ckcheng

5 ms·

1.
by ckcheng 3d ago
> but "now" is the collection of events that currently affect us. Just to see if I understand what you’re saying… So a hypothetical photon from the big bang (era?) gets observed now means the big bang is happening now? A dinosa
2.
by ckcheng 1mo ago
Looking forward to seeing what the performance is like for a Clojure on “a whole-program optimizing compiler in the Stalin lineage”!
3.
by ckcheng 2mo ago
Took a few more years to get really bug free. > Fast forward to 2006. I was shocked to learn that the binary search program that Bentley proved correct and subsequently tested in Chapter 5 of Programming Pearls contains a bug. ... Lest y
4.
by ckcheng 2mo ago
How’s about radicle.dev ? Apparently like GitHub, but decentralized like Git.
5.
by ckcheng 2mo ago
TCO is surprisingly commonly supported in the real world. TCO is supported in C++ compilers, JavaScript in Safari, Scala, Clojure in a way, etc.! For instance: "All current mainstream [C++] compilers perform tail call optimisation fai
6.
by ckcheng 2mo ago
Yes, I think it’s like a decentralized GitHub?
7.
by ckcheng 2mo ago
Works over Bluetooth mesh offline and Nostr online. Relevant discussion yesterday: > “Government orders GitHub to remove Bluetooth-based chat app Bitchat: Jack Dorsey” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49036433
8.
Sunburn Calculator(sunburntimer.com)
3 points by ckcheng 2mo ago|0 comments
9.
by ckcheng 2mo ago
Like many countries, China has an unemployment problem especially with new grads. > demanding jobs and long hours in the private sector, where 12-hour days and weekend shifts are common But well, there’s the problem right there, right? I
10.
by ckcheng 3mo ago
What’s more funny to me is the set up to that quote: > Bill Gates had somehow manifested, alone, surrounded by ten Apple employees. … Steve started yelling at Bill, asking him why he violated their agreement. And what’s more interesting
11.
by ckcheng 3mo ago
Apparently: https://www.folklore.org/A_Rich_Neighbor_Named_Xerox.html
12.
by ckcheng 3mo ago
It’s important not to forget the (work) politics while looking at the work produced. Unfortunately when you get a politically astute Mad Men (for real, from Ogilvy) in the organization, great damage can be done for a very long time without
13.
by ckcheng 5mo ago
> Isn't the available learning material better than it has ever been? Yes, and so’s the available distractions and entertainment.
14.
by ckcheng 5mo ago
Unless you don’t think Attention Is All You Need? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_Is_All_You_Need
15.
by ckcheng 5mo ago
The strangest thing I found is: > on April 7, 2026 … U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell convened an urgent, in-person meeting in Washington with the chief executives of [major US banks] to brief
16.
by ckcheng 6mo ago
You could open the doc or docx in LibreOffice 26.2 and use its Markdown export feature?
17.
by ckcheng 7mo ago
Well they already chose Swift over Rust because they said: > Swift is strictly better in OO support and C++ interop So I guess from their point of view that’s why not rust. I don’t have a horse in the race. I was genuinely interested in
18.
by ckcheng 7mo ago
> In the end it came down to Swift vs Rust, and Swift is strictly better in OO support and C++ interop Why not D?
19.
by ckcheng 7mo ago
>> apples.stream() >> .filter (a -} ajsRed()); >> .forEach(giveApple); [sic] > The red apple streams one is good. It shows how developers chase shiny new stuff with no respect for fundamentals. The problem isn’t streams
20.
by ckcheng 8mo ago
> more emphasis on in-person tests and exams $$$ There’s a lot of interacting parts as to why many places have arrived where we are where cheap ghost writers (AI or not) can so easily negatively impact education. But it pretty much all
21.
by ckcheng 8mo ago
“Please don't do things to make titles stand out… “If the title includes the name of the site, please take it out… “If the title contains a gratuitous number or number + adjective, we'd appreciate it if you'd crop it… “Otherw
22.
by ckcheng 9mo ago
Oh definitely! I know you’re just using the phrase and don’t imply otherwise, but to clarify the word “imitation”, uBO lite is not a fake imitation but actually an official thing from uBO and Raymond Hill: see https://github.co
23.
by ckcheng 9mo ago
FYI. iOS Safari already supports uBlock Origin Lite. iOS Firefox can do the same anytime but it already has some tracking and content blocking built in too.
24.
by ckcheng 10mo ago
I retired from wanting to write C++ when Scott Meyers retired from writing more Effective Modern C++.
25.
by ckcheng 11mo ago
Yes, and it’s instructive to see how automation has reduced head count in oil and gas majors. The reduction comes when there’s a shock financially or economically and layoffs are needed for survival. Until then, head count will be stable. T
26.
by ckcheng 1y ago
Did you mean mlx 4bit: https://huggingface.co/lmstudio-community/Qwen3-4B-Thinking-...
27.
by ckcheng 1y ago
Why? I doubt they’d confuse Gen AI Assistance with an ID management system?
28.
by ckcheng 1y ago
I propose: Software Development/Engineering with “Gen AI Assistance” (yes, “Gaia” [1]. Also spelled “Gaea” in engineering communities). Just like no one speaks of vibe-aeronautics-engineering when they’re “just” using CAD. More specifi
29.
by ckcheng 1y ago
No android but “can” be built? > protocol is designed to be platform-agnostic. An Android client can be built https://github.com/jackjackbits/bitchat?tab=readme-ov-file#a...
30.
by ckcheng 1y ago
I feel the analogy actually holds up well since brands often create retailer exclusive versions of their products specifically for Costco or Walmart, etc. Like you can buy Henckels knives anywhere, but you can only buy Henckels item 1374080

More ›