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811.
by nine_k 8mo ago
/* Claude Code is the strongest case of the return to the mainframe: a closed, bespoke, paid service that nothing locally run compares to. Terminals are just a natural part of the mainframe world! */
812.
by nine_k 8mo ago
This is interesting and somehow neat, but how sound is it? Lifetimes are based on affine types, which have some proven mathematics backing their properties. This is what guarantees the absence of invalid references, the fearless concurrency
813.
by nine_k 8mo ago
Even more interesting is how much did the effort cost. Unlike the development work of old (pre-2025), work with high-end models incurs a very direct monetary cost, one burns tokens which cost money, and you can't have something as powe
814.
by nine_k 8mo ago
Childlessness is a beautifully self-removing trait.
815.
by nine_k 8mo ago
I suppose that people who actively do not want to have kids should not have kids. Their hypothetical kids won't be happy and well-developed, but instead always feel that they are an undesired burden. Instead, people who like having kid
816.
by nine_k 8mo ago
GPL maternally depends on copyright enforcement. Who would sue if an infringement is detected? All the contributors collectively?
817.
by nine_k 8mo ago
Full disclosure: it was a reference to the "cod" in your reply.
818.
by nine_k 8mo ago
Maybe you should, something fishy may be going on in it.
819.
by nine_k 8mo ago
More like architects, in the civil engineering sense. Even if you don't pour concrete or drive nails yourself, you have to have a lot of technical understanding, including the low level, to be able to design a building competently. And
820.
by nine_k 8mo ago
Sorry, what? Starship 11 proceeded with a totally nominal ascent, orbit, descent, and powered landing that would end up with it standing on the ground, were it not deliberately landed into water. What SLS currently has achieved had been ach
821.
by nine_k 8mo ago
Even if a Starship needs to be scrapped after landing, the Super Heavy booster works, returns nominally to the launch site, and can be reused. This alone should make the whole thing cheaper than SLS.
822.
by nine_k 8mo ago
Rewiring an entire country is a wee bit expensive. Even if the wires are rated to 300V (they usually are), transformers would have to be replaced, and they cost quite a bit. Also different sockets and circuit breakers, and a whole lot of bi
823.
by nine_k 8mo ago
Per-socket circuit breakers are very much a thing here in the US. I assume they are mandatory in wet environments like bathrooms and kitchens. I think they are adequate to protect against a local leak from the live wire to the ground wire,
824.
by nine_k 8mo ago
A museum is usually a collection of uncommon and curious, historical, along with the common and modern. (I, for instance, like the uncommon Italian design of plugs without pins.)
825.
by nine_k 8mo ago
It's like saying that a ball-and-chain thing is not going to entirely prevent you from walking, so you're not denied the ability to walk. While technically correct, this conclusion misses a few important related consequences.
826.
by nine_k 8mo ago
NMP in particular readily biodegrades in aerobic environments, both in water treatment plants and just in water. Bacteria seem to crack it quickly. It's also not volatile. You have to protect yourself while working with it, but it&#x27
827.
by nine_k 8mo ago
Nuclear power plants have secondary and tertiary overflow reservoirs, intended to capture any uncontrolled dangerous outflow if things go wrong. I wonder if chemical plants have something similar, a way to contain an uncontrolled outflow of
828.
by nine_k 8mo ago
This is so, but ASML does not produce chips. There's a difference between e.g. building an airplane and piloting an airplane.
829.
by nine_k 8mo ago
Come on, STM, Nordic, Infineon, NXP are all European. There is a bunch of chip-making installations in Dresden, Germany (Global Foundries, Bosch, etc), and there's Intel Fab 34 in Ireland. BTW TSMC is planning to open a production faci
830.
by nine_k 8mo ago
Even the most excellent education system takes several yeas to educate a high-schooler to a level of a junior engineer. Then several more years are needed for the best of them to become senior engineers, with the knowledge and experience
831.
by nine_k 8mo ago
As I understood the grandparent post, the idea is that a highest-level university should 10× its student throughput, and 9 other, lower-level universities would be made redundant by that. This would make sense if all what an elite universit
832.
by nine_k 8mo ago
This has little to do with EVs, and much more to do with the idea that whoever brings a heavier vehicle to collision, wins (and lives). Hence the propensity to drive truck-sized SUVs and actual F-150s with just the driver, and the light loa
833.
by nine_k 8mo ago
The game is missing the side effects of a nuclear strike: contamination of the territory, inevitable civilian casualties, international outcry and isolation, internal outcry and protests, etc. Without these, a nuke is a wonder weapon, it&#x
834.
by nine_k 8mo ago
One can try themself, for Claude is fine at waging war [1]. Notice the thoughtful UX, including the typing "I ACCEPT FULL RESPONSIBILITY". [1]: https://nitter.poast.org/elder_plinius/status/20264475874910
835.
by nine_k 8mo ago
They had to do with "state-of-the-art radars", "military-grade communication systems", etc.
836.
by nine_k 8mo ago
Confirmed: the van network in Brooklyn exists, a ride still costs $2 (compared to $3 on an MTA bus), the vans / minibuses largely follow popular bus routes, and stop basically anywhere along the route where it is safe, including on a r
837.
by nine_k 8mo ago
A pretty dumb eInk display that could do one thing, that is, receive and blit a bitmap at a given location, would suffice for great many uses. It only needs a way to connect to wifi or zigbee securely, e.g. using TLS.
838.
by nine_k 8mo ago
...but obtaining that phrase may be nontrivial.
839.
by nine_k 8mo ago
Everybody and their dog will be doing it. Actually, the dog will be in charge. Dogs are loyal, enthusiastic, and require less office space. With their endless desire to play and to please, they will take over the game development industry.
840.
by nine_k 8mo ago
The 2-factor SMS messages usually say: "Do not give this code to anyone! The bank will NEVER ask you for this code!". The sideloading warning is much much milder, something like "are you sure you want to install this?".

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