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dminor commented on No right to relicense this project github.com/chardet/charde... · Posted by u/robin_reala

dminor · 10 days ago

Another tangent that I didn't see in the thread is that the Supreme Court just confirmed a ruling that LLM created art isn't copyrightable since the author must be human for copyright to apply.

If the new code was generated entirely by an LLM, can it be licensed at all? Or is it automatically in the public domain?

dminor commented on Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026) · Posted by u/david927

dminor · a month ago

I'm working on a language learning framework based on the ideas of comprehensible input and spaced repetition learning.

The idea is you take a book you want to read, and it gets translated but also rewritten to match your current learning level. And as you read/listen it introduces new words to learn, reinforced by spaced repetition.

We're taking a trip to France this summer and I'm hoping to have something usable for at least a couple months before we go.

Currently working on the mechanics of extracting content from ebooks.

dminor commented on California is free of drought for the first time in 25 years latimes.com/california/st... · Posted by u/thnaks

cogman10 · 2 months ago

Same in idaho. We are looking at historic lows for our reservoirs.

dminor · 2 months ago

Same in Oregon. Snowpack way below normal.

dminor commented on Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today? · Posted by u/blahaj

sowbug · 2 months ago

On a recent trip to Costa Rica, I discovered "Rice and Beans," which is not Gallo Pinto, but a Caribbean-influenced dish made principally of white rice, red kidney beans, coconut milk, and thyme. The dish name is in quotes because it's really the English words "Rice and Beans." It's marvelous, and I couldn't wait to try making it myself at home. Unfortunately, so far, it's been a mushy flavorless mess. I'll try a third go tomorrow. What I have so far:

- soften diced yellow onion and green bell pepper in 1 tbsp coconut oil

- toss in 3 minced garlic cloves

- toast 1.5 cups dry rinsed white rice in the mix

- pour in 1 can coconut milk

- add 1 can black beans (still looking for red beans)

- add lots of fresh thyme

- put in 1 whole habanero (still looking for Panamanian pepper)

- add 1 tsp salt

- add 1 can chicken broth

- if you have it, add a tbsp of Linzo sauce

Then simmer until the rice is cooked.

Next time I'm going to try with fresh coconut milk straight from a real coconut. That's what I explored today: how to make coconut milk.

Would appreciate advice on improving the recipe.

Late edit: on the plane back from CR I watched The Thinking Game, a documentary about DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis. Recommended.

dminor · 2 months ago

Canned beans are already cooked, so add them at the end to heat through. Or, start from dried beans, but it takes experimentation to get them to the desired texture.

dminor commented on Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone github.com/rberg27/doom-c... · Posted by u/rbergamini27

dminor · 2 months ago

If you have GitHub copilot you can create github issues and assign them to copilot. All you need is a browser.

dminor commented on The Fisher-Yates shuffle is backward possiblywrong.wordpress.c... · Posted by u/possiblywrong

dminor · 3 months ago

A lot of backwards looping is a remnant of efficient loops in programming days of yore - you compare your iterator to 0 each time, which is slightly more efficient than comparing to another variable.

dminor commented on 10 years bootstrapped: €6.5M revenue with a team of 13 datocms.com/blog/a-look-b... · Posted by u/steffoz

dminor · 3 months ago

We've been using Dato for 5 years or so - a bit of a weird use case probably, we're driving configuration of our internal EHR with it. But it is very nice for creating a structured set of data models and then you've got a nice UI to input the data and a nice API for grabbing the data, all of which the engineering team didn't need to build.

It's been rock solid for us.

dminor commented on 10 years bootstrapped: €6.5M revenue with a team of 13 datocms.com/blog/a-look-b... · Posted by u/steffoz

d--b · 3 months ago

Well, for a start, you guys brag about having great margins, which is not a problem in itself, but as a potential customer, it gives me the impression that the product could be cheaper.

Then it's all self-congratulatory, with overemphasis that I find lacking taste. Just my personal opinion...

dminor · 3 months ago

As an actual customer, I have the opposite reaction. They are doing well and that gives me peace of mind.

dminor commented on How to think about durable execution hatchet.run/blog/durable-... · Posted by u/abelanger

MasterJJ · 3 months ago

Have you compared with LittleHorse.io? Seems like that would be durable and easier for workflows and retries etc

dminor · 3 months ago

First time hearing of it.

At first glance it looks more complicated than DBOS, not easier. DBOS is just a library and doesn't require a special DSL.

Also we use node which it Little horse doesn't seem to support.