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jmulho commented on We're not innovating, we're just forgetting slower elektormagazine.com/artic... · Posted by u/obscurette

raincole · 2 months ago

> They can deploy applications to Kubernetes clusters but couldn’t design a simple op-amp circuit

And the ones who can design a op-amp circuit can't manufacture the laminate their circuit is going to be printed on. And the ones who know how to manufacture the laminate probably doesn't know how to refine or synthesize the material from the minerals. And probably none of them knows how to grow and fertilize the crop to feed themselves.

No one knows everything. Collaboration has been how we manage complexity since we were biologically a different species than H. sapiens.

jmulho · 2 months ago

You’re part of a different species than H. Sapiens?

jmulho commented on Which countries would benefit most from an American brain drain? economist.com/graphic-det... · Posted by u/rustoo

xedrac · 5 months ago

How so? Everything I've seen from them indicates they are purely focused on illegal immigration.

jmulho · 5 months ago

Rights afforded by the US Constitution such as free speech, assembly, and due process extend to everyone in the country, not just citizens. But apparently, there is no right to be in the US. The state department (Marco Rubio) has the power to revoke any non-citizen’s permission. And that is exactly what they are doing right now to non-citizens who are legally in the US on visas for work, school, vacation, etc., if these people do or say something the Trump administration finds objectionable like attending a pro-Palestinian protest. They’ve revoked 500 student visas so far at dozens of universities. Google “revoke student visa”. And since there is no illegality needed, there is no due process necessary. These people are just sent home with no explanation given. In some cases they have no idea what they even did wrong. They can even be kicked out on mistaken identity because there is no due process. This has nothing to do with illegal immigration. These people are in the US legally, and have done nothing illegal. This policy is apparently designed to intimidate anyone who dissents, including citizens. If the Trump administration can find a legal loophole that allows them to harm their enemies they are using it. And if no loophole exists, they are trying it anyway (since Trump’s Supreme Court has already ruled that nothing he does can be a crime). See their actions against law firms and investigations into Miles Taylor (called Trump “unfit”) and Chris Krebs (called the 2020 election “secure”). All this is happening under your nose and you see it as purely focused on illegal immigration.

jmulho commented on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2025) · Posted by u/whoishiring

privacyrights · 5 months ago

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jmulho · 5 months ago

14th question on the application (not mentioned in job listings): “Do you currently reside or open to relocation in one of the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington”.

jmulho commented on Ask HN: Is Washington Post correct in saying Signal is unsecure? · Posted by u/killjoywashere

Ros23 · 6 months ago

You very conveniently ignored my demand for official apology to Signal team. Why? What you have against them? Or everything should burn because half of America hates Trump? ;-) What about my point of running Signal on officially issued by Whitehouse phones? Do you disagree with that? Or we are ignoring the facts again, to make TDS the center of our conversation? And, what I _really_ want to know - will you continue using Signal or, as result of that stupid publication, you would ditch it? Thank you and please don't take my post wrong - I respect your views very much, I am just appalled how Signal is getting hurt among all that. It's unfair to Developers and great people workingin Signal team.

jmulho · 6 months ago

I didn’t realize that in order to comment I needed to address all of your points. Your take on the journalist (point 3) is the only one objectionable enough to warrant comment. But in the spirit of mutual respect, here you go: 1) Should the Washington Post apologize for calling Signal “unsecure, commercially available messaging platform.” Well, first, I think we can agree it’s a commercially available messaging platform. We might even agree that it is one of the most secure commercially available messaging platforms on Earth. But, as you can gather from other comments in this thread, “secure” is not a black and white thing. The padlock on my shed is secure against my kids. It is not secure against my neighbor who owns bolt cutters. Whether or not something is secure depends on the threat profile. What is the threat profile in this case? Furthermore, if some critical aspect of a system (such as the underlying cryptography) is secure that doesn’t necessarily mean the system as a whole is secure. For example, what if it is possible for an unintended party to be part of a secure conversation? Well, that by definition would not be secure. What if it is possible to screenshot classified information from a Signal conversations? That might be a security flaw. We could go on about challenges Signal faces, like their software runs on hardware they cannot control, on an OS they cannot control, compiled by a compiler they cannot control, distributed through app stores they cannot control. Or we could talk about how secure systems are only secure if used in a secure manner. We might agree that Signal is as secure as it possibly can be, given those limitations. But whether or not Signal is “secure” is not the question we should be asking. We should be asking whether it is “secure enough” for the context under discussion. The answer is no. The conversation leaked to a journalist. That is not secure. We might rightly say that Signal is apparently unsecure. I don’t expect journalists to understand crypto systems. I do expect them to recognize a security breach when it stares them in the face, and it makes sense to me that they might consider that unsecure. So, no, no apology necessary. 2) You are making a lot of assumptions here. Do you know that all 19 participants were using Signal on a govt issued device with NSA installed OS? How do you know that? All 19? If this were the proper system for communicating classified information, wouldn’t they have claimed as much? They can’t make that claim, so they are claiming it wasn’t classified information. And they are doubling down after the nature of the information has been revealed. Ask the pilots if it’s classified. And your contention that it was surely audited by the NSA line by line? Well, that has two problems: a) that would require Signal to be unsecure, and b) maybe only 18 NSA employees showed up to work that day, because they missed the journalist. The lack of any potential for NSA oversight is part of the problem. If the NSA were listening in, they could have moved the conversation to a SCIF as soon as the Fox News guy started texting F-18 launch times. 3) See my original comment. 4) By deep state, I guess you are referring to people who are actually qualified for their jobs, who understand that attack plans (including weapon systems, launch times, bomb detonation times) are classified information that if compromised could lead to mission failure and loss of life. No, these people aren’t furious that Signal prevents them from leaking information. They are furious that their unqualified superiors used Signal and did leak information. And to your question, sure I will keep using Signal. It is secure enough for my needs. But if I ever need to keep anyone updated about pending military strikes, I’ll go to a SCIF.

