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b34r··on Theseus: A modern experimental OS written from scratch in Rust
Looking at the maintainer’s comments on the open pull requests, I’m not surprised there hasn’t been a lot of progress on this project. Major attitude detected.
b34r··on Amazon Co-founder Mackenzie quietly gave over $4B to 384 organizations in 2020
Per organization
b34r··on AI Update, Late 2020 – Dumpster Fire
I’ve been eagerly watching the Tesla FSD beta videos and disagree with the author’s assessment. Yes there are some rough edges, but it handles typical driving scenarios very well for the most part.

Given that this is an initial, barely-functional release, I look forward to what 2021 brings in improvements to the algorithms.

b34r··on The Theory of Interstellar Trade (1978)
An exotic natural resource not present in the recipient’s local space.
b34r··on Jetons: Their Use and History (1986)
Kind of looks like a big coin: https://www.google.com/search?q=jeton&client=safari&hl=en-us...
b34r··on Alien Hunters Discover Mysterious Signal from Proxima Centauri
Not a shielded one
b34r··on Periodic table of the web's APIs
> The lighter the color, the more support there is.

Shouldn’t the blue for proprietary be like white with an outline or something then?

b34r··on Book publishers call on Apple to match 15% commission granted to developers
10k? Like $100 lol
b34r··on TSMC confirms 3nm tech for 2022, could enable epic 80B transistor GPUs
The M3 processors are going to be sooooo fast. Can’t wait.
b34r··on SpinLaunch is building a centrifuge to launch satellites into orbit
I’d rather see them launch junk toward the sun with it.
b34r··on TypeScript 4.1
Ah you’re right. Weird, I could have sworn during the original announcement they were going to have support for runtime checking
b34r··on TypeScript 4.1
That’s what Deno is for
b34r··on I should have loved biology
Given the mutable global state nature of biology, this actually seems like a perfect target to apply machine learning to essentially try trillions of combinations in parallel to uncover ideal states. Once we know the ideal states of cells that eliminate disease and optimize bodily function, we can reverse engineer the precision medicines to “tweak” the chemical balance of cells.
b34r··on New study finds psilocybin greatly and quickly relieves depression
As someone with major depression, it helps temporarily but doesn’t last.
b34r··on HomePod Mini
I wouldn’t be surprised if Plex eventually supported the HomePod now that there’s an API
b34r··on San Francisco Apartment Rents Crater Up to 31%, Most in U.S.
And it’s not done yet! I’m thinking we’re going to get in to the $1xxx/mo range for studios before this is over.
b34r··on We Need a Nuclear New Deal, Not a Green New Deal
No, we need a geothermal new deal. Nuclear is way too problematic, and MIT has estimated 240+ years worth of GT energy in the US alone.
b34r··on The Fed now owns nearly 1/3 of all U.S. mortgages
Out of curiosity, why wouldn’t we want the government managing mortgages for the whole country? (Assuming the acquisition process isn’t slow AF because government.)

Real estate seems like a pretty important part of the economy and, more importantly, the government artificially making housing more accessible for potential first time buyers creates a virtuous cycle where people can finally save money and the eventually spend that money to stimulate their micro economies.

b34r··on At 31, I have just weeks to live. Here's what I want to pass on
Finding some 50-300 years in the future that cares might be a problem.
b34r··on The Oldest Cookbook in Korean
> she describes how the noblewoman would look down at the village during dinnertime, to see which homes did not have smoke rising from the kitchen, meaning the household had no rice to cook. She would then invite families in need to work on her land so she could feed them.

What a wonderful person. I’m glad her work is being preserved and honored.

b34r··on Motivation – Keli Language
JS uses the second example
b34r··on Zoom is now critical infrastructure – that’s a concern
There are a ton of video clients available, it’s not that special. It’s just popular.
b34r··on MixedName – Bilingual baby name finder
So he changed his name to “burnt” twice? lol
b34r··on An Update on MDN Web Docs
I would totally pay monthly/yearly for MDN
b34r··on It's been a pretty insane 12 hours across the Bay Area
Gusty wind gusts
b34r··on Herbie: Automatically Improving Floating Point Accuracy
I wouldn’t feel remotely comfortable using this on an existing project unless it had an iron-clad test suite.
b34r··on Germany plans to dim lights at night to save insects
Also: stars
b34r··on We’re a Lot Better at Fighting Cancer Than We Realized
It’s also not uniform. If you’re in a “medical tourism city” you’re much more likely to get high quality treatment than say a regional clinic.
b34r··on Intel ousts its chief engineer, shakes up technical group after delays
Boeing 2.0
b34r··on Ask HN: Is all of FAANG like this?
Not sure why I was downvoted, it’s absolutely true. SDE is not a meritocracy.
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