wild_pointer

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by wild_pointer 2y ago
I thought it was about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_C_Compiler
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by wild_pointer 2y ago
I starred my UUID of choice. Now I can't find it. Help, I've been scrolling for three days.
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by wild_pointer 2y ago
Nice one. Random key: balance is zero. Real key: balance is (now) zero
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by wild_pointer 2y ago
Yes, I get it, fighting isn't safe
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by wild_pointer 2y ago
Can't the same trick be used for slightly more bits? 64-bit uses 48 bits nowadays AFAIK, which is 256 TB. It's usually 50/50 for user/kernel mode. If, say, WASM takes half of the user mode address space, it's still
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by wild_pointer 2y ago
xkcd 927 anyone?
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by wild_pointer 2y ago
Expected a safety fight. The talk didn't deliver :(
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by wild_pointer 2y ago
Yes, I was bitten by it in the past. Still, it'd better be a lint, or at least a very very long deprecation period... like, deprecated and removed in Python 4 or something.
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by wild_pointer 2y ago
Well, it does support it now. It supported it before, too :P
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by wild_pointer 2y ago
Why does Rust panic under the hood? Brb reading the post to find out!
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by wild_pointer 2y ago
Sorry to roast your project, but the roast one is so much better. Got me in the sensitive spots and mentioned very specific stuff. This one feels like a generic "you have 260 followers, you're awesome". Also, it did some roas
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by wild_pointer 2y ago
That's good progress. How do these features compare to Brave, which has Brave Shields and [copy clean link]( https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Copy-clean-link )?
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Writing GUI apps for Windows is painful(tulach.cc)
468 points by wild_pointer 2y ago|561 comments
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Project Naptime: Evaluating Offensive Security Capabilities of LLMs(googleprojectzero.blogspot.com)
1 points by wild_pointer 2y ago|0 comments
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Zig 0.13.0 Release Notes(ziglang.org)
80 points by wild_pointer 2y ago|23 comments
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by wild_pointer 2y ago
> circle: rigorous memory safety > rust: unsafe { println!("{}", *r1); } Comeon people, if you allow unsafety, you cannot call your language safe. There are safe system languages, but don't lie and call unsafe languages
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by wild_pointer 2y ago
From the readme: > Internally, some absolutely hideous shenanegans are involved to make this possible! Yeah, like literally embedding a dll in the header file. Pretty cool, but seems kinda fragile.
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Dot Hide – Linux-style hiding of dot files in Windows(windhawk.net)
4 points by wild_pointer 2y ago|0 comments
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by wild_pointer 2y ago
I prefer Windhawk, especially with the new Windows 11 Start Menu Styler. You get to choose a better layout while keeping the native start menu. Like CSS for the start menu basically. https://www.gamingdeputy.com/windows-11-s
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by wild_pointer 2y ago
> Sounds like yet another case of "this should be a warning instead". The discussion about it is indeed interesting: https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/224 e.g.: > > When debugging/
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by wild_pointer 3y ago
"The knowledge that the atoms that comprise life on earth - the atoms that make up the human body, are traceable to the crucibles that cooked light elements into heavy elements in their core under extreme temperatures and pressures. Th
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by wild_pointer 3y ago
curl 8.2.1 in insider since 2023-10-05 (not advocating, just FYI): https://winbindex.m417z.com/?arch=insider&file=curl.exe
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Apple vs. Meta: The Illusion of Privacy(growth.design)
3 points by wild_pointer 3y ago|0 comments
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by wild_pointer 3y ago
Both discord links are the same
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by wild_pointer 3y ago
It's even cheaper to get a monkey to type that code for you. Will probably cost a banana. Chances it will type the code you expect? Similar to GPT-4 for anything remotely non-trivial.
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by wild_pointer 3y ago
I took this tutorial and it vastly improved my git understanding, nicely done in both content and the way it's presented!
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by wild_pointer 3y ago
sighun.zip
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by wild_pointer 3y ago
How does it compare perfomance-wise to Intel ISA-L? https://github.com/intel/isa-l