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New comment by HexDecOctBin in "Show HN: Our space game has a built-in RISC-V emulator that runs Linux"

HexDecOctBin — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:12:55 +0000

> Object Pascal

Free Pascal or Delphi? I tried FP a while back and felt that the language had really stagnated (e.g., variables can only be declared at the top of scope like C89).

New comment by HexDecOctBin in "Pop!_OS bans AI-generated code from much of its codebase"

HexDecOctBin — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:06:57 +0000

This is a good idea, we should start a blacklist of open-source projects that are known to have used LLMs. There should be two universes of code, one for hand-typed code used by people who care about quality and one for slop used by those making trash.

New comment by HexDecOctBin in "Nvidia announces native GPU programming in Rust"

HexDecOctBin — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:56:59 +0000

That's a shame

New comment by HexDecOctBin in "Nvidia announces native GPU programming in Rust"

HexDecOctBin — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 05:36:24 +0000

Anyone know when Rust's std::autodiff will become stable? Assuming this Rust support expands to other GPU vendors, autograd will probably be the only reason to use Slang instead of Rust anymore.

New comment by HexDecOctBin in "I can't stop thinking about Papua New Guinea"

HexDecOctBin — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 18:11:53 +0000

No, I am asking why were Australians sending the Highlanders anywhere? By what right? Why were they leaving?

New comment by HexDecOctBin in "I can't stop thinking about Papua New Guinea"

HexDecOctBin — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:25:11 +0000

> when the Australians later sent highlanders to work on coastal plantations in the 1950s, they died at alarming rates

What is this referring to? Indentured Servitude? Slavery?

New comment by HexDecOctBin in "Logo Programming"

HexDecOctBin — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:53:39 +0000

I learnt that I must be good at computers when in 4th grade, despite never having touched a PC before, I not only managed to ace my Logo class but was asked by my teacher to help out other struggling students (I am just realising that essentially made me a TA in our class). I still remember trying to understand the Pen Up and Pen Down commands from a book with no immediate access to a PC to try them on.

New comment by HexDecOctBin in "Tiny $70 Xteink X3 e-reader"

HexDecOctBin — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 16:34:43 +0000

Yeah, I had the protector. It cracked from inside, so I guess maybe the force came from the other side.

New comment by HexDecOctBin in "Tiny $70 Xteink X3 e-reader"

HexDecOctBin — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:16:57 +0000

Mine's screen cracked in a month. Didn't drop it or mishandled it. Be aware that is it much more fragile that a Kindle.

New comment by HexDecOctBin in "Music Theory for Programmers"

HexDecOctBin — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 17:06:30 +0000

How would you divide 22 in small ratios, considering that 11 is a prime number?

New comment by HexDecOctBin in "Music Theory for Programmers"

HexDecOctBin — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:50:13 +0000

West Asian maqam has 24 notes, Indian classical has 22 notes, Indonesian gamelan has 5 or 7 notes. What would be the ratios that sound pleasurable now?

What is or isn't pleasurable is a matter of cultural training, and treating them as absolute facts is what I found frustrating in the books that I was complaining about.

New comment by HexDecOctBin in "Music Theory for Programmers"

HexDecOctBin — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:39:40 +0000

As a non-musician non-Western programmer, the only music book that is making sense to me (still reading) is Robert Snyder's Music and Memory[1]. It's the first book that doesn't trick me by trying to pass cultural artefacts (notes, scales, raga, etc.) as some universal truth, or douse me in medieval pseudo-science (Pythagorean small ratios, etc.)

I am not an expert, so maybe this book has its own shortcomings which I am being blind to. But this is the first book on music I have been able to read this far without having to fight the urge to fling it against a wall.

[1] https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262692373/music-and-memory/

New comment by HexDecOctBin in "Your Racist Linux Distro Is Very Nice (Scott Jennings)"

HexDecOctBin — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:52:07 +0000

Even ignoring Hansson's racism and general assholery, can Linux users please start treating OSes like infrastructure and not like costumes? Just use Mint (or Fedora if feeling adventurous) on PCs and Debian on servers. Nobody can build anything if the ground keeps shifting.

New comment by HexDecOctBin in "Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS"

HexDecOctBin — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:24:26 +0000

It’s not clear from the post, are they supporting the Content Blocker API? In other words, can I use Adguard with Firefox now on iOS?

New comment by HexDecOctBin in "Casey Muratori – The Root of the Root of All Evil – BSC 2026 [video]"

HexDecOctBin — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:16:01 +0000

History wouldn't keep repeating if they did so.

New comment by HexDecOctBin in "Casey Muratori – The Root of the Root of All Evil – BSC 2026 [video]"

HexDecOctBin — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 17:03:40 +0000

> that I could practically apply in my daily work

When has History of any kind ever held practical value?

New comment by HexDecOctBin in "The End of Programming"

HexDecOctBin — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:07:57 +0000

And who will fix the slop? Not Silicon Valley programs being paid $200K or whatever. We stand on the verge of a golden age of outsourcing in software which will make all previous phases of outsourcing look like trial runs.

Is it on Linux yet? – Tracking Linux support for handmade software

HexDecOctBin — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:49:59 +0000

Article URL: https://isitonlinuxyet.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49397570

Points: 1

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New comment by HexDecOctBin in "Japan tried to build an operating system for the world, the US intervened"

HexDecOctBin — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:38:52 +0000

Ah, so international law matters? In that case, surely China will follow the verdict of the South China Sea Arbitration?

New comment by HexDecOctBin in "India has paved the way for charging merchants a fee on UPI transactions"

HexDecOctBin — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:22:09 +0000

And much of this is result of corruption and mis-governance. Hence my comment of the State betraying the Nation.