Ask HN: What Happened to Fuzzy Logic?

Fuzzy Logic was a very talked about field few decades ago. What is the state of that field of research? Is it still being persued or are there applications of it already implemented commercially? Story Published at: May 25, 2023 at 10:37AM

Ask HN: What is the future of Swift on the server-side?

I am in a dilemma on which language to choose on the backend for my project. I am looking for a performant, statically-typed, systems programming language. I know C++. But C++ has become somewhat an over-engineered language that is mostly in a to-be-not-to-be state of feature development. So I looked at Rust and it already seems going in the direction […]

Symbian Was Right

I am using a “smartphone”. Here are the specs: A 5-inch qHD+ screen, a quad-core processor with 1GB of RAM and 16GB of storage, 5MP and 2MP cameras, 2000mAh battery, and runs Android 11 Go Edition. Android Go is touted to be the OS that is easy on the mobile resources. But my experience using this “smartphone” is dismal. The […]

Normalising Layoffs/Firing

I am seeing lots of posts on HN about layoffs. So and so company fired 1000 people, so and so company reduced it’s workforce by 20%, etc. We have normalised firing of people. I don’t know about the “developed” countries where people have social security, but for countries like India where there is no social security and stigma is associated […]