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superidiot1932··on Mathematician solves algebra's oldest problem using intriguing number sequences
No, he really doesn't believe in them.
superidiot1932··on Good vs. Great Animations
The "Spring-based interaction" feels absolutely terrible, way too slow and laggy.
superidiot1932··on Dave Täht has died
What killed him?
superidiot1932··on Blender releases their Oscar winning version tool
> I remember using Blender when everyone was saying how terrible of a UX it was.

It isn't terrible anymore but still bad.

superidiot1932··on Deep Learning Is Not So Mysterious or Different
I too felt threatened
superidiot1932··on [dead]
Like all revolutionary technologies that came before, the gain in productivity in the entire economy is worth a few jobs.
superidiot1932··on Researchers discover new third class of magnetism
the spirit of lk-99 lives on
superidiot1932··on Ask HN: 2026 Predictions
Ali Khamenei dies
superidiot1932··on Ask HN: 2026 Predictions
being 100 bps off target is not a "high inflation environment"
superidiot1932··on Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024
Which crypto Bill Ackman is trying to dump on retail?
superidiot1932··on Microsoft Recall is now an explorer.exe dependency
Yeah this is it for me, cleaning up my windows installation and backing up my files, going to move to some linux distro this month.
superidiot1932··on Everyone's Lonely but Why? Workplace Loneliness Statistics
Online dating and women's hypergamy
superidiot1932··on Watch live as SpaceX crew carry out first-ever commercial spacewalk
> This is bringing more eyeballs to space tourism. So that more crypto bros can have a cocktail in orbit at the expense of everyone else.

What is the problem with that? This is funding space research and development by SpaceX. This just feels like a generic "few can pay for it but I don't therefore it's bad", you're just being envious.

superidiot1932··on Watch live as SpaceX crew carry out first-ever commercial spacewalk
> Just that the "version" of capitalism we're running now produces inequalities that allow people to pull up that kind of stunts.

This "stunt" was a major achievement for humankind, maybe this "version" of capitalism isn't that bad after all

superidiot1932··on Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's Leaked Stanford Talk
Fuchsia isn't dead. Yet.
superidiot1932··on Musk's new Grok upgrade allows X users to create largely uncensored AI images
And this is how Grok will out compete other image generation services, unless they adapt of course.
superidiot1932··on Re-fixing Servo's event-loop
>It is meaningless to model a great algorithm in abstract mathematical models, and then let someone else implementing them in C89 with raw BSD sockets and C strings

Bold statement, at least in that case you know the algorithm isn't wrong.

superidiot1932··on CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
How is it caviar then?
superidiot1932··on [dead]
Anyone can do that by paying for it
superidiot1932··on General Theory of Neural Networks
Can you expand on that?
superidiot1932··on String Theory Unravels New Pi Formula: A Quantum Leap in Mathematics
>A Quantum Leap in Mathematics

A very small leap in mathematics then?

superidiot1932··on Programmers should never trust anyone, not even themselves
There are verified compilers such as the compcert compiler and also ways to verify that a given binary does in fact correctly implement an specification
superidiot1932··on Welcome to Ladybird
Great jab at the Motzilla foundation that focuses on "Pocket", "Mozilla VPN", millions of dollars in CEO compensations, AI investments, political deplatforming and other things (maybe Firefox).
superidiot1932··on Apple illegally dumped hazardous waste into the ambient air outside the facility
This is a bit of an overgeneralization, it's possible to be pro deregulation in certain markets while at the same time supporting regulation on proper disposal of toxic industrial waste.
superidiot1932··on MTV news website goes dark, archives pulled offline
Incentives to mine it with storage hardware and maintain the ledger with ponzi-like economics
superidiot1932··on MTV news website goes dark, archives pulled offline
Yes that is the idea, there already are successful blockchains such as arweave that functions like this.
superidiot1932··on MTV news website goes dark, archives pulled offline
Blockchain solves this, it is possible to fund immutable data archival and ordering using a blockchain cryptocurrency.
superidiot1932··on An icon taskbar for the Gnome Shell
Won't name him but there is an specific Gnome developer who has become a lolcow on the level of Terry Davis in computing related image boards due to his huge ego and arrogant behavior. Aside from Terry himself I have never seen something like that before and it should tell you something about his attitude, he is not the sole offender from the gnome team just the most prominent one.
superidiot1932··on An icon taskbar for the Gnome Shell
This has been an issue since gnome shell was released, I don't believe it will get any better from now on.
superidiot1932··on New mRNA cancer vaccine triggers immune response to malignant brain tumor
In humans
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