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I'm exactly in the same boat. 25+ years of experience and I use agentic coding exactly to learn better patterns. I often let it implement something, read the code, learn the patter…

GluonScript really doesn't need a garbage collector, because at the end of the day when a script is executing, it is just safe Rust code evaluating expressions. So it's just a Rust…

Really interesting read, especially after I released the initial version of my own interpreter which is also an AST-walking interpreter. My main goal was to understand at a basic l…

I know, but I often use Golang for two reasons: 1. avoids confusion, no matter how unlikely it is in a context like HN, and 2. search engine "findability".

I totally resonate with the author of the post. My main requirement to enjoy a language deeply is often simplicity, so I love languages like, C, Golang, Odin and Zig. That said, I …

Thanks! It says this however: "Expected to ship to customers in February 2025." I wonder if a typo or if batch 2 is already gone too...

Any idea when Pixel86 is going to be available again or how/where to get an ITX-Llama system?

That's exactly what's compelling to me as well. As an absolute fan of KDE and all its features, as well as stability. Who better to seamlessly integrate everything around a KDE des…

TIL about distrobox. It seems like a really neat way to use containers with good host distro integration.

I didn't know this one, thanks. Looks interesting as well.

A long time ago I have used all BSDs and loved them. Eventually the performance of Linux hooked me back, but I guess it's always a good time to go BSD again. I miss the predictabil…

Or you can try to install whatever custom packages you need under $HOME, without the need for any special permissions or FS overlays? But yes, saving snapshots is also a good solut…

Personally I'm interested in distros with an immutable base system. After decades of a lot of tinkering with all sorts of distros, I value a stable core more than anything else. If…

I agree with you in principle. However, this distro in particular makes use of an immutable base system, which although not new, is definitely not extremely common among Linux dist…

No. Obviously Rust is popular outside HN and for instance in my case and other people that I know the interest for Rust is totally unrelated to HN or any other specific platform fo…

I pronounce as CLI as well, at least mentally whenever I read it. I don't often, if ever get the chance to say it out loud, so I wouldn't know. English is not my native language so…

> One possible interpretation is that the brakes when manually applied are insufficient to stop the vehicle when the counterweight provided by the cable is absent. > Another is tha…

One of the issues is that the body consists of a wooden frame, surrounded by a thin sheet of steel to avoid extra weight. So it's not very strong, plus the bulk of the 14 ton mass …

You're welcome. :) Most people here have exactly the same view you expressed. My initial reaction was the same as well. Then, on top of it all there's the political noise where eac…

It's my understanding that this particular funicular system uses eight shoe brakes, where rubber pads basically clamp a metal track (from above and below) causing friction. Hearing…

Yes, as a Portuguese with some patriotic feelings (but also self critical when needed), I was impressed myself with the quality of this report given the time frame.

> Have to read it with time, however as Portuguese I imagine the service done during the same day of the tragedy was as always in our culture, "good enough" and to move on. Coming …

Hopefully that's what this investigation will lead to. Nice videos.

This is not a preliminary report yet, but presents interesting technical data, including a description of how the system works and a detailed timeline of what happened pointing tow…