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jonesnc··on The Claro Programming Language
What does this have to do with Claro?
jonesnc··on Python, C, Assembly – Faster Cosine Similarity
If the author of the article sees this, this link in the table of contents doesn't work:

https://ashvardanian.com/posts/python-c-assembly-comparison/...

jonesnc··on In search of the least viewed article on Wikipedia (2022)
Why does the randomization have to happen in the database query? Assuming there aren't any large gaps in the distribution of IDs, and if you know the max_id, couldn't you pick a random number between min_id and max_id and get the record whose ID matches that random number?
jonesnc··on FiraCode: Free monospaced font with programming ligatures
I like the Hack font too, but I also like ligatures:

https://github.com/gaplo917/Ligatured-Hack

jonesnc··on Threads, an Instagram app
I'm not sure what you mean that Messenger as a platform is gone. I still use their messaging app all the time, is that not the same thing?
jonesnc··on Reddit is removing moderators that protest by taking their communities private
> and the Reddit app can be used completely for free vs. the Apollo app requiring you to pay

I've been using Apollo for free for years, you don't need to pay for it.

jonesnc··on Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox-related CPU use by 75%
lmao
jonesnc··on Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox-related CPU use by 75%
For those who may be wondering, the Settings button referred to here is the gear button in the Youtube video player.
jonesnc··on If we lose the Internet Archive, we’re screwed
So, how do we create an Internet Archive Archive?
jonesnc··on American drivers have a blinding headlight problem
Cars in my state (Utah) don't even get inspected anymore.
jonesnc··on Htmx in a Nutshell
We're migrating our apps from Vue.js to HTMX, and it has been a great experience. The size of our codebase has consistently gone down as we move things to HTMX, and it feels like the level of complexity goes down as well.

I highly recommend using HTMX.

jonesnc··on Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu
I'm on Ubuntu Server 22.04, and I've never had to use Snap. Is it exclusively a Desktop thing?
jonesnc··on Show HN: Digs.fm – For passionate music explorers (like Goodreads but for music)
How is this different from Rate Your Music or Album Of The Year?
jonesnc··on FBI agent pleads guilty to wiping hard-drive containing exculpatory evidence
Where's the lie?
jonesnc··on FFmpeg 5.1 out – LTS release
Could someone explain what ipfs protocol support means? What can ffmpeg do with ipfs?
jonesnc··on Ask HN: What Are You Learning?
I recently took on the maintenance of my team's mobile app, so I'm learning Ionic Vue, Firebase Analytics and Cloud Messaging.
jonesnc··on Why we're sticking with Ruby on Rails
I'm mainly a Django dev, and I'm curious how the productivity of Rails compares to Django. Do you have anything conclusions about their relative productivity, given a reasonable competency in both frameworks?
jonesnc··on Rewriting Sysctl(8) in Rust: Systeroid
How is it better? I'm curious.
jonesnc··on Google cancels Google Play publisher account and ends family’s source of income
It's these kinds of stories that remind me that governments are not the only bodies of control that laboring people must contend with -- corporations have just as much, if not more in some cases, power.
jonesnc··on Ask HN: Will we ever be able to recover BitTorrent files from the piece hashes?
Thanks for the correction.
jonesnc··on Dav1d, fast AV1 decoder, version 1.0
Unrelated, but I'm curious if console emulators could gain performance by hand-writing certain parts of it in assembly (the JIT recompiler, for example).
jonesnc··on 5 Charged with Stalking, Harassing, Spying on US Residents for PRC Secret Police
If they were able to do it without any repercussions or consequences, why would they ever stop doing it?
jonesnc··on Show HN: Coding Font – A game to find your favorite coding font
My favorite coding font is Consolas. Any chance of that one?
jonesnc··on Show HN: Coding Font – A game to find your favorite coding font
It works if I click Reset Tournament, but when I first loaded the page it didn't work and just showed the "You have chosen the winner" message.
jonesnc··on U.S. to open program to replace Huawei equipment in U.S. networks
> Companies in the US are not an extension of the state in anyway near the way Chinese firms are, even if some collude.

In the US, the state is an extension of the corporation.

jonesnc··on Would Plato tweet? The Ancient Greek guide to social media
My answer is no.

Twitter is for people to make up a guy to get mad at.

Plato made up a guy to destroy people in debate.

jonesnc··on Facebook sent flawed data to misinformation researchers
I think they meant researchers who study misinformation.
jonesnc··on PGP Is Dead? (2018)
Isn't the Signal Protocol an open protocol?

https://signal.org/docs/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_Protocol#Implementation...

jonesnc··on The Mental Benefits of Being Terrible at Something
I think this highlights the difference between practice and good practice. You won't get better at something by merely doing it over and over again. You have to practice something difficult or foundational to the skill with intention, using techniques that are designed to help you improve your skills.

For example, if you're trying to get better at playing drums, playing the same beat poorly for an hour probably won't do much. A technique like starting to play at a slow tempo and gradually speeding up, cleaning up the mistakes as you go, is a technique that can help you practice more effectively.

The same is true for programming. Implementing a simple TODO app, while a good intro problem to solve for beginners, is probably not going to make most programmers better or more knowledgable at programming.

jonesnc··on ‘Evil Corp,’ a $100M Cybercrime Menace
The name Evil Corp is a reference to the show Mr. Robot right?
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