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atsuzaki··on I hacked into the worst e-bike and fixed it [video]
He used to be a web developer before doing youtube fulltime, so "he can’t code" is a false premise.
atsuzaki··on Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?
The context that was likely left out due to HN rules is, there are mass protests turned violent in the face of police brutality in several cities. The Indonesian government has a history of blocking/throttling internet access in immediate areas of the unrest to limit coverage.
atsuzaki··on Tom Waits vs. Frito-Lay, Inc (2003)
Thanks for that video. I was really confused because I only watched those voice comparison videos that doesn’t sound much like her, but that OpenAI video made me go “wow, that’s definitely Scarlett Johansson”. I get how she’s upset.
atsuzaki··on Leave work slightly unfinished for easier flow the next day
A professor I worked with liked to stop work in the middle of typing something. “As if I fell asleep or passed out while working on it”, he said. And the next morning, kickstart the flow state by doing the very simple task of typing the rest of the unfinished word. Followed by the less simple but still straightforward task of finishing the sentence/line of code. And so on.
atsuzaki··on Ask HN: Who needs help this holidays?
Hey, in most cases the application fees are waivable if you write to the application committee explaining that you are in a situation where the fees are a significant barrier.

The rest of the expenses though. Oof. (For americans reading: I paid over $700 just in visa and immigration processing-related fees)

atsuzaki··on Ask HN: How do you work in Programming language research?
> How are all the maintainers/developers of the many programming languages around getting paid? Do you really do all this work in your free time, after having another full time job?

I want to correct the assumption that may have led to this question little; programming language _research_ and programming language _implementation_ are generally two separate jobs requiring separate skillsets (that sometimes may overlap). Which one are you interested in doing? (both?)

atsuzaki··on Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office?
Not really. I'm very introverted and not good with strangers, actually in the process of getting an autism diagnosis right now.

But I really enjoy socializing with folks with similar interests (e.g., tech), and I work with a lot of neurodivergent colleagues which puts less of a strain on my social battery as I don't have to be "normal"---we're all weird and it's fine.

Still, my social battery drains quickly nonetheless, I tend to have to leave after hanging out for an hour or two.

atsuzaki··on Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office?
...No?

I think people who wants to work from home should be able to. I'm doing hybrid personally as well now, it's great for keeping my chronic pain under control. And I enjoy coming in couple days a week to a quieter office (as lots are doing hybrid/mixed wfh as well).

Internet has conditioned us to think that people can only have extreme beliefs, and any disagreement means their opinion must be the polar extreme opposite of mine. I can simultaneously appreciate opportunities I've got from socializing with people in a fully-WFO setting while also appreciating benefits of WFH ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

atsuzaki··on Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office?
I scored most (if not all) of my career-defining opportunities from hallway convos after a meeting, or chatting while waiting for coffee to brew, so YMMV.
atsuzaki··on Japanese explained to programmers
I learned both English and Japanese as third/fourth languages and English grammar does _not_ make sense compared to Asian languages that has comparatively very logical forms, usually with minimal modifiers that doesn't change the entire sentence structure.

I frankly gave up with English grammar and just did whatever feels right.

atsuzaki··on As unions decline, inequality rises
You can see it in the comments of this thread, even.
atsuzaki··on Ask HN: Printed Computer Science Magazines?
IEEE, and also ACM. I'm pretty sure both vendors has ~10 different magazines covering different subtopics. We get copies of Communications of the ACM delivered here.
atsuzaki··on Surely you're publishing, Mr. Feynman
What you're describing there is called grad school
atsuzaki··on Red meat is not a health risk. New study slams years of shoddy research
Shop from local farms, if that's an option for you. All suffering won't be eliminated, of course, but if you want to consume animal products, it's way better IMO to support local farmers who are invested in ethical animal treatment and sustainable practices.
atsuzaki··on Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, shut down
Portland resident here, been pissed off with half of my deliveries for a birthday party this weekend getting delayed to next week then saw this article and went OH that's why. Definitely not ground to a halt, but the effects are felt and if it keeps up I'd definitely take my business elsewehre.
atsuzaki··on Resources for Amateur Compiler Writers
This is a pretty good tutorial that I know of: https://www.stephendiehl.com/llvm/. The author went on to write a book too, though it's still in progress http://dev.stephendiehl.com/fun/
atsuzaki··on Rust-Analyzer Architecture
You have to consider that both plugins were pioneered by the same lead developer, and rust-analyzer came as a second system leveraging things learned from the IntelliJ Rust project.
atsuzaki··on Jetbrains founders turn billionaires without VC help
Even though the specs says nothing about it, modern JavaScript is almost always JITted, i.e. V8 that powers Node and Chrome, the rest of the browser js engines
atsuzaki··on Classic Google Sites shutting down by September 2021
This seems to be a case with a lot of companies, too (not just the giants). It's such a shame.
atsuzaki··on Folding@home takes up the fight against COVID-19
Their wiki page lists a handful of them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folding%40home#Examples_of_app...

Do keep in mind that 1. very few drug candidates make it through drug trials (iirc it's something around 1 in 1000), and 2. these trials takes 10+ years, and FAH has been around for only 19 years. It's very likely that a bunch of its results are in trial right now, and we'd only hear about it 10-20 years in the future