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Kukumber··on Breaking the Snake: How Python went from 2 to 3
Many 3rd-parties are mostly responsible of how painful it was for some people

Maintainers don't like changing things, so that didn't help either

Not everything is perfect, but the transition allowed it to get a new birth, that's why i see it as a positive thing

Kukumber··on Breaking the Snake: How Python went from 2 to 3
That's exactly this

Courageous transition!

A language that doesn't evolve and is scared of change is a dead language

That's true for programming languages, but also for spoken languages too

I hope the D community gets it right when they design the version 3 of their language

A lot to learn from Python's successful transition

Kukumber··on TikTok's enshittification (21 Jan 2023)
I can't hear people complain about YouTube Short with its pranks, Tate/Rogan and other conspiracy theorists

I can't hear people complain about Instagram and how it promotes scams, and a materialistic/selfish view on the society

I can't hear people complain about Twitter and how it promotes disinformation, it's full of politics and bots

I can't hear people complain about Facebook and how it's full of US CIA agents working on the moderation team helping what ever agenda the US government has

I only hear about politics and 'journalists' complaining about how much people are having fun on TikTok and how that's a bad thing

Something doesn't sound right

Kukumber··on Google is freaking out about ChatGPT
Non-profit put to shame both Google/Microsoft, that's interesting to witness

What Microsoft had to show other than pump money into competition to grab some shares and pretend to be there?

What Google has to show? only promises so far

Mozilla is missing a huge opportunity, looks like they invested their wealth into the wrong pockets

Kukumber··on Game that promised no paid DLC ever, getting paid DLC 'to fund the development'
PUBG is another example, then you also have the countless Early Access games that stays in early access for over 5-6 years

I feel like Valve needs to step up and clean this platform a little bit

Kukumber··on Ask HN: Google spam filter getting worse?
don't use your main email to register in random websites

that's as simple as that

Kukumber··on Solid State Active Cooling Could Revolutionize Thermals
I suspect we might see this on a Steam Deck soonish

https://gamerant.com/steam-deck-solid-state-cooling-tech/

Kukumber··on Coinbase halts operations in Japan
Is that some insider knowledge?

From what i know Coinbase has consumers worldwide and they are able to verify gov issued documents from many countries, including as far as Japan, well not anymore, at least since today.. :p

Kukumber··on Coinbase halts operations in Japan
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/coinbase

IPO: $250 and peaked at $429

Today: $50 [1]

That's a pretty hard reality check.. building a business and raising a lot of money selling ponzi schemes, that was a hell of an idea to begin with

To finish with 10x less volume than Binance [2]

[1] - https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/COIN/

[2] - https://coinmarketcap.com/rankings/exchanges/

Kukumber··on Argentine corn field planted with face of Messi
dang, if i were him i'd be very scared, they want his face everywhere, this kind of adoration for his persona is never a good sign, we seen what happened with Maradona

This is very detailed tho, that requires some very good skills! This country is full of talented people, no wonder they won the world cup!

Kukumber··on Microsoft to lay off 10k workers
another episode of: "let's fire some innocent workers to save the ass of these execs and managers"
Kukumber··on Pentagon study declares American empire is ‘collapsing’ (2017)
The source seems to no longer exist, luckily it's been archived [1], download the PDF here: [2]

[1] - https://web.archive.org/web/20170709015407/https://ssi.armyw...

[2] - https://web.archive.org/web/20170720033615/https://ssi.armyw...

Kukumber··on Losing Taiwan Means Losing Japan (2020)
"loosing Taiwan"? what do they mean? do they admit owning Taiwan?
Kukumber··on Apple Silicon Mac’s have 2-3 times longer battery than PC laptops
> Mind boggling that nothing is being done by PC makers.

Correction, nothing being done by Microsoft, they own Windows, they own the software, yet they decided to go full bloatware, for Microsoft, the people who complain are "trolls"

And this video is the result, mediocrity

For some reason, Microsoft always dodge criticism and responsibility, that's what's mind boggling

Kukumber··on IBM shifts remaining US-based AIX dev jobs to India – source
linux didn't kill solaris, Oracle and its greedy execs did, stop trying to rewrite history
Kukumber··on Bill Gates tries to install Movie Maker
Glad to see nothing has changed, how pathetic
Kukumber··on China leads the quest for small modular nuclear reactors–will the world follow?
the uranium needs to be enriched to be used as fuel

"In the United States, there is only one uranium conversion facility — it’s in Metropolis, Illinois — and it has been on standby since November 2017. Its reopening is “pending market improvement and customer support,” according to a power point presentation from the partnership between General Atomics and Honeywell that operates the plant, ConverDyn. It won’t be able to return to operability until 2023, when it could convert 7,000 tons of uranium per year. To ramp up to 15,000 tons per year, it will take the one plant longer than 2023.

Therefore, Dabbar and Bowen said it would be prudent for the United States to wean off Russian refinement capacity “a period of years not months.”"

