Hacker News: pcvarmint

New comment by pcvarmint in "Noam Chomsky Became the Establishment's Favorite Radical"

pcvarmint — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 23:55:29 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq4oQIhJFGA

Noam Chomsky Became the Establishment's Favorite Radical

pcvarmint — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 23:55:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.josealnino.org/p/how-noam-chomsky-became-the-establishments

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46953371

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

ACM Transitions to Full Open Access

pcvarmint — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 17:17:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.acm.org/publications/openaccess

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44725966

Points: 394

# Comments: 59

Synopsys Completes Acquisition of Ansys

pcvarmint — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 22:11:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.synopsys.com/synopsys-ansys-united.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44598822

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by pcvarmint in "Fakespot will shut down on July 1, 2025"

pcvarmint — Thu, 22 May 2025 23:35:30 +0000

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/building-whats-next/

New comment by pcvarmint in "I believe 6502 instruction set is a good first assembly language"

pcvarmint — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 09:32:51 +0000

I would say that the 6809 is a better first assembly language of that era. (I keep hearing references to 68xxx, but the 6809 is closer.)

EFF Helps Defeat Meritless Lawsuit Against Journalist Jack Poulson

pcvarmint — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 05:10:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/victory-eff-helps-defeat-meritless-lawsuit-against-journalist

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42959298

Points: 9

# Comments: 0

Kim Dotcom Recovering from "Serious Stroke"

pcvarmint — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:19:57 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/1860944312873468127

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42236505

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Brazil fines $8,900/day for accessing X with VPN

pcvarmint — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 20:04:49 +0000

Article URL: https://time.com/7016537/brazil-blocks-elon-musk-x-twitter-company-refuses-comply-judge/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41411540

Points: 5

# Comments: 2

Hacked Ballot Proves Texas Elections in Crisis

pcvarmint — Thu, 23 May 2024 10:06:01 +0000

Article URL: https://www.currentrevolt.com/p/exclusive-hacked-ballot-proves-texas

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40452750

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by pcvarmint in "DuckDuckGo was down"

pcvarmint — Thu, 23 May 2024 07:04:46 +0000

Bing is sluggish but seems to work sometimes now.

I wonder if it's a DDoS attack on Bing.

New comment by pcvarmint in "DuckDuckGo was down"

pcvarmint — Thu, 23 May 2024 06:29:55 +0000

It started failing on searches 1-2 hours ago.

Sunsetting Section 230 Will Hurt Internet Users, Not Big Tech

pcvarmint — Mon, 20 May 2024 23:42:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/sunsetting-section-230-will-hurt-internet-users-not-big-tech

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40422023

Points: 44

# Comments: 17

New comment by pcvarmint in "The Performance Impact of C++'s `final` Keyword"

pcvarmint — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 06:04:15 +0000

Each of the test cases measured needs to be run at least 3 times in a row, to warm caches (not just CPU but OS too) and to detect and remove noise.

In fact, I would run the same test repeatedly, keeping track of the k fastest times (k being ~3-7), and only stopping when the first and the kth fastest times are within a certain tolerance (as low as 1%). This ensures repeatability.

One sample of performance data for each test is not enough. This study provides no new insights.

Performance analyst

New comment by pcvarmint in "America's Drivers Agree: LED Headlights Are Just Too Bright"

pcvarmint — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 06:58:59 +0000

Too blue, not too bright

New comment by pcvarmint in "Ask HN: Good books on philosophy of engineering?"

pcvarmint — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 01:44:34 +0000

That was the one I was going to recommend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD4b-52jtos

New comment by pcvarmint in "When Random Isn't"

pcvarmint — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:19:01 +0000

    x = x * 69069 + 1;

Rumble Chris Pavlovski's statement on Brazilian censorship

pcvarmint — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 18:26:36 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/chrispavlovski/status/1738304870434631800

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38746609

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

To Hell and Back: Romero and Carmack Celebrate Doom's 30th Anniversary

pcvarmint — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 07:50:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/7/23992824/john-romero-and-john-carmack-will-be-on-twitch-together-this-weekend

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38589913

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by pcvarmint in "US and UK Military Contractors Created Plan for Global Censorship in 2018"

pcvarmint — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 01:42:02 +0000

Government censorship and government-corporate/NGO collusion is of interest.

https://soundcloud.com/pushbackshow/matt-taibbi-on-the-twitt...

Western Civilization is in the midst of Fascism (in the Mussolini sense of corporation and state), and yet most people are in a Mass Formation and welcome demonizing and killing their fellow man all because of minor disagreements, ideological or religious differences, or tribalism.

I don't know how much longer Western Civilization will survive without world war or collapse. The inmates are running the asylum.