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XeO3··on That XOR Trick (2020)
Apart from these applications of XOR, a favourite one is using Bitwise AND to find Even/Odd numbers.
XeO3··on Studio Ghibli marks 40 years, but future looks uncertain
I adore "The Secret World of Arrietty" and "When Marnie Was There". I hope Hiromasa Yonebayashi gets to direct more of Ghibli's movies.
XeO3··on React 19
Yep. One thing I noticed that how intuitive it was to implement setInterval in class. However, in hooks, you probably need a guide for that.

https://overreacted.io/making-setinterval-declarative-with-r...

XeO3··on 418 I’m a teapot
Google has it too. :) https://www.google.com/teapot
XeO3··on Tō Reo – A Māori Spellchecker
Yeah, that element should be 'textarea' instead of 'div' or at least the 'contenteditable' should be true.
XeO3··on Show HN: I built a website to share files and messages without any server
https://www.sharedrop.io/ as well. It's open sourced, too.
XeO3··on The Lord of the Rings Family Tree
Balrog is missing. Not sure, if it's its own race or belongs to demon category.
XeO3··on Eloquent JavaScript 4th edition (2024)
"JavaScript: The Definitive Guide" does go deeper, with thorough examples in all the topics mentioned in the index. It also provides examples of static types using Flow instead of TypeScript.
XeO3··on Deep cloning objects in JavaScript
It is mentioned in the exception list of structuredClone.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers...

XeO3··on JavaScript is weird
> In general, if a statement begins with (, [, /, +, or -, there is a chance that it could be interpreted as a continuation of the statement before, if semicolon isn`t provided.

While /, +, and - are rare in the beginning of the statement, ( and [ aren't.

XeO3··on The persistence of prog rock (2017)
Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson, too. "Deadwing" is one of their best work.
XeO3··on Hollywood movie aside, just how good a physicist was Oppenheimer?
From Feynman`s biography, on trying to separate the isotopes of uranium:

> It was such a shock to me to see that a committee of men (Oppenheimer, Compton, Tolman, Smyth, Urey, and Rabi) could present a whole lot of ideas, each one thinking of a new facet, while remembering what the other fella said, so that, at the end, the decision is made as to which idea was the best - summing it all up - without having to say it three times. These were very great men indeed.

XeO3··on Closer to Johannes Vermeer
Are there any more sites like these?

I saw one for Hieronymus Bosch`s painting: The Garden of Earthly Delights

https://archief.ntr.nl/tuinderlusten/en.html

XeO3··on ChatGPT passes the 2022 AP Computer Science A free response section
The one difference I can see is how chatGPT optimises the code based on the instruction you provide, while Copilot could only complete the code in one way.

For instance I asked chatGPT to write a code for square root which it did using inbuilt Math.sqrt function. I instructed it to write without using inbuilt function which it did. However, no matter how many times I instructed it to avoid using Math.floor or Math.ceil, it was not taking any heed.

XeO3··on Ask HN: Best books read in 2022?
The Strangest man by Graham Farmelo.

It`s a biography of Paul Dirac, considered one of the best physicists of the 20th century. The book elucidates his obscure life and his contribution to quantum physics while not being overly jargonistic.

XeO3··on Google announces Pixel 5, Pixel 4A 5G, and Pixel 4A
Sometimes you don`t have to trade. I`m using Samsung S10e with headphone jack and IP68 rating. Best compact phone ever.
XeO3··on Paul Dirac: The Mozart of Science (2008)
> his colleagues at cambridge, created a unit called 'dirac', which was 1 word/hour to describe his taciturn nature :o)

There are always more people who'd rather speak than listen. :)

XeO3··on Avoid Indirection in Code
Imho, this type of abstraction should be allowed in case of code repetition. So the reviewer/debugger will have to go non linear only one time.

In any other case the whole code should be in one file.

XeO3··on FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose the sites customers see
There was an article on techdirt which outlined the aftermath of killing NN in Portugal. The ISP started splitting net into several packages.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DNGlrABUIAAr9RO.jpg:large

XeO3··on NSA's Puzzle Periodical
Yeah. I didn't get what the big deal was about it until I read the 30 second and turns he mentioned in his explanation.
XeO3··on Google Street View banned in India due to security concerns
On other note, "Udta Punjab" may be the first movie to receive A/C (adult with caution) certification as recommended by Shyam Benegal Committee.

Source : http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/udt...

XeO3··on How Following Others Will Leave You Broke
> We are hard-wired to follow crowds. That’s what ensured our survival in the past. We have mirror neurons in our brain. The sole purpose of these neurons is to mimic other people’s behavior (and choices). Your willpower does not stand a chance against thousands of years of evolution.

This is not entirely correct. I mean it`d be difficult but not impossible.

XeO3··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2015)
Thank You so much!
XeO3··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2015)
I am applying for Linux Core Operating System - Junior Developer. Do I need to provide the reference?