Hacker News: DaveFlater

New comment by DaveFlater in "SI Units for Request Rate (2024)"

DaveFlater — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:40:32 +0000

SI avoids identifying countable entities and events except in special cases like bequerel. This is but one example among many where the needs of IT are outside the scope that SI serves. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339954122_Quantitie...

Show HN: Rambles on Compile-Time C++

DaveFlater — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:06:34 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/DaveFlater/ConstexpRambles

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47402546

Points: 1

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New comment by DaveFlater in "College English majors can't read"

DaveFlater — Fri, 23 May 2025 11:18:45 +0000

There they go with Dickens again. Why always Dickens? Haven't we suffered enough?

New comment by DaveFlater in "Hurl, the Exceptional Language"

DaveFlater — Sun, 26 May 2024 12:20:40 +0000

See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36393673

New comment by DaveFlater in "The return of the frame pointers"

DaveFlater — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 11:04:34 +0000

GCC optimization causes the frame pointer push to move around, resulting in wrong call stacks. "Wontfix"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38896343

New comment by DaveFlater in "Ask HN: Are app signup dark patterns getting worse?"

DaveFlater — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 22:17:16 +0000

Whether over months or years, they have certainly gotten worse. It is a race to the bottom or to 1 micrometer above the legal red line if one should ever be established.

CFPB and FTC talked about it: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/compliance/circulars/consume...

Summary of comparable talk in the EU: https://www.insideprivacy.com/eu-data-protection/the-eu-stan...

Down in the details, it looks like there has been enforcement in individual cases, but it obviously was not enough to stop the flood.

New comment by DaveFlater in "Porting to GCC 14: C language issues"

DaveFlater — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 22:33:15 +0000

In C++ this is simply legal code. But in C, the bogus warning has now escalated to a bogus error.

   void fun110 (char const * const *a) {}
   char **a;
   fun110(a);

Vendors dislike draft Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) update

DaveFlater — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:40:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/08/us_tech_industry_changes/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39296800

Points: 1

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Those free USB sticks in your drawer are somehow crappier than you thought

DaveFlater — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:33:42 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/rejected-chips-hidden-microsd-cards-plague-the-usb-stick-market/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39296749

Points: 2

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Raspberry Pi Pico cracks BitLocker in under a minute

DaveFlater — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 15:56:44 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/07/breaking_bitlocker_pi_pico/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39290072

Points: 78

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AP names director of the new AI Safety Institute

DaveFlater — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 13:03:03 +0000

Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/biden-ai-artificial-intelligence-safety-057831b8dfb72ce6c52f5e3490f49070

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39288030

Points: 1

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TSMC to build a second factory in Japan

DaveFlater — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 12:56:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/07/tech/tsmc-taiwan-japan-second-factory-intl-hnk/index.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39287965

Points: 1

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Linux Kernel Patches Begin Plumbing Rust Support into Bcachefs Driver

DaveFlater — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 12:54:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Bcachefs-RFC-Patches

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39287948

Points: 3

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Spyware business is booming despite government crackdowns

DaveFlater — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 12:40:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/07/spyware_business_booming/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39287825

Points: 3

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KDE 6 misses boat to make it into Kubuntu 24.04

DaveFlater — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 12:16:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/06/no_kde6_for_noble/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39273426

Points: 5

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Microsoft in deal with Semafor to create news stories with aid of AI chatbot

DaveFlater — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 12:14:12 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/02/microsoft-in-deal-with-semafor-to-create-news-stories-with-aid-of-ai-chatbot/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39273411

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Google calls out spyware firms and advocates for tighter regulation

DaveFlater — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 12:05:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/google-calls-out-spyware-firms-advocates-tighter-regulation-2024-02-06/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39273353

Points: 1

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Affordable internet goal is threatened by the looming expiration of subsidies

DaveFlater — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 12:04:12 +0000

Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/biden-internet-congress-subsidy-acp-north-carolina-d70e6143d578dc0c99bc92556366ddbc

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39273347

Points: 1

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US to restrict visas for those who misuse commercial spyware

DaveFlater — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 20:52:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-announces-visa-restriction-policy-those-misusing-commercial-spyware-2024-02-05/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39266992

Points: 4

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Yandex Strikes Record $5.2B Wartime Deal to Exit Russia

DaveFlater — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 13:49:09 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-05/yandex-parent-cuts-ties-to-russia-in-5-2-billion-unit-sale

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39261155

Points: 7

# Comments: 1