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dpc_01234··on Who benefits from the MAHA anti-science push?
You're twisting what I said in a bad faith. Bye.
dpc_01234··on Who benefits from the MAHA anti-science push?
Not only that link is a paywall, but I just don't trust propaganda outlets like this. Over and over I've seen these twisting and misinterpreting people's opinions. Quick googling suggests that he does have some unconventional (borderline quackery?) opinions there, though lots of it seems like a typical smearing tactics. Nevertheless, if I need to support even a complete quack to defend my rights, so be it. I wish both sides were more reasonable, so we could slap some warning signs on raw milk bottles, ensure higher safety standards on raw milk producers, so I could enjoy my glass of raw milk in peace, but I guess it is never going to happen.
dpc_01234··on Who benefits from the MAHA anti-science push?
I'm sorry for your loss. I have people in family who died in a car accident. I still drive a car.
dpc_01234··on Who benefits from the MAHA anti-science push?
> Your data point is what they call “anecdotal”.

Oh, whole nations and hundreds of years are now "an anecdote".

> How does your underdeveloped country compare to developed countries in a bunch of health related indicators?

Comparable, probably soon to overtake all US stats given how much of a shitshow the healthcare here is.

dpc_01234··on Who benefits from the MAHA anti-science push?
It has nothing to do with science really. I don't think "pro-raw-milk people" question safety benefits of pasteurization or doubt germ theory. It's only about people's lack of nuance, totalitarian ambitions and safetism. Some people just can't help but make decisions for other people because they think they are smarter and know better. Ban, ban, unsafe, ban, I know better. The idea that consuming raw milk is somehow "unscientific" is plain stupid and/or propaganda. All I want is to enjoy the taste of raw milk from time to time, I know how germs work, I'm not forcing anyone to drink it, but I'll be fine, please worry about yourself.

I would even appreciate government making sure that companies selling raw milk to me are taking additional (but reasonable) precautions. But anyone just trying to ban raw milk for being unsafe and "unscientific" is just stupid.

dpc_01234··on Who benefits from the MAHA anti-science push?
The biggest benefit of pasteurization is extending the shelf life, which is important in an industrialized economy. Dying due to consuming raw milk was not a problem, at least until milk had to be shipped long distances.
dpc_01234··on How I'm using Helix editor
Annoying, isn't it? I am running a trivial fork to change the `x` behavior on an empty line.

https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/4847

dpc_01234··on How I'm using Helix editor
Helix's editing model is better.
dpc_01234··on Nostr and ATProto (2024)
There's also: https://app.radicle.xyz/nodes/radicle.dpc.pw/rad:zzK566qFsZn...
dpc_01234··on I switched from Htmx to Datastar
Does it now allow handling non-2xx responses in non-SSE actions? Refusing to support it (even as an opt-in) is what made me just look into using alpine + alpinejs instead. SSE in d* is awesome when you have a feature that needs it, but IMO d* completely over-emphasizes and wants you to use it for everything. If I was using d*, I would use it more often, sure. But most of my projects just need little html updates on a click of a button, that's all. I'm not going to change the whole architecture to tailor it to a 1% feature.
dpc_01234··on I switched from Htmx to Datastar
Not sure if satire, or serious. Well done, well done.
dpc_01234··on Boring Company cited for almost 800 environmental violations in Las Vegas
He is right, but also the fines need to be higher, especially for repeated violations.

Ever worked in a company where you need approval from 7 separate teams to land a simple change? Just can't get anything done, no matter how useful. This is a huge problem. People generally do not understand what serialized blocking does to performance.

On the other hand the fines cited in the article seem laughably low. I don't know how much ground water was discharged, and how big of a deal it is, but at certain pricetag even billionaires will say: well, it's cheaper to get a cistern and take that water to a water treatment facility or something.

dpc_01234··on Cloudflare Introduces NET Dollar stable coin
Average HN commenter is a solid counter signal for investors. Kind of like Cramer just for tech.
dpc_01234··on Cloudflare Introduces NET Dollar stable coin
The coins can be just registered to an id. I don't like these, but tech like GNU Teller already enable it even with decent privacy.
dpc_01234··on Genode OS Framework
Huh. This project is still going strong. I remember playing with it ... 15 years ago, when (IIRC) for some time it was supporting microkernel I was part of the team developing (Codezero).

The Base Platform https://genode.org/documentation/platforms/index mentions mostly microkernels even older than Genode. I wonder how does the microkernel landspace looking now? Is it just done or do people still release interesting new projects nowadays? Do real deployments of Genode use typically Linux due to HW support anyway?

How is RISV support anyway?

