Hacker News: jflatow

An Anomalous Wire Made of Manganese and Platinum

jflatow — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 16:20:19 +0000

Article URL: https://avi-loeb.medium.com/an-anomalous-wire-made-of-manganese-and-platinum-in-the-pacific-ocean-site-of-the-first-3ccb7076dfc0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36359216

Points: 14

# Comments: 2

New comment by jflatow in "2023 UFO Claims by David Grusch"

jflatow — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 22:07:29 +0000

not a secret perhaps, but actively suppressed and noised up https://www.theblackvault.com/casefiles/the-ufo-files-of-mus...

also not necessarily the first one either

New comment by jflatow in "FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be removed from app stores"

jflatow — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 15:10:39 +0000

The US government is not your wife no matter where you live

New comment by jflatow in "My First Impressions of Web3"

jflatow — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 23:59:42 +0000

You need to know what NFT you have, it's all about the contract.

e.g. the EtherFreakers contract is immutable and contains a git commit hash (line 83: https://etherscan.io/address/0x3a275655586a049fe860be867d10c...), so you can prove you have the code which generates your freaker.

New comment by jflatow in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2021)"

jflatow — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 02:08:22 +0000

Compound Labs | Senior Engineer | Full-time | Remote (US continental timezones) | https://compound.finance/

Compound is an interest rate protocol on the Ethereum blockchain, that lets developers create new financial applications that are global, safe, and open. The Compound protocol is one of the largest DeFi protocols on earth, with over $15 billion earning interest, and moving billions of dollars of assets every day.

At Compound Labs we develop the protocol and new tools, alongside a community of users and COMP token-holders. Learn more about our upcoming Gateway blockchain, built in Rust: https://compound.cash/

We're always looking for world-class engineers, currently we have the following positions listed:

* Senior Engineer: https://jobs.lever.co/compound-2/c23b741c-2f62-48f4-b81f-d40...

* Rust Engineer: https://jobs.lever.co/compound-2/436bfc13-2063-436a-85f6-c69...

We work in Rust, Solidity, Elixir, Elm, and whatever other programming languages and tools suit our needs (such as formal verification). We're always learning and optimizing what we build in the name of correctness.

At Compound, you will build high-caliber technology to propel the future of decentralized finance.

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jflatow — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 18:38:27 +0000

Article URL: https://observablehq.com/@jflatow/etherfreakers

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26772428

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Compound v2 (Presidio) now live on Rinkeby

jflatow — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 23:09:17 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/compound-finance/testing-compound-v2-ace7184a0b4f

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19669679

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by jflatow in "The Amiga Consciousness"

jflatow — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 00:15:33 +0000

I used an Amiga as a kid, and loved it. I am sure it had a profound impact on me. I never identified with a broader Amiga using community, until now. This is so cool, I'm excited to realize that the spirit lives on.

Ask HN: Palo Alto HN drink up?

jflatow — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 01:35:54 +0000

A few years ago we started the PAHN meetup (https://www.meetup.com/Palo-Alto-Hacker-News-Meetup/), then kind of went dormant for a while. However it seems there is still interest, and I'd like to try and get the group going again. Do you want to join us for a drink next week?

If you don't live nearby, is this something you do or wish you did near you? Where's that?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15438685

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by jflatow in "Shame on Y Combinator"

jflatow — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 16:17:10 +0000

In general, groups that want to suspend tolerance do so because they believe tolerating such behavior/people poses a threat to society. The people you are telling to read more liberal philosophy clearly believe that the real threat to a tolerant society is suspending tolerance itself.

JFDB: Indexing and querying mutable data with log-structured merge tries

jflatow — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 19:01:40 +0000

Article URL: http://www.flatown.com/talks/intro-to-jfdb/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12438400

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by jflatow in "Volapük: A Cautionary Tale for Language Communities"

jflatow — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 19:03:37 +0000

Which makes me think that the lesson of this story is not "avoid forking at all costs", but that building anything universal is a fragile endeavor. Anybody can just come along and obsolete your status with respect to that goal. As for being forgotten, it seems inevitable, if universality is your only selling point.

New comment by jflatow in "Clinton approved CIA drone assassinations with her cellphone, report says"

jflatow — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 09:22:42 +0000

Also, congress hasn't declared war since WWII, which is required by law.

New comment by jflatow in "It’s cheaper to build multiple native applications than one responsive web app"

jflatow — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 20:42:34 +0000

'www' should stand for wild, wild, web. In many ways, the web is a technology frontier, with all the frustration and liberation that goes along with it.

I sympathize with the author. The problem is trying to tame the web, as opposed to embracing it for what it is.

New comment by jflatow in "Eric Holder says Edward Snowden performed a 'public service'"

jflatow — Mon, 30 May 2016 21:35:25 +0000

And when what's being said doesn't fit the media narrative, they just edit it out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1SUQ1qtdb0

New comment by jflatow in "The Plan 9 Effect or why you should not fix it if it isn't broken"

jflatow — Sat, 28 May 2016 17:37:20 +0000

> The article almost makes it sound like UTF-8 was a Plan9 invention.

It more or less was: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8#History

New comment by jflatow in "Secret Text in Senate Bill Would Give FBI Warrantless Access to Email Records"

jflatow — Fri, 27 May 2016 16:42:20 +0000

The worst part is we just have to slowly watch it happen. As Snowden says, our ability to meaningfully oppose the state has been undermined.

New comment by jflatow in "Did the Clinton Email Server Have an Internet-Based Printer?"

jflatow — Fri, 27 May 2016 02:25:30 +0000

Who knows what she would have done if she weren't stonewalled.

Your explanation is no "simpler", you're just completely disregarding the facts. People didn't just play along, she got a lot of pushback, especially for someone in such a senior position.

In 2011, she was offered a FOIAble BlackBerry. Her team said it didn't make sense. The simple explanation is that she didn't want a FOIAble BB.

https://www.scribd.com/doc/295909737/Stephen-Mull-Emails-to-...

New comment by jflatow in "Did the Clinton Email Server Have an Internet-Based Printer?"

jflatow — Fri, 27 May 2016 00:22:18 +0000

What makes you think she did all important and confidential communication on paper? Everything I've read goes counter to that.

The administration didn't accept it - a lot of people questioned it and they were told never to speak of it again (read the IG report).

New comment by jflatow in "Did the Clinton Email Server Have an Internet-Based Printer?"

jflatow — Fri, 27 May 2016 00:12:35 +0000

This is the best case version (for her), and what her camp wants people to believe. Its hard to see that it's true though. The IG report is pretty clear that she willfully violated recommendations and warnings about security.

I'm inclined to believe accounts like this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9149363

Perhaps she wasn't furtively planning to take over the world, but the evidence points to more than her just wanting to use a Blackberry - it really seems (to me) like she took significant measures to avoid keeping records.