Hacker News: randfur

New comment by randfur in "Ask.com has closed"

randfur — Sat, 02 May 2026 04:36:47 +0000

No shoutout to P.G. Wodehouse for the IP?

New comment by randfur in "Show HN: X86CSS – An x86 CPU emulator written in CSS"

randfur — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:29:02 +0000

Really looking forward to a how it works post. What is that READMEM_1??

New comment by randfur in "Show HN: X86CSS – An x86 CPU emulator written in CSS"

randfur — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 06:32:08 +0000

For what it's worth Firefox has a bug open to implement some of the core CSS features being used here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1950366

New comment by randfur in "D Programming Language"

randfur — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 06:24:40 +0000

I don't know D so I'm probably missing some basic syntax. If pointers cannot be copied how do you have multiple objects referencing the same shared object?

New comment by randfur in "The Singularity Is Always Near (2006)"

randfur — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 23:09:46 +0000

It's like how talking about the "hockey stick curve" in an exponential growth line is nonsensical. It's everywhere and the curve angles you see depend entirely on what scale you view it from.

New comment by randfur in "Go: Redefining For Loop Variable Semantics"

randfur — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 09:24:00 +0000

I remember learning about this gotcha around the time that Go was coming out. I was very disappointed that they were sticking to this behaviour around the same time that JavaScript was fixing it. As a new language they get less sympathy from me.

New comment by randfur in "The Next Chapter for Learning on YouTube"

randfur — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 02:15:10 +0000

Taxes.

New comment by randfur in "Learn PWA"

randfur — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 00:55:59 +0000

The browser updates monthly with security patches. Electron's engine lags many versions behind.

New comment by randfur in "Learn PWA"

randfur — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 00:53:42 +0000

It is built into Android. Go to twitter.com, log in and then accept the install prompt that appears. It integrates seamlessly with link sharing OS UI and jump lists.