bad_login's comments

On: Let's create a Tree-sitter grammar

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Maybe tweaking the rules of the parser and check if it reduce the size of : #define STATE_COUNT 20290 #define LARGE_STATE_COUNT 10594

in parser.c

[gcr → bad_login]

That's a good idea, thanks!

On: XML is the future

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Here is the racket view of xml

https://docs.racket-lang.org/sxml/SXML.html

more examples: https://docs.racket-lang.org/sxml/ssax.html

and then you can manipulate your sxml with https://docs.racket-lang.org/reference/match.html

On: French govt. says users of uBlock Origin, Signal etc. are potential terrorists

[bad_login]

Ah ah like when we used to say : Russia, China and North Korea exist on completely separate spectrums.

On: EarthDAO – We are buying the Earth

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This project will moon for sure.

On: Clojure for the Erlang VM

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Tail Call Optimization is an optimization done by the compile/vm that replace (in assembly terms) a CALL by a JMP. Therefore removing a call stack.

[sb8244 → bad_login]

Correct. BEAM does real TCO as far as I'm aware. LYSE has a blurb about it and seems to agree (https://learnyousomeerlang.com/recursion).

On: Ask HN: How do I understand the results of my job search?

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I have landed a new job recently and during the job search I also did statistics.

For context I am 30 year old french, had my one and only job for 6 years doing PHP (sf2, postgres, redis, solr, rest), I have a 2 year degree where in europe most people have a 3 to 5 year degree.

Here is my statistics to applying to ads on indeed:

France: - application: 40 - noreply: 20 - phone screen: 7 - interview: 3 - landed: 1

Luxembourg (french speaking): - application: 18 - noreply: 9 - phone screen: 5 - interview: 1 - landed: 1

Remote (europe): - application: 7 - noreply: 5 - interview: 0

Spain(5)/Portugal(2)/Uk(2)/Switzerland(1): - application: 10 - noreply: 1 - phone screen: 5 - interview: 3 - landed: 0

My takes over are:

- Cover letter doesn't increase my chances of having a reply.

- Changing my CV after the feedback of a recruiter (he asked me to lie by omission) didn't improved my chances.

- I don't apply to company I recognize the name. If I do lots of people do too therefor there is a lots of better candidates than me and the company can afford to run me through many interviews.

- I don't apply to company that do more than 1 interview, they have too much time on their hands to find a reason not to hire me.

- I don't apply to company that specifically ask for a 3 to 5 years degree even if I fit the rest of the requirements.

This last job search (the one that landed my first job 7 years ago wasn't a bliss either) made me feel extremely under-confident in my capacity to grow my career even having a job.

[croisillon → bad_login]

Unsolicited advice: apply to companies who require a longer degree. After a couple years what you studied doesn't matter any more, experience is king.

On: Ask HN: Who Here Is Working to Fix the Environment?

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Robotics solutions targeting recycling https://zenrobotics.com/

On: It’s probably never going to work in German

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I suspect english words starting with 'ph' come from french, french words with 'ph' used 'ph' instead of 'f' (same sound) to emphase the fact the word borrow greek root (but who care the word come from greek, does it make it easier to learn? one more shitty rule of french).

[jimmy1 → bad_login]

Granted I don't have hard data on the "ph" fact, the source is pretty credible in my opinion. The fact appeared in an article written for the British Council, co-authored by Martha Peraki, a Linguistics PhD recipient from American University.

Heuristically, the "rule" passes the eyeball test: philosophy, physical, photo, phrase, philanthropy, phobia, phage, phalange, phalanx, phallic, phase, pharmacy, phantom, phenomenon, phone, photons, photosynthesis, physician, physique, phytoplankton, so on and so forth

The overwhelming majority of these words are greek transliterations https://www.thefreedictionary.com/words-that-start-with-ph

(in fact I am having a hard time finding even one word that isn't -- i think "phreak" is the only one I can find)

On: This Old Lisp

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According to Mathew Flatt it will fasten racket.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t09AJUK6IiM

On: Startup Nation? Entrepreneurs Still Toil in Macron's France

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As a French dropout (6 years of experience now), no degree = no jobs. And a lot of low job (CRUD) require Bac +5 ludicrous.