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New comment by aiono in "Why I Left Google DeepMind"

aiono — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:45:22 +0000

First issue it makes killing people easier. We already see it in IDF soldiers feeling less guilty because in the end decision is made by AI-assisted targeting systems. Secondly it automates killing people. Now a soldier doesn't need to use the weapon himself, he just oversees them and the killing itself is automated. Imagine how much more deaths it will lead to.

New comment by aiono in "Are sugar substitutes healthier than the real thing?"

aiono — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:06:00 +0000

Modern culture seems to encourage "hacking" more than cultivating self-discipline.

New comment by aiono in "Everyone in Seattle hates AI"

aiono — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 21:51:57 +0000

I think treating AI as the best possible field for everyone smart and capable is itself very narrow minded and short sighted. Some people just aren't interested in that field, what's so hard to accept it? World still needs experts in other fields even within computing.

New comment by aiono in "Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity"

aiono — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 18:49:44 +0000

Or if everyone depends on another maybe we will not go into a war with each other.

New comment by aiono in "Why is everything so scalable?"

aiono — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:47:08 +0000

> 1. If the code implementing the module API is private, it must all be colocated in one package. If it is public, then anyone can import it, breaking the module boundary. You need a visibility system that can say "this subtree of packages can cooperate with each other, but code outside the subtree can only use the top-level package."

This is easily achieved in Scala with a particular use of package paths. You are allowed to make some symbols only visible under a package path.

New comment by aiono in "Zig feels more practical than Rust for real-world CLI tools"

aiono — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:04:04 +0000

A lot of criticism of Rust (not denying that there are also a lot useful criticisms of Rust out there) boils down to "it requires me to think/train in a different way than I used to, therefore it's hard" and goes on to how the other way is easier which is not the case but it's just familiar to them hence they think it's easier and simpler. More people should watch the talk "Simple made easy" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxdOUGdseq4

New comment by aiono in "Algebraic Types are not Scary"

aiono — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 18:03:42 +0000

In practice yes, so when you try to execute the function that accepts `Void`, that will error out. But there is no reason to not compile it because it will never actually execute. This may sound unpractical but quite the contrary it's very useful. For instance, it's used to model functions that panics in Rust (https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/types/never.html). That way you can have a function called `todo` which fails when executed, but keeps the type checker happy until you actually implement it.

New comment by aiono in "Algebraic Types are not Scary"

aiono — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:11:00 +0000

Void in Haskell is not the same thing as `void` in C, C++, Java or similar languages. If you return `Void` in Haskell, you will get a runtime error but `void` returning functions in C-like languages don't fail. It's not a type that doesn't have any value, rather it's a type that has a single value (normal return). Therefore it's more similar to `unit`.

New comment by aiono in "Algebraic Types are not Scary"

aiono — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 13:43:01 +0000

That's the point I tried to make. All my bachelor education there was no single mention of sum types even though we learned about the visitor pattern. Instead of having to model sum types with object hierarchies, the language should provide a straightforward way to represent them since it's a very basic concept. I think that while things have improved a lot compared to past, sum types concept is still not known as much as objects for instance. Today all mainstream languages added direct support for sum types but awareness of it lacks.

New comment by aiono in "New Mexico is first state in US to offer universal child care"

aiono — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 15:20:31 +0000

> With Monday’s announcement universal child care will be extended to every family in the state, regardless of income. This amounts to an average annual family savings of $12,000 per child.

New comment by aiono in "Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment, but about happiness"

aiono — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 19:41:25 +0000

I think you conflate happiness and pleasure. Maintaining a family surely not always pleasant, but for the most people it makes you happier than being alone.

New comment by aiono in "Minimal Scala Container Images Using Nix"

aiono — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 15:25:16 +0000

Do you mean native compilation instead of bundling the jar with a JRE?

Against Single-File Codebases

aiono — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:45:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.rugu.dev/en/blog/against-single-file-codebases/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44598004

Points: 2

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New comment by aiono in "Engineered Addictions"

aiono — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 14:34:39 +0000

This hits the nail for my sentiments about the matter. Good that someone who was actually in the business confirm it.

New comment by aiono in "WhatsApp introduces ads in its app"

aiono — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 09:14:53 +0000

I think solution is neither. Such apps are now as much as essential as schools, hospitals and public infrastructure. Hence governments should build them with tax money.

New comment by aiono in "A look at Cloudflare's AI-coded OAuth library"

aiono — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 11:25:09 +0000

I agree with the last paragraph about doing this yourself. Humans have tendency to take shortcuts while thinking. If you see something resembling what you expect for the end product you will be much less critical of it. The looks/aesthetics matter a lot on finding problems with in a piece of code you are reading. You can verify this by injecting bugs in your code changes and see if reviewers can find them.

On the other hand, when you have to write something yourself you drop down to slow and thinking state where you will pay attention to details a lot more. This means that you will catch bugs you wouldn't otherwise think of. That's why people recommend writing toy versions of the tools you are using because writing yourself teaches a lot better than just reading materials about it. This is related to know our cognition works.

New comment by aiono in "Watching AI drive Microsoft employees insane"

aiono — Wed, 21 May 2025 12:01:36 +0000

While I am AI skeptic especially for use cases like "writing fixes" I am happy to see this because it will be a great evidence whether it's really providing increase in productivity. And it's all out in the open.

New comment by aiono in "Linkwarden: FOSS self-hostable bookmarking with AI-tagging and page archival"

aiono — Thu, 01 May 2025 18:41:29 +0000

Looks really neat. But it also seems a bit heavyweight (for the client). Is it the case compared to https://readeck.org/en/ ?

New comment by aiono in "Berlin DeepTech Landscape"

aiono — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 14:07:12 +0000

Siemens and Bosch are also not "large startups" because they aren't startups.

New comment by aiono in "TikTok Is Harming Children at an Industrial Scale"

aiono — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:52:39 +0000

The core problem is media being a for-profit organization. As long as the primary goal is profits it will be focused on extracting as much as attention as possible. It's an insignificant issue that it also ruins our attention, spreads misinformation etc. as long as profits go up.