kfreds

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by kfreds 1mo ago
If you want to learn more about how computers work I would recommend the following: - The OS Dev wiki - Open Source Firmware Conference — TKey (shameless plug) - Tiny Tapeout - wafer.space In rough hierarchical order from software to metal.
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by kfreds 2mo ago
I agree. I believe LLMs are ushering in a new golden age for programming language design and implementation.
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by kfreds 2mo ago
> It's kind of hilarious isn't it? It is. I too find my competence profile a bit weird. I've been interested in security since I was 12 yet never worked full time as a software developer. I have done some coding, but that
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by kfreds 2mo ago
> I'm really sorry to be harsh but if you don't use programming languages and have never written a transpiler, why should anyone read your comment? Lots of reasons. If you can't come up with one then you're not the in
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by kfreds 2mo ago
That seems like a brittle approach to transpilation. A transpiler should translate all of the language's semantics, including resolving identifiers as symbols, and then choose legal names for them in the target language. Also, there is
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by kfreds 2mo ago
What do you think of Ada's representation clauses and Zig's packed structs? Do they give you the syntax and semantics for arrangement (ordering, padding, widths), endianness, and control of bit order that you want? Also, thank you
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by kfreds 3mo ago
Thanks! I appreciate it.
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by kfreds 3mo ago
> You seem to be doing a great job as an employer Thank you. > You have more political power than your employees, by a lot. For sure. > Do you have plans for what will happen with the company when you two are no longer around? The
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by kfreds 3mo ago
> That your friend only makes moral choices ..? No. I observed that they liked Mullvad and now considers it complete garbage. I shared some priors with them, suggesting that there is evidence that they haven't seen yet. This evidenc
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by kfreds 3mo ago
> The primary financier of a political party that calls immigrants "parasites" does not support open borders. It's his ideal. He states in the Flamman article that it is unfortunately not possible due to mismanagement by t
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by kfreds 3mo ago
> The above isn't believable. Ok. Let me try. Please note that I am in no way defending Daniel's decision nor Örebropartiet. I'm simply responding to your claim that my previous statement is not believable. > He gave $5
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by kfreds 3mo ago
> And if the Örebro party decides it wants chat control or similar things? Then Mullvad would oppose it. I mean, the party is insignificant compared to the other parties in Sweden, so I wouldn't want to call them out specifically. I
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by kfreds 3mo ago
> Your employees are very far from achieving such ambitious goals. Again, I have no idea if any of my colleagues actually subscribe to such ideals. I was simply commenting on tolerating differences of opinion. There's also a differe
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by kfreds 3mo ago
To be fair there are also many examples in this thread of courteous, empathetic and intellectual discourse, where people agree to disagree. Relatively speaking HN is an oasis compared to other platforms. Which makes me wonder, are there for
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by kfreds 3mo ago
> The same applies to people who say they support freedom but are then opposed to immigration Indeed. Open borders is the ideal. That's also one of the views that Daniel and I share.
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by kfreds 3mo ago
> But I am certainly against a company marketing itself as a “defender of personal and human rights and freedom”, yet they are sponsoring a party that obviously doesn’t hold these values No. Daniel made this donation privately. I own and
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by kfreds 3mo ago
Thank you.
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by kfreds 3mo ago
> what scares me is the mobbing of people against other that have a different opinion than yours, as seen in this thread. I am dismayed by the anti-intellectual climate in the world as well, but HN is an oasis of empathy and curiosity co
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by kfreds 3mo ago
I'm sorry to hear that. Thank you for the compliment. Good luck.
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by kfreds 3mo ago
I disagree. This thread contains tons of empathetic people who seem to understand each other, and disagree with each other. It's a breath of fresh air. Sure, there are also some angry posters who don't seem to lean into curiosity,
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by kfreds 3mo ago
> if he can use his influence and access in Mullvad to achieve his party's stated goals, will he? Not a chance. He is probably the most principled individual I know. Consider our consistent refusal to use Mullvad's platform to
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by kfreds 3mo ago
I'm sorry to hear that. Since writing that response I've added plenty more to this thread.
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by kfreds 3mo ago
Hi! Thank you. Both Daniel and I are well aware of Karl Popper. We've both been interested in politics since we were teenagers.
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by kfreds 3mo ago
I'm sorry to hear that. For what it's worth I think there's nuance in his decision that most people don't see. Of course that doesn't mean I think it was the right decision to make. Here's something worth consi
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by kfreds 3mo ago
You presume wrong. He has nothing against immigrants as a group. He sees open borders as the ideal, and have since he was a teenager. As far as I can tell the only reason he doesn't actively advocate for it at the moment is because of
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by kfreds 3mo ago
I disagree. Daniel's private actions does not represent the company. The difference between the private actions of a CEO and an employee's is that if the actions are controversial they are much more likely to affect the company&#x
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by kfreds 3mo ago
> What a dismissive way to treat your customer. Basically the equivalent of someone on the American right saying “if you don’t like it you can get the hell out”, which tracks given Mullvad’s party of choice. I'm sorry to hear that.
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by kfreds 3mo ago
Hi! No worries. I haven't spoken with Nick Pestell of IVPN in ages, but he's always struck me as genuine and empathetic. We met the first time at RightsCon in 2018 I believe. TunnelBear and ExpressVPN were also there. We all wrote
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by kfreds 3mo ago
Thank you!
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by kfreds 3mo ago
I'm sorry to hear that. Oh, I definitely agree with some of his political opinions, the obvious ones being around free speech, free press, and privacy. There are important issues where we don't agree. His values around empathy str

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