<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: joshjob42</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=joshjob42</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:13:13 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=joshjob42" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by joshjob42 in "Is legal the same as legitimate: AI reimplementation and the erosion of copyleft"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>"If you distribute modified code, or offer it as a networked service, you must make the source available under the same terms. This is not a restriction on sharing. It is a condition placed on sharing: if you share, you must share in kind."
 -- This is, on any plain reading, a restriction on sharing. "You can share only under these conditions" is plainly more restrictive than "sure do whatever you want". You can argue that it's a restriction that ultimately leads to more sharing overall. But it is a restriction on sharing in any given case of sharing nevertheless.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:15:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47317604</link><dc:creator>joshjob42</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47317604</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47317604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by joshjob42 in "Is legal the same as legitimate: AI reimplementation and the erosion of copyleft"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If the cost to copying code based on specifications, tests, etc is so close to zero as to be functionally zero cost, then any user can simply turn their AI on any library for which there is documentation and any ability to generate tests, have it reverse engineer it, and release their reverse engineered copy on GitHub for others to use as they like.<p>So I'm not sure it matters whether a giant company uses it because random users can get the same thing for ~ free anyway.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:13:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47317597</link><dc:creator>joshjob42</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47317597</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47317597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by joshjob42 in "femtolisp: A lightweight, robust, scheme-like Lisp implementation"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My night and weekend project the last month or so has been creating and implementing a package that provides a pure s-exp syntax for Julia that lowers to Julia's AST directly, and lately been churning through (mostly Opus is doing the actual churning) all the problems of creating an automatic transpiler for Julia to this other syntax.<p>Not ready to share just yet but nearly at the point that there are no Julia-syntax fallbacks in the entire base/stdlib and a femtolisp parser for the sexp syntax is able to build a complete Julia sysimage from the transpiled files. Already verified that I can transpile the .jl source of the Julia package for the syntax into the syntax, then use that transpiler to transpile again and load into the running sexp repl, then use <i>that</i> transpiler on the source again and get byte identical code, and along the way am testing to ensure that the entire Julia test suite passes in the sysimage being built.<p>So, with any luck here soon I'll have a sexp syntax for Julia that builds from raw transpiled sexp-syntax source and uses sexp syntax natively in the repl but can transpile & load any Julia code. Fingers crossed.<p>I'm aware of --lisp but it's not very good imo lol.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:18:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47128164</link><dc:creator>joshjob42</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47128164</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47128164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by joshjob42 in "Dario Amodei – "We are near the end of the exponential" [video]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I really don't see how that is true.<p>For instance, once you develop atomically precise manufacturing ala Drexler and have a complete model of biology, etc., drive solar panel efficiency to very near the upper theoretical bound for infinitely many junction cells for a raw panel of ~68%, then there isn't really anywhere to go that matters for humans. Material production would be solved, anything you could desire would be manufacturable in minutes to hours, a km^2 of solar panels could power 10-20k people's post-scarcity lives.<p>You eventually reach the upper bounds on compute efficiency and human upload model efficiency -- unknown but given estimates on upper bound for like rod logic (~1e-34Js/op), reasonably bounds on op speed (100MHz), and low estimates for functional uploading (1e16 flops), you get something in the zone of 0.1nW/upload, or several trillion individuals on 1m^2 of solar panel in space. When you put a simulated Banks Orbital around every star in the Milky Way in a grand sim running on a system of solar panels in space where the entire simulated galaxy has a 15ms ping to any other point in the simulated galaxy, what exactly is this infinite stream of learning? You've pushed technology to the the limits of physical law subject to the constraint of being made of atoms.<p>Are you envisioning that we'd eventually be doing computation using the entirety of a neutron star or (if they can exist) a quark star? Even then, you eventually hit a wall where physics constrains you from making significant further gains.<p>There is an ultimate end to the s-curve of technology.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 16:13:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47015619</link><dc:creator>joshjob42</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47015619</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47015619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by joshjob42 in "Tesla ending Models S and X production"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Most wouldn't because it's expensive. But at scale automated vehicles should be dramatically less expensive, in the range of 50-60¢/mi conservatively, and at that level it is going to be quite compelling to a lot of people since it's a private vehicle (no taxi driver) and it's reasonably affordable, a 1 seat ride, etc.<p>It's possible they'll be even cheaper but that range is the cost according to the IRS of operating a typical vehicle all in, and that seems like a reasonable guess of the cost of an autonomous electric vehicle with far lower probability of crash than a human (all the savings basically going to profit margin).<p>At ~60¢/mi, there'd be a lot of people who would save money on balance using autonomous taxis to get everywhere vs owning a private vehicle (10k mi/yr would cost only ~$6k/yr, a pretty low cost of ownership/use for a private vehicle).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:21:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46808155</link><dc:creator>joshjob42</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46808155</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46808155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by joshjob42 in "Helium Browser"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Actually it's mostly patch files but they're ignored by github.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:07:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45367558</link><dc:creator>joshjob42</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45367558</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45367558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by joshjob42 in "The Culture novels as a dystopia"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>People leave the Culture, and you can form communities of various sorts, you just can't force people to not leave them. In a world with unlimited abundance, no disease, optional death, and more or less unlimited morphological freedom and the ability to form any consensual voluntary community you like with freedom of exit for all members, what possible change could one be demanding?