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nish__··on Since Chromium 148, Math.tanh is now fingerprintable to link underlying OS
At what point are we going to realize that computers will never work for floating point math. If your numbers are not exact there will always be a better solution for what you are doing that does not involve a computer.
nish__··on Claude Code sends 33k tokens before reading the prompt; OpenCode sends 7k
Intellectual property is a dead concept.
nish__··on Claude Sonnet 5
If RAM prices come down, running your own models will be relatively affordable.
nish__··on TypeScript 7.0 RC
Stuff like this is worth the wait.
nish__··on PostgreSQL is enough (2024)
> Nothing is easier to setup and administer than the database you already use.

What about the filesystem you already use? 99% of projects don't need a relational database at all.

nish__··on Swift Package Index joins Apple
What does Sherlocked mean?
nish__··on Swiss parliament lifts ban on new nuclear power plants
They should look into what Brazil is doing to store energy long term:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/849994733672039/posts/136230...

nish__··on AMD silently removes memory encryption from consumer Ryzen CPUs
Then learn? Otherwise, you have to trust those that do.
nish__··on AMD silently removes memory encryption from consumer Ryzen CPUs
If you're this serious about security, you should be manufacturing your own hardware.
nish__··on How we run Firecracker VMs inside EC2 and start browsers in less than 1s
Because money.
nish__··on Stop Using JWTs
27 billion? Do you work at AWS?
nish__··on Codex for open source
Especially considering they trained the damn thing on our code.
nish__··on Amazon CEO's talks with U.S. officials triggered crackdown on Anthropic models
Enforcing the global use of the petro dollar is what keeps Americans living cushy lives so be careful disrespecting the military personel.
nish__··on Amazon CEO's talks with U.S. officials triggered crackdown on Anthropic models
Won't matter if they're not publicly traded.
nish__··on Google to pay SpaceX $920M a month for compute capacity at xAI data centers
What is Nvidia spending so much on Google services for?
nish__··on Let's talk about EU Sovereignty (2025)
No. "Cloud" is a marketing term for VPSs.
nish__··on The dead economy theory
I don't use it. What am I missing?
nish__··on Garnix (A Nix CI) is shutting down
Tobi loves Nix.
nish__··on Show HN: Continue? Y/N: A 60-second game about AI agent permission fatigue
Where would you put them?
nish__··on Go: Support for Generic Methods
I see. That makes sense.
nish__··on Go: Support for Generic Methods
Doesn't every language support multidimensional arrays? It's just an array of arrays, no? What am I missing?
nish__··on 'AI washing': firms are scrambling to rebrand themselves as tech-focused
You might have an investment management firm that has a "tech" portfolio and a separate "clothing" portfolio. By framing themselves as a tech company they'll be put into investors' "tech" portfolio. Clients will say "I think technology is the future; invest in tech companies for me" and the money manager will buy a bunch of shares from the tech portfolio. See how it works?
nish__··on Bun support is now limited and deprecated
There's literally nothing that LLMs can build that humans cannot. The only factor influencing people to use AI is time. They trade off a small amount of quality for a large amount of time savings. The tortoise and the hare parable comes to mind.
nish__··on Bun support is now limited and deprecated
A codebase that no human understands.
nish__··on Alberta to hold referendum on whether to remain in Canada
It's a thing because Quebec has tried to separate before.
nish__··on Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Arabia and the UAE
Yes. Say Saudi.
nish__··on Googlebook
How much?
nish__··on Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license
Valve is an exemplary company.
nish__··on Canada's first sovereign wealth fund
Give me a break.
nish__··on Canada's first sovereign wealth fund
Incessant nit picking, negativity and doubt casting is my issue.

And Canada is unrecognizable these days. Why should I think past performance is indicative of future success?

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