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syncerr··on CRDT Benchmarks
The death stroke for these types of projects seems to be lack of funding. This project is sponsored by nlnet[0] providing between 5k - 50k EU per year. Let's hope this gets additional resources.

As a note, it appears to use Elastic's 2.0 license preventing selling software that includes this library [1]

[0] https://nlnet.nl/project/JSON-Joy/

[1] https://github.com/streamich/json-joy/blob/master/LICENSE

syncerr··on Virtual DOM is pure overhead (2018)
React-DOM will probably just compile to WASM.
syncerr··on Passwordless Authentication – Access Your Bitwarden Web Vault Without a Password
Passwordless is going to be great. Though, this is just for unlocking your bitwarden account.

Real cross-device passwordless is likely coming in the next year or so. WebAuthn/Passkey is in its 3rd public working draft[1] and once finalized, we'll likely start to see it across sites. Most devices, browsers and managers have added or are adding support for it: Apple, Microsoft, Google, Auth0, Duo, 1Password, etc. If you haven't seen it, Auth0's demo is helpful[2].

[1] https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn-3/#sctn-api

[2] https://webauthn.me/

syncerr··on The 'attention economy' corrupts science
Absolutely, it should include a range of indicators like spam, scams, known-falsehoods and unsubstantiated claims.
syncerr··on The 'attention economy' corrupts science
Yeah. Andrew Wakefield was stripped of his medical license in 2010 for publishing fraudulent research and it was later discovered that he was paid to discredit the MMR vaccine.[0]

And yet, ~10% of Americas still believe the study. [1]

[0] https://briandeer.com/mmr/lancet-summary.htm

[1] https://news.gallup.com/poll/276929/fewer-continue-vaccines-...

syncerr··on The 'attention economy' corrupts science
Attention is not the problem; it's the lack of accountability. Social platforms care about engagement, not quality of content (there's virtually no mechanism to incentivize content meets any standard of quality other than what can be measured in the moment).
syncerr··on Science says we could “cure” ageing. But should we?
Inheritance does not sustain wealth.

> A staggering 70 percent of wealthy families lose their wealth by the next generation, with 90 percent losing it the generation after that.

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/generational-wealth%3A-why-d...

syncerr··on Science says we could “cure” ageing. But should we?
While I don’t find the arguments in the article compelling (ie population increases are good as they lead to growth), enabling humans to live forever has a more dire consequence: an acceleration of the inequality gap.

Death provides a natural mechanism to reset wealth and power. Without it, power will accumulate to those who already have it, forever.

syncerr··on Dear Chess World
Hans is clearly cheating. Comparing his past games against what an engine would do is pretty damning. Chess engines are far superior to players and the best players in the world top out in the high 70s percent correlations (Magnus averages around 70%).

Hans has a string of games at 100% correlation[0], meaning he's playing perfect games. Past players who achieved this later went on to admit to cheating[1]. Magnus knows this because he owns part of chess.com and presumably sees the data.

Magnus has a lot riding on his statement. He wouldn't make it unless he was sure.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfPzUgzrOcQ

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9bastien_Feller

syncerr··on A CTO should be technical
Titles are just titles. An executive's role changes dramatically as a company scales. CTOs in a 5-person startup are vastly different than CTO at companies with even 100 people (much less 10k or 100k). Great CTOs are capable leaders and will hire more experienced engineers they can rely on.

> One of the key roles of your company’s engineering leadership is to balance working on new features versus maintaining quality and squashing bugs.

Even at companies with 100 engineers, if the CTO is focused on software bugs, there are larger issues at play (i.e., talent density is too low, poor prioritization by product, etc.).

Aditya[0] seems has experience here, but he's likely addressing the market of early-stage startups where he advises.

[0] https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityaagarwal3/

syncerr··on Show HN: TaskTXT, plain text task-timing notepad
Love this! I use Horo[0] to set timers for myself, but this fits the use-case I have far better. Just picked up the yearly plan.

I would love to see the current timer in my mac status bar to see time remaining at a glance.

Congrats on the launch!

[0] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/horo-timer-for-menu-bar/id1437...

syncerr··on Holm Oak in the Garden of Villa Il Balbianello, Lenno, Lombardy, Italy
Yup[1]. Also home to the famous "I don't like sand" scene from Episode II – Attack of the Clones[2].

