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Counterpoint: https://sophiebits.com/2026/06/25/there-are-no-lossless-tran...

These are interesting results, but it reeks of LLM output. [ You made an interesting thing, why not describe it in your own words? I already read this all day.][1] [1]: https://bsk…

Literally just had this same signal with PR review comments. Checked the status page, saw it was green, and (correctly) assumed “not for long!”

Some of these missing checks were why Flow was an attractive choice when weighing [Flow vs Typescript][1]. For example, it wasn't until Typescript 2.0 that we got null checks! - ht…

The experience you describe has been completely different from mine. I’m not a big poster, but I use Bluesky daily for: - Sports - Law - Authors - Comedy - Video Games - Programmin…

“Guns don’t kill people, etc…”

Is there a specific part of Node 22 that isn’t there in Node 24?

> The overall message of the democrats has been "we didn't do it, but he had it coming". Please give examples of this.

> needs to be cancelled

In his one singular semester in college? Going to need a source for your fact there. Pretty sure no one has all the info yet.

Except all indications are the show was pulled because of pressure from the government . The FCC threatening “we can do this the easy way or the hard way” is not constitutional.

Smarter Scrubber video, for those that aren't familiar: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZTGwcHQfLY

Should say "Made in America*", since: Not all of its parts are U.S. made: Other components come from China and other Asian countries. [...] The screen and battery come from China a…

[Simple is not easy][1]. [1]: https://www.entropywins.wtf/blog/2017/01/02/simple-is-not-ea...

The company I work for does this. I recently pushed an update to a personal repo that just contained a keyword match (the push included a dictionary.txt file which happened to incl…

Oh wow, totally forgot about [Yammer][1]. What a waste of time. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viva_Engage

To remove the presidential pardon power, you'd need to [amend the Constitution][1]. Getting [two thirds of both Houses of Congress][2] to pass any amendment in the foreseeable futu…

Ah the old "make a bot post, then write about the bot post, then get called out as a bot, then make another post talking about getting 'falsely' accused of being a bot" play. It's …

Related discussion - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35441211

> hasn't been the case for years For 10 years, actually. ES6 - otherwise known as ECMAScript 2015 - did in fact come out 10 years ago. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECMAScript_ve…

I largely agree with these, except for #4: Ship First, Refine Never Write good enough code that solves a user’s problem and only optimise when metrics demand it. Too often, we’re f…

Contrast Meta's stance with Costco's, when [Costco responded][1] to a shareholder that proposed Costco prepare a report on "the risks of the Company maintaining its current DEI rol…

> mostly useless comments about not having periods at the ends of lines Oh my god, this sounds like a nightmare. I definitely would not be able to tolerate this for long. Did you t…