schaefer (u/schaefer)

schaefer commented on Synadia and TigerBeetle Pledge $512k to the Zig Software Foundation tigerbeetle.com/blog/2025... · Posted by u/cratermoon

morkalork · 13 days ago

Can I hop in here and ask: As someone who hasn't done any systems programming in a decade, what would be more interesting to learn on the side, Zig or Rust? I've been in the Python world and seeing tools like uv and ruff, makes me biased towards Rust but Zig seems to be attracting a lot of hype recently?

Edit: Thank you all for your responses!

schaefer · 13 days ago

only you can decide what you find interesting.

schaefer commented on Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruined the service theregister.com/2025/12/0... · Posted by u/Brajeshwar

pjmlp · 15 days ago

Usually programming languages need that killer project to sell themselves, instead of being something only language nerds play with, Bun was one of such projects.

schaefer · 14 days ago

Bun still exists. as does tigerbeetle

schaefer commented on Advent of Code 2025 adventofcode.com/2025/abo... · Posted by u/vismit2000

jjice · 18 days ago

I _love_ the Advent of Code. I actually (selfishly) love that it's only 12 days this year, because by about half way, I'm struggling to find the time to sit down and do the fantastic problems because of all the holiday activities IRL.

Huge thanks to those involved!

schaefer · 18 days ago

I’m so excited for this year.

schaefer commented on How to write generics in C raphgl.github.io/blog/gen... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti

schaefer · a month ago

A more accurate title would be:

“How to write type safe generics using the C preprocessor”

schaefer commented on Samsung makes ads on smart fridges official with upcoming software update arstechnica.com/gadgets/2... · Posted by u/stalfosknight

schaefer · 2 months ago

boycotted for life. All products.

schaefer commented on Software update bricks some Jeep 4xe hybrids over the weekend arstechnica.com/cars/2025... · Posted by u/gloxkiqcza

kswzzl · 2 months ago

My 4xe died in my driveway on Saturday after the update. Let me explain, from the perspective of a 4xe owner, how bad the response has been from Jeep/Stellantis:

- As of Monday 8am ET, zero legitimate communication from any Jeep-related accounts on any social media platform, or any other form of acknowledgement from the company (unless I've missed something?)

- I only found out about the issue after finally searching a few Jeep groups on Facebook (of all places) to see if anyone else was experiencing the weird failure mode I was after the update.

- The only remotely-official info was from a 'JeepCares' account (which is ran by Jeep) on some random off-roading forum? We were seriously all living off of screenshots from this forum, and the advice coming from the JeepCares accounts was contradictory: they claimed that the Uconnect update was separate from the telematics update, and that there was no way to stop the telematics update if the vehicle received it. Later they gave advice to defer the Uconnect update, making it sound like they were coupled.

- Due to the lack of info from Jeep, people were coming up with all kinds of "if you reboot Uconnect while the Jeep's in ACC mode, it clears the check engine light". This probably did clear the CEL but didn't fix the fault.

- There is no way to tell if you received the bad update.

- There is no way to tell if you received the 'fix' either.

- Dealerships have literally no idea what is going on.

- You're basically at risk of your Jeep going limp (power loss, unable to safely make it to the shoulder) and being stranded on the highway, even as I write this.

schaefer · 2 months ago

My condolences. I wonder if you qualify for a loss-of-use rental under the warranty.

schaefer commented on Discord says 70k users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach theverge.com/news/797051/... · Posted by u/PaulKeeble

o11c · 2 months ago

Lying is usually legal.

And even if lying is illegal in a particular context, it's de-facto legal since nobody ever gets punished for it.

schaefer · 2 months ago

fraud is not legal. There's a difference between lying on the playground and fraud in a business setting.

schaefer commented on iPhone 17 chip becomes the fastest single-core CPU in the world on PassMark tomshardware.com/pc-compo... · Posted by u/fork-bomber

amelius · 3 months ago

People are OK with a dictator as long as they think they are acting in their interest.

See Apple, but also US politics.

schaefer · 3 months ago

and Linus?

schaefer commented on In Maine, prisoners are thriving in remote jobs mainepublic.org/2025-08-2... · Posted by u/voxadam

_qua · 3 months ago

The number of prisoners who are capable of this type of work are minuscule and unlikely to affect wages at large.

schaefer · 3 months ago

just wait...

schaefer commented on E-paper display reaches the realm of LCD screens spectrum.ieee.org/e-paper... · Posted by u/rbanffy

schaefer · 3 months ago

Congrats to Alex and Wenting on the reaching your funding goals for the Modos Developer Kit! I'm a backer and soon to be hacker.

[1]: https://www.crowdsupply.com/modos-tech/modos-paper-monitor