2026-06-15T00:28:08Z https://njump.me rob pike https://njump.me/npub16s49cyez927vm69a3vrfckav2pmulculhrzz95cgl82p8r4hd8eq2mpvtz https://media.hachyderm.io/accounts/avatars/109/617/820/723/553/356/original/54d2be5e385f9616.jpg https://media.hachyderm.io/accounts/avatars/109/617/820/723/553/356/original/54d2be5e385f9616.jpg https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdfuzlapa907s26w8saxk3szvl3uwjx4jzkfmp08gk80ys9sj70xczyr2z5hqnyg4ten0ghk9sd8zm43g80nlrn7uvggknpruagyuwka5ly4yzlmq I find something profound in recursive descent parsing, both the idea of it and the coding of it. For me it&#39;s one of the more beautiful things in mathematics, let alone computing. 2025-12-09T10:04:47Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq3wyfznwpph9pwq5wtg6fhd50309ysptfn03g8wfz9mzceplsgfqzyr2z5hqnyg4ten0ghk9sd8zm43g80nlrn7uvggknpruagyuwka5lyugaqrv November 10, 2009, celebrating Go&#39;s launch. L to R: Ian Taylor, Russ Cox, Jini Kim, Rob Pike, Robert Griesemer, Kai Backman, Ken Thompson, Adam Langley.<br/><br/>15 years young.<br/><br/><a href="https://go.dev/blog/15years">https://go.dev/blog/15years</a><br/><br/> <img src="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/113/467/578/197/442/543/original/ece0cd1ed285c8e4.png"> 2024-11-12T02:17:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxdxmsj8ul7mugsvh7fyvmfrdssgvfwjdvd6nznjj8lhdwp4e84qczyr2z5hqnyg4ten0ghk9sd8zm43g80nlrn7uvggknpruagyuwka5ly3q6d7f Ed is the standard text editor.<br/><br/><a href="https://merveilles.town/@prahou/113090745115878995">https://merveilles.town/@prahou/113090745115878995</a> 2024-09-06T20:27:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswt72vmxpr6f2fe0nxhj7duxhjrlxgaj8690a5pzymtsd4037f7cgzyr2z5hqnyg4ten0ghk9sd8zm43g80nlrn7uvggknpruagyuwka5ly6n23nl There are three hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and getting your video game character onto a ladder. 2024-07-17T09:31:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2jcq2mlr6wne9z2du2uzj8maudxyduacrtefpcdjlca3ha3we2nqzyr2z5hqnyg4ten0ghk9sd8zm43g80nlrn7uvggknpruagyuwka5ly97rhga Wow, Chudnovsky&#39;s algorithm converges fast! I put it into ivy (code in the alt text) and the first term alone is good to 10 digits. Each term adds 30+ bits to the precision. Here the argument to chudpi is how many terms to sum.<br/><br/>)get &#39;chudpi.ivy&#39;<br/><br/>chudpi 0<br/>3.1415926535897342076684535915782983407622<br/><br/>log pi - chudpi 0<br/>-30.4607171517456828366955039144850114298603<br/><br/>log pi - chudpi 10<br/>-357.9935248416118262945083838384929862494035<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/112/794/329/318/234/450/original/e90536eaced004b8.png"> 2024-07-16T04:41:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsv57g0625xr8hnch2xaj64qct20m3kpdd6cpqafgtn6l7w4evassszyr2z5hqnyg4ten0ghk9sd8zm43g80nlrn7uvggknpruagyuwka5lysel72l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8w00ny8h4gqtchkh8yfgqlrnum9x3fyyljtdyxq4ey6fzu6lfkhgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43q3g5efx'>nevent1q…5efx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1q37nkurqzm0uy6g9n7s9xkqmy5fqwne8l6k4la08pqvu5986q2usjzk2ta" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1q37nkurqzm0uy6g9n7s9xkqmy5fqwne8l6k4la08pqvu5986q2usjzk2ta</span> (<span class="italic">npub1q37…k2ta</span>)</a></span> Did you know it was actually the second Italian translation? The first was so bad we complained and the publisher pulled it. 2024-04-23T13:01:04Z