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archielcon Count-Min Sketch (2019)

I remember learning about it from Redis: https://redis.io/docs/data-types/hyperloglogs/

archielcon Delphi still exists and is actively developed

I used Borland Delphi (as well as C++ Builder for some period) throughout my university times for all kinds of home works and hobby apps. It was extremely easy to build simple but still good-looking UIs. At some point I even had a small reusable library for graph problems (add/edit nodes/edges with nice arrows/labels etc.) What I really liked was how fast you could get to real coding part with minimum boilerplate. Happy to see Lazarus IDE still having a strong community.

archielcon “Code” 2nd Edition Now Available

That's a very good question.

Given how old is Turing's paper and how much it was 'dissected' for the book, I would ask the following: * Any other top papers that inspired Charles (or he found them worthy of serious deep dive)? * Does he still read modern papers?

The latter is particularly interesting. I don't have academic background, but some of the people I spoke to claimed that there's lots of subpar papers produced nowadays. Obviously, amount produced in every field significantly increased lately, so it would be interesting to learn how someone with decades of experience is able to filter that out.

archielcon “Code” 2nd Edition Now Available

Sounds amazing. Big fan of his writing style, have two of his books: "Code" and "The Annotated Turing".

I'd be curious to learn about his work habits - have they changed over the years? Has he experienced any procrastination during his career and how he dealt with it? Any advice to those who got bored by the challenges of the modern software industry?

Only now I found that he has a blog, so it looks like I've got some new reading material: https://www.charlespetzold.com/blog/toc.html

archielcon Bash-oneliner: A collection of handy Bash one-liners and terminal tricks

The opposite is adding space before the command. The command will run but it will not be saved in history.

EDIT: This apparently needs to be configured - setting HISTCONTROL=ignorespace

archielcon Bash-oneliner: A collection of handy Bash one-liners and terminal tricks

That's a nice and very extensive collection.

As a follow-up, I can also recommend Effective Shell series. I used to have navigation shortcut diagram from Part 1 (https://dwmkerr.com/effective-shell-part-1-navigating-the-co...) printed out.

archielcon Ask HN: What are your favorite examples of elegant software?

There's Lazarus project (https://www.lazarus-ide.org/) - which is a Delphi compatible IDE. I've used it once to build a simple UI app, and it was a real nostalgic look back in time. Not to mention that it was extremely simple to build the app.

archielcon Ask HN: What are your favorite examples of elegant software?

Norton Commander - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Commander. Not sure how elegant on the inside, but it comes from the era when software development was not so fast paced. And the fact that it inspired so many spin-offs (just to mention few that I personally used: Volkov Commander, Midnight Commander, FAR Manager, and my favourite - DOS Navigator (it had spreadsheet!)).

archielcon Using a ThinkPad X61s in 2020

Also check out Thinkpad inspired TEX Shinobi keyboard: https://tex.com.tw/products/shinobi

archielcon Real-Time Tokyo Subway Map

Just found this one (didn't know it exists!): https://traintimes.org.uk/map/tube/

archielcon Ask HN: Books Similar to Code by Charles Petzold?

There's another amazing instant classic book by Charles Petzold - "The Annotated Turing".

archielcon Adding a metre between meals boosts vegetarian appeal – study

I can relate to your experience on switching to plant-based diet.

archielcon AWS services explained in one line each

Couldn’t agree more.

archielcon P-99: Ninety-Nine Prolog Problems

Scala's adaptation of this (S-99): http://aperiodic.net/phil/scala/s-99/

archielcon Firefox Replay

If it is a killer feature, and that's a marketing move - why not. Looks like that Firefox been working hard lately to change trends in browsers' market share.

archielcon Microsoft 4-day week boosts productivity and sales

Reminds me of another post (3 hours but everyday) by indie app developer with a good discussion on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11277033

archielcon Thin Locks: Featherweight Synchronization for Java (1998) [pdf]

https://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/cs257/archive/david-bacon/thin....

Same just in PostScript

archielcon Ask HN: What are the most fundamental books on computer science?

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software by Charles Petzold

This one's for you if you want to learn or just recap principles of computers (and read on evolution as well). I just started reading it and found it suprisingly easy to follow. It's perfect if you like things explained step-by-step and in a simple way.

archielcon Stamps for UX designers to create flow diagrams

I recommend making it clear that the currency is HKD. Otherwise I was under impression that it costs 170 USD until I went to checkout to see "Total HKD $170.00".

archielcon Ask HN: Single Person startup/company?

I remember seeing this when it just started (like two years ago, not sure if it was one of those 12 startups/year). Current one looks fantastic compared to that one, so I guess it's one more example that demonstrates you shouldn't hold off until it's feature-rich eye-catching candy. Your project story is inspiring!