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Oracle, it’s time to free JavaScript

https://javascript.tm/letter

50•pavelai•2h ago

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siwatanejo•26m ago

I actually think that people should rather use EcmaScript name instead of JavaScript, because it's a way better name (much less confusing, given that this lang doesn't have anything to do with Java anyway). I wish Oracle started suing people to force everyone to use the better name.

phplovesong•22m ago

That boat sailed soooo many years ago tho. Oracle has no business claiming javascript as a trademark.

andix•12m ago

What we use nowadays is actually ECMAScript and not JavaScript. We just call it JavaScript.

stuartjohnson12•9m ago

Apart from anything else, ECMAScript is a mouthful! Eeh-cee-emm-ay-script. Five syllables.

tietjens•6m ago

Don't most people just pronounce it Eck-ma?

mbirth•6m ago

Since the association renamed itself to “Ecma International” in 1994, I believe we can just call it Eck-mah-script.

Squarex•19m ago

Can they drop javascript trademark without threating Java trademark?

andix•9m ago

I guess that's the main issue. A lot of open source projects fell into this pit, when they put a related trademark into their name. Naming something OpenFastFirefox or iPhoneScript would cause a lot of trademark issues.

jamesbelchamber•16m ago

Don't anthropomorphise the lawnmower.

wengo314•7m ago

i wish we instead dropped js for something vastly more sane.

PGlite – Embeddable Postgres

https://pglite.dev/

29•dsego•31m ago•1 comments

Oracle, it’s time to free JavaScript

https://javascript.tm/letter

53•pavelai•2h ago•13 comments

Ghostty is now non-profit

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1136•vrnvu•16h ago•232 comments

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779•evolve2k•1d ago•673 comments

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https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04047

176•50kIters•2h ago•188 comments

Uncloud - Tool for deploying containerised apps across servers without k8s

https://uncloud.run/

151•rgun•5h ago•61 comments

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698•bearsyankees•17h ago•233 comments

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340•zekrioca•11h ago•225 comments

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599•simlevesque•17h ago•293 comments

Tunnl.gg

https://tunnl.gg

16•klipitkas•1h ago•3 comments

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43•keithoffer•1h ago•17 comments

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15•janicerk•2d ago•3 comments

1D Conway's Life glider found, 3.7B cells long

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458•nooks•17h ago•156 comments

Interop and MathML Core

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5•todsacerdoti•3d ago•0 comments

Saturn (YC S24) Is Hiring Senior AI Engineer

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/saturn/jobs/R9s9o5f-senior-ai-engineer

1•etticat•4h ago

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263•mhashemi•14h ago•85 comments

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542•rayhaanj•19h ago•201 comments

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23•surprisetalk•5d ago•3 comments

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11•ndsipa_pomu•36m ago•5 comments

Why WinQuake exists and how it works

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93•wicket•9h ago•5 comments

Kea DHCP: Modern, open source DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 server

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96•doener•11h ago•30 comments

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16•program•2h ago•0 comments

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120•coffee--•11h ago•51 comments

8086 Microcode Browser

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115•zdw•14h ago•1 comments

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52•defcc•5h ago•16 comments

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112•rushingcreek•17h ago•84 comments

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64•pseudolus•3d ago•15 comments

Lie groups are crucial to some of the most fundamental theories in physics

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142•ibobev•16h ago•49 comments

How to Synthesize a House Loop

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231•stagas•6d ago•82 comments

Preserving Snow Crystals

https://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/preserve/preserve.htm

46•jameslk•5d ago•13 comments