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VyperCard commented on Deepkit – High-Performance TypeScript Framework deepkit.io/... · Posted by u/nikolay

We generate byte-code from the TypeScript AST, embed that into the emitted JavaScript, and execute them on-demand in a virtual machine during runtime. The result is a type-object which contains the computed type of a TypeScript type expression which can then be used for various use-cases. We use them for ORM, validation, serialisation, RPC, HTTP Router, etc. You can learn more on how it works here https://deepkit.io/blog/introducing-deepkit-framework and in very detail in the TypeScript Bytecode proposal: https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/47658. Soon in a new doc/ebook it is explained in great detail how it works and the API of it can be utilised to build for example your own libraries/functionalities on top of it.

VyperCard · 3 years ago

It’s a great read. Thanks.

VyperCard commented on Deepkit – High-Performance TypeScript Framework deepkit.io/... · Posted by u/nikolay

bstrom · 3 years ago

Very interested in this. Is there a good place to stay updated on your progress?

VyperCard · 3 years ago

I’m also interested in any updates regarding this entire stack.

VyperCard commented on How does find by example work in the Pharo Finder chicoary.wordpress.com/20... · Posted by u/rscho

melvinroest · 3 years ago

Pharo recruitment plug: yesplan.be (Belgium) is hiring European Pharo software engineers. If you have little Pharo knowledge that’s fine too, in my (personal) experience, as I am now working with it for 3 months.

More on topic: there are many ways in which Pharo can find things that is not possible (or applicable) in other languages.

For example, there are 4 mouse clicks you can make in your image:

- left click

- right click: it shows a context menu

And then there are two clicks that I would need my laptop for to (re)figure out. One shows a “halo” around a window. The “halo” gives all kinds of options. The other one shows a context menu that allows you to figure out what objects are running with regards to the pixel you clicked on!

Because of the last click, it’s easy-ish to extend your IDE.

The last two clicks are some combination of CMD + Option + CTRL + click

VyperCard · 3 years ago

What is your pay for someone who could write this ten years ago in Amber Smalltalk but had since worked with Python and typescript?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uUOlzr4XdcY

Asking for a friend…

VyperCard commented on The ACLU Has Lost Its Way theatlantic.com/ideas/arc... · Posted by u/tysone

StanislavPetrov · 3 years ago

>1a issues have gotten a lot more complicated

Nothing ever has, or could be, simpler than the concept of free speech and free thought.

VyperCard · 3 years ago

Which is just an extremist point of view that will cost you your democracy soon.

VyperCard commented on Utilities Want to Convert Coal Plants to Nuclear; Skeptics Abound wsj.com/articles/utilitie... · Posted by u/lxm

adrianN · 3 years ago

Nothing humans do is "clean", so you always have to read the word in context. In the sixties the alternative would've been coal which in comparison is less clean.

VyperCard · 3 years ago

It’s still euphemistic and you know it.

VyperCard commented on A modern self-referential weight matrix that learns to modify itself arxiv.org/abs/2202.05780... · Posted by u/lnyan

erdos4d · 3 years ago

So you are saying that we can get another 3 decades of Moore's law by switching to GPUs made of silicon rather than CPUs made of silicon? Well fuck, problem solved then. I was completely unaware it was so easy.

VyperCard · 3 years ago

Yeah, but mostly for matrix multiplications

VyperCard commented on Quaise Energy – Unlocking the true power of clean geothermal energy quaise.energy... · Posted by u/xojoc

klabb3 · 3 years ago

Why not both? Windmills are intermittent, hugely dependent on location, short lifespan, requires a lot of space, dangerous to service etc etc. It's not a full solution.

VyperCard · 3 years ago

Jeder Euro fürs Atom fehlt uns beim echten Ökostrom.

Because if you habe finite resources, you better invest them in something that works than waste a considerable part to do something that probably maybe should work.

VyperCard commented on Retirees who live on cruise ships cntraveler.com/story/meet... · Posted by u/carlivar

pc86 · 3 years ago

I hate this argument so much. These ships spend $2 million a day on burning dinosaur juice and pumping CO2 into the atmosphere. Nuclear is better than that, full stop. It's this perfect-being-the-enemy-of-better nonsense that keeps oil a trillion dollar industry decade after decade.

No amount of sails and solar panels is going to move a fucking cruise ship. We need to make incremental progress or there will be no progress at all.

VyperCard · 3 years ago

https://climateer.substack.com/p/better-than-fossil?s=r

VyperCard commented on Famous Navy UFO video was camera glare, evidence suggests petapixel.com/2022/03/14/... · Posted by u/mromanuk

chrisco255 · 3 years ago

Yes, Russia has the largest nuclear stockpile in the world, they absolutely work and it's unwise to base your opinions on their nuclear and tactical capabilities based on their slow advance into Ukraine.

The Poseidon is a 100 megaton nuclear torpedo.

It doesn't need to get anywhere near a carrier group to knock out the entire group. It is twice as powerful as the largest nuke ever detonated (at 57megatons) and a Russian sub can carry four of these torpedoes:

“All buildings in the village of Severny (both wooden and brick), located 55 km (34 mi) from ground zero within the Sukhoy Nos test range, were destroyed. In districts hundreds of kilometers from ground zero wooden houses were destroyed, stone ones lost their roofs, windows, doors, and radio communications were interrupted for almost one hour. One participant in the test saw a bright flash through dark goggles and felt the effects of a thermal pulse even at a distance of 270 kilometres (170 mi). The heat from the explosion could have caused third degree burns 100 km (62 mi) away from ground zero. A shock wave was observed in the air at Dikson settlement 700 km (430 mi) away; windowpanes were partially broken to distances of 900 kilometres (560 mi)."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba

VyperCard · 3 years ago

If it exists. If it works. If if it