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One of my agents is kinda like this too. The only operation is SPARQL query, and the only accessible state is the graph database. Since most of the ontologies I'm using are public,…

Both Clang and GCC have musttail attributes than can force tail calls at specific return statements in C/C++.

Idk, `o3-mini-high` was able to pop this Prolog code out in about 20 seconds: solve(WaterDrinker, ZebraOwner) :- % H01: Five houses with positions 1..5. Houses = [ house(1, _, norw…

I found myself empathizing more with MrBeast and his kid audience than the grump who wrote this article.

> When we use the $10B satellite that took 25 years to build, we must be secretive about why we point it at a certain part of the sky. > Then we must gatekeep all data for up to a …

You're gonna want that TrueCoat though...

> not copying and pasting code https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27710287

For cheap esp32-based smartwatches and wristbands, I've had good success with LILYGO and the esp-idf toolchain. $18 T-Wristband: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000527495064.html …

I use NewsBlur in Firefox and via the Android app, and I'm very happy with it.

I like popcount for converting a 2^N-bit uniformly-distributed random number into a N-bit binomially-distributed one. Each bit of the input simulates a random coin flip.

None of the other replies try to explain specifics of how this works, so let me illustrate an example of two teams collaborating to add Feature X to the monorepo without branching:…

Most notably missing from this page: how, where, and when can I get one?

I like this idea a lot! A less powerful solution implemented completely locally: A "known_hosts" file for SSL certificates for repeat visits. As long as you've visited a site once …

Here's the actual commit that was reverted, for anyone curious like me: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-intel/com... Doesn't exactly seem like a lot of work to s…

Amazon Web Services does offer a worldwide CDN, CloudFront. http://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/

Racket supports running multiple (sometimes incompatible) dialects of Scheme through the use of a #lang directive. If you prefix your program with "#lang racket", you get the defin…

> Valve has granted these Intel Linux developers complete access to the game's source-code, including the Source Engine. This has allowed Intel's Linux developers to better investi…

So speaking just in terms of the JRE, is there any reason to download it from Oracle instead of Apple? A separate Oracle updating program is a much less elegant solution than the c…

Just go into your About Me and enable "hidden from timeline" for the @facebook.com email address. Now everything is back to normal.