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berkeleynerd··on No Need for Retirement When Utopia Is Around the Corner
"Hope for the best, plan for the worst" is the better general advice IMHO.
berkeleynerd··on Show HN: A Project Oberon System version running on RISC-V instead of RISC-5
This is super interesting Rochus. Are you targeting Oberon System 3 in particular because it adds tcp/ip networking support? In my opinion that would make it a much more interesting system to kick the tires on, if so!
berkeleynerd··on Is the Q source the origin of the Gospels?
There is indeed great scholarship here with major contributions from Jason BeDuhn, Matthias Klinghardt, and Dieter Roth in addition to Vinzent, Bilby, and Bull who you mentioned. I'm really excited by this research and did a deep dive reading Tertullian's Against Marcion and the idea that anyone could possibly take the arguments set forth there over the more modern critical approaches is mind boggling. I can't imagine anyone arguing for Lukan-Priority based on these patristic sources has ever read them as the argumentation is specious at best.
berkeleynerd··on Is the Q source the origin of the Gospels?
This is not at all the consensus of scholars working at public secular institutions not affiliated with religious institutions of higher learning. A late dating of the formation of the canon is just as viable if not more so among this academic community.
berkeleynerd··on Is the Q source the origin of the Gospels?
Seconded. Great scholarship is represented on this channel.
berkeleynerd··on Is the Q source the origin of the Gospels?
The absence of recent work on reconstructing and contextualizing Marcion’s Evangelion and Apostolikon is disappointing, particularly given the implications for understanding early Christian texts and the development of the synoptic gospels. The pre-Lukan theory, which suggests Marcion’s gospel may represent a version of Luke predating the canonical text, challenges traditional views on the formation of the gospel narrative. This theory raises important questions about the so-called “Q” source, a hypothetical collection of Jesus’ sayings used by Matthew and Luke.
berkeleynerd··on Ask HN: What's your favorite text-based adventure game?
Either the classic "A Mind Forever Voyaging" or the Lovecraftian "Anchorhead"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mind_Forever_Voyaging https://store.steampowered.com/app/726870/Anchorhead/

If you want to live these games vicariously I can also recommend the Eaten by a Grue podcast over at https://monsterfeet.com/grue/

berkeleynerd··on Freenet: A decentralized alternative to world wide web
The solution to this, at least in the case of Tor, is for existing sites (e.g., Wordpress, medium, etc…) to provide one-click onion-site publishing support.
berkeleynerd··on Iran successfully launches indigenous Chamran 1 satellite into space
They overthrew the democratically elected PM in favour of the autocratic Shah and both the West and Iran are still paying the price. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9...
berkeleynerd··on Why has nuclear power been a flop? (2021)
I wonder if it would make sense to house these reactors in underground facilities to the extent possible to harden them against at least accidental threats?
berkeleynerd··on Godotcaml for Godot 4.2
Miguel de Icaza's [Swift Godot](https://github.com/migueldeicaza/SwiftGodot) effort is also very active and worth tracking I think.
berkeleynerd··on Brain Uses Quantum Effects, New Study Finds [video]
I think free will is a bit like a sphere. There is no true sphere in nature, only a more or less accurate approximation. Likewise for free will, there is no such thing as true free will (tm) but there are better and worse approximations.
berkeleynerd··on Ada discord server now available
I screwed up the server link so either use the correct link here :

https://discord.gg/v59gYHXH

I don't want to post again in rapid fire succession so I'll create a new post tomorrow with the correct link.

berkeleynerd··on Ada discord server now available
Darn. This must be the one : https://discord.gg/v59gYHXH
berkeleynerd··on Ada discord server now available
For anyone reading this just now at 13:04UTC or thereabouts the monthly Ada meetup is also happening as I write this. https://meet.jit.si/AdaMonthlyMeetup
berkeleynerd··on Ada discord server now available
In addition to the Matrix, Telegram, and Libera IRC chat channels, the Ada community has spawned yet another way to collaborate and connect. While I'm at it, I guess I should mention the ada-lang.io forums as well.
berkeleynerd··on Verified Rust for low-level systems code
How does Versus compare to SPARK? Are they of the same general class of verifier? How is Versus different other than a verifier for Rust rather than a verifier for Ada?
berkeleynerd··on Geoengineering test launched in Alameda
What if we go further out on the carbon limb since this or a similar technology allows us to further delay implementing carbon reductions and then, for some reason, our civilization fails and we can no longer continue to dope the atmosphere to protect us from the now even more serious consequences of our emissions? This approach strikes me as madness; like the behavior of a junkie who takes uppers to wake up in the morning because they've become addicted to downers to get to sleep.
berkeleynerd··on Shattered Pixel Dungeon is an open-source traditional roguelike dungeon crawler
Love this! I purchased both the iOS and Steam version. Completely happy to support indie game devs willing to open source their software.
berkeleynerd··on Show HN: macOS Reminder Sync for Obsidian Tasks
I use LogSeq with the TODO plugin giving me a sidebar view of outstanding TODOs. It would be wonderful to have a similar plugin for LogSeq but of course the onus is on me to make that happen. If someone were working on such an integration I would gladly support it via Patreon or open collective, etc…
berkeleynerd··on DMD Compiler as a Library: A Call to Arms
This looks like more fun than sudoku or crossword puzzles.
berkeleynerd··on Project Oberon: Design of an operating system, a compiler, and a computer [pdf]
Has anyone updated the book to allow one work with newer FPGA boards?
berkeleynerd··on Project Oberon: Design of an operating system, a compiler, and a computer [pdf]
Is it possible to use this version of the book to follow along and build everything without having to source the original FPGA board Wirth was using?
berkeleynerd··on D Programming Language
Is there an effort to provide formal verification features for a safe subset of the D language similar to ADA’s SPARK and related tooling?
berkeleynerd··on D Programming Language
Which IDE best supports D? I’m a fan of JetBrains products in general but would happily install something else for better ergonomics.
berkeleynerd··on micro – A Modern Alternative to nano
I love micro and use it every day. Now that I've tried Helix, however, I want micro plus baked-in treesitter, LSP, and contextual help. Helix really nails it with that feature set but I'm just too happy with my "single-mode + commands" ctrl-c/ctrl-v muscle memory to switch.
berkeleynerd··on micro – A Modern Alternative to nano
Definitely this. I'm super happy for anyone finding some new level of productivity with vim, emacs, kakoune, etc. but I don't want to join an editor cult, not even a CUA one. I just want to edit text from the command line using a familiar set of keystrokes and move on with my life and micro fits the bill.
berkeleynerd··on No support for debugging Go on OpenBSD
As exciting as it is to see Go 1.20.1 support land in OpenBSD 7.3 it is sad to see support for the delve debugger languishing. If you're a Golang dev with good knowledge of both Go internals and BSD architectures you might want to have a look!
berkeleynerd··on Crafting Interpreters
Oddly enough I just started down the same path learning Ada by following Crafting Interpreters in both Java and Ada. If you decide to write anything up about your journey I'll look forward to reading it.
berkeleynerd··on How to design a house to last 1000 years
Build with stone blocks. Even if it gets knocked over the blocks just need to be reassembled to be useful whether as a wall, a tower, a road, or another house.
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