Readit Newsrudolfwinestock commented on Scriptable operating systems with Lua (2014) [pdf] netbsd.org/~lneto/dls14.p... · Posted by u/type0
Years ago, there was a project for Linux (now defunct) that used Scheme to script the Linux kernel.
Another source: https://www.hackster.io/news/zilog-calls-time-on-the-venerab...
Note that only the standalone DIP-packaged variant of the Z80 will be discontinued. It does not apply to the embedded core variants.
From the page:
EpubPress is a browser extension for Chrome & Firefox for turning your favorite web content into ebooks.
Benefits: 1)Removes ads and other distractions, for a cleaner reading experience. 2) Makes content available offline, for reading on the go. 3) Viewable on all your devices (Kindle, Nooks, iPhone, iPad, PC etc.). 4) Groups relevant content together.
jrnl
This is a command line journaling application.
rudolfwinestock commented on H-1B visa fraud alive and well amid anti-abuse efforts theregister.com/2024/04/0... · Posted by u/rbanffy
Why is there a lottery anyway instead of a salary ranking/salary threshold system? This'd disincentivize bad actors, ensure the US domestic labor pool is not undercut, and (more or less) lead to higher quality H-1B immigrants.
You just answered your own question.
rudolfwinestock commented on Gravity Helps Show Strong Force Strength in the Proton jlab.org/news/releases/gr... · Posted by u/thunderbong
From the article: “At its peak, this is more than a four-ton force that one would have to apply to a quark to pull it out of the proton,” Burkert explained.
rudolfwinestock commented on Horrible edge cases to consider when dealing with music (2022) dustri.org/b/horrible-edg... · Posted by u/pabs3
Related: https://github.com/minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings
The Big List of Naughty Strings is a list of strings which have a high probability of causing issues when used as user-input data.
rudolfwinestock commented on Ask HN: What is the highest hourly billing rate that you have ever heard of? · Posted by u/syedkarim
Omg! Do you know his utilization rate?
No. He's a friend of a friend.
Does show the bias towards the American end of Anglo-American analytic philosophy though.
Quine is ponderous. No idea how David Lewis made it to the top of the list either.
Without Wittgenstein included, to me this list seems fairly pointless. Realise he might not be close to the top but without his work most of these American philosophers would be nowhere. Maybe I have a different idea as what counts as “contemporary”. Hume seems pretty contemporary to me. So does Nietzsche.
No kidding. I tried to learn predicate logic by reading his works (mainly Methods of Logic). I wanted to throw his books across the room. I made it, but comparing his treatment of the completeness and compactness theorems with Tao's treatment was enlightening (and infuriating).
It's as though Quine worked hard at being obscure.