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throwA29B··on Windows 95 defenses against installers that overwrite a file with an older one
>ignore them for some reason

The reasons are clearly stated in the issue you have linked.

throwA29B··on Tell HN: I'm 60 years old. Claude Code has re-ignited a passion
Elitism is good. Elitism is just. There is absolutely nothing wrong with elitism.

Skill based one of course.

throwA29B··on Java.evolved: Java has evolved. Your code can too
>immutable

>setters

sigh

throwA29B··on Draig, a Welsh Programming Language
No. You want 'for' to be a looping construct with no other meanings.

Seeing code in my native language makes me laugh, I can't take it seriously.

throwA29B··on Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruined the service
What is the point of this post? To shame the author?
throwA29B··on I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla
Can't wait for the Ladybird to arrive.
throwA29B··on Time Warp IDE – Complete environment for old-school coding
It is not an IDE though, just set of compilers/translators like gcc.
throwA29B··on Effect of the inflows of immigrants on European workers’ careers (2013) [pdf]
>period of 1995-2001

That time basically only some intro-European migrations happened: Germans repatriating from the recently dissolved USSR, other Europeans moving back and forth, maybe some refugees from the Balkans.

Interesting stuff started happening much, much later.

Also what with this line spacing? It renders the paper nigh unreadable!

throwA29B··on Show HN: Zli – A Batteries-Included CLI Framework for Zig
libc, starting with errno, continuing with fopen/printf/str* functions, locales, etc is a pile of quick hacks; set of useful abstractions at the time, no doubt! But that time is long gone, for decade(s) it is nothing but a drag.
throwA29B··on What makes code hard to read: Visual patterns of complexity (2023)
Chaining calls is an anti-pattern. Not only this is needless duplication of ye olde imperative statements sequence it also makes debugging, modifying ("oh I need to call some function in the middle of the chain, ugh"), and understanding harder for superficial benefit of it looking "cool".

It actively hurts maintainability, please stop using it.

throwA29B··on What's New in Emacs 30.1?
>Native compilation is now enabled by default.

And it shows. Now emacs is much nicer to use on Windows. Big thanks to the developers!

throwA29B··on Stop KOSA (Kids Online Safety Act)
Internet of today quite differ from the Internet of the past.
throwA29B··on Stop KOSA (Kids Online Safety Act)
Judging by the quality of the content of the page, this KOSA bill is at least not a bad thing.
throwA29B··on ICJ orders Israel to prevent genocide in Gaza, stops short of ordering ceasefire
>Like Israel, the Soviets also failed to invest in the lands they occupied

Don't know about Israel, but you definitely know nothing about the Soviets.

throwA29B··on Ask HN: How to manage autistic developer?
Why complicate things? Just fire him.
throwA29B··on Rectify11 Improving upon the Windows 11 experience
>everyone using it in business and multimedia must just like making their life harder

Nah, they just either don't know any better or just don't care. I think it is a mix of both.

>I forgot Linux was the greatest

You can't forgot what you didn't know, mate :) Linux is for servers, it has no place on desktop. All those "The [Current Year] is a year of Linux on the desktop!" articles can attest that.

throwA29B··on Rectify11 Improving upon the Windows 11 experience
>macOS is good

You can't be possibly more wrong here, mate. macOS is an absolute garbage. Always was.

And Windows 11 tries to mimic that but fortunately fails at that too.

Edit: add reddit spacing

throwA29B··on A world where people pay for software
I dislike SaaS very strongly. I will not repeat the "why"s mentioned in this thread, just add one that I haven't seen yet: SaaS incentivize doing busywork that is visible but not necessarily useful.

For example JetBrain's products: Oh look, we have changed our icons/ updated UI/ improved UX/ etc! We know that nobody asked for this, but it will be shoved into your mouth anyway!

Pretty much sure you can find that everywhere.

throwA29B··on A world where people pay for software
Well they were not that huge, but most of organizations had "board of honor" with photos and names of best workers displayed for everyone to see. It was mocked ("look at those idiots that work for free, lol") even before USSR died.

And monuments are only for the very, very few.

throwA29B··on Maine becomes first state to decriminalize selling sex
Probably increase, because demand for the "silent" sellers will increase.
throwA29B··on Maine becomes first state to decriminalize selling sex
Was/is there ever a precedent of punishing both buyers and sellers? How did/does it fare?
throwA29B··on China plans to ban exports of rare earth magnet tech
Hello, Hitler, how is the weather in Hell?
throwA29B··on China plans to ban exports of rare earth magnet tech
Ugh... I read the same about Ukraine being a beacon of freedom, democracy, and prosperity and Putin being extremely mad because Russia has none of that, and Russians would be pointing fingers and asking questions... Which is utter rubbish.

I suggest you to educate yourself on the topic.

throwA29B··on China plans to ban exports of rare earth magnet tech
>What does China actually stand to gain by invading Taiwan?

Dignity. Healing of the last wound inflicted by invaders. China will be whole again.

And also removal of American puppet from their border and drastic decrease of US influence in the region.

Win-win.

throwA29B··on Tyler Cowen on the Great Stagnation, pro-progress policy, metascience, and more
Computers help generating gigabytes if not petabytes of (garbage) content that is consumed by billions of people in HD+ 24/7. AI will soon increase that even further. Or that doesn't count as a productivity boost?
throwA29B··on Reddit Confirms It Was Hacked–Recommends Users Set Up 2FA
Somehow this reminds me of a wise saying: "Every problem in CS can be solved by adding level of indirection. Except for the problem of excessive number of indirections".
throwA29B··on Reddit Confirms It Was Hacked–Recommends Users Set Up 2FA
This. 2FA (implying a phone number which is most likely most important number in your life) for a link sharing web site? You must be joking.
throwA29B··on “How America took out the Nord Stream pipeline”
>Ukraine will almost certainly not surrender

Of course it will.

>ground troops from neighbors, EU, and possibly NATO

They are not suicidal, I don't think.

>Russia “saving” a brotherly nation goes flying out the window

Yes. That is the reason war will continue the way it is now: very slowly, and stupid.

Edit: reddit spacing

throwA29B··on “How America took out the Nord Stream pipeline”
Huh? Indiscriminate bombing US-style will do that in a flash.

Heck leveling Kiev will do that too. Could be done in a day.

throwA29B··on Wikipedians question Wikimedia fundraising ethics after “somewhat-viral” tweet
Looks like saying "where is the fraud there is bound to be embezzling" is on the money again.
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