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> is strange that when people are pro-american, or pro-any-ingroup, nobody asks for justification Being pro a group can be strictly positive sum - wanting to lift that group up, li…

That's good news for the data centers.

> you can drink Coke, too I drink water. Which means I'm just like Cristiano Ronaldo[1]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2ZLS1V3iMw

When humans can cause fewer accidents and fatalities than Waymo on average. People are still inflicting those lessons on us.

John Ternus, SVP of Hardware Engineering, is considered the front runner for CEO right now. The board wants a more product oriented CEO this time. Things could change but makes me …

> 5 Wondering would be a way to use JSX with HTMX server side, I miss components, I don't want partial templates. I'm playing with JSX, Hono, and Bun right now to do just that. It'…

Recently I've been experimenting with using multiple languages in some projects where certain components have a far better ecosystem in one language but the majority of the project…

This discussion makes me think peer reviews need more automated tooling somewhat analogous to what software engineers have long relied on. For example, a tool could use an LLM to c…

Corporations don't need cameras to track people, they have had the ability to track bluetooth emissions for well over a decade. Unless you turn off a lot of connectivity settings, …

“If only you had reduced your emissions one of the top 10 largest oil producing countries in the world would not have this problem.” ETA: China imports 40% of Iranian oil productio…

I must be doing something wrong because incremental builds regularly take 30-60 seconds for me. Much more if I add a dependency. And I try to keep my crates small.

It's still my number one complaint about Rust, even though it has definitely gotten better over time. Partly my fault - I'm stuck on a slightly underpowered Windows machine at work…

NYC very sensibly does not allow right turns on red. Our streets are chaotic enough as is.

I think you have that flexibility backwards. Coal can be ramped up relatively quickly and operates in nearly all weather conditions, but wind and solar are at the whim nature. Unle…

> from coal to clean energy The reason I'm skeptical of that framing is it implies coal production is being replaced by clean energy, rather than total energy production being incr…

> If we stopped buying shit we don't need, they could easily turn off a good portion of their coal powered electricity plants if they wanted. If they wanted. China has a policy of …

Some data: China's share of of electricity production from coal is at 60% as of 2023[1] compared to 16% for the US[2]. That's down from 80% in 2005. It currently generates 35% of i…

There are corners like Substack that are an exception. And at least services like YouTube and Spotify offer a paid alternative to ads. I for one would rather pay the ~$10/month tha…

In the first weeks of the war you could see Russian armored columns clearly on Google Maps as heavy traffic (along with other military activity but the columns really stood out). h…

What about the courts?