what's the point of implementing cooperative "multithreading" (coroutines) with preemptive one (async)?
There was this beautiful little time period where async/await was basically just that: resumable functions. I abused it to implement generators.
Readit Newswchar_t commented on Zig's new plan for asynchronous programs lwn.net/SubscriberLink/10... · Posted by u/messe
wchar_t commented on Compressing Icelandic name declension patterns into a 3.27 kB trie alexharri.com/blog/icelan... · Posted by u/alexharri
I remember that when I was first learning Spanish in high school, I found a piece of (Windows) software that pelted you with a series of pairs of an infinitive and a tense, and you had to conjugate the infinitive accordingly. (Spanish conjugation typically changes the end of the word; irregular verbs tend to involve stem changes). It was fantastic practice and really ingrained the rules; I became a whiz at it.
When I started learning Russian, the declensions (like the ones mentioned in the article) really threw me for a loop. I looked all over for a similar app to explain the patterns and drill rote practice, but never found one.
While slightly off-topic, does anyone know of such an app (web-based or macOS/iOS)?
Do you happen to still have a link to this software?
wchar_t commented on Why Archers Didn't Volley Fire acoup.blog/2025/05/02/col... · Posted by u/StefanBatory
The article's point about the lethality of arrows.. I feel like every Youtube test I've seen on the subject shows that Arrows can pierce even full plate pretty reasonably easily, though this is not scientific at all ofc.
Not plate, unless at very close range and at a very favorable angle. Mail, sure.
I wonder what kind of interesting applications could be done on e-ink harnessing the advantages of the long battery life and not suffering by the slow refresh rate. Sure, porting doom or implementing a terminal is an interesting and probably challenging feat, but still it's applications that don't shine on an e-ink device.
Maybe some "slow" strategy game, that updates upon certain events but might remain unmodified for hours at a time? Or - more in general - an application that is required to be on for a long time but really doesnt' change often.
A traditional roguelike, in the line of TGGW/Cogmind/Nethack/Brogue/DCSS, would probably be nice. Not really a "slow strategy game", granted, but the fact that animations/colors aren't necessary makes it a good fit IMO
Coming from C, I always see these "Self" variables/types as counter-intuitive, and contribute to those cases where a function requires a parameter which I don't have to supply (just for these functions accepting "Self"), which could be an exception instead of a rule. I would rather prefer the C++ "this" keyword usage.
Also, do "Self" kind-of variables occupy memory?
How can I declare a (packed) struct describing a payload in a way that the struct can be then sent "as is" as a network packet?
Let's say this struct has a "calculateChecksum()" method. Will I need to declare "Self"? If so, will be "Self" part of the struct's memory layout?
Nope, since Self is a declaration and not a field it won't take up memory.
The original article is here: https://www.gridsagegames.com/blog/2018/10/how-to-make-a-rog...
The author is the creator of the popular commercial roguelike, Cogmind.
I think I first found out about the site in 2015. It look me 2 1/2 years to get an invite, and I visited it every day, and frequently contributed links. I belive at some point I was among the top 10 users, but I was kicked out because the main admin had some grudge against me, so when I wrote a controversial comment he banned me. Fair enough, his site. Retroactively I think this was for the better, as the climate was getting worse and worse. I have met some of the most dishonest people on that site and had some of the most frustrating discussions I can recall. In this respect, HN is preferable. What is sad is that I don't think this was always the case, and is it Lobste.rs that deteriorated over time. There was a long thread on this last year: https://lobste.rs/s/zp4ofg/lobster_burntsushi_has_left_site.
When I was banned, I sent a message to the administrators whether I could get a machine readable file of all my comments. I thought to myself, if I had already spent all that time commenting, I might as well repost them on my own site. But the administrators all refused to even discuss this with me. I sent them SQL queries and everything, but they didn't even regard me worthy of a response. This was very disappointing and unprofessional.
So what I want to say to the sibling comments who are looking for invites, consider it twice. There are annoying people everywhere, and I haven't found a website format that can prevent these from popping up.
I don't think this is the place to air out all the dirty laundry from the past two years, so I'll just say this: since the time I've joined the site (three years ago), I haven't seen a single ban that wasn't warranted, be it due to a single incident of flouting the site rules or a pattern of behavior.
It is true that the moderators are fairly strict regarding behavior that wouldn't be punished here (such as abusing flags to down vote), but I don't see that as a necessarily bad thing.
Regarding the thread you linked, I'll agree it was the admin's fault for writing the passive-aggressive banner that led to that (well-respected) user leaving.
wchar_t commented on A Review of the Odin Programming Language graphitemaster.github.io/... · Posted by u/gingerBill
It wasn't helped by Ziglang's VP of Community Loris Cro using the term 'full-time safety coomer'.
He apologized: https://twitter.com/croloris/status/1568704125826748416