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mrlonglong··on No portable way to detect string-to-float conversion errors in standard C
https://xkcd.com/927/
mrlonglong··on Ask HN: Do you want a router that has DD-WRT pre-installed?
The openwrt ones are usually better.
mrlonglong··on A Cray-1 supercomputer replica from 30 "obsolete" Mac Minis
You think it's bad now?

New 48GB DDR5 ECC UDIMM chips are retailing for £2.5K each in the UK.

mrlonglong··on A Cray-1 supercomputer replica from 30 "obsolete" Mac Minis
Yeah all good ideas, hope they take up some of these.
mrlonglong··on Trump: Ukraine should get a new president, blames Zelenskyy for US diesel prices
I'm so tired of this corrupt trash coming from the Shite House on a daily basis and I don't give out much hope things will change at the midterms.

Europe will have to sort out things for themselves. We've got refineries that's currently shut down that should be restarted.

Trump always blames everyone else but himself. He started this with Iran he should've been out of office through the 25th amendment as we all can see he keeps shitting the bed.

mrlonglong··on A Cray-1 supercomputer replica from 30 "obsolete" Mac Minis
They could rent out all that compute to subsidy the museum running costs.
mrlonglong··on A Terminal Protocol for Program Status (OSC 7501)
https://xkcd.com/927/
mrlonglong··on Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed
Barbarians.
mrlonglong··on Back to BASICs with a Pro Micro Microcontroller
Blu tack on the 16K memory pack was an even better and cheaper solution to the issues with it falling off the back of the ZX81.
mrlonglong··on It may soon be possible to create "mirror life"
This is precisely the reason why we shouldn't do this. Too dangerous.
mrlonglong··on It may soon be possible to create "mirror life"
This has the potential to destroy all life.
mrlonglong··on The art of defusing a second world war bomb
They said the last person to be killed by a WW2 bomb probably hasn't been born yet.
mrlonglong··on The art of defusing a second world war bomb
Defuse. Diffuse has a different meaning.
mrlonglong··on Why Common Lisp is now the best programming language
Yawn. Use the best tools for the job not because it's "sexy".
mrlonglong··on Personal Computing 2.0: It's time for a personal computing revolution
The only thing that'd improve life for the many is if billionaires ceased to exist.
mrlonglong··on Musk explains why Tesla Robotaxi isn't running at night, and Lidar is the answer
He said years ago Lidar was not necessary. Yet others in the industry said it is vital.

Ignoring the experts only leads to issues like this.

mrlonglong··on How a Boeing 737 MAX Survived a Nosedive Traveling at the Speed of Sound
Smells like a false flag op designed to boost Netanyahu's chances of winning the upcoming election. What I don't understand yet is why they landed in Saudi Arabia rather than in Israel?
mrlonglong··on C++ Insights – See your source code with the eyes of a Compiler
Lambdas are just classes!? Never knew this.
mrlonglong··on C++ Insights – See your source code with the eyes of a Compiler
I second this.
mrlonglong··on Backblaze drive stats for Q2 2026
I once screamed at a 2.1GB Seagate hard disk and it died.

Pretty crap.

mrlonglong··on America.gov
"America" of what?

The United States? The entire continent of North America?

Trump just wants to suck all the other countries on the continent into his "Empire of (some rich) Arseholes".

mrlonglong··on The Greatest Pun in JavaScript
Terrible.
mrlonglong··on Tesla moves to electrify trucking after a decade of work and delays
He's also stopped making cars to focus on building his robot army. Better watch out.
mrlonglong··on Tokens too cheap to meter
Enshittification maxxing /s
mrlonglong··on Samsung is expected to more than double output of its HBM4 and HBM4E DRAM
I just checked the latest pricings. 48GB DDR5 SODIMM now selling for £2,400.
mrlonglong··on ZuckOff Know when a camera is in the room
You created an identity only an hour ago. Did you just do this to tick me off on this?
mrlonglong··on ZuckOff Know when a camera is in the room
No.
mrlonglong··on ZuckOff is a free app that sees Meta glasses before they see you
Trump is a massive disaster and you come out and say this ?

Haaaaaa.

mrlonglong··on ZuckOff Know when a camera is in the room
Upvoted for the best lulz of the day.
mrlonglong··on ZuckOff is a free app that sees Meta glasses before they see you
This. Absolutely this.

Explains a lot about why people vote for racist and right wing parties.

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