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Miss Alexandra

mihaiolteanu.me
1 points·by molteanu·قبل 5 أشهر·0 comments

Era of 'global water bankruptcy' is here, UN report says

theguardian.com
2 points·by molteanu·قبل 6 أشهر·1 comments

The Score

penguin.co.uk
2 points·by molteanu·قبل 6 أشهر·0 comments

Dull Days at the Factory

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5 points·by molteanu·قبل 8 أشهر·0 comments

Dull Days at the Factory

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2 points·by molteanu·قبل 8 أشهر·0 comments

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molteanu
·قبل 6 أشهر·discuss
That's a very good point.

The OP is "quite weak at JavaScript" but their AI "vastly improved the quality of the extension." Like, my dude, how can you tell? Does the code look polished, it looks smart, the tests pass, or what?! How can you come forward and be the judge of something you're not an expert in?

I mean, at this point, I'm beginning to be skeptical about half the content posted online. Anybody can come up with any damn story and make it credible. Just the other day I found out about reddit engagement bots, and I've seen some in the wild myself.

I'm waiting for the internet bubble to burst already so we can all go back to our normal lives, where we've left it 20 years or so ago.
molteanu
·قبل 6 أشهر·discuss
Oh, damn!

I bet 2027 will be the year when writing code by hand will be (re)discovered.

Hopefully.
molteanu
·قبل 6 أشهر·discuss
I thought this was Hacker News! How come dumping Windows for Linux in the year 2026 makes the headlines?
molteanu
·قبل 6 أشهر·discuss
I got this wild idea a short while ago and your comment helped cement it: probably one of the reasons why languages like Lisp are not "successful" has something to do with the impressability factor? If the people with money (and the decision) do not understand the tech or are not able to even fake that understanding, will they bet their money on it?
molteanu
·قبل 7 أشهر·discuss
If one would really be interested in these kind of things, I'm pretty sure one would be interested in other great resources, like the one mentioned.

If one would really be interested in classical music or philosophy one would sure not miss the (other) giants in the field instead of concentrating on just one or two.

There's the mistery.
molteanu
·قبل 7 أشهر·discuss
I never understood the appeal of Feynman and these Lectures. It has been a constant topic for years around here.

For example, the Electricity and Magnetism book by Purcell is phenomenal but it is hardly ever mentioned. To quote wikipedia,

Electricity and Magnetism is a standard textbook in electromagnetism originally written by Nobel laureate Edward Mills Purcell in 1963. Along with David Griffiths' Introduction to Electrodynamics, this book is one of the most widely adopted undergraduate textbooks in electromagnetism. A Sputnik-era project funded by the National Science Foundation grant, the book is influential for its use of relativity in the presentation of the subject at the undergraduate level. In 1999, it was noted by Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. that the book was widely adopted and has many foreign translations.

Something mysterious is going on here.
molteanu
·قبل 7 أشهر·discuss
Previous discussion,

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45730366
molteanu
·قبل 8 أشهر·discuss
Where I'm pretty sure that the definition of "successful" that you have in mind is one given by America itself.
molteanu
·قبل 10 أشهر·discuss
Oh, there's even an Emacs' package to configure your programmable keyboard with elisp! [1]

Full disclosure: I've made that!

[1] https://github.com/mihaiolteanu/mugur
molteanu
·قبل 10 أشهر·discuss
Yes, I can. I get deevid as a first result occupying the whole screen (on mobile) as it lists the sub-links, too (one of them being a sub-link to the "AI kissing generator")

Then comes PixVerse, a sponsored result for a google play app.

Then difuss.me.

Then comes midjourney.
molteanu
·قبل 7 سنوات·discuss
"Your boy cracked my son's head!"

"Your boy started it first. He broke mine's leg!"

"Yeah, a cracked head is not even remotely similar to a broken leg!"

Moral of the story: Broken legs are normal.
molteanu
·قبل 7 سنوات·discuss
I've tried to change my video settings the other day. Bam! A nice guy with a big smile on his face filled my entire screen selling me Xbox and other junk. I've told my girlfriend I'm feeling like shopping in the mall while using Windows 10.
molteanu
·قبل 8 سنوات·discuss
Well, of course you can have consistent keybindings. You can define them yourself: https://github.com/mooz/xkeysnail
molteanu
·قبل 10 سنوات·discuss
As someone else recently pointed out, you do know there is an awesome instant search feature right here on hn, https://hn.algolia.com. Don't need to power up The Google.
molteanu
·قبل 11 سنة·discuss
Personally, I enjoyed the "Operating System Design: The Xinu Approach", by Comer:

http://www.amazon.com/Operating-System-Design-Approach-Editi...