DaveFlater

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by DaveFlater 5mo ago
SI avoids identifying countable entities and events except in special cases like bequerel. This is but one example among many where the needs of IT are outside the scope that SI serves. https://www.researchgate.net/publicati
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Show HN: Rambles on Compile-Time C++(github.com)
1 points by DaveFlater 6mo ago|0 comments
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by DaveFlater 1y ago
There they go with Dickens again. Why always Dickens? Haven't we suffered enough?
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by DaveFlater 2y ago
See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36393673
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by DaveFlater 3y ago
GCC optimization causes the frame pointer push to move around, resulting in wrong call stacks. "Wontfix" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38896343
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by DaveFlater 3y ago
Whether over months or years, they have certainly gotten worse. It is a race to the bottom or to 1 micrometer above the legal red line if one should ever be established. CFPB and FTC talked about it: https://www.consumerfinance
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by DaveFlater 3y ago
In C++ this is simply legal code. But in C, the bogus warning has now escalated to a bogus error. void fun110 (char const * const *a) {} char **a; fun110(a);
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Vendors dislike draft Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) update(theregister.com)
1 points by DaveFlater 3y ago|0 comments
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Those free USB sticks in your drawer are somehow crappier than you thought(arstechnica.com)
2 points by DaveFlater 3y ago|1 comments
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Raspberry Pi Pico cracks BitLocker in under a minute(theregister.com)
78 points by DaveFlater 3y ago|22 comments
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AP names director of the new AI Safety Institute(apnews.com)
1 points by DaveFlater 3y ago|0 comments
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TSMC to build a second factory in Japan(cnn.com)
1 points by DaveFlater 3y ago|1 comments
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Linux Kernel Patches Begin Plumbing Rust Support into Bcachefs Driver(phoronix.com)
3 points by DaveFlater 3y ago|0 comments
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Spyware business is booming despite government crackdowns(theregister.com)
3 points by DaveFlater 3y ago|0 comments
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KDE 6 misses boat to make it into Kubuntu 24.04(theregister.com)
5 points by DaveFlater 3y ago|0 comments
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Microsoft in deal with Semafor to create news stories with aid of AI chatbot(arstechnica.com)
1 points by DaveFlater 3y ago|1 comments
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Google calls out spyware firms and advocates for tighter regulation(reuters.com)
1 points by DaveFlater 3y ago|0 comments
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Affordable internet goal is threatened by the looming expiration of subsidies(apnews.com)
1 points by DaveFlater 3y ago|0 comments
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US to restrict visas for those who misuse commercial spyware(reuters.com)
4 points by DaveFlater 3y ago|0 comments
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Yandex Strikes Record $5.2B Wartime Deal to Exit Russia(bloomberg.com)
7 points by DaveFlater 3y ago|1 comments
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Asean bloc to build submarine cable network, link government apps(theregister.com)
1 points by DaveFlater 3y ago|0 comments
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Oversight Board rebukes Meta's policies after altered Biden video spreads(washingtonpost.com)
9 points by DaveFlater 3y ago|3 comments
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AI chip demand forces Huawei to slow smartphone production (unnamed sources)(reuters.com)
1 points by DaveFlater 3y ago|0 comments
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by DaveFlater 3y ago
What makes it seem probable that it is patent-encumbered? Is there something specific I can read about or is it just the track record of previous standards (starting with arithmetic encoding in the first JPEG)?
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Two of India's most prominent startup tech giants are in deep trouble(theregister.com)
8 points by DaveFlater 3y ago|0 comments
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Still no love for JPEG XL: Browser maker love-in snubs next-gen image format(theregister.com)
99 points by DaveFlater 3y ago|76 comments
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Aims for a Nice Desktop Provisioning Experience(phoronix.com)
3 points by DaveFlater 3y ago|0 comments
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Russian cosmonaut sets record for most time in space – more than 878 days(reuters.com)
96 points by DaveFlater 3y ago|56 comments
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FreeBSD 13.3 Beta Released with Various Fixes and Minor Updates(phoronix.com)
3 points by DaveFlater 3y ago|0 comments
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Foxconn sees 'slightly better' 2024, warns on AI chip shortage(reuters.com)
2 points by DaveFlater 3y ago|0 comments

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