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parallax_error··on Saving another 100TB of RAM
I definitely enjoyed this writing style more than a lot of the recent cf blog posts. Cool article!
parallax_error··on Making difficulty curves in games
Makes me think of a game like FTL, where “easy” was challenging for quite some time, and now I play normal if I want a challenge!
parallax_error··on JEP 401: Value Objects (Preview) merged to OpenJDK master
Really cool, shame that strings can’t be fully indistinguishable like Integer despite their immutability
parallax_error··on A Compiler Writing Journey
Very cool! I can’t imagine writing everything in C, I’m currently learning this in OCaml which seems nicer for a project like this.
parallax_error··on The Operator That Dethroned a King: Python's Walrus Operator Story
Interesting story but the AI makes it irritating to read
parallax_error··on Ryugu asteroid samples contain all DNA and RNA building blocks
First time I’ve seen my university mentioned online and it’s the wrong country!
parallax_error··on Ki Editor - an editor that operates on the AST
This has got to be my favourite feature of IntelliJ, along with the dumb context actions menu
parallax_error··on Golf game built last night with Claude Code, Svelte and ThreeJS
I sunk the ball, but the game didn’t end so I happily hit it back out of the hole!! Pretty fun though
parallax_error··on Show HN: I built an AI conversation partner to practice speaking languages
I haven’t tried this app yet, but my attempts at speaking to ChatGPT in Spanish were pretty dull. Almost every sentence the model replied with “Claro!” and tended to repeat itself often
parallax_error··on During Helene, I just wanted a plain text website
Reading this on airline wifi right now makes me realise just how unusable some stuff becomes with choppy internet. E.g. I can’t change settings on the LinkedIn app because the request to load the settings page fails :/.
parallax_error··on Jony Ive's OpenAI Device Barred From Using 'io' Name
I remember someone saying it looks like a pregnancy announcement, and that’s what I think of every time I see it
parallax_error··on CornHub
Opening this on the class laptop at school was always fun
parallax_error··on How to Get a North Korea / Antarctica VPS
> Now test your VPS’s IPv4 geolocation using Cloudflare’s /cdn-cgi/trace endpoint (available on any site behind CF)

Interesting, this really does seem to work on any site behind CF. Are there any other endpoints like this?

parallax_error··on Show HN: 18yo first iOS app: blocks distracting apps and unlocks with QR/barcode
Reminds me of Foqos, which is definitely one of my favourite apps
parallax_error··on Rating 26 years of Java changes
I can’t believe lambdas got a 4/10! I’m a student so maybe my opinion will change when I work on “real” code but I really like their conciseness
parallax_error··on iPhone dumbphone
Can’t you click the “ignore limit” button when trying to open a restricted app though?
parallax_error··on Java is still worth learning
I agree, I’ve definitely had a lot of “ahh, that’s why it does that/works that way in Java” when learning C
parallax_error··on Java is still worth learning
I’ve in university and the classes have been almost exclusively taught in Java. Learning C/C++ definitely felt like a step backwards, as there’s more you have to implement yourself instead of using the standard library. With that said, I think I learnt a lot more about how systems work under the hood by learning C, so perhaps it’s not as good for learning programming concepts IMO
parallax_error··on Show HN: Porting Terraria and Celeste to WebAssembly
Safari on ios really hates this, all 3 demos crash upon loading lol
parallax_error··on Message stuck in Kafka queue for months delivered, writes bestselling novel
Great stuff lol
parallax_error··on Experts Call for an Immediate Ban on Magic Sponges for Household Cleaning
I used these frequently during an old job, it was always concerning how the sponge slowly disappeared as you scrubbed with it
parallax_error··on Happy New Year HN
Happy new years from a fellow kiwi! I hope everyone’s spent it in good company :)
parallax_error··on Ask HN: What were the best books you read this year?
I found “Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" - Autobiography about Richard Feynman very interesting