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		An Empirical Investigation into Programming Language Syntax [pdf] (vidarholen.net)
		2 points by andsoitis 5 months ago \| past
		I wasted weeks hand optimizing assembly because I benchmarked on random data (vidarholen.net)
		391 points by thunderbong 10 months ago \| past \| 187 comments
		“Dynamic programming” is not referring to “computer programming” (vidarholen.net)
		422 points by r4um 10 months ago \| past \| 211 comments
		The key to understanding Dynamic Programming: it's not computer programming (vidarholen.net)
		3 points by ingve 10 months ago \| past
		Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code over time (vidarholen.net)
		178 points by microsoftedging 11 months ago \| past \| 264 comments
		I wasted weeks hand optimizing assembly because I benchmarked on random data (vidarholen.net)
		4 points by ingve on April 2, 2025 \| past \| 1 comment
		What was the point of [ "x$var" = "xval" ]? (2021) (vidarholen.net)
		82 points by fanf2 on Sept 28, 2024 \| past \| 49 comments
		Why is /usr/bin/test 4kiB smaller than /usr/bin/[? (vidarholen.net)
		5 points by fomine3 on June 28, 2024 \| past \| 2 comments
		Finitecurve.com: TSP art on a CPU budget (vidarholen.net)
		1 point by martinhath on Nov 7, 2023 \| past
		Finitecurve.com: TSP art on a CPU budget (vidarholen.net)
		4 points by benhoyt on Oct 9, 2023 \| past \| 1 comment
		Occurrences of words in Linux kernel source over time (vidarholen.net)
		1 point by askiiart on May 9, 2023 \| past
		What was the point of [ “x$var” = “xval” ]? (2021) (vidarholen.net)
		257 points by pabs3 on March 4, 2023 \| past \| 161 comments
		Useless Use of "dd" (2015) (vidarholen.net)
		395 points by RaoulP on May 23, 2022 \| past \| 252 comments
		Occurences of words in the Linux kernel source code (vidarholen.net)
		5 points by memorable on May 17, 2022 \| past \| 1 comment
		Finitecurve.com: TSP art on a CPU budget (vidarholen.net)
		3 points by ingve on Oct 18, 2021 \| past
		Occurrences of words in the Linux kernel source code over time (vidarholen.net)
		3 points by marcodiego on Oct 13, 2021 \| past
		Swap on HDD: Does placement matter? (vidarholen.net)
		92 points by ingve on Sept 7, 2021 \| past \| 92 comments
		Occurrences of words in Linux kernel source over time (vidarholen.net)
		1 point by ducktective on Sept 2, 2021 \| past
		Overwriting Hard Drive Data: The Great Wiping Controversy (2008) [pdf] (vidarholen.net)
		32 points by Tomte on Aug 29, 2021 \| past \| 40 comments
		Signal Propagation (vidarholen.net)
		3 points by hjek on July 28, 2021 \| past
		Tricking the tricksters with a next level fork bomb (2019) (vidarholen.net)
		2 points by WayToDoor on April 30, 2021 \| past
		Schadenfreude : Tricking the tricksters with a next level fork bomb (vidarholen.net)
		3 points by signa11 on April 30, 2021 \| past
		What was the point of [ “x$var” = “xval” ]? (vidarholen.net)
		414 points by JNRowe on April 12, 2021 \| past \| 227 comments
		Why is /usr/bin/test 4kiB smaller than /usr/bin/[? (vidarholen.net)
		25 points by ingve on April 5, 2021 \| past \| 5 comments
		Overwriting Hard Drive Data: The Great Wiping Controversy (2008) [pdf] (vidarholen.net)
		2 points by Tomte on Jan 27, 2021 \| past
		Two simple tips for shell commands in tech docs (vidarholen.net)
		3 points by chanux on Dec 19, 2020 \| past
		${var?} and and&: Two simple tips for shell commands in tech docs (vidarholen.net)
		2 points by ingve on Dec 16, 2020 \| past \| 2 comments
		Adventures in String Reversal (2013) (vidarholen.net)
		1 point by beagle3 on Nov 9, 2020 \| past
		Echo/printf to write images in 5 LoC with zero libraries or headersnetpbm (vidarholen.net)
		129 points by stargrave on Nov 5, 2020 \| past \| 23 comments
		Overwriting Hard Drive Data: The Great Wiping Controversy [pdf] (vidarholen.net)
		3 points by adrianton3 on Oct 10, 2020 \| past
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