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Stories by mjn

Tag proposal: D
L 72 pts 10 comments by mjn Mar 6, 2018 dmeta Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Proposal for a new tag, `d`, for articles about the programming language [D](https://dlang.org/). Spurred by [this thread](https://lobste.rs/s/b4qki7/advent_d#c_wzpmbc). There is just enough posting about it to warrant a tag, imo. Pragmatically it would be nice because it's otherwise not easy to sea...
Operator precedence by textual substitution (kmjn.org)
L 70 pts 4 comments by mjn May 15, 2022 fortranhistoricalplt Programming Languages / CS TheoryCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Proposed Top-Level Domain String for Private Use (icann.org)
L 52 pts 26 comments by mjn Jan 27, 2024 networking Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Portable EPUBs (willcrichton.net)
L 50 pts 18 comments by mjn Jan 25, 2024 web Web Development thread
Bicameral, Not Homoiconic (parentheticallyspeaking.org)
L 47 pts 25 comments by mjn Dec 2, 2024 lispplt Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
A history of modern init systems, 1992-2015 (blog.darknedgy.net)
L 43 pts 0 comments by mjn Sep 7, 2015 unix Systems / Low-Level / OSCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Tag proposal: AI
L 42 pts 10 comments by mjn Jun 14, 2017 aimeta AI / Machine Learning thread
There are a reasonable number of AI stories submitted here, but no good tag for it. *Some* fit in [`cogsci`](https://lobste.rs/t/cogsci), but a lot of the AI stuff filed there is a bit of a stretch to call cognitive science, and just submitted there for lack of a better place ([example](https://lobs...
Next generation video: Introducing AV1 (people.xiph.org)
L 40 pts 0 comments by mjn Apr 9, 2018 compsci Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
What are you working on this week?
L 39 pts 83 comments by mjn Sep 4, 2017 askpractices Productivity / Career / Business thread
The weekly thread to discuss what you have done recently and are working on this week. Be descriptive, and don’t hesitate to ask for help!
PostScript’s sudden death in Sonoma (eclecticlight.co)
L 38 pts 8 comments by mjn Sep 25, 2023 mac Apple / macOS / iOS thread
Mandatory short duration TLS certificates are probably coming soon (utcc.utoronto.ca)
L 36 pts 60 comments by mjn Apr 13, 2025 securityweb Web DevelopmentSecurity / Privacy thread
Don’t Implement Unification by Recursion (philipzucker.com)
L 34 pts 4 comments by mjn Oct 28, 2024 plt Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Supporting half-precision floats is really annoying (futhark-lang.org)
L 34 pts 1 comments by mjn Aug 13, 2021 compilersplt Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS Theory thread
Plain HTML with a few bureaucratic gestures (kmjn.org)
L 33 pts 24 comments by mjn Feb 12, 2017 web Web Development thread
The Solution of the Zodiac Killer's 340-Character Cipher (arxiv.org)
L 32 pts 9 comments by mjn Apr 3, 2024 cryptography thread
Using AWK and R to parse 25tb (livefreeordichotomize.com)
L 31 pts 10 comments by mjn Jun 10, 2019 scienceunix Systems / Low-Level / OSScience / Math / Physics thread
Why CircleCI is no longer using Clojure's core.typed (blog.circleci.com)
L 31 pts 18 comments by mjn Sep 23, 2015 lisp Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
What is code? (bloomberg.com)
L 31 pts 7 comments by mjn Jun 11, 2015 cultureprogramming Programming (General)Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
It’s Time for a Modern Synthesis Kernel (blog.regehr.org)
L 29 pts 6 comments by mjn Jul 2, 2019 osdev Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
The half-life of code and the ship of Theseus (erikbern.com)
L 29 pts 5 comments by mjn Dec 6, 2016 programmingvisualization Programming (General)Design / UX / Visualization thread
Lisp Query Notation (inconvergent.net)
L 27 pts 4 comments by mjn Jan 17, 2024 lisp Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Reddit had a security incident (reddit.com)
L 27 pts 26 comments by mjn Aug 1, 2018 securityweb Web DevelopmentSecurity / PrivacyInternet / Digital Culture thread
The fading out of multi-architecture Unix environments (utcc.utoronto.ca)
L 26 pts 12 comments by mjn Nov 20, 2019 unix Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Towards Scala 3 (scala-lang.org)
L 26 pts 2 comments by mjn Apr 20, 2018 scala Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
ViperCard, a web-based re-creation of HyperCard (vipercard.net)
L 26 pts 4 comments by mjn Mar 28, 2018 artreleaseweb Web DevelopmentCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Why Today’s Humanoids Won’t Learn Dexterity (rodneybrooks.com)
L 25 pts 5 comments by mjn Sep 27, 2025 ai AI / Machine Learning thread
Which Programming Language Should I Teach First? (parentheticallyspeaking.org)
L 25 pts 35 comments by mjn Aug 24, 2025 education Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Advice on how to take a screenshot (1985) (kmjn.org)
L 25 pts 3 comments by mjn Oct 19, 2018 historical Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
The Myst Graph: A New Perspective on Myst (glthr.com)
L 24 pts 4 comments by mjn Apr 10, 2025 games Gaming / Retro Computing thread
Ted Nelson: Here I Stand, at Age 80 (youtube.com)
L 24 pts 9 comments by mjn Sep 5, 2017 historicalpersonvideo Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread