Hacker News: deadlypointer

New comment by deadlypointer in "1D Chess"

deadlypointer — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 06:14:03 +0000

Even in the winning line black can force stalemate in multiple ways,how is it a forced win?

New comment by deadlypointer in "Be intentional about how AI changes your codebase"

deadlypointer — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:23:05 +0000

site is totally broken on mobile, just because cursor can vibe code a nice rolling scrolling shithole, chances are it will break on some platform/browser

New comment by deadlypointer in "Nyxt: The Emacs-like web browser"

deadlypointer — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 05:31:48 +0000

How does it stack up in terms of security? To me the idea of hackability is a bit conflicting with all the security features of modern browsers. The web is basically the main attack surface today, so I wouldn't use a niche browser engine.

Architecture Styles – Azure Architecture Center

deadlypointer — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:29:52 +0000

Article URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/guide/architecture-styles/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44649458

Points: 2

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New comment by deadlypointer in "4-7-8 Breathing"

deadlypointer — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:24:51 +0000

I have been holding back my breath for 2 days now, it still shows hold.

New comment by deadlypointer in "Gemini figured out my nephew’s name"

deadlypointer — Thu, 22 May 2025 05:17:04 +0000

The post seems to be unreadable on mobile, the sides are cut off.

CMU Intro to Database Systems (15-445/645 – Fall 2024)

deadlypointer — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 20:53:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSE8ODhjZXjYDBpQnSymaectKjxCy6BYq

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43198397

Points: 1

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New comment by deadlypointer in "The practical (Unix) problems with .cache and its friends"

deadlypointer — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 15:33:48 +0000

I really like ncdu, which helps interactively detect and delete big unused directories.

Major Brands Buying .sucks Domains (2015)

deadlypointer — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 10:47:43 +0000

Article URL: https://martech.org/google-apple-facebook-microsoft-among-major-brands-buying-sucks-domains/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42839586

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by deadlypointer in "Test"

deadlypointer — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 06:55:11 +0000

My favorite is lakjsdf... Since I just press random keys on the home row.

New comment by deadlypointer in "Pirating "The Pirate Bay" TV Series Is Ironically Difficult"

deadlypointer — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 21:32:38 +0000

The TPB Afk is a really good documentary about this IMO, not sure how this series will compare to that.

New comment by deadlypointer in "What do you visualize while programming?"

deadlypointer — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 21:28:16 +0000

There is a free coursera course I am doing, where exactly this phenomenon is explained as diffuse vs focused thinking by neuroscientists.

Here is the link: https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn/

New comment by deadlypointer in "The Remarkable Life of Ibelin"

deadlypointer — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 16:10:50 +0000

I spent way too much time playing it and I also consider it as wasted time. I guess it's because we had an option. He didn't really have ...

New comment by deadlypointer in "Farewell Pandas, and thanks for all the fish"

deadlypointer — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 15:59:09 +0000

OTOH the list and struct types allow lots of complex operations, e.g with `.eval`, which run blazingly fast.

New comment by deadlypointer in "Leaving Neovim for Zed"

deadlypointer — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 22:01:28 +0000

"Just works" is fine... Until it does not, and you have a hard time finding the issue. I prefer more control over my editor.

New comment by deadlypointer in "Algorithms for Modern Hardware"

deadlypointer — Sat, 16 Mar 2024 07:26:46 +0000

Std::set is using red black trees, did you mean std unordered set?