dcompute VS hn-search

Shameless plug: LDC (the LLVM based D compiler) can already target CUDA (and OpenCL) and wraps its API and all of the nasty details involved in replicating <<<>>> kernel launches with https://github.com/libmir/dcompute/ with a sane syntax that's type safe. LLVM handles the codegen, and all of the "magic" is done in the library.

As noted elsewhere it seems your experience is somewhat outdated: the releases of the LLVM D Compiler (one of the two compilers worth using for production builds, the other being GDC) are buffered to the bugs introduced in DMD (which is more stable than it used to be although there are still regressions), and there is a fork based GC available for linux, but as the GC will only ever trigger on allocation, don't use it and it won't collect.

> While C++ is not by any means a great meta-language, it's improved considerably since that time.

C++ has also painted itself into a corner multiple times too, which despite being technically an improvement over the status quo are lacking severely in their utility. C++ screwed up "constexpr if" big time by always introducing a scope (which costs you a pair of {}'s in the rare occasion you need one) which means you can't conditionally insert declarations (i.e. variables, structs/classes, functions).

> but beyond the novelty you'd hardly find a mature or reliable codebase written by a team of professionals using hacks like [string manipulation and mixins].

They are a wonderful hack when you need them and nothing else will do what you want. This is not unlike resorting to macros in C++, except that its hygienic, unlike macros.

I'm not claiming the project is mature and I'm only one person, but reliable definitely out there. The most heinous set of string mixins i've ever written[1] has definitely got to be the code for generating wrappers to call the OpenCL object property querying functions (clGetDeviceInfo & friends). You need to pass a size and a void pointer to the address of the return object that you have to call once, twice or more (depending on the type of the queried property) to figure out how much memory you need to allocate to call it again.

The important thing is that the interface[2] you use to drive this code generation is very clean and return on investment for getting the generic case correct is large.

[1]: https://github.com/libmir/dcompute/blob/master/source/dcompu...

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If it's not [flagged], there's no flagging and hence also no flagging ring. baybal2 has been banned on and off for years now https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

The submitted title was "Gary Killdall, creator of CP/M, wrote Pixar's original 3D renderer".

Submitters: If you want to say what you think is important about an article, that's fine, but do it by adding a comment to the thread. Then your view will be on a level playing field with everyone else's: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...

(From https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html: "Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize.")

Vision therapy for myopia helps some people, but not everyone, likely due to genetic and neuroplasticity differences, https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu.... Nevertheless, many of the principles are useful for children whose eyes and brains are still developing.

I'm a huge Tesla skeptic, but Tesla and Musk are lightning rods for tabloid-style garbage that doesn't belong on HN, so it doesn't surprise me that we often see negative Tesla content flagged to death. Meanwhile we also see plenty of content that hits the front page and stays there [0].

Do you have examples of professional, interesting Tesla content that got flagged?

[0] More than half of the past year's most popular Tesla articles were negative: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&page=0&prefix=tru...

It's April 23rd, 2024, and I am still looking for a good, reliable, honest and simple search engine.

All I want to do is search.

No AI.

No ads.

No shopping.

Please don't "Answer my question." I enjoy doing my own original research, thanks.

I'm entirely willing - wanting even - to pay for it.

Currently Kagi has my $, but I'm saddened and frustrated that they're not even focused on Search, they're focused on AI[1] and t-shirts.

Amazingly, in 2024, there is still a market opportunity for a good search engine.

It can't really just be me, can it?

[1]: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=%22kagi%22+%22ai%22

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For historical purposes

Most likely because there have been oodles of low-quality stories on these topics. We turned the flags off on this one since it maybe rises above the noise (see https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... for past explanations on how we approach that).

Hey HN,

I'm sure you've seen the monthly "Ask HN: What Are You Working On?" headlines on [Hacker News](https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...).

Honestly, it's my favorite topic because it's packed with insights about what other hackers are up to.

I wondered what it would be like if instead of just a headline, there was a whole website where hackers could post daily updates, and where we could follow the hackers we're interested in for their latest updates. And so, this web site was born.

I hope it gets used frequently so we can all benefit from it together. I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Let me know what you think!

I don't know what one thing you're referring to, but it's a core principle of HN to try to avoid repetition, and especially the repetition+indignation combo, which is the commonest and most tedious thing on the internet.

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