Makes me wonder if something like Nix and Genode could be combined for some interesting properties. Reproducible, flexibly nested OSes, etc.

dpc_01234··on Mesh: I tried Htmx, then ditched it
99% of websites are, or should be, just a simple document(s) with a couple of forms, and the goal of HTMX is to help achieving low to medium complexity interactivity, and better UX on such sites easy. These are not the flashiest and most sexy demos, but the staple of the Internet.

If you really need to make a web _application_ with lots of reactive interdependent elements, HTMX is not the tool for the job.

dpc_01234··on Mesh: I tried Htmx, then ditched it
> MESH is based on a simple principle: one component = one endpoint. This is a powerful idea - it allows us to write a HTML-first back-end in such a way that it feels like writing an SPA.

Yeah, I immediately could tell this is where the idea and HTMX collided.

In the worldview where HTMX shines, every page is just a document. HTMX is just a small library to add some capabilities for better interactivity. The goal is precisely to avoid what the author wanted.

dpc_01234··on Zig feels more practical than Rust for real-world CLI tools
The title is about CLI tools, then it seems like bunch of cope about borrow-checker-phobia.

I would actually be interested in a honest comparison of a Rust CLI program using clap, duct and some other standard CLI handling libraries with their Zig equivalents.

Show the code side by side, how much boilerplate each requires. Then compare how quickly they compile in debug and release mode, how fast they start, how big the binaries are after stripping, stuff like that.

dpc_01234··on Permeable materials in homes act as sponges for harmful chemicals: study
Isn't this obvious? I don't know, maybe there are some details of this study that are are scientifically useful, but as a news it's pointless?

Yeah, make sure to get a lot of ventilation, but that doesn't require any study. Even without any any pollutants, indoor air will have a bad quality. And your body deals with minor amount of bad stuff just fine.

dpc_01234··on Why do we keep gravitating toward complexity?
Counterpoint: https://dpc.pw/posts/you-can-t-just-avoid-complexity/
dpc_01234··on Wayland breaks the tools I use to make a living
The way to combat these problems is to form some foundation, secure funding (public and private) and hire devs to work on it across ecosystem.
dpc_01234··on UTF-8 is a brilliant design
UTF-8 is a undeniably a good answer, but to a relatively simple bit twiddling / variable len integer encoding problem in a somewhat specific context.

I realize that hindsight is 20/20, and time were different, but lets face it: "how to use an unused top bit to best encode larger number representing Unicode" is not that much of challenge, and the space of practical solutions isn't even all that large.

dpc_01234··on NPM debug and chalk packages compromised
NPM dev gets hacked, packages compromised, it's detected within couple of hours.

XZ got hacked, it reached development versions of major distributions undetected, right inside an _ssh_, and it only got detected due to someone luckily noticing and investigated slow ssh connections.

Still some C devs will think it's a great time to come out and boast about their practices and tooling. :shrug:

dpc_01234··on AWS CEO says using AI to replace junior staff is 'Dumbest thing I've ever heard'
FWIW. Claude Code does great job for me on complex domain Rust projects, but I just use it one relatively small feature/code chunk at the time, where oftentimes it can pick up existing patterns etc. (I try to point it at similar existing code/feature if I have it). I do not let it write anything creative where it has to come up with own design (either high-level architectural, or low level facilities). Basically I draw the lines manually, and let it color the space between, using existing reference pictures. Works very, very well for me.
dpc_01234··on Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²
Thanks. Good pointers.

I do have a whole rack in a garage kind of like it, but I was hoping I could get something nicer and painted like in the article, ideally with different length elements, so I could make custom furniture from them, and then just cut MDF boards to size or something.

dpc_01234··on Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²
How do you call these plug into holes every inch frames used for this? I could use something like this for related projects.
dpc_01234··on Must democracy "deliver the goods" to beat autocracy?
> The playbook of a democratic leadership should be to crack down on fascists and others as hard as possible.

"Everything I like is good-label, everything I don't is bad-label" level of discourse.

dpc_01234··on Jujutsu for busy devs
Fwiw. It took me 4 or 5 attempts of various lengths (2 to 10 days) before I actually sticked with it. I've hit unimplemented deal breakers and was generally uncomfortable a lot. Now I like it more than git, but I don't think the difference is large and stacking commits is a bit of a pass time for me. I do it more now because it's easier but I would just do less of it with git and no one would care much.
dpc_01234··on Iroh: A library to establish direct connection between peers
Each time I looked at libp2p I didn't even knew where to begin. With Iroh it was trivial to get connections.

Also, AFAIK, Iroh makes some architectural choices (using relays to help establish connections), that make it less "pure p2p", but much more likely to actually work reliably.

dpc_01234··on Iroh: A library to establish direct connection between peers
It just makes a connection between two sides. How you use it (e.g. client makes a request, server responds) is up to you. So yes.
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