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/23/russia-dominates-global-nucl...

they should have prepared 20 years ago, western countries are busy changing politics every 4-5 years, and their market is busy trying to make profit out of nothing instead of investing in core infrastructures and civilizational projects like energy independence

Kukumber··on Impact of breakfast skipping compared with dinner skipping
I don't know, i don't count, try to listen to your body and what it needs, blood analysis every so often to make sure you don't have deficiencies in certain nutrients
Kukumber··on Impact of breakfast skipping compared with dinner skipping
morning:

    - infusion: ginger + mint + lemon + green tea (or yerba mate) 

    - fruit: banana or dried fig

    - seeds: slice of whole grain bread or almonds or any else you like, vary 
middle of the day:

    - eggs with spices and herbs

    - vegies with lot of fiber or veggies pasta

    - minutes later: infusion: ginger + mint + lemon + green tea (or yerba mate) 
evening (only if hungry):

    - toast with eggs and lot of different spices and herbs, put anything you got
night:

    - infusion: what ever you want without caffeine, example: ayurvedic infusion
Occasionally: beer, wine or anything fermented with some alcohol

no sickness, no covid, no tired, fully awake, perfect for hunting propaganda online, every day, all day long, just read my post history, it enhances the mind and your senses

No meat, no added sugar, no added salt, no transformed food, no fridge, just spices and herbs

Kukumber··on Ask HN: Is Swift evolution out of control?
A language that doesn't evolve is a dead language

Just like with English ;)

Discussions are great, they help shape ideas and fix misunderstandings

Swift about to get proper semantic for lifetime/ownership management, that's great, helps write better software, it wouldn't be possible if it wasn't an evolving language

It still is a young language and already replaced Obj-c and about to replace C/C++ at Apple

Kukumber··on Electric Vehicles Keep Defying Almost Everyone’s Predictions
I don't understand why this narative is being pushed

Carlos Ghosn predicted all of this already decades ago [1], and what's going to come next, fuel cell with hydrogen, he also pushed for the electric car in Europe and sold the successful Renault Zoé [2] before anyone else in the West

No wonder he was suppressed, it's not US made and doesn't contribute to the "American exceptionalism" [3]

I wonder if aliens are laughing at us, they must be right

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WeoeJyJmN4&t=455s

[2] - https://www.renaultgroup.com/en/news-on-air/news/renault-zoe...

[3] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_exceptionalism

Kukumber··on Google’s Stadia Controller is getting Bluetooth support
I remember when The Verge was on a campaign to shit on Stadia, and few weeks later were ready promoting "XCloud" and spreading messages like "cloud gaming is the future of gaming and it is inevitable", totally ignoring Geforce Now and Amazon's Luna, that's great journalism

Stadia still has the best tech, and its latency is unmatched, you only needed an URL to start playing game, they had a web interface meanwhile Microsoft was complaining because apple blocked their mobile app and they didn't have a web interface to counter apple's move, that was funny to witness, Tom Warren definitely has some conflict of interest going on

Kukumber··on US-China chip war: America is winning
They are announcing the winner before getting the results, weird, do they think they can repeat the US vs JPN episode? [1]

Why are they trying to convince the public opinion that the US is winning when it's just not the case [2]

[1]- https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/04/18/s...

[2] - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-cracks-advanced-microch...

Kukumber··on James Webb Telescope spotted a shockwave traveling at over 1M MPH
Let's make an effort: https://www.nasa.gov/offices/oce/functions/standards/isu.htm...
Kukumber··on Chinese social media app Kwai played a role in Brazil riot
That's not what leads thousands of people to spread misinformation and engage with insurrection and riots

Report the video and the moderation team will get rid of it

As the researchers said, what played a role is Twitter:

> Researchers in Brazil said Twitter in particular was a place to watch because it is heavily used by a circle of right-wing influencers

and then

> Billionaire Elon Musk, who completed his acquisition of Twitter in late October, fired the company’s entire staff in Brazil except for a few salespeople, said a person familiar with the firings who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe sensitive matters. Among those fired in early November included eight people, based in São Paulo, who moderated content on the platform to catch posts that broke its rules against incitement to violence and misinformation, the person said. The person said they were not aware of any teams actively moderating rule-breaking content on Twitter in Brazil.

Journalists mentions some search results that references some alt-right pro-bolsonaro groups, notably: Facebook, TikTok and here Kwai, all of them properly moderated, specially Facebook, since some former CIA agents are leading the moderation teams <:) [1]

Being disingenuous is not a good thing, specially when your goal is to manipulate the public opinion, it produces hazardous effects, defiance for example

[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34197023

Kukumber··on Chinese social media app Kwai played a role in Brazil riot
I take what a researcher said with some confidence

I take what "some people said" with a grain of salt

I take what a "well-known" Brazilian actor said with another grain of salt

Should we make an affirmation based on what "some people said", or what researchers said?

OP's article about twitter:

> may have played

But the researchers said it "has played a role"

But about Kwai, based on what "some people" said, it is "Have played a role" and not "may have"

What's disinformation? does it have a different meaning based on the subject?

Kukumber··on People are now using AI to cheat in Rocket League
I read again the article, and indeed, you are right, and my comment is not appropriate
Kukumber··on Chinese social media app Kwai played a role in Brazil riot
That's some serious disinformation, researchers in Brazil said it was Twitter [1]

To quote the article:

"Researchers in Brazil said Twitter in particular was a place to watch because it is heavily used by a circle of right-wing influencers — Bolsonaro allies who continue to promote election fraud narratives. Several influencers have had their accounts banned in Brazil and now reside in the United States. Bolsonaro himself was on vacation in Florida on Sunday."

[1] - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/01/08/brazil-...

https://web.archive.org/web/20230111194438/https://www.washi...

Kukumber··on People are now using AI to cheat in Rocket League
"are now using AI"

and what were they using before? :facepalm:

"AI" is a trendy word these days?

Kukumber··on Yuzu Progress Report December 2022
That's why they chose C++ over Rust, because your experience lacks writing a Switch emulator
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