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ximuson T-Ruby is Ruby with syntax for types

The obvious thing that comes to mind when looking at their spotlight example.

However, no mention of this basic head scratcher in the docs. :rolling_eyes:

> Starting a new process for each request doesn't feel right.

I think there is a misunderstanding of how stdio works. The process can be long running and receive requests via stdio at any time. No need to start one for each request.

ximuson The SeL4 Microkernel: An Introduction [pdf]

Sounds like your setup would make for an interesting read in longer form

ximuson Solar Generation Surge Sends European Power Prices Below Zero

Hinkley Point is the premier example of how badly slow a nuclear development can be. Reactors are often built in 5-7 years.

ximuson Salmon return to lay eggs in historic habitat after Klamath River dam removal

Here in coastal British Columbia, it’s the removal of ocean fish farms that has sent the dwindling numbers of pink salmon soaring again!

ximuson Parents outraged at Snoo after smart bassinet company charges fee to rock crib

don't they own the crib after paying $1700?

ximuson Paris Agreement thresholds crossed

at this point we should be pulling on every thread. Individual change is one of them, it should be promoted as well.

The amount of frivolous waste I observe at the individual level, multiplied by the millions, is not insignificant.

ximuson Nearly 2M metric tons of wild fish used to feed Norwegian farmed salmon annually

Salmon farms need to go. They are a plague to the wild salmon populations.

Here in BC Canada, our local area wild salmon populations are finally recovering after the closure of the local salmon farms.

They crowd fish in biologically hazardous conditions, then pump them with antibiotics and chemicals to keep them alive. All this in open water pens shared with the rest of the ecosystem.

One better solution seem to be inland salmon farms.

Wild salmon are too critical to many food chains both in the water and on land.

ximuson Apple M5 Chip's Dual-Use Design Will Power Future Macs and AI Servers

Think about your needs and what you actually do with your computer, and if there would be a significant difference with an upgrade.

I'm still on M1 and I know that M2 and M3 would not change my experience for my web development work.

But yeah, if you're just going off the maker's marketing materials, then yeah, you'd always feel behind.

ximuson The tiny chip that powers Montreal subway tickets

I don't know about justifying or rationalising waste by pointing to a greater source of waste.

ximuson Vancouver’s new mega-development is big, ambitious and Indigenous

It's comforting to see first nations of canada recovering a central role in modern canadian society.

However, having lived here for a year a year now, I have observed a concerning aspect of this re-integration, which is mentioned in the article: First nations aren't just propped back up and re-integrated in society, it goes further in that they are given special rights that go beyond what any other class of canadian citizens have access to. In this case it is exemption from zoning laws, but all over the country it's access to mining, lumber and fishing rights. They are exempted from federal quotas on fishing, cutting forests, etc ...

On moral grounds, I find it questionable to give some citizens special birth rights greater than others. But on more practical grounds, this is creating a great big loophole for the traditional resource extraction companies to circumvent environment regulation by partnering with first nations on projects.

ximuson Maps distort how we see the world

Fun article. Surprised it doesn't mention the Peters projection map.

You cannot have both area fidelity and shape fidelity to represent countries on a map.

If you want area fidelity, the Gall-Peters [1] projection and the Peters world map [2] (1952) by Arno Peters are the way to visualize countries, whereas common maps focus on shape-fidelity.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arno_Peters?useskin=vector [2] https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/map-of-the-world-peters-p...

ximuson Rewriting the Ruby parser

GraalVM Ruby, more commonly known as TruffleRuby, is actively developed still. As the article states, it adopted YARP already.

ximuson First flight of the Airbus A321XLR with up to 4700 NM range

distance not torque, Nautical Miles (NM)

ximuson Vimeo: “We are a B2B solution, not the indie version of YouTube.”

Feels like Vimeo missed an opportunity to be the home of creatives.

They had the right brand perception for it, and were there early.

A video producer friend persevered hard to continue using it from 2012 to 2019, but out of chronic frustration with its product design, sadly moved to youtube.

I got the sense of a general stubborn "we know what's right for you, you don't" attitude in their product design. And it seemed to satisfy no significant public well.

Great to see them be more clear, wish them the best.

ximuson Epic launches anti-cheat support for Linux, Mac, and Steam Deck

BattleEye

ximuson Ask HN: What are the best websites that the Anglosphere doesn't know about?

Quality docomentaries and looks on society on Arte.tv, the european culture channel

AFAIK, north americans don't know about its existence. It's available in english.

https://www.arte.tv/en/

ximuson Ask HN: Team fun event ideas during WFH?

video games

- lots of diversity, choice (helps finding something that best fits everyone)

- lots of positive emotions (designed by people whose jobs it is to make you have fun). tremendously effective at creating shared moments of joy.

- lots of cooperative games (team building yaye!)

- loose engagement: easy to hop in and out without much fuss, play as much as you want

- easy to repeat: so many games to choose from, some games have no ending

- won't necessarily fit anyone (but what does)

recommendations?

- Portal

- Among Us

I'm sure fellow HNers will have better suggestions

ximuson Ask HN: Which are the best Go repositories to read to learn the language?

I really enjoyed google's https://github.com/golang/groupcache. Learned both about the language, and quality network application design, in a small package.

ximuson The Library Card Project: The Ease of Forming Anonymous Companies in the U.S.

it's good to hear there are legitimate use cases. Care to share some examples? For me, and likely many others, the nefarious ones are the first that come to mind.

Assuming incorporation benefactor details would be kept private by the state, the only legit use-case I can think of is protection from politically motivated actions by public bodies.

Or is the fear that no list can truly be kept private, even by the state, and it would eventually be hacked or leaked, violating privacy?

ximuson Sophia: A modern embeddable key-value database – v1.2.2 released

It seems like here "embeddable" means it can be compiled into an app, as opposed to getting accessed through a server. Is that correct?

Yes

whether or not it is a good fit for small CPUs and microcontrollers is another characteristic that I can't comment on.