Hacker News: pmul

New comment by pmul in "How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads"

pmul — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:10:49 +0000

but then again Apple Maps seems (certainly here in London) to be absolutely full of geofraud entries and out of date slop, such as small businesses with linked websites that have been shuttered for years, and strange businesses located in the middle of playing fields, parks and lakes.

New comment by pmul in "Shipmap.org"

pmul — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 23:30:06 +0000

On 3, Traffic Separation Schemes (TSS) will be making things look tidier (and safer) for many of the more organized flows.

In a TSS, you have to drive on the right, and if you're crossing one, your heading (not your track) must be as close to 90 degrees, to minimize your exposure time. When you're sailing this can be a big pain. The anti-collision rules are altered in a TSS.

New comment by pmul in "C++ is not a superset of C"

pmul — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 20:33:18 +0000

The first example won't compile in c++ (can't get a ptr to a non const from a const without something naughty like a const_cast) - that's not undefined behaviour is it?

New comment by pmul in "C++ is not a superset of C"

pmul — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 20:32:01 +0000

The first example doesn't produce undefined behaviour as c++ - it just won't compile - you can't initialise that pointer to a non const int from a const int without doing something naughty like a const_cast.