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> Clearly legacy heavy weight threads, virtual or not, are not superior. Associating virtual threads with "legacy heavy weight threads" is a fundamental misunderstanding > That’s w…

I get why sync of mutiple machines matters for ordering and causality, but why is it a problem for uniqueness?

If you're referring to the SIMD aspect (I assume the other points don't apply here): It depends on your perspective. You could say yes, because the C# benchmark code is utilizing v…

It's not really surprising given the implementations. The C# stdlib just exposes more low-level levers here (quick look, correct me if I'm wrong): For one, the C# code is explicitl…

Yes. What I was trying to imply is that now there is a lightweight processing unit that still is able to suspend on IO (independently and without involvement from the OS scheduler)…

> So, in theory, one can create 100K threads on one machine, but in practice that's going to keep burning processor for GC cycles. The focus on "100k threads" and GC overhead is a …

Don't they charge for every TB exceeding the included limit? (website says "For each additional TB, we charge € 1.19 in the EU and US, and € 8.81 in Singapore.")

I'd argue that the severity varies between languages, despite the core problem being universal. Languages with comprehensive standard libraries have an advantage over those with mi…

> Imagine we have immutable records that hold just data and static classes as function containers, and those functions just act on the records, return some new ones and change no s…

In this case, API does not refer to client/server. The API of the aforementioned static class is the set of its methods and their signatures.

> ...entirely missing the lightweight threading... They deliberately took the longer route, aiming to integrate lightweight threads in a way that doesn't force developers to change…

> Right. It's not a very widespread use case, to be honest. You'd find that most would be N actors for M threads (where N What makes you think that? Having a large number of actors…

I don't get it :(. Why could the same task be executed more than once? From my understanding, if the UPDATE is atomic, only one worker will be able to set `used = 1`. If the update…

Zoom charges VAT based on the local country (or based on the VAT number if you are a company and provide one)

I predict people on hn will use the the expression "I predict" much more often now.

Tutanota is a German company

Translation issue. In German, the expression "... und Co" is a synonym for et cetera.

My main concern with random-based UUIDs always has been running out of entropy and cause the application to remain in a blocking state (e.g. as described here: https://blog.fastthr…

What's the current (2022) take on Hugo vs. Jekyll? I'm also wondering if Github Pages is a good alternative for hosting. Judging from their description, it seems to be free, withou…

Regarding garbage collection: do you think ZGC or Shenandoah could reduce the problems you mentioned?

That's what BioNTech has been researching for years. BNT162b2 is, slightly exaggerated, a by-product. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioNTech : It develops pharmaceutical candi…

The first time I came across varlink was the Podman 1.x remote API for client/server communication between clients and a host with the actual Podman installation. However, in Podma…

From the FAQ: Q: Swiss made, how so? A: I was born in Switzerland. By induction, this clock is Swiss made. QED.