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New comment by abcd_f in "Show HN: Monolisa v3 – a typeface for developers and creatives"

abcd_f — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:26:04 +0000

Then they aren't the target audience of this particular Rolex.

New comment by abcd_f in "Show HN: Monolisa v3 – a typeface for developers and creatives"

abcd_f — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:22:07 +0000

Yeah, sounds like you can't even screenshot it.

New comment by abcd_f in "Show HN: Monolisa v3 – a typeface for developers and creatives"

abcd_f — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:18:39 +0000

That c is opinionated. Either one likes it or explicitly doesn't. I doubt there's an in-between.

New comment by abcd_f in "Leaving Mozilla"

abcd_f — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 16:49:34 +0000

Skimmed it before asking. It's written for people who already know who the author is. Hence the question.

New comment by abcd_f in "Leaving Mozilla"

abcd_f — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 08:41:06 +0000

What is he notable for in the context of Mozilla?

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

abcd_f — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:51:58 +0000

> the process of it's (sic) evolution deeply fascinating.

... as it is disappointing.

Not everything that can be done should be done.

New comment by abcd_f in "Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions"

abcd_f — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:43:51 +0000

This sort of anecdotal evidence tells more about you than Telegram ;)

New comment by abcd_f in "Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions"

abcd_f — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:33:59 +0000

Nice little detail - WhatsApp was a $1/year subscription before they sold to Zuckerberg ... with the exact subscription cost now conspicuously missing from the app's Wikipedia page.

New comment by abcd_f in "GTA 6 Developers Unionize"

abcd_f — Fri, 29 May 2026 19:29:45 +0000

Way outdated info, but back in mid '00s when I was interviewing with EA, the recruiter guy who happened to like me said - "be careful when entering gamedev domain, because it's very hard to exit it once in."

Not in a sense that it's so good so you don't want to leave, but that other companies are leery of hiring people with the gamedev experience.

Make what you will out of that remark.

New comment by abcd_f in "Poll: How often do you check "newest"?"

abcd_f — Fri, 29 May 2026 14:46:10 +0000

Twice a year

New comment by abcd_f in "Gnutella: A Protocol Outliving the World That Created It"

abcd_f — Mon, 25 May 2026 18:31:36 +0000

The main issue with Gnutella was - IIRC - that it didn't scale. At least the initial version, not sure if there was a revised one.

Basically, if you open the log window and look at the peer messages, then beyond certain network size all you'd see was a flood of relayed search queries with duplicates that ground all other activity to the halt. And the whole thing just became unusable.

PS. Also, Gnutella was released almost to the day when some clause of the AOL's purchase contract of Nullsoft (stock option vesting?) has expired so the devs were ultimately free to do whatever the f they wanted. So released the file sharing app. That was a nice touch.

New comment by abcd_f in "Gnutella: A Protocol Outliving the World That Created It"

abcd_f — Mon, 25 May 2026 18:28:16 +0000

Not to forget the eMule.

New comment by abcd_f in "Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google anymore"

abcd_f — Mon, 25 May 2026 13:53:33 +0000

AltaVista had so much noise that it was basically unusable... which exactly the issue Google solved and why it still exists and AV doesn't.

New comment by abcd_f in "sp.h: Fixing C by giving it a high quality, ultra portable standard library"

abcd_f — Sat, 23 May 2026 10:31:04 +0000

The WTF name really lies on the surface, there's no authoritative source of its origin.

I have a wtf.c from 10+ years ago when I was re-implementing Windows-style Unicode handling for some project. You keep running into various quirks, which accumulate and you inevitably arrive at your WTF moment. So WTF as name comes up naturally, no special wit required.

New comment by abcd_f in "How to convert between wealth and income tax"

abcd_f — Fri, 22 May 2026 20:36:27 +0000

> You can tell from the way they talk about the subject that they don't understand the momentousness of what they're proposing.

All proposals focus on ultra-wealthy individuals. This "momentousness" wouldn't really touch the absolute vast majority of the taxpayers.

But, yeah, I bet the targeted people are getting nervous.

New comment by abcd_f in "Spotify will start reserving concert tickets for fans"

abcd_f — Fri, 22 May 2026 08:02:50 +0000

> cheaper price

lower price /psa

New comment by abcd_f in "Infomaniak transitions to a foundation model to protect user data privacy"

abcd_f — Wed, 20 May 2026 11:13:54 +0000

I always assumed that IKEA being a non-profit was a tax evasion maneuver first and foremost. Even Wikipedia says that the goal of their convoluted corporate setup is to enable a "non-taxable for-profit" entity.

I don’t think that's what Infomaniak is after. Not even in the same ballpark.

New comment by abcd_f in "Fc, a lossless compressor for floating-point streams"

abcd_f — Wed, 13 May 2026 10:15:40 +0000

The most interesting section - How It Works - could really elaborate on details a bit more.

New comment by abcd_f in "At least 10 people tied to sensitive US research have died or disappeared"

abcd_f — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:39:22 +0000

> by reading the link

The link didn't inspire any confidence given the quote you provides.

New comment by abcd_f in "At least 10 people tied to sensitive US research have died or disappeared"

abcd_f — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:02:42 +0000

Show some rigor.

> 25 deaths per million people per day

That's not the same age range as actively practicing researchers.