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New comment by feyman_r in "Live: Artemis II Launch Day Updates"

feyman_r — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:37:54 +0000

Its true that innovation isn't clearly shown in this mission; we also haven't flown humans out that far in more than 50 years either and while we have memories of it, our ability to even execute something like this must be built again. I'd rather see us doing this and 'pick up from where we were last time', than giving up on it or just using a stack that's not currently set to do this.

What Artemis is doing is not impeding innovation: its building our muscle back to work on such things; the discipline, rigor, scale, and attitude needed to execute such missions is unimaginable and orthogonal to the technical innovation and stack used. I also believe that its completely fine to use a 2000s-era flight computer, if that suffices for this purpose. Somehow, for such critical missions, my mental model is to use at least 10 year old technology that has stood the test of time, before going into space. If there's a need for the latest technology - then yes, it should be leveraged.

The K-Shaped Future of Software Engineering

feyman_r — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 07:08:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ian.so/writing/k-shaped-future-software-engineering

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47098264

Points: 5

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Microsoft and the Cost of Patience

feyman_r — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:24:27 +0000

Article URL: https://saanyaojha.substack.com/p/microsoft-and-the-cost-of-patience

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46879544

Points: 3

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The Banana That Means Business

feyman_r — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 17:16:54 +0000

Article URL: https://saanyaojha.substack.com/p/the-banana-that-means-business

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46016345

Points: 1

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New comment by feyman_r in "Interior cancels largest solar project in North America"

feyman_r — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 02:52:26 +0000

63000 acres is about 98 square miles, so about a 10 mile by 10 mile area. Pretty sure this isn't 'destroying wildlife' levels of destruction, but yes, definitely ecosystem influencing. Compared to current alternatives (gas/coal/hydro), this may have less impact overall. Nuclear power should be invested in, but may take more time.

New comment by feyman_r in "US moves to cancel one of the largest solar farms"

feyman_r — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 02:47:35 +0000

can you attribute a source for this loss? Since its not talked about, can you share from a credible source?

We detected a CAPTCHA solver in the wild, and what it says about bot defenses

feyman_r — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 18:29:21 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.castle.io/how-we-detected-a-captcha-solver-in-the-wild-and-what-it-says-about-bot-defenses/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45118976

Points: 5

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New comment by feyman_r in "Good system design"

feyman_r — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 14:13:50 +0000

If you want to learn more about good system design at an abstract level (not just online), cannot recommend Systemantics[1] by John Gall enough. I wish all engineers get an opportunity to read it.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemantics

The effect of ChatGPT on students' learning performance, learning perception

feyman_r — Sun, 11 May 2025 05:55:09 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-04787-y

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43951731

Points: 2

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Introducing MAI-DS-R1

feyman_r — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 18:51:24 +0000

Article URL: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/machinelearningblog/introducing-mai-ds-r1/4405076

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43738545

Points: 3

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New comment by feyman_r in "America Underestimates the Difficulty of Bringing Manufacturing Back"

feyman_r — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 02:45:21 +0000

I found this article [1] and the one from November from Ben, very educational on understanding motivation. However, putting it in practice is a very different thing.

From [1]:

_That is because the structure of the world economy — choices made starting with Bretton Woods in particular, and cemented by the removal of tariffs over time — made them nonviable. Say what you will about the viability or wisdom of Trump’s tariffs, the motivation — to undo eighty years of structural changes — is pretty straightforward!_

[1]: https://stratechery.com/2025/trade-tariffs-and-tech/

America Underestimates the Difficulty of Bringing Manufacturing Back

feyman_r — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 01:59:17 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/Molson_Hart/status/1908940952908996984

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43669424

Points: 7

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New comment by feyman_r in "Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries"

feyman_r — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 01:16:56 +0000

>>> US wants nothing to do with China. As the biggest consumer economy in the world, the have that right.

Yes, they have the right, but it doesn’t mean this is the right way. Consumers don’t suddenly stop consuming, and factories in the world don’t immediately start producing. This is like a slow flywheel; had we been almost spinning and ready to jump, it would make sense. This is not that.

Also, China is a super power which controls more than factories today. I agree they need to be checked, but sudden changes are not the way. I wish we did it by building trust with allies and then pushing China. Right now, even our allies are wary of us.

New comment by feyman_r in "Netflix's Adolescence Is a Trojan Horse for Online Censorship and Surveillance"

feyman_r — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:30:30 +0000

Haven’t seen the series yet, but I do have some exposure to the underlying problem.

Online bullying and social media pressure are real issues that cannot be ignored. At home, we tackle it by appropriate parental controls, education, and transparency. However , we are privileged to have the time, money, and awareness, for this to happen.

I genuinely feel we need some generic change, somewhere, (I don’t have answers) to incentivize companies to do the right thing to discourage continuous engagement and also build the right set of judgement skills needed by teens to navigate online social space.

It probably starts at home and perhaps an online social media class in school.

New comment by feyman_r in "Microsoft is plotting a future without OpenAI"

feyman_r — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 23:01:07 +0000

It does seem though that this legacy-cloud-pocket-innovation combination continues to work without slowing down. It also what was said for Microsoft 15 years ago too (not really much different from IBM..), which is correct from one perspective, but not turning out true from revenue, market cap, growth terms.

My thinking is that Lindy Effect runs strong in a lot of Big Tech, and with deep pockets, they can afford to not be innovators but build moats on existing frameworks.

New comment by feyman_r in "Microsoft is plotting a future without OpenAI"

feyman_r — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 22:56:31 +0000

How does one define an AI powerhouse? If its building models, a smart business wouldn't bank on that alone. There is no moat.

If the definition of an AI Powerhouse is more about the capability to host models and process workloads, Amazon (the other company missing in that list) and Microsoft are definitely them.

New comment by feyman_r in "There isn't much point to HTTP/2 past the load balancer"

feyman_r — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 06:53:24 +0000

CDNs like Akamai still don’t support H2 back to origins.

That’s likely not because of the wisdom in the article per se, but because of rising complexity in managing streams and connections downstream.

Unlocking America's Potential: How Immigration Fuels Economic Growth (2023)

feyman_r — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 01:28:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cato.org/testimony/unlocking-americas-potential-how-immigration-fuels-economic-growth-our-competitive

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43020716

Points: 3

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Test-Time Compute: The Next Frontier in AI Scaling

feyman_r — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 03:49:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ikangai.com/test-time-compute-the-next-frontier-in-ai-scaling/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42848649

Points: 1

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New comment by feyman_r in "TikTok goes dark in the US"

feyman_r — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 15:41:16 +0000

Can you recommend some social apps from China that we may have not paid attention to? I’m assuming there’s a list more than ‘RedNote’. I tried using WeChat but it’s not where my network hangs, unfortunately.

You probably know some that have enough non-China presence.