jmulho commented on Ask HN: Is Washington Post correct in saying Signal is unsecure? · Posted by u/killjoywashere

Ros23 · 6 months ago

1) Those Alex Horton and Missy Ryan do owe an apology to Signal project. Their publication was incorrect and caused misinformation regarding one of the most secure platforms on Earth.

2) As for Gov officials - I understand they used Signal on 1) Government issued devices, without a doubt running NSA built OS; 2) preinstalled Signal App, without a doubt audited by NSA line by line; 3) tactical OP information which has very close expiry date.

3) That "journalist", IMO, is guilty of high treason. They must have immediately notified the group about their presence and they must have not publish any of the secrets they accidentally got privy to. And even more, from professional POV, the actions of journalist were deeply non-ethical. I dare say, un-American and definitely not something that any US Citizen can be expected to do.

4) The "deep state" is furious because they can't leak Signal chat messages. IMO, it's a good choice. They (Administration) just need to carefully audit the groups and distribution lists. That was a very bad call.

I personally will _continue_ using Signal, even with more confidence now.

jmulho · 6 months ago

The journalist published proof that Hegseth texted detailed military attack plans via Signal two hours prior to the attack (the secrets) after multiple participants on the Signal chain lied to congress in a public hearing and claimed it didn’t happen. Would letting those lies stand have been the ethical thing for a journalist to do? Exposing a bunch of liars at the highest level of government is absolutely American and something all US citizens should be expected to do. Sadly, about half of Americans will still believe the lies even now that they have been exposed.

jmulho commented on The Frontend Treadmill polotek.net/posts/the-fro... · Posted by u/Kerrick

proc0 · 6 months ago

It's not an experiment though. The divide is clear, you have a client application, and then server applications that the client talks to. This is even more true if you want a lot of interactivity. This line isn't going away anytime soon. There will always be an application that runs on the edge device or machine, and it needs to talk to some other application to store and retrieve data.

jmulho · 6 months ago

The secret is to make the thing that runs on the backend the application, and the thing that runs on the edge device the user interface.

jmulho commented on Aspartame aggravates atherosclerosis through insulin-triggered inflammation cell.com/cell-metabolism/... · Posted by u/tu7001

morkalork · 6 months ago

I would really like a low sugar soft drink, not artificial but one with like 1/4 the amount of real sugar. It would probably taste fine, I don't get why everything needs 32g in it!

jmulho · 6 months ago

My favorite (besides water, coffee, tea) is sparkling water with some fruit juice and no added sweeteners, e.g. the brand “Spindrift”. It’s 35 calories. I prefer it to colas, juice, and sparkling juice. It is particularly refreshing when you are hot (from yard work, exercise, etc.) when other drinks can taste too sweet.

jmulho commented on Aspartame aggravates atherosclerosis through insulin-triggered inflammation cell.com/cell-metabolism/... · Posted by u/tu7001

kreetx · 6 months ago

Every now and then there is an alarmist article about aspartame, and every time it's hard to tell whether moderate drinking of soft drinks is better when it had regular sugar vs when it has aspartame - can any person more familiar comment on this with regarding to current article?

jmulho · 6 months ago

Gil Carvalho (Nutrition Made Simple) is a good source for these types of questions. His existing videos may not address a brand new study, but he will give you a basis for assessing the new study in the context of what is already known.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdKAPzsxr_Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h5IABzlj8w

jmulho commented on Iconography of the PuTTY tools chiark.greenend.org.uk/~s... · Posted by u/Tomte

RadiozRadioz · 6 months ago

> I think that’s probably because the 1990s styling is part of what makes PuTTY what it is – “reassuringly old-fashioned”

This is definitely something that attracts me to PuTTY. There _is_ something reassuring about applications that look the way PuTTY does - maybe the aged look projects stability due to lack of change, maybe it's just the additional cohesion from using OS primitives, I'm not sure. What I am sure of is that I find the opposite to be true for apps with a "modern" aesthetic; the more material design, rounded corners, transitions, low contrast, high padding I see, the more I experience feelings of distrust and skepticism.

I'm not qualified to psychoanalyze it, but I'd hazard that it's not an uncommon interpretation in some user groups, given the pockets of fans of PuTTY-esque design.

jmulho · 6 months ago

> the more material design… I see, the more I experience feelings of distrust and skepticism.

One of the tenets of material design seems to be that a rectangle should not reveal its true nature until you click on it. It might be a button, a text box, or just a rectangle!

jmulho commented on Genetic Evidence of Killer Whale Predation on White Sharks in Australia onlinelibrary.wiley.com/d... · Posted by u/PaulHoule

e40 · 7 months ago

Is there a theory as to why? Do we just taste bad? Something else?

jmulho · 7 months ago

Here’s my guess.

Human liver: 2,500 calories White shark liver: 2,000,000 calories (800x more)