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Aug 18, 2010 at 16:07
Recursive debugging: IBM debugged its VM in an older version of VM. Nifty.

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Feb 7, 2026 at 20:55
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Today I learnt about "bypass charging", a phone feature where it can run directly off the mains without using the battery at all. No battery charging, less heat, less battery wear. Nifty.
Here are all the phones that support bypass charging, and why you should use it
Here are all the phones that support bypass charging, and why you should use it
Few phones on the market can draw power directly from the wall, bypassing the battery while charging. But are the benefits tangible enough?
Nov 26, 2022 at 09:52
Self hosting is really nifty, but it's an additional cognitive burden. For example, I can run difftastic on its own history. I use plain git-diff just as often. My best improvements have come from using it in other codebases. It lets me think about one thing at a time
Nov 25, 2022 at 04:23
Uniform function call syntax (UFCS) is nifty: I can write foo(x, y, z) or http://x.foo(y, z). Dot syntax for calls works incredibly well for IDE completion. Are there any languages that explicitly offer UFCS so the IDE experience is better?