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>I'm currently #1 on 5 different very complex computer engineering problems

Ah yes, well known very complex computer engineering problems such as:

* Parsing JSON objects, summing a single field

* Matrix multiplication

* Parsing and evaluating integer basic arithmetic expressions

And you're telling me all you needed to do to get the best solution in the world to these problems was talk to an LLM?

What you're describing is called fixed point arithmetic, a super cool technique I wish more programmers knew about.

Proper finance related code should use it, but in my experience in that industry it doesn't seem very common unless you're running mainframes.

Funnily enough, I've seen a lot more fixed point arithmetic in software rasterizers than anywhere else. FreeType, GDI, WPF, WARP (D3D11 reference rasterizer) all use it heavily.

> It’s the implicit nullability of all reference types which is the mistake, since it leads to undefined behaviour at runtime.

How does the implicit nullability of all reference types lead to "undefined behaviour at runtime" in, for example, Java or C#?

I'm aware that dereferencing NULL pointers in C/C++ is undefined behavior, but I haven't seen this in any other language.

Why is this article at rank 324 (page 11) on the front page when it was posted 1 hour ago, has 33 points, and 70 comments currently.

There's stuff on page 1 of the frontpage with 25 points, posted 8 hours ago, and has 5 comments.

I don't agree at all, Xen was my favorite part of Black Mesa and my least favorite part of the original Half-Life. I was blown away by how good they managed to make it look (with a 2004-era engine, albeit with updates), it's absolutely gorgeous. The gameplay and puzzles were far more fun for me too, and I greatly appreciate that they made this part of the game longer.

But to each his own.

Why do people care so much about doxxing these days?

In most places, doxxing is not illegal. In the places where it is illegal it's usually only when there's stalking/harassment intent behind it. Doesn't appear to be against the HN rules either.

If I have no other better option: walk.

People losing their passports is not a new problem. Embassies can help you out and issue emergency travel documents for such situations.

Just because you're in the woods does not mean you can ignore the law.

Where do I find this mythical wilderness where no laws apply to me?

what about norway

Not super excited to build my next project in a proprietary language with a closed source compiler/toolchain made in Adobe AIR...