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scns··on Topcoat is pushing the boundary of server applications with Rust
> There might be room for a language with slower runtime speed (GC?), but as good of a type system as Rust, so long as compile times are much faster.

There is OCaml which compiles very fast in debug mode.

scns··on Gloria Steinem has died
There is a great series about the womens movement called Mrs America.
scns··on Functional State Machines in Rust: Typestate and Newtype Patterns
Making sure something can be only used correctly is bad? Why?
scns··on How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs
> But I'm still caught off guard when hearing them say some things nonchalantly that would get them fired in the US.

I'm intruiged, can you give an example?

scns··on Canada will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down
Trumps actual goal is to distract from the Trump Epstein files
scns··on And then the men with guns tell you to do it anyway
> You can only make money by pleasing your customers.

Are you sure?

scns··on Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone
It is not, but all they have to offer.
scns··on Being ambitious and being a dad
giving that having biological children is the worst ecological offense someone can do in an ever increasing worldwide population?

Have you ever heard of fracking? Or mining Gold using mercury?

scns··on AI fuels more than half of cybercrime in Africa as scams surge – Interpol
The current administration is giving them a run for the money. Might come out ahead in regards regards to corruption too. Number one.
scns··on Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science
It is way harder to manipulate people to do the right thing i think.
scns··on Norway became a global salmon behemoth. Now it's facing the consequences
GP was talking about the story from the bible.
scns··on RamenHaus
Highest japanese population outside of Japan IIRC.
scns··on I flagged two research papers for fake authors and both were accepted as orals
> electronic billboards in China shaming low-social-credit-havers

It is people who did not pay their debts. Dr Jonathan Tam has a video on YT explaining it called:

Why the World Fell for China's Fake Dystopia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecx45eOuc0E

scns··on French musician Kavinsky found dead
My fave b N'to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPpPRFEXWwQ

scns··on French musician Kavinsky found dead
Carpenter Brut

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9e7gmwejeGr7aqhn9A4h...

Maxime Dangles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsyQZip5xLI

Arnaud Rebotini

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKRfDdsPewQ

Terence Fixmer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqPzHloXppc

Mödern (6 & 7 are good too IMO)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lbZzeBe_JQ&list=PLmmhQqegVx...

Lazerhawk - Redline (not french but my favourite Synthwave album)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYc-KHaHGswVjvp4UuqBY...

scns··on Fil-C: Garbage In, Memory Safety Out [video]
> but also the prohibition on using the unsafe API in the entire program and all dependencies. Which Rust could also do in theory but not yet in practice AFAIK.

It is possible, check MaulingMonkeys' comment upthread.

scns··on US seeks cheaper hunter-killer drones after Iran destroys $1B worth of Reapers
> since the budget is never balanced

When the Republicans rule.

scns··on German button maker searched rivers of American Midwest for valuable shells
Those who really understood it need the least words to explain it.
scns··on 24-bit/192kHz music downloads and why they make no sense (2012)
A treated room would be the most impactful, DACs the least.
scns··on Study suggests most Americans would be healthier without daylight saving time (2025)
There are measurably more heart attacks and traffic accidents after the switch.
scns··on Feds Killed Polestar and Spared Volvo
Expats and immigrants, as long as we do it it's okay. Only possible when you lack self awareness and therefore can live with cognitive dissonance.
scns··on Polymarket has flooded social media with deceptive videos by paid creators
Preachers are often hypocrites.
scns··on Beyond All Reason (Free Total Annihilation Inspired RTS)
Imaginary superiority
scns··on Bobby Prince, composer for Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, and Duke Nukem 3D, has died
Guten Tag!
scns··on Volkswagen started blocking GrapheneOS users
> How many rakes can a company step on?

All of em.

scns··on GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17
Simple Keyboard is on F-Droid too. Supports moving cursor via space bar.
scns··on Palantir loses legal challenge against Swiss investigative magazine
Creative people seem to be rather pacifistic. Warmongers seem less so, they have to "borrow" from the creative ones.
scns··on Vinyl succumbs to Loudness War: more than just collateral damage (2025)
> There are also a lot of genres that can never sound as good on vinyl simply due to the

inability to encode very low tones.

scns··on A giant star may have destroyed itself in one of the rarest explosions
> It can make them feel better by giving them a chance to look down on someone else.

That's the idea but it does not work. Self esteem is still negative afterwards

scns··on Use your Nvidia GPU's VRAM as swap space on Linux
Not that simple. 4 dimms were getting higher clocks on 2 CCD Ryzen models (12 & 16 cores) compared to those with one CCD. Motherboard topology is a factor too.
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