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 22:31:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45255765</link><dc:creator>joshjob42</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45255765</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45255765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by joshjob42 in "iPhone Air"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Maybe it's just me but I do semi-regularly have my phone slip out of my hand and hit me in the face while in bed, haha.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 02:11:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45192260</link><dc:creator>joshjob42</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45192260</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45192260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by joshjob42 in "Apple Watch Ultra 3"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My OG Ultra lasts 3 days if I turn off the always on display, which I do because it doesn't serve much of a purpose, I can just tap the watch to wake it. It charges from 0 to full in 1.5 hours, pretty linearly, so dropping it on the charger for half an hour or an hour while I'm on a work call every other day or so keeps it plenty charged.<p>This one will have even more battery life, and gets 12 hours of use in 15 minutes, which I suspect will mean for me without the always on display I may well be able to charge it only while I'm actively in the shower (when I'd take it off anyway as I hate wet bands) and be good for the day.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 23:21:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45190868</link><dc:creator>joshjob42</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45190868</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45190868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by joshjob42 in "iPhone Air"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don't want/need the whole thing to be <i>flat</i> but I do prefer it to be stable. For instance if the plateau were a bit thicker so that the camera lens was flush with the surface (even just an extra bar sort of inside the plateau) it would mean that when I put it down it would never rock back and forth when I'm tapping at it on a table.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 23:06:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45190690</link><dc:creator>joshjob42</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45190690</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45190690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by joshjob42 in "iPhone Air"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>But lighter than any iPhone since except maybe an SE.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 23:01:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45190632</link><dc:creator>joshjob42</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45190632</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45190632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by joshjob42 in "iPhone Air"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'm going to preorder one because I want a light phone and a large screen. This will be the lightest iPhone in years while also having a bigger screen than most. I dropped from the Pro Max to the Pro last year because I was tired of how much it hurt when I dropped my phone on my face.<p>I don't have much call for most of the camera system, and my battery life on my Pro is just fine. I have plenty of chargers typically, and for emergencies or times I know I'm going to be out I could potentially get the battery pack.<p>I basically never use cases on my iPhone, and at most will maybe use an ultra-thin one or some sort of structure adhered to the plateau just to make it flat across so as to not rock on a table.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 22:59:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45190605</link><dc:creator>joshjob42</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45190605</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45190605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by joshjob42 in "Signal Secure Backups"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Sure but the backup happens each day and then gets overwritten/deleted when the next days backup happens (which then deletes the disappearing messages that are expiring express the next backup). It just ensures you have access to any messages that you’re supposed to have access to according to the timers on said messages.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 18:30:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45171991</link><dc:creator>joshjob42</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45171991</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45171991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by joshjob42 in "Signal Secure Backups"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>They do and have done for years now. There’s been a files app since 2017. They’ve had Advanced Data Protection available for iOS backups since 2022. Signal has just been lazy and found maintaining the Android backups to be a pain, so they refused to implement it for iOS.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 18:29:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45171976</link><dc:creator>joshjob42</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45171976</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45171976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by joshjob42 in "Signal Secure Backups"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don't think it's appropriate to call someone you're talking to with disappearing messages turned off making a backup of the conversation so they have the (non-disappearing) message history if they drop their phone in a lake as "adversarial behavior".<p>If you don't want them to have a history only communicate via disappearing messages.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 17:32:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45171172</link><dc:creator>joshjob42</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45171172</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45171172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by joshjob42 in "Signal Secure Backups"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Only on Android, not iOS.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 17:29:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45171137</link><dc:creator>joshjob42</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45171137</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45171137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by joshjob42 in "Signal Secure Backups"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's a real shame they aren't implementing this on iOS in beta before the new iPhone launch. Android has had backups for a long time, just locally. iOS users have been SOL so if anything goes wrong with the transfer and sync on your new phone, you're screwed.</p>
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<p>No! Don't you people know that's how you release Moloch the Corruptor?!</p>
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<p>If Vimium would work in Orion I'd be happily paying for Orion+ and Kagi but sadly it doesn't.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 23:09:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44751236</link><dc:creator>joshjob42</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44751236</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44751236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by joshjob42 in "Beyond Meat fights for survival"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I think the idea was actually that it would give people who like the taste/texture/experience of meat an option to skip meat, and lower the bar for people to eat a more plant based diet, not cater to vegetarians or vegans.<p>I'm not vegetarian or vegan, but I think eating meat is morally terrible, I just can't be bothered to go through all the trouble to not eat or use animal products when they're everywhere, cheap, and taste fantastic. But I enjoy Impossible's products immensely, and follow the artificial meat and dairy field closely, and have been long a champion of these efforts so as to make it easy to not cause any harm to animals rather than it being a royal pain in the ass.</p>
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