Build things, get critical feedback on them, improve them, repeat. HN is a great source for that type of feedback. Start tiny and just build as much as you can. Nothing will teach you more faster than just building.
Readit NewsCardinal7167 commented on Ask HN: What should an entrepreneurial CS student focus on this summer? · Posted by u/zarathustra333
> Interior images, exterior images, facial geometry, voice recordings,
This is an absolutely unbelievable level of privacy intrusion IMO. I 100% support very heavily fining this sort of behavior, otherwise it will continue to proliferate.
It will never get fined because it’s how the people who legislate fines are making (and keeping) their money and control.
But raft isn’t strongly consistent, it has known liveness issues.
https://decentralizedthoughts.github.io/2020-12-12-raft-live...
Cardinal7167 commented on Lifestyle design from first principles taylor.town/constructive-... · Posted by u/surprisetalk
I don’t buy any of this “do everything to stop suffering” bullshit. Suffering makes us human. Read some Aldous Huxley. Attempting to avoid the unavoidable is neuroticism by definition. Learn to appreciate your suffering and get to acceptance of it as quickly as possible.
I agree. There’s beauty in suffering. There’s lessons in it. It sucks but when you come out the other side I wouldn’t trade the lessons I got for anything.
Ah, I see someone went on a deep dive of Utah lore after reading the PornHub ban thread
Cardinal7167 commented on New York to ban natural gas, including stoves, in new buildings nytimes.com/2023/04/28/ny... · Posted by u/ajay-d
I don't often like to take a "both sides" approach when assessing specific issues, but this one just seems to highlight the stupidity, or at the very least shortsightedness, of both sides.
On one hand, for those pushing for a ban, this seems largely performative, a la banning plastic straws. Gas is used for 2 main reasons: for cooking, where it represents a miniscule amount of overall energy use, and for heating, where, if what all the heat pump folks say is true, gas should fall out of favor vs. heat pumps eventually anyway. On the other side, I'm tired of the constant cries of "Muh Freedom!!!" in the face of any regulation that ignores the collective impact of not having any regulations.
Still, even for those who are gravely concerned about global warming, this feels like it will lead to a pyrrhic victory at best by making your average Joe more skeptical of government overreach. It seems like there could have been umpteen different types of government responses (e.g. support for heat pumps) that would have been better received by most folks compared to "we're banning something that a lot of people find useful and convenient".
> feels like it will lead to a pyrrhic victory at best by making your average Joe more skeptical of government overreach
This is basically how all climate regulations are perceived at the end of the day, and it’s the primary fuel for my most doompilled opinions for sure.
Cardinal7167 commented on sudo and su Being Rewritten in Rust for Memory Safety phoronix.com/news/sudo-su... · Posted by u/cf100clunk
You overestimate how many people know rust.
The 2022 SO survey puts it as one of the most popular languages, and spark or ada don’t even make the list
Dennis Montgomery, the man that sold Lindell the “evidence” in the first place, is a fascinating character. He has been pulling con after con, including $30MM from the Department of Defense, with seemingly no consequences.
Of course he was hired by Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Of course he was.
Cardinal7167 commented on Sweden launches research rocket, accidentally hits Norway reuters.com/world/europe/... · Posted by u/perihelions
So it's Afghanistan again, then.
The graveyard of bedroom sets