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Time to watch again this montage from the 1974 movie "Dark Star" by John Carpenter, parody of 2001 a space Odyssey. Topic: "talking to the bomb" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h73…

Not sure it really has huge benefits, but I guess something like this should work: ``` #!/bin/sh N=20 msg_len=$(git log -1 --pretty=%B | wc -c) if [ "$msg_len" -lt "$N" ]; then exi…

Be wary about using an AI that rejects a simple PR (change "return str;" into "return ptr;") based on false statements ("Your PR contains a critical error — the complete removal of…

Maybe the rabbit hole is much deeper than it seems. Is it really possible to reconcile "no bloat" with "fully standard compliant"? Maybe have a look at https://github.com/eyalroz/p…

Created https://github.com/Ferki-git-creator/Uprintf/issues/1 https://github.com/Ferki-git-creator/Uprintf/issues/2 https://github.com/Ferki-git-creator/Uprintf/pull/3 https://gith…

Also floats seem to "forget" the integer part, and also have two minus signs when negative.

Nice. Comprehensive unit tests are indeed welcome. Even a simple test code that tests all features, flags combinations, etc, and outputs a log. It will make easy for anyone to run …

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> visual programming 25 years ago when I read that Microsoft has a software development environment named "Visual Studio" I imagined, well, something with graphs and nodes and flow…

> the 2-color limit per 8x8 block. It's already a big issue with just lights and shadows as it is :-/ Well, you impressed me (and others) with your simple bet that "hey, what if I …

Excellent! A similar program, apparently from 3 years ago, did similar things, in Basic also, on the Amstrad CPC, a machine with the same processor, a little more RAM and more (27)…

You mean, like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ79CdUMfVA Also, not exactly the same type or rendering, but basically word for word what you wrote: the full-screen fully ani…

In my opinion, you're spot on: being deprived of hearing the lowest frequencies typically occurs only when there's a pressure imbalance between the inner and outer ear. Therefore, …

IMHO this is the effect expected by the people who named the function, and the reason why the name is very well chosen. Yes, it's funny but that's not the point. The important thin…

* Context: const and compile-time constants Constructs fully determined at compile time have some benefits. But const in C is weaker than constexpr that C++ has. As prog-fh summari…

> Welcome to Counterexamples in Type Systems, a compendium of horrible programs that crash, segfault or otherwise explode. Many interesting quirks in type systems, surprising inter…

With a nod to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Cunningham#Cunningham's_L... > it is possible to shadow the BASIC ROM on the Amstrad CPC 464 (1984). The ROM and RAM run at the sam…

This page is about memory-mapped hardware registers, not CPU registers. It explains pitfalls in accessing these through low level C definitions, proposes a C++ encapsulation class …

These points are only weakly in favor of such a web app. Don't like CLI? Use gimp or similar. Don't want to install anything? On some OS it might make sense. On that OS consider Pa…

Similar project? https://www.flying-whales.com/ (Not saying if any of those is viable, just mentioning in case it makes the conversation more interesting.)

? It doesn’t even allow non-integer numbers.

That fixes the problem of a buffer content after allocation by the language/runtime/platform. When a buffer is reused at the library/application level, no zeroing is done.

> This page will only work with JavaScript enabled I guess the average HN user has Javascript enabled by default, yet I expected a longer and more informative page than that. ;-)

And even if the region-humidity thing was true, the printer could just print a warning. That would not justify a plain refusal to print, would it?