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Hacker News mentions (504)

• Jank's new persistent string is fast

  Sure, but in a language without the zero terminator the empty string doesn't need an allocation. With a zero terminator, only SSO allows us to avoid that. There are a lot of empty strings. [On a typical modern 64-bit computer] An empty Rust std::String is 24 bytes, exactly the same as the Clang libc++ std::string as somewhat smaller than an MSVC or GCC std::string Most strings are "pretty small" but... - Source: Hacker News / 4 days ago

• eBPF, sidecars, and the future of the service mesh

  William: My current role primarily shapes my strategy. I learn a lot from the engineers and users of Linkerd, who are at the forefront of these technologies. I also keep myself updated by reading discussions on Reddit platforms like r/kubernetes and r/Linkerd. Occasionally, I contribute to or follow discussions on Hacker News. Overall, my primary source of knowledge comes from the experts I work with daily, giving... - Source: dev.to / 8 days ago

• Creating a Safari webarchive from the command line

  A simpler, cross-platform, solution is to use headless Chrome to save pages as PDFs. Example I just tried and worked for me: > chrome.exe --headless --no-sandbox --disable-gpu --print-to-pdf=page.pdf https://news.ycombinator.com I know you can specify cookies, existing sessions and existing profiles in case authentication is required. - Source: Hacker News / 10 days ago

• GPT-4o

  Asking it about a user that doesn't exist (grdevhux1536): The user "grdevhux1536" on Hacker News demonstrates a thoughtful and analytical tone in their writing. They often engage deeply with technical topics, providing insightful comments and constructive criticism. Their expertise seems to be in software development and computer science, often discussing topics like LED game platforms and reverse engineering old... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

• Show HN: Hacker Search – A semantic search engine for Hacker News

  Thanks for the feedback! One big distinction with the "site:https://news.ycombinator.com" hack is that the search on Hacker Search directly runs against the underlying link's contents, rather than whatever happens to be on HN. We also more directly leverage HN's curation by factoring in scores. Appreciate your suggestions; will look into building those! - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

Macsales.com mentions (31)

• Which replacement battery brands are reliable?

  I always bought my batteries from OWC, good experiences. https://eshop.macsales.com. Source: 11 months ago

• Fixing my 2015 MacBook Pro?

  Check out OWC for really good SSD replacements. They have a guide that will show you which drive to get for your model. Source: about 1 year ago

• Scratch Live keeps Pausing

  OWC has SSD's & RAM for Macs you can search your specific model. Source: about 1 year ago

• I have a 2012 iMac, needs a new HD and is not supported by Apple anymore. Anything worthwhile I could do with it?

  OWC offers kits and instructions for either installing a new SSD or replacing the internal HD with an SSD. Also, if you’ve got a 27” iMac, you can upgrade the memory to 32 GB. Source: about 1 year ago

• Intel MacBook Pro’s - are they still worth it?

  Depends on what your use is going to be. Apple refurbished has all different configurations of 2019 16" MBP you can get AppleCare+. You can find good deals on swappa, just don't hesitate another site is MacSales Going M1 refurbished is fine too. 8GB is fine for the majority of the people using them. There are developers still using the 13" MBA from 2017. Source: about 1 year ago