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I like to think of it as a magical checklist, it helps us to quickly check if something _might_ be there, without actually looking through everything.

A few non-exhaustive real world use-cases that come to mind:

- Databases: To quickly check if a record might exist before doing a costly disk lookup.

- Spell Checkers: To check if a word might be in the dictionary.

- Spam Filters: To check if an email sender is on a list of known spammers.

- Browser Security: Chrome uses Bloom filters to check if a site might be malicious.

- Password Checker: To check if a password is known to be leaked.

- Web Caches: To check if a URL or resource is definitely not in the cache.

- Distributed Systems: To avoid sending data that another system definitely doesn’t need.

mfrwon VSCode's SSH agent is bananas

>> VSCode mounts a full-scale invasion

I love to read articles that have a bit of humour(no offence to VScode people); somehow, it seems one can connect more with the writer.

Thank you, kind stranger on the internet. You made me smile when I most needed it :)

mfrwon Delta: A syntax-highlighting pager for Git, diff, grep, and blame output

I have `delta` as my default and for difft, I use the following:

`env GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF=difft git log -p --ext-diff`

Hope it helps :)

mfrwon Indian government moves to ban ProtonMail after bomb threat

YouTube/Gmail/etc etc and everything that the government is tracking. FWIW, they are tracking our internet with all sorts of fancy technology. I think probably what I meant to ask is:

What do you use to by-pass censorship ?

mfrwon Indian government moves to ban ProtonMail after bomb threat

If this is the current condition, what alternatives are there that you may suggest apart from; `Don't use it!`

mfrwon A Distributed Systems Reading List

I have also found some stuff here that might be worth a read: https://christophermeiklejohn.com/distributed/systems/2013/0...

mfrwon [dead]

I started exactly like this. I wanted to get more and more points as soon as possible; You would ask why ?

I wanted to appear smarter than I actually am :(

One of the reasons was to fill the void of me not being able to socialize. Eventually as time progressed, I stopped caring about these fictitious karma points and use this place to improve my self.

I think it is not bad to want more karma, IMHO, the thing that matters is how does one gets there.

This may not be something that helps you immediately, but I feel, if you stick around enough; karma will follow :)

Good Luck!

mfrwon Git Things

> Second, not every change needs a great commit message. If a change is really minor, I would say minor is an okay commit message!

I want to slightly disagree on this for folks who are early on in career e.g me; I think there is a lot of value in learning to communicate precisely and having a habit of writing good commit message has certainly improved my skills, both verbal and written.

Even though, this activity appears futile for a minor change; it might help to improve other skills :)

mfrwon Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?

Being Calm and Content with whatever I have.

I think, I feel, I am out of this rat race of fighting for that next promotion, learning that new language, earning more money, wanting that ${THING}. No, I am not a monk, nor do I want to become one, but I am passionate about how to be content and grateful for whatever I have; I am relatively at peace for a good while since I started to train & reinforce my brain to behave this way. Thanks to Almighty.

mfrwon Making Hard Things Easy

TiL: The shell does not exit if the command that fails is a part of any command executed in a && or || list except the command following the final && or ||.

Reference: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-set

mfrwon Chromebooks will get 10 years of automatic updates

Can folks help me a little here, please. Sure this is an awesome announcement. I now am considering to buy a ChromeBook even more seriously.

My reluctance is, can Google, tomorrow (before 10 years) feel that, ahh no we are bored of this so let's not do it. Google has a history of introducing stuff that people start to rely on and then kill it; I still wish Inbox had not been killed by Google.

mfrwon Ask HN: Looking for a resource on Linux kernel module development

Linux Kernel Development by Robert Love is something I would encourage going through if you are unsure about what you don't know.

Although it's based on 3.x kernel, it still is pretty relevant.

Good Luck!

mfrwon A Dive into the Legacy of BSD Unix

Human nature made me skim this article to verify your claim.

mfrwon How to speed up the Rust compiler

Sure, thanks for the tip.

I will take a look :)

mfrwon How to speed up the Rust compiler

I don't think the compile times of Go can be even compared with Rust or any major compiled language.

It does compile extremely quickly; Rust on the other end lies completely opposite on that spectrum IMO.

Although, both languages are "modern", both have their pros & cons.

Although this may sound like a pink elephant, but I would really want something that has the guard-rails, expresiveness & performance of Rust with the simplicity & compile-time speed of Go.

mfrwon Ask HN: Where do I find good code to read?

I am big fan of Salvatore "antirez" Sanfilippo [0]. I encourage a look at `redis`, `kilo` and his other GitHub projects.

[0]: https://github.com/antirez

mfrwon Modern Computer Architecture and Organization - Second Edition (2022)

The former of the books is introductory material which is taught at the Bachelors Level while the other book is more rigours and suited as a masters/research level book.

mfrwon Chandrayaan-3 Soft-landing [video]

What makes this a "WoWW!", is not that this is the first time humans sent something to the moon, but when one factors in the budget relative to others.

Although, I do not have reference for what the exact budget was/is.

mfrwon Modern Computer Architecture and Organization - Second Edition (2022)

+1 on the questionable quality of content by Packt. It's generally not the highest quality content from whatever little experience I have. Most of the books that I read had outright wrong examples, that did not even compile. Content always seemed rushed and superfluous with no real thought given to coherency.

mfrwon Bram Moolenaar has died

:wqa!

RIP Legend :(

[Mods - Request for black bar, please]

mfrwon Curl 8.0.0

There is a blogpost about this exactly where Daniel collects similar responses:

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/05/20/i-could-rewrite-curl/

mfrwon Ask HN: Is Hacker News slow for anyone else?

I wandered off to check my internet/DNS. It is indeed very slow as of now.

mfrwon Ask HN: Developer abused “sign in with GitHub”?

I was wondering if you got it back :)

Good that its back!

mfrwon No Hello: A New Wave

I do start with a Hello, followed by whatever I have to say in the same message. In addition I also annotate with an `<async>`/`<urgent>` at the end as appropriate.

It has seemed to work for me.

mfrwon Ask HN: How to do the bare minimum when not valued at work?

> a good starting point would be removing any work accounts from your phone.

+1 to this.

I recently did this and found it enjoyable; I followed this advice from mentors. Disconnecting from work made me happier & I get to spend more time with my family. I enjoy my stress-free weekends and live in peace.

The exact quote that made me nuke all work accounts from my mobile:

Your ${COMPANY} can replace you in an instant; Your family & loved ones can NEVER replace you!

mfrwon Ask HN: What are you doing this weekend?

I've seen this multiple times on lobsters.

It would be cool to see it here as well :)