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Do HN threads get locked?

Also, if you can abstract away at a sufficiently low level why not just do it in C where there's already a generation of experience and familiarity?

I was expecting to see this type of response. I don't program at low levels but it seems like this would be the responding answer. Kernel programmers would be using something else …

Not have I seen it, I've been involved in hiring the person for their next role. There's a lot to be suspicious of but I think most people have been in a position where the persona…

I once worked with a guy who had previously worked for GCHQ doing something with cyphers/cryptography. He said he had never consumed more drugs in his life than during that period.…

I think it might be related to this: https://hackaday.com/tag/logitech-unifying-receiver/

That statement confused me too... I think she/he means the Game Boy Advanced (ARM7TDMI @ 16.78 MHz): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Advance

They also get dumped every where. The oBikes look awful too. Ofo bikes are of a reasonable quality but obikes on the other hand have never tempted me to use them.

I’m new to Openshift (about a month in) after a year of low level (hand rolled HA cluster) kubernetes experience. I don’t rate the experience in Openshift. It seems like they are t…

Is the date 2002 correct? Which browser was that released for?

Grammar police warning: The comma in “if it doesn’t crash, the bug is present” actually makes the intention more difficult to understand.

It’s a regular occurrence on HN someone dropping an acronym that is so obscure or specific to the topic at hand, and without explanation, that no amount of googleitsu will find the…

There’s a subset of drivers in the UK who have a resentment to sharing the road with cyclists. Their primary arguments follow; “car drivers pay road tax...” or “cyclists should be …

What does this mean in reality... You could make derivative works of the original Mickey Mouse free from copyright infringement? Would copyright still be in place for subsequent Mi…

It is a secret if you answer the question incorrectly and only you know what the real-fake answer is!

Perhaps not targeted at children specifically but probably child friendly (PG?) I enjoyed the Great War series on YouTube. It is giving a week by week account of the events in WW1 …

Not on my iPad... Which browser are you on? I used the arrows on the side of the slide not underneath.

Ah, I see it now. Apologies!

How did you deduce those figures? 50% of 100 is 50. 70% of 50 is 35. Meaning: 1) 50 out of 100 people were infect, 2) 35 of which would die, 3) leaving 50 who didn't get infected, …

My Nexus 7 (2012) was exactly the same... Lost my phone last week and needed a device to use in the meantime. Installed Cyanogenmod 12.1 on the Nexus and it's measures of magnitude…