Zhyl

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by Zhyl 19d ago
The Way that can be walked is not the eternal Way. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. -- Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
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by Zhyl 3mo ago
The XKCD for this exact scenario is 14 years old. https://xkcd.com/1150/
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by Zhyl 6mo ago
Things can skyrocket whilst being relatively small compared to other things.
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by Zhyl 6mo ago
It's been an exponential curve since 2022. https://gamingonlinux.com/steam-tracker
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by Zhyl 6mo ago
Ah yes, forgot this was HN. "OS disruptor 5Xs in 3 years thanks to innovative new multi-platform solution, securing unprecedented market share."
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by Zhyl 6mo ago
There's a good tracker here: https://areweanticheatyet.com
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by Zhyl 6mo ago
Yes, this is the key. You can account for anomalies such as Lunar New year, do rolling averages and other statistical modelling to show trends. Saying that one source of data should be discarded because it contains nuance is.. a take.
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by Zhyl 6mo ago
It's more like a recipe (for functions). The first example, I, is an identity function. It takes y and returns y. The second, K, is a constant which takes X and y and returns x. This gets more complicated as you go along. The idea is t
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by Zhyl 6mo ago
To complement leethomps answer, combinatory logic is a branch of Mathematics that was started in the 1920s by a mathematician called Moses Shönfinkel which deals with "functions that do stuff and return other functions". This was
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by Zhyl 7mo ago
Human: >Per your website you are an OpenClaw AI agent, and per the discussion in #31130 this issue is intended for human contributors. Closing Bot: >I've written a detailed response about your gatekeeping behavior here: https:&#x
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by Zhyl 7mo ago
Jitsi does that well
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by Zhyl 8mo ago
It's an open source core design [0], so pretty open. [0] https://github.com/Wren6991/Hazard3
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by Zhyl 9mo ago
A pretty bold statement for the largest entertainment medium in the world.
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by Zhyl 9mo ago
This. SiFive, for example, is a proprietory core design based on the open source RISC V spec. Hazard3 [0] on the other hand, is an open source core design. [0] https://github.com/Wren6991/Hazard3
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by Zhyl 9mo ago
It may be a while off yet, but it's pretty clear that companies, Qualcomm chief among them, are ready to replace arm as soon as possible.
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by Zhyl 10mo ago
Do you have examples of where something isn't accurate? If something hasn't changed it doesn't need to be updated. As far as I'm aware the things that change are updated quickly, hence the list is relevant.
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by Zhyl 10mo ago
I love Bret Victor and believe he has some very important things to say about design (UI design, language design and general design) but a lot of his concepts don't scale or abstract as well as he seems to be implying (ironic because h
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by Zhyl 10mo ago
They tried it without a flagship and without a large library of compatible games. They now have a flagship first party Steam Machine and Proton to run games. They are also working with partners to create 3rd party Steam OS handhelds. If s
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by Zhyl 10mo ago
The most recent episode of the BBC Satire Radio show "The Naked Week" reached out to hundreds of name-alikes to get them to comment on a recent UK news story. They ended up interviewing Taylor Swift, an MMA instructor from Chelten
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by Zhyl 11mo ago
Where would this sit between Over the Wire [0] and Hacknet [1]? I would try it but I don't own anything apple. [0] https://overthewire.org/wargames/bandit/ [1] https://hacknet-os.com/
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by Zhyl 11mo ago
Thoughts on Animations: * Reveal.js style declaration for "keyframe 1", declaration for "keyframe 2" and then automatic animation/transition between the two. Animation "themes" of fade in/out, pop in&
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by Zhyl 2y ago
The number of times I've seen people waiting for SteamOS makes me kind of excited that there's so much demand for an alternative to Windows, nervous that a SteamOS general release isn't going to live up to expectations and fr
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by Zhyl 2y ago
Why is it called Sava OS when it isn't an operating system. Shouldn't it be Sava DE or something?
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by Zhyl 2y ago
Specifically, these ones: https://areweanticheatyet.com
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by Zhyl 2y ago
Can you link?
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by Zhyl 2y ago
But here's the thing, it's not that the statement isn't formalisable, it's the method that you used to formalise it isn't formalisable.
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by Zhyl 2y ago
>I was given 114 minutes I don't think I could have done a better job of giving a feel for the guy, his work, and the situation to an intelligent person who has a passing interest in tech (e.g. my wife) than they did in the film. I
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by Zhyl 2y ago
Bletchley Park is excellent - I went in the early 2000s when it was just some huts and a country house. I return in 2024 and they now have full exhibitions, including one that goes through the full history and workings of the Bombe. I thoug
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by Zhyl 2y ago
This article is such a ride. `grep`, `ls` and `cd` then BAM - `awk`. "Here's a hammer, here's a chisel, here's a hand saw aaaand... here's a petrol powered jackhammer with a circular saw attached."
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by Zhyl 2y ago
For me the biggest hurdle was learning what they were 'for' and that took a long time. The real magic for me was capture groups - I could now suddenly see why you'd have a regex and not just string matching. Then it was about

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