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arcanon··on Starting a TypeScript Project in 2021
That’s because Jeremy Ashkenas is a beast. Coffeescript started modern JavaScript.
arcanon··on Ask HN: You have a fortune of $100B, how would you fix earth in 3 years?
Use force to protect the Amazon.
arcanon··on Where’s the evidence that grit predicts success?
It is necessary, but not sufficient.
arcanon··on Europe seeks to limit use of AI in society
Luddites
arcanon··on Does the Kremlin want Alexei Navalny to die in prison?
Yes, but the way Alexei is going about it made it awkward for them.
arcanon··on China is betting that the West is in irreversible decline
Ironically, if you are capable of understanding demographics, you know that China is about to have a population collapse and India will overtake it.
arcanon··on Is Russia going to war with Ukraine and other questions
Kharkiv and the T-34 factory that built the tanks which stopped the Nazis from invading Moscow is one of the most remarkable stories in history. The timeliness of Mikhal Koshkin’s armor column can not be understated. This is especially interesting because the T-34 platform was invented by J. Walter Christie, an American! The story has got it all for a major blockbuster. Its worth reading about Christie’s life.
arcanon··on Janet Yellen to call for global minimum corporate tax rate of 21%
I look forward to the tax havens on Mars
arcanon··on Tesla owners asking what happens if 'full self driving' isn't real
I save up my reputation so I can spend it on threads like this ;)
arcanon··on Tesla owners asking what happens if 'full self driving' isn't real
How many of them are there? 600? Whats their manufacturing roadmap look like?
arcanon··on Tesla owners asking what happens if 'full self driving' isn't real
Furthermore their CEO just had to step down.
arcanon··on Tesla owners asking what happens if 'full self driving' isn't real
No, they’re directing you to an engineering expert rather than someone in marketing.
arcanon··on Mohammed removed from new Dutch translation of Dante's Inferno (French)
Religion poisons everything and I miss Christopher.
arcanon··on The political case for a blanket cryptocurrency ban
What environmental problem? You mean creating additional incentives for new green energy investment? (Which is now the cheapest form of new energy...) “Environmentalists” need to be less myopic, you are holding us back.
arcanon··on The political case for a blanket cryptocurrency ban
If the author thinks crypto is “predatory” now just wait until DAOs blend with military contractors
arcanon··on BBC: The cost of speaking up against China (Uyghurs)
CCP has an entire branch of their military dedicated to missles! Also their shipyard build rate is exceeding US rightnow.
arcanon··on BBC: The cost of speaking up against China (Uyghurs)
No. Taiwan is the backstop
arcanon··on BBC: The cost of speaking up against China (Uyghurs)
I wonder if the CCP will similarly re-educate the people of Taiwan. Dont they have a 9 year timeline to invade it? We should look for a new place to build our chip fabs...
arcanon··on The End of Tesla’s Dominance May Be Closer Than It Appears
Autopilot avoids the other terrible drivers you dont see coming
arcanon··on Amazon started a Twitter war because Jeff Bezos was pissed
Boston dynamics and autopilot are about to condemn the drivers...
arcanon··on The End of Tesla’s Dominance May Be Closer Than It Appears
Autopilot has saved my life multiple times. Don’t take advice about this from people who’ve never been in a Tesla.
arcanon··on New details on military UFO sightings
They probably do:

- we are fascinating

- theyre likely just probes and not bio aliens

- the last time you looked at an ant hill did you say hi? Did you think they understood you?

arcanon··on 64-Bit Linux Return-Oriented Programming
Can you recommend any new ones you like?
arcanon··on 64-Bit Linux Return-Oriented Programming
Well, hopefully this thread makes your guys’ lives more interesting.
arcanon··on 64-Bit Linux Return-Oriented Programming
This is black magic of the very highest level. Chaos magic if you will.
arcanon··on Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for more than $10B
It is also used by companies to acquire talent they used to have, but lost.
arcanon··on If Tesla Is the Apple of Electric Vehicles, Volkswagen Bets It Can Be Samsung
What are you smoking? Apple has had a ton of problems with quality on their recent airpods max launch, widely documented. Also remember the apple butterfly switch keyboard fiasco?? Sony has much better quality than Apple right now.
arcanon··on Ask HN: Data-Oriented programming vs. Functional programming
You should probably be less into philosophy and categorizing and more into building shit. Go watch some Feynman and then try to get something to work on the gpu
arcanon··on Cryptocurrency and NFTs Are Evil
If crypto increases energy demand and new energy capex that is most efficient is as green energy, then you are all wrong and crypto is good for the environment.

Not to mention that it directly couples energy and monetary value

arcanon··on New report on Apple’s VR headset: 8K in each eye, potential $3k price tag
VR is isolating because its the blank canvas precursor to AR. AR is just a datastream for VR all sexed up for the media. What matters are the graphics engines/OSes. VR Chat is not isolating. Is it VR or AR to change your camera scale and 3d zoom into a reconstructed electron microscope scene and look around? Hugs will increase in value surely..
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