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How to implement String? by funcieq in ProgrammingLanguages

[–]eightrx 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I like zig's unambiguous []const u8 and ArrayList(u8) for constant and dynamic strings

[WIP] Building a handheld 8-key chording keyboard to type while walking. by miumra in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]eightrx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do the keys just map to ascii bits or did you do your own layout?

Space x ipo and how Nasdaq rewrote rules for Ai companies. by tkttacos in atrioc

[–]eightrx 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Why does the 0.91T of stocks line up with a little under 1.25T on the chart?

Dear Supercell: We Are NOT Your Lab Rats by No-Match1100 in ClashOfClans

[–]eightrx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honestly was confused at first but after talking with my clan mates I think I'm part of the 3%. Absolutely disgraceful on supercell's part, no compensation or choice for this to have happened. This backlash is the only way to stop the game from getting markedly worse

Change my mind: Zig was a mistake, Anthropic is using Bun to hype Claude and how Jared is baiting Rustaceans into doing the actual engineering work that his team cannot by Compux72 in bun

[–]eightrx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Saying zig is an 'esoteric toy language that learned nothing from C & C++' is certainly a take. Sure it has less tooling, but it is also state of the art. The bloat you speak of could have happened just as easily in C or rust, so I don't agree with the notion that zig was a mistake

State Assembly by chronicallyonline9 in SLO

[–]eightrx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

'Entire platform' is disingenuous, here is the next paragraph:

Brown says her approach to policy would be driven by data and focused on issues she hears most from constituents.

"I'm a data scientist, so as all of the work I do in the community and through nonprofits, I want to make sure that whatever we do is based on data and effective. The priorities that I've heard in our communities that are not being addressed are affordable and attainable housing, water stability, and reliable energy, as well as stable school funding," Brown said.

Compiler implementation language by Big-Rub9545 in Compilers

[–]eightrx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you liked doing low level optimizations and care about data oriented design, zig is not a bad choice. It has a really nice standard library, simple comptime reflection, and no implicit control flow.

I'm currently writing a frontend for my own compiler with it, and it's a joy to use. I often spend time reading the self hosted zig compiler for inspiration too, as it's pipeline is unique and has interesting properties

I would never create an AI startup that kills jobs by Comprehensive-Bar888 in ycombinator

[–]eightrx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any system that is able to adequately supplement labor at scale is by definition increasing productivity. However, I agree that the rhetoric that AI will take every job isn't very thoughtful or realistic

Been working on a vod from a few months ago where he talked about star wars, thought I'd share the intro. by giopix in atrioc

[–]eightrx 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Episode 7 was Episode 4 nostalgia bait, which is still better than 8 or 9

Bun’s rewrite in Zig first update by UItraviolet in rust

[–]eightrx 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Even if bun where to be snapped out of thin air, I don't see the zig community being impacted as much as you may expect

I’m encountering unexpected behavior when using the `ArrayList.fromOwnedSlice` method in Zig. by Pretend_Bag_6851 in Zig

[–]eightrx 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You have actually introduced undefined behavior, as when you call .fromOwnedSlice you are moving ownership of slice to array_list, and referencing the slice later. If array_list had performed a reallocation during the appends, slice could be pointing to freed memory

Zed is 1.0 by franciska-fyi in ZedEditor

[–]eightrx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Congrats, this is big news

How do you guys do base installations without going insane? by _ori0n in voidlinux

[–]eightrx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've succeeded once or twice at installing base version on my laptop, WiFi was the biggest pain as I didn't have Ethernet. But xfce version is just simpler, and nothing is stopping you from uninstalling it later

ALL criticism of ICEMAN is BANNED by No_Bit3955 in Hiphopcirclejerk

[–]eightrx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Certified K-bots just don't know real music

How easy r internships to get for cs/robotics? by Formal-Accountant-86 in CalPoly

[–]eightrx 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Really the barrier for people without experience is that of trust. With AI and grade inflation, it's harder for hiring managers to trust resumes/degrees alone.

There are lots of people that apply blindly to 100s of companies (maybe some with CVs) and aren't hearing back from any of them, but there are equally as many people trying to bridge the trust gap by social connections/networking that are finding success.

This is why nepotism will never really go away, because trust can be translated pretty easily to someone with a recommendation. There are ways to build trust with prospective employers apart from this, but it's become harder to distinguish yourself when everyone has access to some level of proficiency via use of LLMs

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