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dbvn··on Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants
The most bureaucratic thing ever done... search for a place to store something for 56 years. still not done
dbvn··on HERMES.md in commit messages causes requests to route to extra usage billing
Its hard to describe how out of touch a company has to be for this to happen. Multibillion dollar company admitting to robbing their customer of $200 in front of other customers.
dbvn··on Our principles
Newsflash: they're changing... again
dbvn··on Over-editing refers to a model modifying code beyond what is necessary
Don't forget the non-stop unnecessary comments
dbvn··on NASA had to train Apollo 11's astronauts to not use profanity (2019)
wow - people are lame. I want to hear their authentic reaction to being 240,000 miles from Earth... not what the pastor down the street thinks they should say.
dbvn··on Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers took 2 minutes to break it
well of course because the whole reason you're making free men and women verify their identity with government-issued documents... was supposed to be to prevent that. If its not going to prevent such an easy work-around ITS NOT WORTH IT (not that it was in the first place)
dbvn··on Not buying another Kindle
Kindle Paperwhite is the only device that comes close to the magic of a physical book
dbvn··on Fix monitor that goes black, off or blinks due to static electricity in chair
This has happened at our company so many times... I thought I was crazy when it seemed to be related to static electricity. But it was obvious when someone got zapped and it immediately blacked the monitor.
dbvn··on Good Sleep, Good Learning (2012)
or have even a single obligation in the morning
dbvn··on An Introduction to Obsidian
Daily Notes feature is a lifesaver. Just throw things in there throughout the day. Never lose anything
dbvn··on We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git
Nothing needs to come after git. its perfect.
dbvn··on Lunar Flyby
*taking* $12 from every person in the US... But I still think it's worth it.
dbvn··on The team behind a pro-Iran, Lego-themed viral-video campaign
Hate to admit it... but the video goes hard
dbvn··on I Won't Download Your App. The Web Version Is A-OK
Somehow the one feature I need to use is the one feature broken on the website... every time.
dbvn··on US Burned 14 Years of Missiles in 30 Days
Very unreasonable to use the amount purchased last year as the only amount they could ever get in a fiscal year
dbvn··on What Is Copilot Exactly?
> "Actually, I made a mistake. I meant Cursor."

Someone who can't describe the model they're using after asking 3 times across several months, probably isn't the 10x engineer you think they are.

dbvn··on In math, rigor is vital, but are digitized proofs taking it too far?
There's no such thing as being too rigorous when you're talking about proofs in math. It either proves it or it doesn't. You get as rigorous as you need to
dbvn··on People inside Microsoft are fighting to drop mandatory Microsoft Account
PLLLLLLEEEAAAASSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

It just doesn't make any sense. Starts off the user experience with a kick in the nuts and a slap across the face. "You don't own this machine"

dbvn··on Schedule tasks on the web
it would be easier to use claude to write a cronjob that does the same thing for you but accurately
dbvn··on Swift 6.3
I want to like swift so bad
dbvn··on Apple Just Lost Me
Apple bothers me less than Microsoft. At least Apple has been consistent. "Our hardware, our software"... while Microsoft plays all these games. At the end of the day, there's never been a solution for people who care about this stuff other than Linux.
dbvn··on Migrating to the EU
Lol what does ICE have to do with a local police officer being able to bully a tech worker into providing your private communications?
dbvn··on Goodbye InnerHTML, Hello SetHTML: Stronger XSS Protection in Firefox 148
at what point can we consider the development of "set this element's text/html" to be done?
dbvn··on Web Components: The Framework-Free Renaissance
the first time I wrote a custom HTML element was the last time I ever reached for a React framework
dbvn··on Guinea worm on track to be 2nd eradicated human disease; only 10 cases in 2025
71% of their 2022-23 funding was from corporations soooo....
dbvn··on Parking lots as economic drains
"That is, how much value a parcel creates for the community compared to how much value it consumes simply by existing as land. Think of it like this:

Net Contribution=(Economic Output in $)−(Land Value in $)"

This calculation is shady. Land value fluctuates and already "bakes in" the predicted economic output... but multiplied across decades. Not to mention, land doesn't consume value by existing. the value never goes anywhere. Its opportunity cost, not a decrease in actual value.

Yes, there is value "missed out on", but it hasn't been destroyed. Because it never existed. And that value wouldn't have appeared out of nowhere. it would've required using up other resources that the parking lot wasn't.

dbvn··on Doing the thing is doing the thing
^^^ THIS ... If what you're building is useful, showing someone a prototype too early can cause the whole company to rush you to deploy.
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