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ab71e5··on The problem is not AI code, but not knowing about system architecture or intent
You did not have to know about the assembly most of the time _because_ the assembly output of the compiler would be guaranteed (bugs notwithstanding) to conform to certain rules. Not the case with an LLM
ab71e5··on Writing Efficient C++ Code (2013)
Not OP but I believe this is referring to defining a `volatile const` for a read only register which C++ does not allow because you would need to initialize a const. Not sure what the C++17 solution would be
ab71e5··on ChatGPT Is Throwing 404
Yeah who wrote that website? Oh right
ab71e5··on AI companies destroy physical books – let's scan rare books before it's too late
It is also legal to buy potatoes and burn them, nobody would care if I do it. But if I buy up a food supply enough to feed a country and burn it it would be wrong.
ab71e5··on ChatGPT Desktop (Codex Desktop) for Linux
Doesn't it automatically use bwrap if it's installed (in the container in this case)?
ab71e5··on AI doesn't generate working products, that's still your job
Grok why program no work? Make work please
ab71e5··on Netflix employee fired for sharing personal details in retreat trust exercise
So he was fired for sharing he had ketamine based therapy for depression? Why? Like is it promoting drug use or something?
ab71e5··on Patreon laying off 20% of staff
Exactly. I would be insulted if I was part of this layoff, brutal honesty would be much better
ab71e5··on Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain
So what do you use for TOTP? Also bitwarden?
ab71e5··on Fundamentals of Wireless Communication (2005)
Thanks for the last rec, it looks like exactly what I need. As a self learner I still like some theory but a good mix with practical and building intuition. Like 'The art of electronics'. This looks to be a similar style
ab71e5··on Tokenmaxxing is dead, long live tokenmaxxing
Did not read the twitter thread but I think it is a mix of some companies with above strategy and most others just cargo culting
ab71e5··on Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills in Berkeley CS classes
That's nice except when you work somewhere where more and more developers are pushed to pump out slop generated by AI as fast as possible. So far I am not there yet but I have plenty of friends in the industry who are basically 'not allowed' to code manually anymore.
ab71e5··on I'm Tired of Talking to AI
Yeah but that was an explicit sarcastic response. I guess we need a 'letmechatgptthatforyou' link to show explicit sarcasm
ab71e5··on Didgeridoo playing as alternative treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (2006)
Is the weight loss just from sleeping better and therefore making better food choices?
ab71e5··on Get your passwords out of Bitwarden while you still can
I'm interested in this, what do you use to host the git repo? Just a private repo on something like github or your own server? How do you backup your private key?
ab71e5··on The vi family
Why cscope and not an LSP?
ab71e5··on Improved Git Diffs with Delta, Fzf and a Little Shell Scripting
Why would you say GUI based workflows are better (ignoring LLMs for now)? I would maybe give you debugging with breakpoints but for anything else I love my neovim with tmux setup
ab71e5··on Is anybody else bored of talking about AI?
> AI is every conversation with everyone

Wow that sounds horrible.

ab71e5··on Tell HN: MitID, Denmark's digital ID, was down
Yeah losing is maybe a bad example. What about a software update bricking the device, or a hardware problem?
ab71e5··on Credentials for Linux: Bringing Passkeys to the Linux Desktop
Kinda like how I have it set up in linux except the system partition is the uki and the user password is LUKS2 passphrase
ab71e5··on 2026 will be my year of the Linux desktop
What devices are you expecting driver issues with? Even NVidia is not much of a problem these days
ab71e5··on FPGAs Need a New Future
I knew someone who created a mandelbrot set viewer that would display over an VGA port, you had a game controller to move around and zoom into it. Something like that?
ab71e5··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
An RTOS compared to bare metal just means it is some nice abstractions that you would expect from an OS : tasks, mutexes rtc.

An RTOS compared to an OS like linux basically just means it is deterministic, you can guarantee some interrupt is handled within a certain time. Not necessarily faster

ab71e5··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
Calling them and asking for what exactly?
ab71e5··on Cassette tapes are making a comeback?
I have recently learned that in a pinch the band of a condom will do as well.
ab71e5··on Linux Career Opportunities in 2025: Skills in High Demand
What are you looking for? Yocto experience? Experience writing drivers? C/Rust/C++? Hardware / FPGA experience as well?
ab71e5··on More random home lab things I've recently learned
You can manage containers with proxmox. The idea with proxmox is also to use something that you might encounter at work to practice with at home.
ab71e5··on Pontevedra, Spain declares its entire urban area a "reduced traffic zone"
I mean I feel for you but cycling in the rain is not that big of a deal, greetings from the Netherlands
ab71e5··on The SD Association has an official SD card format utility [Win/OS X/Linux]
Pro tip: Use a read only rootfs and use overlayfs to write any changes to ram instead of the SD. Then you just gotta put your state on a USB drive, network etc.
ab71e5··on GitHub was having issues
Ah was wondering why pull requests did not show up
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