I thought the vscode ssh extension's automatic port forwarding feature was neat and assumed it was doing something smart like watching procfs but no it's looking for localhost URIs in stdout

I suspect "as reliable as electricity" is prophetic but not in the way the author of this press release intended.

Sometimes I hate it here.

TIL Claude's new code interpreter mode has a /mnt/skills/public/ folder full of prompt instructions and Python utilities for creating and manipulating pdf, docx, pptx, xlsx files - and you can ask Claude for a copy and learn a TON about working with those formats simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/10/...

something something quosures #rstats

we’re hitting hn!

We will have achieved housing abundance when "living rent-free in my head" stops being a thing people think will resonate when they write.

We’re in the discovery phase to #FreeJavaScript from Oracle: depositions, surveys, evidence, expert testimony. Costly, but vital to protect "JavaScript" for all. Help us put forward the strongest case possible👇 deno.com/blog/javascr...

American Years of Lead Paint

American football once tried to use instant replay to assist with pass interference calls, which are rather subjective and dependent upon officials’ judgment. The NFL scrapped replay on those calls immediately because it was a trainwreck. Continue to hope the EPL will learn this lesson. #epl-live

regular random reminder that Truth Social is just a skinned Mastodon instance github.com/milesmcc/tru...

I’ve been thinking about this a lot as, is the machine learning or am I? For most engineering problems, I’d prefer me to be learning, for stuff like boilerplate, the machine. but it’s a question I’m constantly asking myself throughout a session.

Oh my God we're reviving redoc lfg #useR2025

I swear there's a name for this

I have Gyokeres on the brain, clearly.

"What do we mean when we say 'Golden Age?' What we certainly don't mean is that it felt nice living through. What it means is that it left us cool things that are in museums." www.foreignexchanges.news/p/how-to-inv...

who called it concept2 and not onlyfans www.concept2.com/ergs/strengt...

Nominative determinism strikes again.

The sooner you catch up w Jamelle on this stuff, the better. If you're still doing "they can't do that it's unconstitutional" in 2025, come on

Of course he was going to bomb Iran. Is there an antiwar party in the U.S.?

Literally begging you to post about Just Some Stuff. We will see the news I absolutely promise. Twenty people will repost the same exact thing about the news. Only you can post about a turtle you saw

'you may read my meaning to be, “The subways are fine if you are brave,” or “Riding the subway is a character-building because it teaches you to be tough.” No. I’m not saying that. I’m saying that the subway is fine. It is not scary.' www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...

Lots of things about podcast ad reads are embarrassing but having to say "this episode is sponsored by example.com. go to example.com/deals for 20% off. These discounts aren't available on their regular site" ... a true humiliation.

it's pronounced "reels" #rstats

it's like the ability to learn new things is somehow related to "intelligence"

Call To noop

i enjoy this flowchart explaining how bash decides whether to use .bashrc or .bash_profile https://blog.flowblok.id.au/2013-02/shell-startup-scripts.html, mostly because it makes me understand better why I could never understand how the 2 config files worked when I used bash

You would be the Secretary of Defense?

I will not be negatively polarized by Trump into liking the F-35 I will not be negatively polarized by Trump into liking the F-35 I will not be negatively polarized by Trump into liking the F-35 I will not be negatively polarized by Trump into liking the F-35

In this house we upgrade our packages on a project basis #renv

It's been a long time We shouldn't have left you Without some leaked chats to step to

I’ve never regretted writing documentation but I’ve regretted not writing it.

Zeno's Constitutional Crisis

You know, a thing VAR could do which I think would be good is to change from a “clear and obvious error” standard to a “meaningful new information” standard. It is basically the same threshold without the VAR feeling like they’re pulling their ref buddy’s pants down in public with an overrule.

'No Way to Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

We're codifying notions now? I thought they had editors over there.

Why are these people on background?

Drake is the all-time biggest loser of a rap feud and that includes people who have gotten shot and died as a result of rap feuds

Your annual reminder that Intuit/TurboTax have spent 20 years using their lobbying power to prevent the federal government from offering you free and functional electronic tax filing. DirectFile finally delivers that, but they haven't stopped trying to kill it. www.opensecrets.org/news/2024/02...

When you can tell that all the brands work with the same agency

Osprey / JSF flyover is the worst flyover

I am begging you: if you are writing a thread of more than a couple posts, get a blog. I don’t mean this in a mean way. I mean: allow this thought to continue to exist, outside of this platform, in an actually coherent, readable format that sticks around for longer than 20 minutes. You deserve it!

superintelligence noun when looking up one champions league result does not result in Dinamo Zagreb notifications for the rest of time

"Biden interregnum"

Sunzi said: all warfare is based on deception. Hence, when unable to ban your adversary's app, you must spend a trillion dollars a year pretending to be able to fight.

These people are your enemies

Don't listen to me. Listen to Matt Levine: "Selling a complex product — like corporate equity derivatives, or software systems — requires technical knowledge of the product." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...