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yyxon Jaithon 3, a fast programming language with the perfect syntax

I highly recommend you to rethink error handling. No way to know if function throws exceptions, no way to know what kind of exceptions. This is a minefield.

yyxon “Code was never the hard part” is an insult to all programmers

Do you have any advice for someone who wants to take this path? I'm betting on determinism, simulations, tests and CEL.

yyxon An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time

So they were polished? We already know how to do it.

yyxon Orthodox C++ (2016)

At this point, if you want better C, just use Zig.

yyxon New YC homepage

No dark mode. Classic.

yyxon John Simpson: 'I've reported on 40 wars but I've never seen a year like 2025'

Ukraine is Europe. And what does US do? Threatens Ukraine into giving away land.

"Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed"

yyxon Building a Durable Execution Engine with SQLite

Sounds like a Celery with SQLAlchemy backend.

yyxon The Uselessness of "Fast" and "Slow" in Programming

Agreed, some languages and frameworks have trouble scaling https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45950542

yyxon Obsidian Note Codes

Oh, I thought it meant written in the Notes app. I guess it's nice for those, who don't use johnny decimal system.

yyxon Obsidian Note Codes

Why? You can already link notes: obsidian://open?vault=Documents&file=Ideas

yyxon When the job search becomes impossible

Obsidian app with it's latest "bases" feature (or Dataview plugin) would work nicely for this.

yyxon Becoming the person who does the thing

Mindlessness is a positive thing here. You don't have to think, just follow the moves, hit your goals and the numbers will naturally go up over time.

yyxon Why I Use a Dumbphone in 2025 (and Why You Should Too)

One simple solution is to buy a cheap used phone. Every app is made for flagships now. You'll still be able to use the apps, but everything will lag.

yyxon Why I Use a Dumbphone in 2025 (and Why You Should Too)

Damn, I guess I skimmed the article with my short attention span :). He's right, but the title is clickbaity.

yyxon Why I Use a Dumbphone in 2025 (and Why You Should Too)

> TikTok, Instagram Shorts, YouTube Reels

Just don't install these apps? There are tons of useful apps that don't require your constant attention.

yyxon Hacker News now runs on top of Common Lisp

uBlock origin filter:

    ! Hacker News dark mode
    news.ycombinator.com##html:style(filter:invert(90%) hue-rotate(180deg))
    news.ycombinator.com##body:style(background: white)

yyxon Teal – A statically-typed dialect of Lua

I'm getting `TypeError: e is null` by opening this website in a new tab.

Firefox 138.0.1

yyxon Ereader Easy Swedish. Tool I Made for Myself to Learn a Language

Is it better than DeepL own extension?

Edit: it is.

yyxon Bad Moon Rising

You can look up Ellen Pao and her time as interim CEO of Reddit for recent example.

yyxon Generate video sprites using just FFmpeg

You can make a playlist with start-time and stop-time.

https://scriptun.com/tools/video/m3u-playlist-generator

That would be a great way to create smyths (streamlined mythbusters).

yyxon INNER JOIN ON vs WHERE clause (2009)

Wonder what's the difference in PRQL...

yyxon Lab Leak 2.0?

It took 4 billion years to get to this point. Plenty of time.

yyxon More Casio Watch Mods

Or this one: https://github.com/joeycastillo/Sensor-Watch

yyxon More Casio Watch Mods

How do you like SKMEI? Backlight must be way better than F91W.

yyxon A sewing page that never closed its font size HTML tags

Seen the same happen 5 years ago on some Rainbow band fan site. It even could reliably crash firefox.

yyxon Crazy Clock

The ultra-quiet Quartex® Continuous Sweep Mini Clock Movement is a quartz clock movement that moves the second hand in a smooth, continuous motion. This continuous motion eliminates the ticking sound traditional clock motors make.

yyxon A URL Lengthener

Why do you use Internet Explorer 6-8 on the internet?

yyxon Permission.site

Maybe it's used for fullscreen games?