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156 karma · joined June 11, 2013

https://zaf.io/

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/zaf; my proof: https://keybase.io/zaf/sigs/_ivmzzeRumODBM-oSbF9I8XNTKGnXTVpPwE-nJeoD1I ]

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zaf··on JSBeeb – JavaScript BBC Micro Emulator
Have the hard copy, fantastic book.
zaf··on JSBeeb – JavaScript BBC Micro Emulator
Unfortunately Granny's Garden is not available freely due to publishers denying permission to do so.
zaf··on The full-time job of keeping up with Kubernetes
Thanks for that! Good story!
zaf··on Today is the fifth anniversary of Aaron Swartz's death
The names of his machines "speed" and "mass". Very cute.
zaf··on Is AlphaZero really a breakthrough in AI?
"However, the experimental setting does not seem fair. The version of Stockfish used was not the last one but, more importantly, it was run in its released version run on a normal PC, while AlphaZero was ran using considerable higher processing power. For example, in the TCEC competition engines play against each other using the same processor."

That does sound fishy,

zaf··on Microsoft Adds an OpenSSH Client to Windows 10
It's in beta and you still have to use the bag of sh*t windows terminal.

I'll skip and continue supporting and using PuTTY.

The PuTTY developers should get a trophy for an essential dev tool that has been around for ages, free and just works.

zaf··on Donald Knuth's Christmas Lecture: A Conjecture That Had To Be True [video]
I watched it with subtitles (hit the CC button).
zaf··on Front End Developer Conference – detailed talks on the main 3 JavaScript frameworks
First one to view source and see content wins a free ticket!
zaf··on A Universe in One Line of Code with 10 PRINT
That's because of HN formatting.
zaf··on A Universe in One Line of Code with 10 PRINT
# Without unicode or pygame (using Python3)

  import sys, random
  while True :
    print( random.choice( [ chr( 92 ) , chr( 47 ) ] ) , end = "" )
    sys.stdout.flush( )
zaf··on Ask HN: How much time do you spend on “marketing” your open source projects?
I've dropped using the heavyweights and have been happily using Bulma for some months.

Thanks for your efforts and may you reach a healthy v1.

zaf··on Netflix: Removing client-side React.js improved performance by 50%
It is quite telling that you give the example of the <TermsOfUse/> component which has "one or two checkboxes on the UI" that "has some of the most complicated logic in the codebase".
zaf··on Try quickly typing 1+ 2 + 3 into the iOS 11 Calculator
Was about to get depressed and write a real nasty, down and dirty sarcastic comment, I mean, 1 + 2 + 3 = 24 , WTF?!?! Woz! What's your thoughts?

But then chilled out. I didn't even pay for my shiny new iPhone.

Kids, theres plenty of software to be (re)written, be grateful to be employable for a very long time.

zaf··on Ikea has bought TaskRabbit
Some don't have a helping hand and/or cannot follow the instructions (most of the time low quality) and/or don't have the patience and/or have a screw +/- left at the end and/or etc...
zaf··on Show HN: Make your web page dance with Rythm.js
Not working on Desktop Safari 10.1.2
zaf··on Show HN: A Browser-based Blockchain
D6C7D83CF1754FA5565DD43D63A3B50C5809F395
zaf··on How do you compute the midpoint of an interval? (2014) [pdf]
Very interesting. Something new for me. Thanks for the link.
zaf··on Planck.js – JavaScript rewrite of Box2D physics library
Really great work, gives me some ideas. Thank you.
zaf··on Build Your Own Text Editor
Some time ago I went overboard and wrote an editor in PHP with the 'main' feature being auto encrypted files. Completely bananas.

https://github.com/ziqbal/pubscripts/tree/master/logos

zaf··on An animated GIF that shows its own MD5
Not as impressive but similar idea: https://github.com/ziqbal/jpegfit/blob/master/61081.jpg
zaf··on A DIY M&Ms and Skittles sorting machine
For our high school end of year CDT (Craft, Design and Technology) project, my best friend built a snooker ball sorter. It was awesome.
zaf··on A DIY M&Ms and Skittles sorting machine
Nice project idea. After you do that have a go at sorting out the Lego Mindstorms bits and pieces!
zaf··on One Doom fan, 300 hours, and one gargantuan level
Yes, it is a PITA the first time around. But if you love these games then its worth banging your head on the keyboard for about an hour until you have the setup to play.

It is totally worth it to play and experience a masterpiece like Doom 2.

Start here https://www.chocolate-doom.org/

zaf··on Saved by the compiler: Parallelizing a loop with Rust and rayon
IE6? Dude...
zaf··on Learning Web Audio by Recreating the Works of Steve Reich and Brian Eno
That was really beautiful. Has given me so many ideas. Thank you.
zaf··on The Fourier Transform and its Applications
Web page didn't work for me on my Safari. YouTube works fine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZNm7L96pfY
zaf··on Muhammad Ali has died
I met him briefly in 1991 but will never forget. A man in the history books now and forever. I shall look up to the sky and smile. I'm sure he is resting in peace.
zaf··on Ask HN: How to deal with stress and overspecced responsibility?
That's a great comment and life advice. Thanks for that.
zaf··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2016)
Location: Athens, Greece

Remote: Preferred

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Web, browser, scripting, arduino, linux, wireless

Résumé/CV: http://stackoverflow.com/cv/zaf

Email: https://zaf.io/contact-6v.html

zaf··on Responsive Pixel Art
That's great work.
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