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kasperni commented on Go is still not good   blog.habets.se/2025/07/Go... · Posted by u/ustad
tedk-42 · 4 days ago
I'd swap java with go any day of the week. I never liked how much 'code-padding' is required with java `public static void main`
kasperni · 4 days ago
For Java 25 which is planned to be released in a couple of weeks:

----- https://openjdk.org/jeps/512 -----

First, we allow main methods to omit the infamous boilerplate of public static void main(String[] args), which simplifies the Hello, World! program to:

  class HelloWorld {
    void main() {
      System.out.println("Hello, World!");
    }
  }
Second, we introduce a compact form of source file that lets developers get straight to the code, without a superfluous class declaration:

  void main() {
    System.out.println("Hello, World!"); 
  }
Third, we add a new class in the java.lang package that provides basic line-oriented I/O methods for beginners, thereby replacing the mysterious System.out.println with a simpler form:

  void main() {
    IO.println("Hello, World!");
  }

kasperni commented on 'Reading crisis' prompts Denmark to end 25% tax on books   rte.ie/news/world/2025/08... · Posted by u/austinallegro
Svip · 5 days ago
The way this article is worded makes it sound like Denmark has a 'book tax'. Denmark has a VAT on goods (and services), which is 25%. But Denmark doesn't have split VAT values, so it's either 25% or nothing; no in-between. So they are just proposing removing the VAT from books. (Some goods and services are already exempt from VAT.)

And if you wonder why Denmark doesn't simply lower their VAT or introduce a split VAT system like in most other countries; the answer is technical inertia (or technical debt, if you will). Most Danish accounting and banking systems are hardcoded to assume 25% (or nothing). So if a politician want immediate change to VAT, removing it from a category of goods/services is their only option.

Edit: I realise I was careless in my wording, when I wrote "hardcoded to assume 25% (or nothing)"; I meant that the systems only assume one rate (or nothing), not that the value of 25% was hardcoded (though it is in a few (lesser) systems I've encountered). I apologise for the confusion.

kasperni · 5 days ago
> the answer is technical inertia (or technical debt, if you will)

One of the issues. There are number of others. For example, VAT is a value-based tax. A VAT cut gives the biggest savings to people who spend the most. Since wealthier people typically spend more, they would save more money in absolute terms. For example, a family with a food budget of 3,000 kr. would save 300 kr., while a family with a food budget of 8,000 kr. would save 800 kr. Politically, some parties might prefer tax breaks that focused on lower-income groups.

Another issue, will the cost savings actually be passed on to the consumer?

kasperni commented on What kids told us about how to get them off their phones   theatlantic.com/ideas/arc... · Posted by u/jc_811
kasperni · 11 days ago
> Fewer than half of the 8- and 9-year-olds have gone down a grocery-store aisle alone;

Really? Is this just an American thing?

kasperni commented on IRS head says free Direct File tax service is 'gone'   theverge.com/news/717308/... · Posted by u/microsoftedging
drstewart · 25 days ago
What browser do you, as a Dane, use to electronically file? I assume something very advanced Danish-built?
kasperni · 24 days ago
Any browser, its just a web app.
kasperni commented on IRS head says free Direct File tax service is 'gone'   theverge.com/news/717308/... · Posted by u/microsoftedging
edoceo · 25 days ago
Is it that easy for small business owners too?

In the USA if you have a small business, with a few shareholders, it's an absolute nightmare.

kasperni · 24 days ago
You still need to do some kind of yearly accounts for your business. And you will most likely need an accountant for that. But the actual tax filing is fairly simply.
kasperni commented on Sam Altman says Meta offered OpenAI staffers $100M bonuses   bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/EvgeniyZh
diziet · 2 months ago
Whether this is true or not, this is a clever move to publicize. Anyone being poached by Meta now from OpenAI will feel like asking for 100m bonuses and will possibly feel underappreciated with only a 20 or 50 million signing bonus.
kasperni · 2 months ago
Yeah, and everyone will know you did it for the money.
kasperni commented on A leaderless NASA faces its biggest-ever cuts   economist.com/science-and... · Posted by u/libraryofbabel
forgetfreeman · 3 months ago
I think you might be surprised to find out how much of the populace would literally applaud such behavior.
kasperni · 3 months ago
Until they saw the stock market...
kasperni commented on Ask HN: Is anyone using AI conversation partners?    · Posted by u/rickcarlino
kasperni · 3 months ago
Lots of potential, but also a big risk of OpenAI/Anthropic/Google releasing an update in 6 months that will kill your product.
kasperni commented on The AI jobs crisis is here, now   bloodinthemachine.com/p/t... · Posted by u/devonnull
kasperni · 3 months ago
With the current speed of AI progress. We are probably 1 or 2 years away from any generic AI being able to teach languages better than Duolingo.

u/kasperni

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