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I think it looks cool. The pricing is way too steep, though.

For example, think questions like "What happens when you type an address in your browser and hit enter?" Questions which one could answer by going at great lengths and demonstrate …

I'm curious as to what is your way of finding out about the latest books worth reading, either updated editions of already well-known ones, or brand new?

Hey HN! I want to share a project I've been working on: a handcrafted virtual stack machine with a reduced instruction set. The programs for the VM are written in a minimal, dynami…

I had several gigs on a freelancing website, but nothing beyond that. I do, however, believe that I could easily land a junior position.

For context, I'm in my late 20s and wrote my first snippets almost a decade ago. Initially, I considered enrolling in a formal program, but my math skills at the time (required for…

https://rust-lang.github.io/async-book/ https://rust-unofficial.github.io/too-many-lists/ https://rust-unofficial.github.io/patterns/ https://nnethercote.github.io/perf-book/ https…

A rather unfortunate name for a piece of software I must notice.

TIL one could get MSc without doing BSc first.

I can see one potential issue with counting down instead of up. The maximum number of hops a packet can traverse along the path is 255 because TTL is an 8-bit field. This means the…

I wrote a minimal traceroute(1) clone that leans on asynchrony to reduce the time spent tracing a route. Underneath, it uses ICMP to do its job. The plan is to add support for UDP …

There's "tech" beyond programming languages - for example, computer networks.

What's Duolingo Desktop? I'm on Linux.

Thanks for the recommendation. Indeed, the rates are reasonable. I'll check it out.

I agree that having regular conversations in your target language is a good path to fluency. However, finding a conversation partner who is willing to work with you is hard. Unless…

My initial exposure to English was through video games. Then as a fifth-grader, I was sent to a private language school where I had group classes with other kids. However, being a …

Undoubtedly, an average person knowing how to interpret facial expressions and, more broadly, body language and emotions could benefit in many ways in their daily life. However, I …