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New comment by BoingBoomTschak in "SBCL: the ultimate assembly code breadboard (2014)"

BoingBoomTschak — Wed, 20 May 2026 21:14:19 +0000

https://www.stylewarning.com/posts/nbody/ might be a good addition, it showcases some higher level stuff added in sb-simd.

New comment by BoingBoomTschak in "BYD overtakes Tesla and Kia as the best-selling EV brand in key overseas markets"

BoingBoomTschak — Thu, 07 May 2026 07:47:58 +0000

>Immigrants, even in France, are a tiny minority

I said "demographic", nothing about the legal concept of immigration/citizenship.

New comment by BoingBoomTschak in "BYD overtakes Tesla and Kia as the best-selling EV brand in key overseas markets"

BoingBoomTschak — Wed, 06 May 2026 22:13:46 +0000

Quality? I'm really interested into hard and extensive data about mechanical (drivetrain, suspension, brakes, etc...) engineering and quality control that would make me put them on the same level as the Japanese.

Lacking that, I must hold the preemptive view that they cut corners at least as much as the average make/

New comment by BoingBoomTschak in "Ted Turner has died"

BoingBoomTschak — Wed, 06 May 2026 18:23:36 +0000

The same man that supposedly wanted to "serve" Bill Clinton (possibly play Minitrue)? (cf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRs46IfC2ls&t=89s)

New comment by BoingBoomTschak in "Texico: Learn the principles of programming without even touching a computer"

BoingBoomTschak — Mon, 04 May 2026 22:21:48 +0000

Thankfully, `yt-dlp https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/texico/` Just Werked^tm.

New comment by BoingBoomTschak in "New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag"

BoingBoomTschak — Sun, 03 May 2026 22:37:28 +0000

"The Underground is a Lie", successful version.

New comment by BoingBoomTschak in "Dav2d"

BoingBoomTschak — Sun, 03 May 2026 19:27:41 +0000

The bitstream could be "final" without the coding tools being so.

New comment by BoingBoomTschak in "Why does it take so long to release black fan versions?"

BoingBoomTschak — Sat, 02 May 2026 09:00:29 +0000

Disclaimer: I read HWCooling like everyone serious about the subject. These reviews aren't everything, the appalling QC that results in resonances or coil whine lottery isn't mentioned.

In general, yes, Noctua is overpriced and Arctic is an incredible value, but when you want to optimize your silence/performance ratio, it's still Noctua, BeQuiet or (sometimes) Thermalright.

New comment by BoingBoomTschak in "Apple accidentally left Claude.md files Apple Support app"

BoingBoomTschak — Fri, 01 May 2026 21:04:32 +0000

>They have great kernel, drivers and low level engineering but the stack above that has a lot of questionable stuff.

Do they? Is Linus' rant about porting git to OSX now obsolete? At least, unlike MS with ReFS, they managed their HFS+ -> APFS migration.

New comment by BoingBoomTschak in "GitHub is having issues now"

BoingBoomTschak — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:14:44 +0000

It's close in the sense that it's also Jabbascript SPA crap that needs a supercomputer just to (try and fail to) display a diff of a few thousands lines, you mean? We're using it at work and it sucks massively.

New comment by BoingBoomTschak in "GitHub is having issues now"

BoingBoomTschak — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:08:49 +0000

And even when it's "working", it isn't. See this gem: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/142308

New comment by BoingBoomTschak in "Asahi Linux Progress Linux 7.0"

BoingBoomTschak — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:22:29 +0000

ALSA had dmix for some time already, but the default configuration of your distro may not have enabled it.

New comment by BoingBoomTschak in "APL is more French than English"

BoingBoomTschak — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:08:59 +0000

You're replying to a CL fan. I didn't paste the full list, only the relevant points.

New comment by BoingBoomTschak in "The West forgot how to make things, now it’s forgetting how to code"

BoingBoomTschak — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:05:44 +0000

Yeah, but working in a team isn't something you can learn without doing.

New comment by BoingBoomTschak in "The West forgot how to make things, now it’s forgetting how to code"

BoingBoomTschak — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:47:14 +0000

Would be interesting to get a law that says that all positions supposed to take long-term decision should be paid with X% of their salary in (non-redeemable until Y years?) stocks.

New comment by BoingBoomTschak in "APL is more French than English"

BoingBoomTschak — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:17:25 +0000

  > What Made Lisp Different:
  > 1. Conditionals (if-then-else construct)
  > 2. A function type (functions as first class objects)
  > 3. Recursion
  > 4. A new concept of variables (dynamic typing and pass-by-pointer)
  > 5. Garbage-collection

https://paulgraham.com/diff.html

Looks like most modern languages have more in common with Lisp than FORTRAN, besides the syntax.

New comment by BoingBoomTschak in "Framework Laptop 13 Pro: Major Upgrades and Linux Front and Center"

BoingBoomTschak — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:19:07 +0000

>Because realistically in the laptop computer space Apple is obliterating everything else right now.

Probably right, seeing how bad the laptop world is nowadays. Even with its shitty chiclet keyboard and button-less trackpad, the M2 Pro I have to use at work trounces the XPSes my Windows colleagues have.

Still far from the Latitude e64x0 and old 6x series Thinkpads I had but well, they only win on the haptics and repairability level. Thankfully I kept an e6440 that still works "okay" with its Haswell i5 and 1080p IPS screen; the thermals and crappy Intel iGPU are the only thing I really lament.

New comment by BoingBoomTschak in "Fully Featured Audio DSP Firmware for the Raspberry Pi Pico"

BoingBoomTschak — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:28:29 +0000

And here's the release thread for those of you wanting a bit more detail or to talk with the creator: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/i...

Fully Featured Audio DSP Firmware for the Raspberry Pi Pico

BoingBoomTschak — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:28:29 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/WeebLabs/DSPi

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47901433

Points: 329

# Comments: 92

New comment by BoingBoomTschak in "Used La Marzocco machines are coveted by cafe owners and collectors"

BoingBoomTschak — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:04:28 +0000

I compared it to my Bambino by trying the exact same ground espresso (Vergnano Espresso Casa and Illy Intenso) in it and it managed to turn multiple cups into barely drinkable mud.

Cannot recommend it, personally.