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TimSchumann

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Who are you, and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith, and I'm a locksmith.

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TimSchumann··on Equinox.space
I think you're thinking of Among Us.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Among_Us

TimSchumann··on Vernor Vinge has died
I'm stuck halfway through Deepness in the Sky, I should pick it up again.

Also stuck on book 8 of the Wheel of Time series, I was like 5 chapters in and didn't pick up a single thread I cared about from the previous book.

Agree about the expert omission part.

TimSchumann··on Harvard Probe Finds Honesty Researcher Engaged in Scientific Misconduct
https://archive.md/vyKvo
TimSchumann··on U.S. is said to open criminal inquiry into Boeing
https://archive.md/vo0rK
TimSchumann··on MicroZig: Unified abstraction layer and HAL for Zig on several microcontrollers
Word on the street is the badges at the next Software You Can Love conference will be running this.
TimSchumann··on Ask HN: Who are your most treasured live coders?
Andreas Kling of Serenity OS -- https://www.youtube.com/c/AndreasKling

Andrew Kelley of Zig -- https://www.twitch.tv/andrewrok

Really enjoy watching both of them work, and they're both so... calm, cool, and collected in their focus on the technology they're working on as opposed to 'content creation.'

TimSchumann··on How AI is changing gymnastics judging
https://archive.md/sJrYj
TimSchumann··on What is a parser mismatch vulnerability? (2022)
Unsurprising.

One of my personal pet peeves is websites that use an e-mail parser on the client side which allows a + in e-mail addresses, and then use some other parser somewhere in their chain of things that happen on the back end that does not.

Everything fails silently, accounts are created I don't have access to, and it generally just sucks.

TimSchumann··on Show HN: Weeks of Your Life
> Any feedback is welcome. Top on my todo list is improving performance (reduce interaction lag).

Maybe don't have it render anything until a valid date post 1800 has been parsed in all fields?

I started typing a date and it rendered the year 0190.

TimSchumann··on 3Blue1Brown Calculus Blog Series
Grant makes some amazing content.

His visualization of the Fourier Transform[1] actually enabled me to understand the how it was happening behind the what was happening with one of the most used algorithms in computing.

[1] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=spUNpyF58BY

TimSchumann··on Natl Sheriffs' Assoc. letter against federal civil asset forfeiture reform [pdf]
For those of you who don't know, civil asset forfeiture is the practice of the government, or law enforcement agencies in the United States, confiscating your property if said property could be the proceeds of any illegal activities.[1]

Only a 'preponderance of evidence' is required, a much lower burden of proof than in criminal trials. This essentially means 'more likely than not.' [2]

Also, unlike you the individual, your property is not 'innocent until proven guilty' as it has no rights. You must prove that you deserve your property back.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United...

[2] https://versustexas.com/blog/beyond-reasonable-doubt/

TimSchumann··on The 7th Guest gets VR remake using volumetric video
I was around 10 years old when I played this game for the first time.

There's a Knight puzzle that was, in retrospect, my introduction to state machines. I got frustrated with it and mapped out every possible move of the pieces from the wonky shaped board into a 'linear' board on graph paper. Looking at it that way, the solution was so simple it was obvious.

Mostly played with a friend, it was such a fun game at that age.

TimSchumann··on Ask HN: Best Tech Courses/Certifications Under $400 for a Back End Engineer?
If you're just looking to become a better programmer, I'd recommend checking out Execute Program by Gary Bernhardt.

https://www.executeprogram.com/courses

Built in spaced repetition and covers a wide variety of concepts I think would be useful to you even in DevOps back end stuff, even if the language isn't specifically one you're using.

TimSchumann··on How to build a universe that doesn’t fall apart two days later (1978)
Reminds me of a Friedman quote —

“Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest? You know, I think you’re taking a lot of things for granted. Just tell me where in the world you find these angels who are going to organize society for us?”

TimSchumann··on A study on robustness and reliability of large language model code generation
@dang - Thoughts for usability of search -- would it be alright to start tagging stories with title changes in the comments or include the metadata somewhere else that's searchable?

I understand the need to stop people from editorializing in the titles, but I saw this within the first hour it was posted and just spent 15 minutes looking for it again because the title change didn't contain the two keywords I remembered - API and GPT.

Old Title - 62% of code generated by GPT-4 contains API misuses

TimSchumann··on Meta throttles 404media investigation on drug ads, continues to advertise drugs
Shouldn’t you base that judgement on the validity of their argument, and not discard the argument outright because of some semantics around the author not using ‘pure’ enough language for you?
TimSchumann··on Meta throttles 404media investigation on drug ads, continues to advertise drugs
If it’s relevant and newsworthy, I don’t see why they wouldn’t.

In the about us section they state their reporting is “exploring the ways technology is shaping–and is shaped by–our world.”

I’d say this reporting falls squarely in those crosshairs.

TimSchumann··on I was wrong about Red Hat's EULA and its enforceability
Kudos to Jeff for being willing to issue a public correction like this.
TimSchumann··on Zig now has built-in HTTP server and client in std
I thought Zig was self hosting their compiler now. Am I wrong about that?
TimSchumann··on Another reply to Josef Průša
There’s an entire paragraph midway through the article that explains it well.

A similar sentiment is echoed in the post A reply to Josef Průša by Stargirl Flowers, but this time in regards to Uli Behringer. This despite Behringer engaging in the historically progressive task of cheapening audio hardware by copying other designs and manufaturing and marketing them at scale (putting aside Behringer's litigious behavior). Stargirl calls this competition "parasitic", despite also citing the proliferation of Stratocaster clones and the benefit thereof to musicians.

TimSchumann··on Show HN: iMessage-exporter, a full-featured CLI app and library
Honestly, don't understand why this didn't get more traction here.
TimSchumann··on Legacy Update: Fix Windows Update on Windows XP, Vista, Server 2008, 2003, 2000
Ahh the memories. Thanks for bringing that back.
TimSchumann··on Startup backed by Tesla investor promises $300k flying car by 2025
“Dukhovny has also publicly announced his intention to build a cheaper version, called the Model Z, that sells for just $35,000 by 2030.

In October, Dukhovny told Reuters that the proposed Model Z would be “not more complicated than a Toyota Corolla,” and should therefore have a similar price range.”

Sounds like another ‘why don’t you just…’ answer to incredibly complex technical problems.

TimSchumann··on Ask HN: What are the most prestigious badges a software developer can take/award
The check that’s worth more cached than cashed.
TimSchumann··on How to succeed at Meta
Might I point out that this may be too far in the ‘opposite direction’?
TimSchumann··on Founders, be careful about personally guaranteeing leases
This just speaks to how absolutely terrible the NYC commercial real estate market is.
TimSchumann··on Intel will lay off 20k employees
I just spent 15 minutes digging for a primary source on this 20,000 jobs number and couldn't find one. I suspect the source is as you called it, shoddy journalism.
TimSchumann··on Time-restricted eating reduces visceral fat and improves metabolic syndrome
Calorie restriction tends to be worse for maintaining muscle mass than outright fasting.
TimSchumann··on Time-restricted eating reduces visceral fat and improves metabolic syndrome
This is most of fasting, once you’re past the withdrawal.
TimSchumann··on Time-restricted eating reduces visceral fat and improves metabolic syndrome
Generally coffee and tea are acceptable while fasting, provided you’re not adding anything to them.
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