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One of my favorite quotes: “There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to …

Agreed! Wonderful museum. They also have some original codices along with translations that are interesting to look at https://photos.app.goo.gl/zeo3Hn2Q8v81cidX9

To be clear, minification was absolutely a key feature/motivation for the compiler. Runtime performance was more important than code size, but as usual the key to improving runtime…

Interesting read. I wrote the original compiler back in 2002/2003, but a lot changed by the time it was open sourced (including the confusing name -- I just called it a javascript …

It’s both a novel virus and a novel vaccine. Without clinical trials we really don’t know if the boosters are helping or hurting. Also, we should be doing clinical trials on flu sh…

Comparing global fuel consumption with global electricity production is a good approach. It’s clearly substantial, but doable, especially since fuel production can utilize “unrelia…

Show your math. Unless those nukes are very small, your claim seems way off.

She’s also one of the best founders I’ve ever worked with. Her talks at yc are my favorite — incredibly honest, personal, and insightful.

I’m more disturbed by the fact that they can also edit or remove books that I’ve already purchased. How long until Amazon is forced to “deplatform” something offensive? Those old b…

The denial is strong. Reminds me of how cell phone makers responded to the iPhone: “The development of mobile phones will be similar in PCs. Even with the Mac, Apple has attracted …

CMGI and the other “incubators” of that era were nothing like YC. The label “accelerator” was applied to YC years after it was started because of the need for a generic term to des…

This may interest you: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/08/curing-the-incurable/

Slashdot is where I first encountered both Google ('98 / early '99) and YC (the Summer Founders Program). So pretty valuable personally. Thanks for that :) I miss the enthusiasm of…

It always surprises me that people find the concept of the brain being connected to the body to be "woo-woo". The objections are very unscientific. Biology is incredibly complex, a…

This is a very poor metric. Companies running out of money and doing a small exit counts as "good" ("conversion") while a successful and growing company is interpreted as something…

"If you look at companies that have made a lot of people rich, like Microsoft, Google, and Facebook, almost none of the employees who became rich had an instrumental role in the co…

It's really not that hard to understand how these notes convert and how much you are diluting if you spend just a few minutes modeling it out with https://angelcalc.com Of course i…

So awesome. And maybe the tunnels will only allow self-driving electric cars :)

Just two days ago I watched "The Last Man on the Moon" with my son (on Netflix). Good documentary, but sad to see him pass. Those Apollo astronauts were truly remarkable people.

This is awesome. I especially like the practice of removing negative constructions -- that seems like it would be life changing over the long term.

That's how I ended up learning vi. In 1993, my 386 didn't have enough disk space for emacs, so I had to learn vi (which is lucky because I probably wouldn't have done it otherwise)…

" A leader in space technology, S3 aims to make space more accessible by creating low-cost, reusable satellite launchers, a development not welcomed by all in the industry. Last ye…