Hacker News: _hao

New comment by _hao in "C++: The Documentary"

_hao — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:22:23 +0000

I have the utmost respect for Casey, but his disdain for Stroustrup is unfounded. The fact of the matter is C++ occupied a niche in the right place and at the right time, and it grew from there. Many mistakes have been made, but Stroustrup is in no way personally responsible for all of them and I don't think Stroustrup is a bad programmer (something I've heard Casey say in some of his videos). You can argue that the committee route is not the best, but C++ is here to stay and by some metrics adoption is actually growing.

New comment by _hao in "Expertise in the age of AI"

_hao — Fri, 29 May 2026 20:38:26 +0000

If you are asking about the degree it's with the Open University - https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/maths/degrees/bsc-mathematics...

New comment by _hao in "Expertise in the age of AI"

_hao — Fri, 29 May 2026 20:24:24 +0000

I'm doing a degree (part-time) in Mathematics and Physics to get away from AI crap and challenge myself now in my early 30's. The client I work for now has deemed us "AI first"... Even though the back-end work and optimizations that I do are not that impacted I'm just fed up with colleagues that are not programmers (or are programmers that are not on my level) to tell me how to do stuff with Claude or GPT. It's all so tiresome.

New comment by _hao in "Inventing Cyrillic (2024)"

_hao — Fri, 08 May 2026 16:29:38 +0000

Citing blitz.bg... That's like citing a soiled piece of toilet paper found in a public bathroom.

We can all cherry pick "facts", but history requires context. Your replies are all in bad faith. I'm done with this "discussion". To future readers - beware! This is how actual misinformation and disinformation works.

New comment by _hao in "Inventing Cyrillic (2024)"

_hao — Fri, 08 May 2026 14:11:32 +0000

I don't know if you're willfully ignorant or actively spreading misinformation, but the USSR seized Bulgaria's gold reserves after the war and the following coup. They also seized the national archives, which are still not returned to this day. Everything you tout as being "given" by USSR was paid with Bulgaria's own funds!

I really don't understand (French) communists (if you are in fact French, assuming from your bio) such as yourself spouting nonsense. You have all the information and experience of people who have lived under such a regime or in the fallout of one, and yet you keep talking bullshit. You have no idea what it was like to live under such a regime. This left-wing wave that's festering in the Western world should've never been allowed to happen. If people such as yourself actually paid attention to what really happened to every country in the East, all of us in Europe would've been in a much better state nowadays...

New comment by _hao in "Inventing Cyrillic (2024)"

_hao — Fri, 08 May 2026 07:56:56 +0000

Glagolitic was created by Cyril and Methodius which was the precursor for Cyrillic. Whether they were Greek or Bulgarian is still in contention, but that doesn't matter. What matters is that Cyrillic itself was created later by students of theirs in Bulgaria at the Preslav Literary School.

On the political aspect Russia has always hated the fact that small Bulgaria gave them their alphabet/culture and has used it's influence to bitch, moan and subjugate ever since. Most recent rage bait is with bullshit like saying that it's actually from (the country now known as) North Macedonia.

New comment by _hao in "Claude Code LSP"

_hao — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:09:18 +0000

It's sad to see that the sane opinion is so heavily downvoted.

LSP as a protocol is fine, but the actual technical implementation of JSON RPC is braindead. Only web devs that don't know anything about native code could devise such an abomination. What happened to plugins and dll's?

The Appalling Stupidity of Spotify's AI DJ

_hao — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:02:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.charlespetzold.com/blog/2026/02/The-Appalling-Stupidity-of-Spotifys-AI-DJ.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47218079

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

30 Years

_hao — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 10:03:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.charlespetzold.com/blog/2026/01/30-Years.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46656791

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by _hao in "Trying Out C++26 Executors"

_hao — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 11:38:54 +0000

I love C++ for the power it gives me, but boy do I hate reading C++ code. I know most of these things are for historical reasons and/or done because of parser compatibilities etc. but it's still a pain.

New comment by _hao in "Tell HN: Want a better HN? Visit /newest"

_hao — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:59:58 +0000

If you want to see everything and pick and choose what's interesting use RSS to get everything - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss

New comment by _hao in "Google Antigravity"

_hao — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 19:08:32 +0000

Oh look, another piece of shit AI slop I won't use. Next!

New comment by _hao in "I'm turning 41, but I don't feel like celebrating"

_hao — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:19:42 +0000

Two intelligence assets talking to each other. Both have quite similar backgrounds with dubious credentials. A history of lying and obfuscation. I wouldn't trust anything Fridman or Durov say.

Contrary to what you might have heard, Europe is a 21st-century success story

_hao — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 08:15:44 +0000

Article URL: https://monocle.com/culture/society-how-we-live/europe-not-in-decline/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45500621

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

New comment by _hao in "Basic Math Textbook: The Napkin Project"

_hao — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 08:45:49 +0000

Subscription to Math Academy might be more suitable for that.

New comment by _hao in "How to stop feeling lost in tech: the wafflehouse method"

_hao — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 08:21:23 +0000

I'm pretty sure the author hasn't actually followed his own advice. Also, the writing style was atrocious. I wouldn't trust anything said. Seems like the type of post he wrote for himself (nothing wrong with that), but I don't feel that asking a 20-25 year old to have a 5 year plan which is basically 1/4 of their conscious life is something useful or achievable for most.

New comment by _hao in "Study mode"

_hao — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 17:43:07 +0000

I think as with everything related to learning if you're conscientious and studious this will be a major boost (no idea, but I plan on trying it out tonight on some math I've been studying). And likewise if you just use it to do your homework without putting in the effort you won't see any benefit or actively degrade.

New comment by _hao in "The Tabs vs. Spaces war is over, and spaces have emerged victorious"

_hao — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 20:19:25 +0000

Bullshit. Tabs are the only sane choice and I don't care what anyone else says.

New comment by _hao in "AI is killing the web – can anything save it?"

_hao — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 11:41:00 +0000

Until that same AI starts shilling ads and certain viewpoints peddled by their owners in the output... This will happen 100% (ads, the other bit has already happened). The economics of all of these models doesn't work as is. There will be a major squeeze down the line.

LambdaConf – Jai Demo and Design Explanation [video]

_hao — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:07:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdpD5QIVOKQ

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44531195

Points: 2

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