We have used too many levels of abstractions — "No, it's less effort than that" — and Progress on No-GIL CPython

Issue #1292 — October 22, 2023

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We have used too many levels of abstractions unixsheikh.com \| points: 718 \| comments: 468

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"No, it’s less effort than that" smartguess.is \| points: 368 \| comments: 318

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Progress on No-GIL CPython lwn.net \| points: 337 \| comments: 208

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What every developer should know about GPU computing codeconfessions.substack.com \| points: 321 \| comments: 106

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Mitigating the Hetzner/Linode XMPP.ru MitM interception incident devever.net \| points: 321 \| comments: 118

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O3DE o3de.org \| points: 267 \| comments: 59

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FPGA N64 ultrafp64.com \| points: 261 \| comments: 47

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F-Droid: Android FOSS app store f-droid.org \| points: 260 \| comments: 76

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The shortest papers ever published (2016) paperpile.com \| points: 230 \| comments: 73

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Don’t use DISTINCT as a "join-fixer" red-gate.com \| points: 218 \| comments: 151

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With Firefox on X11, any page can pastejack you anytime (middle button paste) openwall.com \| points: 199 \| comments: 166

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Pigging en.wikipedia.org \| points: 197 \| comments: 69

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How to self study pure math – a step-by-step guide [video] youtube.com \| points: 192 \| comments: 37

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Reddit mods dumped tokens hours before blockchain program termination cointelegraph.com \| points: 183 \| comments: 98

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Twitch will now let streamers simultaneously stream on any service they want theverge.com \| points: 178 \| comments: 96

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The Pixel 8 Pro’s Tensor G3 off-loads all generative AI tasks to the cloud notebookcheck.net \| points: 175 \| comments: 95

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Ask HN: Why has no one replaced Ticketmaster? news.ycombinator.com \| points: 171 \| comments: 138

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How the creator of Alone in the Dark came back to games news.play.date \| points: 170 \| comments: 52

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AI Reduces the World to Stereotypes restofworld.org \| points: 161 \| comments: 113

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Adtech surveillance and government surveillance are often the same eff.org \| points: 147 \| comments: 25

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