Hacker News: _pmf_

New comment by _pmf_ in "Fq: Jq for Binary Formats"

_pmf_ — Sat, 03 Jun 2023 17:02:25 +0000

I'd also like to throw https://github.com/WerWolv/ImHex in the mix here.

New comment by _pmf_ in "Do McKinsey and other consultants do anything useful?"

_pmf_ — Sat, 15 Oct 2022 13:22:01 +0000

Responsibility sink.

New comment by _pmf_ in "Tech bubbles are bursting all over the place"

_pmf_ — Sat, 14 May 2022 06:47:15 +0000

> tesla does not need to advertise

What do you think Elon's shenanigans are exactly?

New comment by _pmf_ in "NotepadNext: A cross-platform reimplementation of Notepad++"

_pmf_ — Sat, 09 Apr 2022 13:42:12 +0000

> 2x memory looks like a naive implementation of just allocating an std::string from heap for each line. Due to heap fragmentation and various overhead it would quickly blow up.

Looks more line Qt's internal UTF-16 encoding in this case.

New comment by _pmf_ in "Sweden sends just 1% of its trash to landfills"

_pmf_ — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 15:19:58 +0000

"Recycling" means "the landfill is on the other half of the globe".

New comment by _pmf_ in "Gas pumps happen to be about as insecure as your typical router"

_pmf_ — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 21:29:40 +0000

> Barcode scanners are hilariously bad

Aren't they just USB HID (previously: serial) devices that literally just output key codes for the numbers detected?

New comment by _pmf_ in "How I learned to stop worrying and structure all writing as a list"

_pmf_ — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 08:28:06 +0000

In the Challenger case, the bad information has been deliberately hidden within the structure. They could just as well have pulled it up in the structure.

It's like saying variable font sizes are inherently bad because due to them, contracts can have small print sections.

New comment by _pmf_ in "Buffet – An All-inclusive Buffer for C"

_pmf_ — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 07:25:01 +0000

A small set standardized data structures (vectors, maps) would do so much good for C.

New comment by _pmf_ in "What made World of Warcraft's environments so compelling?"

_pmf_ — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 06:46:55 +0000

For me, The Witcher 3 and Red Dead Redemption had the most compelling environments. I spent probably half of my play time just walking-riding around.

New comment by _pmf_ in "Case against OOP is understated, not overstated (2020)"

_pmf_ — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 06:48:17 +0000

> it's a book filled with solutions to imaginary problems.

Have you even read it? I'd say it has more deep real world examples than almost any other SW engineering book I've read.

New comment by _pmf_ in "DarkPattern.games: Find Healthy Mobile Games"

_pmf_ — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 06:52:34 +0000

Obligatory plug for Simon Tatham's (the author of Putty) puzzle application.

New comment by _pmf_ in "Show HN: A daily math puzzle inspired by Wordle"

_pmf_ — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 13:44:59 +0000

Love it!

New comment by _pmf_ in "If Looks Could Kill"

_pmf_ — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 08:40:05 +0000

Trade shows are a particular kind of crazy.

New comment by _pmf_ in "Web3 and crypto skepticism is growing and people are finally starting to listen"

_pmf_ — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 16:26:48 +0000

> Nobody is forcing anyone to partake in this new technology.

Like I wasn't forced to participate in the resolution and the fallout of the housing crash?

New comment by _pmf_ in "I automated my job over a year ago and haven't told anyone"

_pmf_ — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:41:48 +0000

> For a while I felt guilty, like I was ripping the law-firm off

Laughed out loud at this.

New comment by _pmf_ in "1Password Has Raised $620M"

_pmf_ — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:40:03 +0000

620M is too much for a password manager, so we can safely assume it is no longer one.

New comment by _pmf_ in "I think I know why you can't hire engineers right now"

_pmf_ — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 08:37:11 +0000

You could get hundreds of thousands of European developers (West as well as East Europe) by offering 80000 EUR comp and a reliable contract.

New comment by _pmf_ in "Goldman Sachs invests $250M in compressed air energy storage"

_pmf_ — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:46:33 +0000

The Amish use compressed air: http://www.amishfamilyvalues.com/amish/amish-electricity/

New comment by _pmf_ in "New‐onset autoimmune phenomena post‐Covid‐19 vaccination"

_pmf_ — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 12:05:35 +0000

> Anyone that's worried about autoimmune phenomena after vaccination should look at autoimmune phenomena post Covid infection

Hard to ignore, what with this being shoved down my throat 24/7 for 1.5 years.

New comment by _pmf_ in "Three ways of handling user input"

_pmf_ — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 09:32:03 +0000

Using Statecharts or FRP is completely orthogonal to the choice of polling vs. event driven.