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_wk47

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    Ask HN: TCP/IP Illustrated, v2 2e?

    I noticed a second edition of volume 1 of TCP/IP Illustrated (released in 2011). Anyone knows if the second edition of volume 2 be produced any time soon?

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    Ask HN: Admin.com Sleeping?

    Has ULSAH been put on sleep mode? Even the email address mentioned at the site is bouncing.

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    Ask HN: X-Kernel Dead?

    x-kernel (https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/projects/xkernel/) seems to be dead. Anyone has any idea about any project to continue that work?

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    Ask HN: Gandi.net Blocked in India?

    Looks like gandi.net has been blocked in India. Issuing pings to: www.gandi.net, as well as, webmail.gandi.net, gives failures. But the same from a US located IP works just fine. I…

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    Twitter preventing viewing without logging in

    Twitter is now preventing viewing any handle/username timeline without first logging into Twitter. I got bumped out for close to 4.5 hours before this submission.

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    Ask HN: Any hobby ideas using an Android-based smartphone?

    I finally arrived at the decision to purchase a smartphone. I decided to go with an Android-based model, most probably those from Nokia, because they are stock, and fit my budget. …

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    Ask HN: Not computer gaming makes me an outlier?

    I never really liked to play computer games. When I was introduced to computers at the age of 14 at high school under MS-DOS, we kids were made to play "Hangman" which I never like…

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    Ask HN: Is using Google Suite considered detrimental?

    I have been using a feature-phone for 10 years and am now considering purchasing an inexpensive Android smartphone, and for the same I am thinking of attaching my only email addres…

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    Ask HN: Any project ideas for a newbie to x64 assembler?

    May I get some ideas for real-world projects written in x64 assembler (gas) under GNU/Linux? Of special interest are ideas which would require finely tuned, fault-tolerant programs…

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    Decision Making by Inanimate Objects?

    There are certain materials (some metal oxides, I think) which adapt to external stimulus quite like sentient beings. Does anyone know of such materials?

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    Can't handwrite, any software alternative for math?

    I haven't handwritten since 1997 and I now need to re-study mathematics from the very beginning for which I'm planning to use the material shared by OpenStax (https://openstax.org/…

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    Does SICP cover the same ground as FoCS?

    Does the material in "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" (https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-4.html#%_toc_start) cover the sa…

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    Mathematics Required for PAIP?

    What would be the pre-requisite mathematics knowledge required to work through "Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming" by Mr Norvig?

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    How to Understand the GUI API of macOS?

    How could one go about probing the internals of macOS to learn about the API driving it's GUI? It would be useful while providing GUI handling capabilities using a language not sup…

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    Why Checked C when there was Verona?

    I'm confused about why Microsoft setup two projects (Verona and Checked C) with similar objectives.

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    Prerequisite knowledge for working through SICP?

    Is it true that one needs to know high school mathematics (upto Calculus) as well as have a good grasp of high school Physics?

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    How to understand Linux “system calls” by developing a library?

    The best way to understand something in software is do an implementation. So how could one go about developing a library for Linux "system calls"?