I guess this answers that (and maybe more).

But to give my personal perspective, I’m not sure what Peterson’s motives are. He has stated that he used to have severe clinical depression, which might help contextualize some of his more “grim” lectures/videos. (He and his daughter are able to mitigate their depression by having a carnivore diet. Strange, but it seems to work for them.)

SeekingMeaning··on Show HN: Silk, a simple systems programming language
I really love the syntax, especially the dereference operator being the @ symbol and the usage of val vs var for constants/variables. (For context, I started off with Java and prefer writing in Kotlin nowadays.) Compared to languages like Zig or V, I think you strike a pretty good balance between being familiar and introducing new/different syntax.
SeekingMeaning··on Show HN: Subreddit Finder - Trained on 4M Reddit Posts from 4K Subreddits
“I got straight A’s this semester!!!”

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SeekingMeaning··on Swift: Google’s Bet on Differentiable Programming
Two Minute Papers made a fascinating video on Taichi: https://youtube.com/watch?v=T7w7QuYa4SQ (“Finally, Differentiable Physics is Here!”)
SeekingMeaning··on We're in for 2 Months
> ... stop playing the game of "in our country it's going to be different than in China" ...
SeekingMeaning··on Open-source blueprints for a tiny nuclear reactor
"Ah yes, let’s build a park around a nuclear reactor"
SeekingMeaning··on DuckDuckGo is good enough for regular use
For those interested there’s an open-source Chrome extension that brings back the View Image button:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/view-image/jpcmhce...

https://github.com/bijij/ViewImage

SeekingMeaning··on Selfie – Tiny self-compiling C compiler, RISC-V emulator and hypervisor
Student here, with a question. How does one maintain a 10,000 line source file?
SeekingMeaning··on Clang vs. other open-source compilers
I mean Elsa and and PCC are cool, but who actually uses them? Clang and GCC are pretty much all there is, but regardless it’s nice to know what people have tried/are trying to do. These bullet points in particular make me want to tinker with PCC and see how much it is (and is not) capable of:

> The PCC source base is very small and builds quickly with just a C compiler.

> PCC doesn't support Objective-C or C++ and doesn't aim to support C++.

SeekingMeaning··on One Hundred Ideas for Computing
I’m on mobile and when my finger touches the screen, the page zooms out, and when I let go, it zooms back in—but off center. Anyone else experiencing this?

Edit: It seems this can be fixed by manually zooming out to 85%, but I still don’t know why this is an issue in the first place

SeekingMeaning··on Rust: Zero-Cost Abstraction in Action
For anyone interested in reading more about this, I would recommend Zero Cost Abstractions[1] by withoutboats, who is a contributor to Rust.

1: https://boats.gitlab.io/blog/post/zero-cost-abstractions/

SeekingMeaning··on Not everyone has an internal monologue
To be honest, I’m genuinely not sure what you’re saying.
SeekingMeaning··on Godot 3.2
They’re currently at $10,000 a month, or $120,000 a year. That’s really amazing!
SeekingMeaning··on First Maine inmate enrolled in graduate school conducts research in prison
How so? He developed ReiserFS before he was convicted, so I’m not sure what the connection is.
SeekingMeaning··on Threads Are a Bad Idea for Most Purposes (1995) [pdf]
Imagine reading someone else’s mind, only to discover that they are reading yours... Mind-stack overflow?
SeekingMeaning··on Ambitions for a Unix Shell
> I wrote 3 years ago about this ...

> But I realize that, in the best case, this will take decades. That's OK ...

Wow. I’ve never really thought about how much time and dedication is put into the languages and tools I’m surrounded by. Thank you for what you’re doing, Andy. You’re honestly an inspiration!

SeekingMeaning··on Wolf Pups That Play Fetch
Non-paywall: http://archive.ph/5OBeO
SeekingMeaning··on Writing a Polyglot Script
Wait, it doesn’t? What’s your setup?
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