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poncho_romero··on How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn't
A Nobel Prize has never been awarded posthumously. The 1974 change was explicitly codifying a practice that had already been in-place — not awarding dead people.
poncho_romero··on Nature's capacity to 'bounce back' when species are lost is vastly overestimated
Carthage MUST be destroyed.
poncho_romero··on JetBrains reports revenue growth, net financial loss for 2025
It's not about "how ugly the code is". Poor solutions heaped on top of poor solutions can result in a system with real users and intractable issues. I'm all for AI, but not reviewing the code seems likely to cause issues long term.
poncho_romero··on JetBrains reported a net financial loss first time in its tracked history
I "code" using Codex but I still use PHPStorm for checking diffs, database access, reviewing PRs, and the debugger. The value proposition has changed, not disappeared.
poncho_romero··on JetBrains reports revenue growth, net financial loss for 2025
The war in Ukraine and subsequent move to Czechia did seem to hurt them pretty badly, but I wouldn't say they are stagnant. I've been a happy customer of PHPStorm for years and it continues to improve.
poncho_romero··on JetBrains reported a net financial loss first time in its tracked history
I think Junie is comparable to something like Claude Code or Codex, but moving a little slower feature wise. It's perfectly adequate for developers who want to use AI but don't want to keep up with the bleeding edge of tooling.
poncho_romero··on JetBrains reports revenue growth, net financial loss for 2025
I think this is what JetBrains Air is supposed to be. I haven't had a chance to test it but it seems promising.

https://www.jetbrains.com/air/

poncho_romero··on What About Rails?
PHP is significantly faster than Ruby.
poncho_romero··on MiMo v2.6
The past is a foreign country. That United States is gone and it isn't coming back.
poncho_romero··on Why I'm still bearish on LLMs after Navier-Stokes
I don't think that's been true over the last decade though.
poncho_romero··on The UN challenges five centuries of cartography
To some people the Berlin Wall was an immediate and terrible factor in their lives. But to most people in the world, it was a symbol of oppression rather than a physical manifestation of it.
poncho_romero··on The UN challenges five centuries of cartography
Why? Mercator is useful and familiar to billions of people.
poncho_romero··on De-Brainrot Vacations
Ratio /s
poncho_romero··on De-Brainrot Vacations
You can do the same on iOS in the Accessibility settings. I have my phone set up so that I can toggle the monochrome filter by double tapping the back of the device. I keep it in black and white but can switch back to colour easily if I need to show someone a photo.
poncho_romero··on De-Brainrot Vacations
As a young person, I can at least anecdotally say the same thing is happening to people who, while older, ain't old yet.
poncho_romero··on Dutch central bank moves share of gold from U.S., Canada to London
Why is "occupy" in quotes? The trucks jammed downtown Ottawa and were making a tremendous amount of noise. That isn't some peaceful protest that got a permit ahead of time, it was an attempt to shutdown the nation's capital.
poncho_romero··on Netherlands pulls gold out of the US
> Modernizing manufacturing so that each worker is far more productive and we can compete with the world

How does this not correspond directly to reduced trade deficits? In this scenario the US is either sourcing more of what it needs internally, and thereby importing less, or it is more competitive globally and therefore exporting more, or both.

poncho_romero··on Judge rules Trump administration’s blacklisting of Anthropic was illegal
The point is total economic dependence on _no one_, because we had basically had total economic dependence on the US and they fucked us into learning our lesson.
poncho_romero··on Trade (and Tariffs)
It also excludes money spent on services, which in most cases favours the US.
poncho_romero··on Andreessen Horowitz is investing billions into a bleak future
Exactly. It will be great for the rich and powerful when common people are drowning in so much mis- and disinformation that the only way to get through a day is to disbelieve everything. There will be even less accountability then.
poncho_romero··on Andreessen Horowitz is investing billions into a bleak future
I think they've realized there is a meaningful distinction between Google's search ads and someone recommending a product with no ulterior motives.
poncho_romero··on Canada will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down
This is a useless hypothetical. Almost every country would regress in quality of life if it were suddenly cut off from the global economy. The options aren’t a bad deal from the US or complete isolation. Canada is making deals with reliable partners abroad.
poncho_romero··on Canada will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down
Explain how “Canada’s economy grows rapidly” if we accept a bad deal from a stronger economy. The goal for Canada is a return to the free trade agreement covering ~98% of goods that existed before this chaos, which allowed for close integration and long term planning for businesses on both sides of the border. Rolling over and dying gets us further away from that goal.
poncho_romero··on Canada will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down
No deal is better than a bad deal.
poncho_romero··on Go 1.27
Unlike formatting preferences, the colours I use in my editor don't effect others. That said I might not mind living in a world where everyone used the same highlighting scheme, as long as it was reasonable ;)
poncho_romero··on Go 1.27
As a red-green colourblind person I hope not!
poncho_romero··on Being ambitious and being a dad
I did fasting for a while, usually fasting for 16+ hours and eating 1-2 meals in the eight hour feeding window, but eventually stopped in favour of working out. I'd like to be able to lift while also fasting, but I'm worried that (1) I'd struggle to hit my protein targets and (2) only eating during a small window each day would hurt muscle growth.
poncho_romero··on Universal health coverage could save $1T and 114k lives a year: study
What about them? The Canadian healthcare system has better outcomes than the American healthcare system in several areas. Most simply, Canadians live longer.
poncho_romero··on Universal health coverage could save $1T and 114k lives a year: study
In what world is the Republican Party pro entrepreneur/small business enough to make these rhetorical questions meaningful?
poncho_romero··on How the words we teach English language learners changed
In Canada I hear keener more often than keen (although both are rare).
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