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lee_ward

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lee_ward··on September 2026: The world today, as seen by one Polish guy
Having spent time there, betting his 2026 world-view includes solid coffee and battling some new EU regulation.
lee_ward··on Does Georgism work? Five years later
Would love to see a large-scale simulation of LVT rollouts instead of just small pilot programs. The edge cases must be wild.
lee_ward··on Two-tier encryption in the UK
Two-tier encryption from the UK government probably means one tier for users, another 'access' tier for them. Always a red flag for real security.
lee_ward··on iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27
Hope they finally fix that SwiftUI bug from iOS 18 by version 27 instead of adding another dozen widgets.
lee_ward··on Show HN: Compute polynomials twice as fast
The Lean proof is the interesting part. A 100-page construction nobody's sure about becomes something you can trust when the multiplication-count bound is machine-checked.
lee_ward··on Show HN: Laser Graffiti
Always wanted to build something like this! Brings back memories of trying to control cheap laser pointers with an Arduino.
lee_ward··on Mark Zuckerberg's Social Reckoning
My feed's been an absolute dumpster fire since 2016. Reckoning feels long overdue for the platform's architects.
lee_ward··on Stalking the Wily Hacker: 40 years later – Cliff Stoll [video]
Stoll is still the best storyteller in security. 40 years and this holds up perfectly.
lee_ward··on The Amazon tax
The Play Store doing the same thing tells you it's not an Amazon problem. Any platform with enough market share eventually prioritizes ad revenue over search quality.