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New comment by throwaway_95283 in "Tail-call optimization in C is relatively recent (2025)"

throwaway_95283 — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 23:25:32 +0000

i mean the whole ecosystem, compiler, CPU, etc. I think that the compiler will produce performant code, and i think that the CPU will execute code that operates a certain way faster, and that its pretty safe to assume this.

Basically, I think that in 10 years, in practice, radix sort will still be faster than quicksort, despite theory saying its slower.

New comment by throwaway_95283 in "uBlock Origin Is Giving Up the Fight to Keep Ads Off Facebook"

throwaway_95283 — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 23:20:16 +0000

from people without ad blockers, but honestly facebook is not the free open internet.

New comment by throwaway_95283 in "Tail-call optimization in C is relatively recent (2025)"

throwaway_95283 — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:20:11 +0000

in theory, no, in practice, yes.

New comment by throwaway_95283 in "Every fast write moves work somewhere else"

throwaway_95283 — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 20:33:56 +0000

if you use the linux kernel that amount of ram is tunable, and write will cause backpressure on its own when this is exceeded.

New comment by throwaway_95283 in "DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731"

throwaway_95283 — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:44:22 +0000

limited resources, no modern GPUs, no $10 billion dev budgets.

pair it with codewhale, 50 agents, 200 MB of ram.

New comment by throwaway_95283 in "Branchless Rust: Making a Filter 4x Faster by Removing an If"

throwaway_95283 — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 03:29:25 +0000

CPUs aren't black boxes. They are actually much better documented than almost all the software that runs on them.

If you want to treat the CPU as a black box, trust me you do not want to use a CPU with out a branch predictor, your slow code will run like molasses frozen in antarctica.

The regular algo will be lightyears slower on any CPU that does not have a branch predictor.

New comment by throwaway_95283 in "The Birth and Death of JavaScript (2014)"

throwaway_95283 — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:05:08 +0000

yes, but the unstated caveats for fastest are

"i can't program, i only make CRUD apps"

"i don't write anything that requires computation"

"i do server side rendering on a serverless platform"

in reality rails runs circles around typescript for productivity for CRUD/webapps.

New comment by throwaway_95283 in "The Birth and Death of JavaScript (2014)"

throwaway_95283 — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:00:42 +0000

haven't web browsers always been C/C++? they are typescript now? it would seem the fastest way to support Mac, Windows and Linux is 500MB of C++.

New comment by throwaway_95283 in "The architecture of the internet creates risks for democracy"

throwaway_95283 — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 21:42:06 +0000

most of the COVID public health science that appeared on TV, the internet allowed people to evaluate whether actual science contradicted what the government said was science, and freed them from lockdowns that were pointless, or taking vaccines which were claimed to prevent getting or transmitting covid and allowed people to evaluate them based on the factual risks / rewards.

https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/546234-cdc-r...

https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-coronavi...

https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-2021-video-saying-vaccina...

New comment by throwaway_95283 in "AI uses less water than the public thinks"

throwaway_95283 — Fri, 01 May 2026 20:15:51 +0000

There's not really any NEED to grow almonds. Most agriculture in California is not required to sustain life in CA. However, without AI people wouldn't have jobs that could afford CA rents, so AI is required so people can live. Lets get rid of unnecessary uses like agriculture, unless farmers can justify that the usage is actually required to sustain life.

If you look at water distribution you'll find that its unevenly distributed so farmers should pay a water tax and distribute that water to the less water fortunate. CA has an extremely high water GINI with a few farmers consuming far more than their fair share.

New comment by throwaway_95283 in "Earth Has Tilted 31.5 Inches. That Shouldn't Happen"

throwaway_95283 — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 17:51:13 +0000

0.00000718742 degrees = 31.5 inches / 40,075 km * 360 or 0.000451599142 arcseconds obviously its not very much,

New comment by throwaway_95283 in "I'm starting a social club to solve the male loneliness epidemic"

throwaway_95283 — Fri, 30 May 2025 06:56:52 +0000

It's alive and well in south america. let the haters hate.

New comment by throwaway_95283 in "Ask HN: My CEO wants to go hard on AI. What do I do?"

throwaway_95283 — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 17:04:16 +0000

add AI to the products and features you want to ship, don't add AI to the ones that don't.

You want to start with at least an AI Roadmap that outlines whatever you want to do, and sprinkle in some AI love.

New comment by throwaway_95283 in "US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety staff it laid off days ago"

throwaway_95283 — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 08:29:02 +0000

That's why there is work, no supply of fresh grads.

New comment by throwaway_95283 in "Who killed the rave?"

throwaway_95283 — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 20:57:35 +0000

Chile is awful (Santiago specifically). Sorry if you are from there. High prices, high crime, full of feminists, everything closes early. Might as well move back to the west.

New comment by throwaway_95283 in "Who killed the rave? Late-night dancing falls into global decline"

throwaway_95283 — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 20:54:02 +0000

I can tell you living in south america that this is true. Three drinks esp. caiprinhas even at the expensive places would be about $13, $8 or $9 on promo. Cover for the fancy place is $17. Bottle service is $34.

Plus the bombed out building post war Berlin industrial feel is 1. Real, and 2. free for the promoter and the drinks are cheaper there. Yes, that's real barbed wire, and yes, its really electrified.

New comment by throwaway_95283 in "Who killed the rave? Late-night dancing falls into global decline"

throwaway_95283 — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 20:43:57 +0000

Come to the southern cone of south america (brazil, paraguay, argentina), late night dance is alive and well. Colombia too to a lesser degree.

New comment by throwaway_95283 in "FDA to order Juul e-cigarettes off U.S. market"

throwaway_95283 — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 00:40:12 +0000

Some of us like smoking...

New comment by throwaway_95283 in "Kickstarter Union voted 97.6% to ratify one of the first tech union contracts"

throwaway_95283 — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 18:29:36 +0000

Given that SF is losing people and Boise is gaining them, apparently many people want to make that move.

I guess some people think human excrement on the street isn't very "vibrant", they're probably racists or something for not liking it I'm sure.

New comment by throwaway_95283 in "Kickstarter Union voted 97.6% to ratify one of the first tech union contracts"

throwaway_95283 — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 18:24:26 +0000

> Finally, if unions are so bad, why do many of the largest companies in the world continue to hire from unions?

Because it's illegal not to. I dunno if you know this but if you have a union shop, the company can't just hire non-union employees. (In most cases) Once your company unionizes you can hire union employees, or go out of business.

Realistically what companies do is incorporate a subsidiary in a non-union jurisdiction and outsource the jobs to the subsidiary.