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pentacent_hq commented on Process-Based Concurrency: Why Beam and OTP Keep Being Right   variantsystems.io/blog/be... · Posted by u/linkdd
socketcluster · 14 days ago
The Node.js community had figured this out long before BEAM or even Elixir existed.

People tried to introduce threads to Node.js but there was push-back for the very reasons mentioned in this article and so we never got threads.

The JavaScript languages communities watch, nod, and go back to work.

pentacent_hq · 14 days ago
> The Node.js community had figured this out long before BEAM or even Elixir existed.

Work on the BEAM started in the 1990s, over ten years before the first release of Node in 2009.

pentacent_hq commented on Oban Comes to Python   oban.pro/articles/introdu... · Posted by u/pentacent_hq
sorentwo · 2 months ago
Pleased to see this posted! A lot of design time and effort behind this project (something we'll be speaking about this year). Happy to answer any questions people may have.
pentacent_hq · 2 months ago
Let's hope our Python-using friends will soon discover the joy and ease of using Oban in their ecosystem. Thanks for building Oban!
pentacent_hq commented on Is beef tallow making a comeback?   nytimes.com/2026/01/10/di... · Posted by u/gjkood
bowmessage · 2 months ago
The omega6:3 ratio and PUFA content of tallow is favorable.

Canola and other seed oils are made using toxic solvents which are not full removed from the final product.

pentacent_hq · 2 months ago
> Canola and other seed oils are made using toxic solvents which are not full removed from the final product.

This is simply untrue. Independent bodies all over the world regularly test commercially available oils for toxic solvents. While the solvent Hexane is indeed commonly used in the extraction of refined vegetable oils, it is later removed in the refining process.

For example Stiftung Warentest, an independent consumer advocacy organization tested 23 rapeseed oils available in German supermarkets and they all came out clean [1].

A few years earlier, they tested 25 "specialty oils" and found traces of Hexane in only one of them - but still way below the EU threshold of 1 mg/kg. [2]

Here is a study from Japan that tested a bunch of vegetable oils and came to the conclusion that none of the products contained dangerous levels of Hexane. The maximum amount the researchers found was 42.6 µg/kg (again way below the EU threshold) - but in most samples the amount they found was so low they couldn't even get a reading or they didn't find any Hexane at all.

Besides, for cold-pressed oils, no solvents are used at all.

[1] https://www.test.de/Rapsoel-im-Test-1816151-0/

[2] https://www.test.de/Gourmet-Oele-Fast-jedes-zweite-ist-mange...

[3] https://openaccesspub.org/experimental-and-clinical-toxicolo...

pentacent_hq commented on Want to sway an election? Here’s how much fake online accounts cost   science.org/content/artic... · Posted by u/rbanffy
void-star · 3 months ago
It’s notable and interesting this research is coming out of University of Cambridge. Cambridge Analytica spun out of academia there too? Question for folks here who may be familiar: it seems like there’s a strong connection to research (and in the case of CA, commercial application of said research) around social media manipulation and propaganda in the digital age.

Is there any six-degrees type connection to the people doing this research and those involved with the roots of CA? Not as in the same bad actors (which, tbh yes, I consider CA to have been), but as in perhaps the same department and/or professors etc.

pentacent_hq · 3 months ago
CA was not spun out of Cambridge University. There's even a statement from the university about this: https://www.cam.ac.uk/notices/news/statement-from-the-univer...

> Cambridge Analytica has no connection or association with the University of Cambridge whatsoever.

pentacent_hq commented on Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI laws   theverge.com/news/823750/... · Posted by u/ksec
moooo99 · 4 months ago
How is Europe, much less the EU, supposed to do that?

Registering a business in Estonia is famously relatively straightforward, while it is an absolute pain here in Germany. But business registration is the responsibility of the countries themselves and it should remain that way

pentacent_hq · 4 months ago
There's the idea of creating a so-called 28th regime under which a streamlined registration process would allow the creation of business entities in all EU countries. See: https://www.eu-inc.org/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_regime
pentacent_hq commented on Replacing a $3000/mo Heroku bill with a $55/mo server   disco.cloud/blog/how-idea... · Posted by u/jryio
gregsadetsky · 5 months ago
Correct, GitHub is necessary at this point to deploy code.

However, yes, you can ask Disco to fetch an existing Docker image (we use that to self-host RabbitMQ). An example of deploying Meilisearch's image is here [0] with the tutorial here [1].

Do you typically build your Docker images and push them to a registry? Curious to learn more about your deployment process.

[0] https://github.com/letsdiscodev/sample-meilisearch/blob/main...

[1] https://disco.cloud/docs/deployment-guides/meilisearch

pentacent_hq · 5 months ago
Yes, I try to keep my CI pipelines somewhat platform-agnostic so even though I'm mostly using GitHub, my workflow is typically to first build a Docker image and push it to a registry, then use Kamal to deploy that image.
pentacent_hq commented on Replacing a $3000/mo Heroku bill with a $55/mo server   disco.cloud/blog/how-idea... · Posted by u/jryio
pentacent_hq · 5 months ago
Cool project!

From looking at your docs, it appears like using and connecting GitHub is a necessary prerequisite for using Disco. Is that correct? Can disco also deploy an existing Docker image in a registry of my choosing without a build step? (Something like this with Kamal: `kamal --skip-push --version latest`)

pentacent_hq commented on Meta appoints anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist Robby Starbuck as AI bias advisor   thepinknews.com/2025/08/1... · Posted by u/pentacent_hq
slg · 7 months ago
I understand this topic brings out the worst in some users, but the governing of AI bias is an important issue that is on topic for HN. I don't know what the purpose of this site is if topics like this always get flagged killed within minutes.
pentacent_hq · 7 months ago
That's exactly why I submitted it here.
pentacent_hq commented on Meta appoints anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist Robby Starbuck as AI bias advisor   thepinknews.com/2025/08/1... · Posted by u/pentacent_hq
pentacent_hq · 7 months ago
Since a previous submission of this link by another user was flagged by someone claiming the term "conspiracy theorist" was a "spin" and unfounded: Here is a source for that claim: https://www.advocate.com/news/robby-starbuck-dei-lgbtq-consp...

> He and his wife, Landon, produced a documentary together perpetuating the same conspiracy theory spouted by disgraced commentator Alex Jones — that toxic chemicals are causing children to identify as LGBTQ+. Starbuck falsely asserted that exposure to the pesticide atrazine turned amphibians "gay,” prompting male frogs to mate — a claim that has been repeatedly debunked.

> Starbuck has also claimed that displaying pride flags is “grooming and indoctrination," and supported the unsubstantiated notion that transgender people transition to assault women in public bathrooms (transgender people are far more likely to be the victims of violent assaults.)

u/pentacent_hq

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