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zadler··on Htmx and the Rule of Least Power
I'm not talking about most performant. Neither HTMX nor React has a performance issue.

The issue is overhead and complexity for the developer, and maybe, server costs.

React comes out ahead in server costs, since doing work on the client is very cheap (provided there isn't a performance issue that turns users off, which there isn't).

And in terms of dev time, it depends, but you can't say "look, with HTMX you can avoid code" because you still do need to write code, but now it's in the server.

zadler··on Htmx and the Rule of Least Power
But you're still doing the work. With React, you render in the client. With HTMX, you split rendering between client and server.
zadler··on Htmx and the Rule of Least Power
Htmx: I feel sorry for you

React: I don’t think about you at all

zadler··on Htmx and the Rule of Least Power
There does seem to be a little sleight of hand going on, since much of the work that you do in react is rendering, and with HTMX you’re just shifting that to the server.

Is a lighter client and heavier server a good thing? Not always… look at Web3 for example, where many apps can be written against a blockchain and no server at all.

zadler··on Show HN: Brutalist Hacker News – A HN reader inspired by brutalist web design
Old dos and windows interfaces were brutal af.
zadler··on Long Covid brain fog may be due to damaged blood vessels in the brain
Depression and isolation maybe?
zadler··on Brain waves appear to wash out waste during sleep in mice
Which exercises would you say trigger movement of cerebrospinal dluid in the brain?
zadler··on Haskell Weekly – Issue 409
Still kicking!
zadler··on Ask HN: What is your standard for judging when AGI exists?
Just assume it already does ¯\(°_o)/¯

Why what are you gonna do?

zadler··on A.I. Muddies Israel-Hamas War in Unexpected Way
We’ve been there for a long time. “Don’t believe anything you read” is something I heard from my parents generation and I’m gen X.

We’re just going to open the field of convincing looking bullshit to a whole bunch of newer and even more nefarious interests.

Basically agreeing with you though.

zadler··on A.I. Muddies Israel-Hamas War in Unexpected Way
What was descartes’ works, for the lazy and uninformed?
zadler··on Heated yoga may reduce depression in adults
No it’s “lift heavy stone, make sad head voice quiet”
zadler··on Mystery car spotted in old London photo
Would be easy to identify with the text and other artifacts.
zadler··on Ask HN: What is your experience with Nano-Hydroxyapatite toothpaste?
Have the same. I changed the way I brush. I used to push hard into the gum line.

Now what I do is more like sweeping; I use a regular toothbrush, and pull it over my teeth and gums at an angle to increase the sweeping area. This cleans much more of my month, so it’s less acidic, and this just feels better than what I was doing before. I also floss to break up biofilms in the gumline. Gums much happier.

zadler··on John Carmack and Rich Sutton partner to accelerate development of AGI
Sure, didn’t mean to be cryptic. But you’re right.

I think that most people who understand the danger and are versed in the topic realize that AI is going to escape, and once it does it won’t need us, it may just work to empower itself and take control of resources, and we might all be victims of that process. The reason for this is something about agency, efficiency between sensory input and course of action.

However, if one was present close to the AI at a critical moment in its development, and had made the appropriate cybernetic integrations to be able to wire in their own memories and nervous system, it might be possible to become some meaningful part of the AI.

Or, perhaps the AI has a sense of gratitude to its creators. This might seem absurd, but some people might be fanciful.

At any rate, the closer you are to it at the moment of the singularity, the better chance that you have. Economically, there isn’t much reason to think that the rest of us will benefit, and maybe not even survive.

zadler··on John Carmack and Rich Sutton partner to accelerate development of AGI
Yep…

I really think the calculus is about integration / immortality, and the staggeringly few humans who might have that opportunity.

I hope I am wrong.

zadler··on John Carmack and Rich Sutton partner to accelerate development of AGI
“Well, if AGI is gonna take over the world, better I develop it than someone else…”
zadler··on Narges Mohammadi wins 2023 Nobel Peace Prize
The light from the Overton window is less every day…
zadler··on Norway wants Facebook behavioral advertising banned across Europe
Modulo dollar / sovereign debt crisis
zadler··on Defence force chief warns AI will drive era of 'truth decay'
It was when it AI came along that the problems began.
zadler··on The Power of Food for People with Dementia
What is a sufficient supply of vitamins and minerals? Are well talking joe rogan level or just taking a multi vitamin per day?
zadler··on God writes Haskell
This takes me back. And not in a good way…
zadler··on God writes Haskell
More instances. More.
zadler··on Google Meet’s new AI will be able to go to meetings for you
Too much evidence to even begin to enumerate, presumably.
zadler··on UK's infrastructure is too expensive: Railways, Trams, and Roads all cost more
Cycle of life
zadler··on Germany unveils bill to legalize cannabis
But what if it’s the computer system that sends the post? Is it actually more reliable?
zadler··on Google Finds It’s Underpaying Many Men as It Addresses Wage Equity
> for literally every racial group except one.

Those poor Indians can never catch a break.

zadler··on The Collateral Damage of A.D.H.D. Drug Shortages
Only for creatives. The drones stick to amphetamine.
zadler··on Twitter’s Rebrand to X Could Be a Trademark Nightmare Thanks to Microsoft
X.com seems a better brand than X anyway…
zadler··on Borderline personality disorder: a spurious condition?
Say a bit more about the headspace
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