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Unit testing will be built directly into languages as an intrinsic part, like compiler optimization or GC.

Rust and Zig have this, right?

A few weeks ago I learned about tri-point screws when attempting to take out a defective battery in an old MacBook Pro—after spending an hour or two just to get the bottom case off. Pro-tip: watch tutorials until the end before copying what they do...

Just tried this on https://craftinginterpreters.com/a-map-of-the-territory.html and I'm getting weird pauses in the middle of sentences

It looks like Python/Ruby, runs really fast, and uses very little resources.

You should also check out Crystal, which had its 1.0 release earlier this year: https://crystal-lang.org/ (Although, no Windows support yet.)

Regardless of the ancient world, a lot of people today would say that there’s more polarization with the advent of social media.

AI has gotten really good but will it ever develop the necessary imagination to be able to handle all edge cases? If we ever do reach that point, we should require all cars to be AI-driven only so that bad drivers don’t injure themselves or others when they get into these kinds of situations. Until then, something needs to be done before too many people kill themselves by thinking that autonomous cars are more capable than they actually are.

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Stroustrup's talk on this is worth listening to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLzxrzFCyOs

I haven't dug into this yet, but the table of contents appears to be broken.

This makes me imagine some secret alien civilization living in the depths of Venus, using its atmosphere as cover

An issue I see with this is that not everyone has the time or will to customize their OS to their specific needs. In this regard, it might be arguable that Apple has done a reasonably good job at advertising/showcasing the ease of use of macOS out of the box.

I recently saw a PR to Scala that’s a great demonstration of exactly this. The private and sealed keywords have been in Scala forever and someone only just recently came up with the realisation that private classes are effectively sealed. Scala’s been in existence for 16 years!

Slight correction: someone came up with the realisation 7+ years ago[1] but someone else came up with a fix only recently

1: https://github.com/scala/bug/issues/6159?orig=1

It’s scary that civil unrest might be exactly what the Republican party wants.

Genuinely curious, at what point does it become worthwhile to try to create a “new HackerNews”? I myself am still figuring out how to be an adult so I don’t feel that I have much insight to give on this. I’m wondering what any remaining older HN users might think about preserving what’s left (if that makes sense).

@billwurtz:

richard simmons is plural. it's actually 2 guys, they are twins, each one is named richard simmon

@YABOYEZRAFITZ:

can i send text messages using my typewriter? it doesn't give me any instructions in the owners manual

https://same.energy/?q=twitter.com%2Fbillwurtz

Imagine a future where we could put our code into a search engine and then get back apps/programs that have similar functionality...