mpweiher

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Potemkin Understanding in Large Language Models (2025)(arxiv.org)
3 points by mpweiher 13h ago|1 comments
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Stephen Bourne: Early days of Unix and design of sh (2015) [video](youtube.com)
4 points by mpweiher 5d ago|0 comments
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by mpweiher 5d ago
So prescient.
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NASA: The National Artificial Stupidity Association (Omni 1985)(ia800903.us.archive.org)
4 points by mpweiher 5d ago|1 comments
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by mpweiher 5d ago
Time for alternatives?
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Spanish civil servant off work unnoticed for six years (2016)(bbc.com)
2 points by mpweiher 5d ago|0 comments
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Why Bullshit Jobs Are (Finally) Dying [video](youtube.com)
30 points by mpweiher 5d ago|26 comments
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The Livelymerge Experiment(inkandswitch.com)
2 points by mpweiher 5d ago|0 comments
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by mpweiher 6d ago
Sure! To start: An operating system is a collection of things that don’t fit into a language. There shouldn’t be one. — Dan Ingalls, https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs655/readings/smalltalk.... Let'
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Notre Dame to start requiring ACT, SAT test scores again for admissions(wndu.com)
2 points by mpweiher 7d ago|0 comments
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Why California Is Reconsidering Its Decision to Shun Nuclear Power(nytimes.com)
3 points by mpweiher 7d ago|0 comments
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by mpweiher 7d ago
I think there is a good case to be made for these things not to be mediated by the operating system by default. In Objective-Smalltalk[1], I can access a file as follows: hello ← file:hello-world.txt This is structurally the same w
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by mpweiher 7d ago
Have a look at Objective-Smalltalk[1][2], with polymorphic identifiers[3] (all identifiers are URIs), storage combinators[4] (virtual filesystems on steroids), and polymorphic write streams[5] (streams everywhere). Objective-Smalltalk basic
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Why Emacs Consult async searches feel slow and how to speed them up(jamescherti.com)
58 points by mpweiher 7d ago|25 comments
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Google: €13B investment in AI infrastructure in Finland(blog.google)
2 points by mpweiher 7d ago|0 comments
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The diversity hypothesis: diversity and scientific output/impact in the sciences(link.springer.com)
2 points by mpweiher 8d ago|0 comments
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The Rich Climate Distraction(wsj.com)
1 points by mpweiher 8d ago|0 comments
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The Carob Trust Prize for Academic Courage(thecarobtrust.org)
3 points by mpweiher 8d ago|0 comments
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by mpweiher 9d ago
To me the "Europe now has sovereign access" line by the CEO is a bit of hype, though technically it is true if you view Europe geographically, as he seems to do. Andøya Spaceport has been a place for suborbital/sounding rocke
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Understanding Model-View-Controller (2008)(blog.codinghorror.com)
2 points by mpweiher 9d ago|0 comments
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by mpweiher 9d ago
1. Who is "they"? Isar Aerospace and Arianespace are distinct entities. 2. Isar Aerospace is the first fully private European company (a startup) to do this. Arianespace and the Ariane rockets have heavy state/ESA involveme
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by mpweiher 10d ago
I doubt that HN user yostrovs is Trump.
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by mpweiher 10d ago
So you are opposed to self-determination. Glad we cleared that up. Who then gets to decide? You?
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by mpweiher 10d ago
> Does French Guyana have a usable space rocket? Yes: the Ariane rockets. "French Guyana" is part of France, which is part of the EU. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Guiana https://en.wiki
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Isar Aerospace reaches orbit and deploys payloads on second flight(isaraerospace.com)
618 points by mpweiher 11d ago|204 comments
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by mpweiher 12d ago
I think people overestimate the effect of representation of specific programming languages or frameworks. I had Codex or Claude create simple web apps for me in Objective-Smalltalk. And it did a good job. I am pretty sure that Objective-Sm
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by mpweiher 13d ago
> can result in new plants if the private actors starts to invest It is the private investors seeking approvals. Why would they do this if they didn't want to build? After all, these types of approvals and application processes al
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CSS Is Still Awesome(jasonsantamaria.com)
2 points by mpweiher 14d ago|0 comments
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by mpweiher 14d ago
> Not according to the standard statistic for electricity generation cost - LCOE According to the IEA it is. If you think nuclear LCOE is high, then you probably looked at the Lazard data. But Lazard themselves say that their figures f
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Hertzfeld, Andy oral history, part 1 of 2 (2025)(computerhistory.org)
3 points by mpweiher 14d ago|0 comments

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