[1] https://www.quora.com/During-the-James-Bond-movie-Casino-Roy...

[2] https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Villa_del_Balbianello

syncerr··on Sell Bitcoin, Save Lives: Some Bitcoin Simulators
The climate argument against crypto is FUD. The entire crypto mining industry contributes less than 0.5% to global pollution. You can do more by getting rid of your refrigerator.
syncerr··on Show HN: Warp, a Rust-based terminal
correct me if i'm wrong, but it sounds like the monetization strat here is to sell this to companies for their teams to use to increase collaboration. it would follow then that most-everything (?) i'm doing is being mirrored to a remote server. presumably, your target market would be engineers.

if true, as an engineer, i'm a hard pass.

syncerr··on Firefox Extension Helps Bring Movie Magic to Theaters Near You
Is it just me or does Mozilla’s strategy seem confusing? New color management is good I guess… But does it drive growth? Are they trying to compete with Chrome? I don’t get it.
syncerr··on TELL HN: Stripe STOLE OUR $159k
if you’re enabling fraud, stripe will shut you down.
syncerr··on Google Analytics 4
bc their target market is not developers
syncerr··on Josh Wardle created Wordle as part of an ongoing quest to design online spaces
Ironic since Wordle archive was just DCMA’d: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/16/22980713/new-york-times-w...
syncerr··on Awesome Critique of Crypto/Web3
Web3 has many reasons it could fail. I choose to be optimistic.

> The truth is no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works.

https://www.newsweek.com/clifford-stoll-why-web-wont-be-nirv...

syncerr··on Ask HN: What do you do and what's your consulting rate?
NFTs. $3000/hr
syncerr··on Cryptocurrency Is a Giant Ponzi Scheme
It still floors me to see such bearish opinions like this. It demonstrates how intelligent people can be completely wrong about the future, and it signals how early we are in the adoption curve for crypto.

The ability to print money and misrepresent the value of the dollar (i.e., CPI, GDP) combined with incentives for personal enrichment should be evidence enough that government-controlled currencies is not the scalable solution we thought it was.

We're about to experience inflation like we've not seen in the US in a long time and the resulting transfer of wealth and increase in inequality will be a catalyst for the adoption of crypto.

I hope to see you all there.

syncerr··on Wolf Game
for those not in the space:

1/ this introduces game theory in a larger way on-chain. there's a lot of appeal for this. most people believe this is the next wave of nft innovation and there are a number of copy cat projects being built right now.

2/ it's had a number of missteps around the contract code. the project was exploited once and another was uncovered recently requiring the team to halt the game.

syncerr··on Show HN: You.com, private search engine that summarizes the web – built for devs
This is the problem. When ads are your primary revenue stream, you're up against facebook and google, who are both highly efficient at turning marketing dollars into conversions.

How would you complete with this? Why would anyone spend 10x on you to get the same conversions?

syncerr··on Ask HN: How can I improve my intelligence?
Two recommendations:

1/ The Bioneer - Current research on improving intelligence/working memory - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsGFCg72zoA&list=PLZo07XrNsS...

2/ Huberman Lab podcast - A deep dive into the mechanisms of our brain and body - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-focus-to-change...

syncerr··on How to let go of a lifelong dream
I have the opposite problem. I keep moving the goal post. My goals seem to change as my perspective changes. To a point where I feel like I will never accomplish everything I want to.
syncerr··on The Zodiac Killer's most uncrackable cipher has, at last, been solved
Seems like LIFE IS and DEATH should just be pulled out so the last section reads like:

I AM NOT AFRAID BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MY NEW LIFE WILL BE AN EASY ONE IN PARADICE

LIFE IS DEATH

syncerr··on Google to Slow Hiring for Rest of 2020
As a note, there’s another compensation review that takes place after hiring committee.
syncerr··on Get Ready for New SameSite=None; Secure Cookie Settings
1/ Google Analytics uses 1st-party cookies since their scripts execute directly on websites. 2/ Chrome relays its own browsing data.
syncerr··on San Francisco Declares the N.R.A. a ‘Domestic Terrorist Organization’
Hasan Minhaj has a great segment on some of the NRA's global footprint.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCJJI6M77pA

syncerr··on Show HN: I built a puzzle / programming challenge with a 0.125 BTC prize
For anyone frustrated with the colors on stage 7:

    container: #660076
    triangle: #fd8abb
    circle: #fee376
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