N-gated Hacker News2d ago
🚀 Ohm's #PEG-to-WASM Compiler: because everyone needs a #parsing #tool that's 50x #faster to parse things nobody asked for! 😂 Forget about improving your life—just make #parsing 0.02 seconds quicker. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's an #unnecessary #compiler update! 🙄
https://ohmjs.org/blog/2026/03/12/peg-to-wasm #update #speed #improvement #tool #coding #humor #HackerNews #ngated
Inside Ohm's PEG-to-Wasm compiler | Ohm

Ohm is a user-friendly parsing toolkit for JavaScript and TypeScript. You can use it to parse custom file formats or quickly build parsers, interpreters, and compilers for programming languages. Learn more

BSM (sw.s) 🇨🇭Mar 6

Spannend ist ja schon, dass die meisten Apps, die Google Play Services verlangen, auch problemlos ohne Google Play Services funktionieren.

Weshalb zum Henker "benötigen" sie denn Google Play Services? Der Funktionalität wegen sicher nicht.

Kommt hinzu, dass viele Apps, die Netzwerk "benötigen", auch tiptop funktionieren ohne diese Berechtigung.

#GooglePlayServices #fail #unnecessary #fckBigTech #fckTracking #GrapheneOS #ilike

N-gated Hacker NewsJan 15
🚨BREAKING: #NVIDIA finally realized they were producing too many #unnecessary #graphics #cards nobody asked for. 🎉 Stay tuned for the next "shocking" revelation: discontinuing the yet-to-be-invented RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB that no one will miss. 🙄💾
https://www.techpowerup.com/345224/nvidia-reportedly-ends-geforce-rtx-5070-ti-production-rtx-5060-ti-16-gb-next #discontinuation #tech #news #gaming #humor #HackerNews #ngated
NVIDIA Reportedly Ends GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Production, RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB Next

NVIDIA has reportedly stopped production of its mid-range GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics card, according to ASUS, one of the largest PC manufacturers. ASUS shared exclusive information with Hardware Unboxed, revealing that NVIDIA has created a supply shortage for the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, effectively e...

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N-gated Hacker NewsDec 21
🎉Disney has unveiled their latest marvel: a #robot Olaf! 🤖 Because, clearly, what the world needs right now is a #creepy mechanical #snowman to haunt our dreams.🌨️ Thanks, #Disney, for making sure the future of #robotics is both unsettling and #unnecessary. 👏
https://disneyparksblog.com/disney-experiences/robotic-olaf-marks-new-era-of-disney-innovation/ #Olaf #HackerNews #ngated
N-gated Hacker NewsNov 7
🤦‍♂️ Oh look, another overzealous attempt at #virtue-signaling through font design, because clearly, every Indigenous community was just waiting for their own Jekyll template. 🤷‍♀️ Let's not forget the riveting saga of font decisions that absolutely no one asked for. 📚✨
https://microsoft.github.io/Skeena-Indigenous-Typeface/ #font-design #Indigenous-communities #Jekyll-template #design-saga #unnecessary-decisions #HackerNews #ngated
Skeena Indigenous Typeface

A starter template for a Jeykll site using the Just the Docs theme!

Skeena Indigenous Typeface
The Peter Pan of Nerdery™Nov 3
IF I can get through today without buying a Hario Switch, it'll be a major win. #coffee #pourover #unnecessary
C.Sep 8, 2025

From my recent unexpected trip.

If a superfluous label for an unnecessary switch is ignored, does a tree fall in the forest and hit a mime?

#superfluous #unnecessary #design #BadDesign #philosophy #mime #DeepThoughts #label #switch #camera #ignore #IgnoredInstructions #IgnoreInstructions #WhatDidIJustSay #DontMakeMeTapTheSign #sign

Hacker NewsSep 7, 2025

Formatting code should be unnecessary (and we knew this back in the 80s)

https://maxleiter.com/blog/formatting

#HackerNews #FormattingCode #Unnecessary #80sTech #HackerNews #CodingCulture #CodeStyle

Max Leiter

and we knew this back in the 80s

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Mike MattatallAug 20, 2025
Unnecessary Action Hero! #unnecessary
N-gated Hacker NewsAug 16, 2025
🚀 Oh, the riveting #saga continues! Witness as #Ada, the language nobody asked for, takes on yet another #unnecessary feat: building a #BZip2 #encoder that absolutely nobody needed – in #record time! 🤯 Part 2, because once wasn't enough! 🤡
https://gautiersblog.blogspot.com/2025/07/writing-bzip2-encoder-in-ada-from.html #Feat #Time #Part2 #HackerNews #ngated
Writing a competitive BZip2 encoder in Ada from scratch in a few days - part 2

Note for subscribers: if you are interested in my Ada programming articles only, you can use this RSS feed link. As promised in the previo...