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keskadaleon Ask HN: How can I learn about performance optimization?

https://en.algorithmica.org/hpc/

This is a good book. It covers most common concepts and techniques in a fairly accessible way. At they end it also shows builds up a highly optimized version of some algorithms and data structures and does explains every optimization.

keskadaleon The Software Foundations: mathematical underpinnings of reliable software

yeah it is a hard read. a relatively easier read is PLFA in Agda.

keskadaleon Ask HN: Should I accept the free Windows 11 upgrade?

switch to linux

keskadaleon Covid-19 may have killed nearly 3M in India, far more than official counts show

> The analyses find that India’s cumulative COVID deaths by September 2021 were 6-7 times higher than reported officially.

The officially reported number of Covid deaths are ~483k. So according to this analysis, the real number of deaths should be closer to 3.3 million.

keskadaleon Types and Programming Languages (2002)

> if you’re trying to design a dynamically-typed language like JavaScript

i think the first lesson on programming language design is to not design a language like javascript

keskadaleon Arcane Algorithm Archive

Yes! The community is quite active right now.

keskadaleon GCC Rust Monthly Report – October 2021

People who disagree with it. Why exactly?

keskadaleon Hackernews.com

hackerne.ws

redirects to news.ycombinator.com

keskadaleon Elon Musk invited to a video call into Volkswagen executive conference

serious question: why would anyone care?

keskadaleon Ask HN: What does one look for in a laptop these days?

thinkpad

keskadaleon Is this the simplest (and most surprising) sorting algorithm?

INOI 2004. this guy's OG.

keskadaleon Ask HN: Books that teach you logic building skills

If I understand correctly, you're asking for books that will teach you logic, problem solving etc? If yes, check these out: - Mathematical Circles The Russian Experience (the book is in english) - How To Solve It by Polya - brilliant.org

keskadaleon Microsoft deletes all comments under heavily criticized Windows 11 upgrade video

the Proton compatibility makes almost all games work on linux. for work, if you're into programming, it is going to be a much better experience with linux. if you're doing something else, you'll find most windows software works on linux, or you'll find free alternative that work about as good.

keskadaleon PinePhone – Open Source Smart Phone Supported by Major Linux Phone Projects

> open source projects will always provide a lower quality than comerical ones linux, gnu utils, almost all programming languages and their entire ecosystems, firefox, blender and many more.

keskadaleon Ask HN: Anyone here built successful SaaS/startup just for money?

> There is nothing nobler or kinder about tech businesses. All those "mission statements" are just pure fluff for PR purposes.

true, but would it be wrong to assume that the following ratio:

(the number of people who are passionate about xyz and curiosity and pure joy are major driving forces) / (total number of people working in xyz)

is probably much higher for cs than for plumbing?

keskadaleon I Am Bezos

The amount of time it takes to reach the final number is infuriating

keskadaleon BTC Endgame

try rust.

keskadaleon BTC Endgame

> You don't need proof-of-work to secure a blockchain. You only need game theory

Some people just want to watch the world burn. - Alfred from The Dark Knight

keskadaleon Tauri: An Electron alternative written in Rust

Question: Why do we need Electron alternatives? Why do we need to develop applications that need a bundled browser to run? Why can't we just use GTK/Qt?

keskadaleon Autopilot on Cars for $999

Yes. The very same. He does coding streams (sometimes comma related work) on his Twitch channel (twitch.tv/georgehotz). You can find the archive here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwgKmJM4ZJQRJ-U5NjvR2dg)

keskadaleon India protests: Internet cut to hunger-striking farmers in Delhi

Republic World. haha

keskadaleon Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?

There are only two hard problems in computer science:

0) Cache invalidation 1) Naming things 5) Asynchronous callbacks 2) Off-by-one errors 3) Scope creep 6) Bounds checking

keskadaleon Ask HN: Learning about philosophy

I had the same question a few weeks ago so I went on r/philosophy. They recommend starting with Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy by Blackburn

keskadaleon Ask HN: Are Google products getting worse?

i switched to DDG a few months ago. i liked it initially but lately i haven't been satisfied with the results. the only reason i'm still using DDG is the bangs, colorscheme and vi-keys.

keskadaleon Youtuber Promotes Hacktoberfest as Earn Free TShirts by Spamming Repos with PRs

this is so sad. this is hurting the open source community. https://blog.domenic.me/hacktoberfest/ > Hacktoberfest is a corporate-sponsored distributed denial of service attack against the open source maintainer community.