Hacker News: md224

New comment by md224 in "LLMs are eroding my software engineering career and I don't know what to do"

md224 — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:04:28 +0000

I think you misread the person you replied to.

"decisions which they don't understand to be compliant" = "decisions which they don't believe to be compliant"

In other words, they understand that the decisions are not compliant. There's no contradiction with what you said.

New comment by md224 in "Project Hail Mary – Stellar Navigation Chart"

md224 — Fri, 22 May 2026 01:30:00 +0000

If you like space visualizers, NASA has a cool one:

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-system/

Eyes on the Solar System

md224 — Fri, 22 May 2026 00:02:33 +0000

Article URL: https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-system/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48230282

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by md224 in "A. J. Ayer – ‘What I Saw When I Was Dead’ (1988)"

md224 — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 21:32:49 +0000

The most striking thing to me is that Ayer hopes there isn't life after death.

> My recent experiences have slightly weakened my conviction that my genuine death, which is due fairly soon, will be the end of me, though I continue to hope that it will be. (italics mine)

I do get the sense that many atheists not only reject God & the afterlife but actually don't want there to be a God or an afterlife. (I think Thomas Nagel wrote something along those lines.) I sort of get it but regardless I think it's very interesting.

New comment by md224 in "A perfectable programming language"

md224 — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:59:15 +0000

I believe you can thank Verso for that:

https://github.com/leanprover/verso

New comment by md224 in "Git commands I run before reading any code"

md224 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:04:42 +0000

The last sentence of the article is "Here’s what the rest of the week looks like." and then it just stops. Am I missing something?

New comment by md224 in "Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [video]"

md224 — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 18:33:37 +0000

A fun way to track the mission is via NASA's Eyes on the Solar System visualizer:

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-system/#/sc_artemis_2

CSLib: A Focused Effort on Formalizing Computer Science in Lean

md224 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:43:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cslib.io/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47096584

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by md224 in "Life on Peptides Feels Amazing"

md224 — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 01:04:45 +0000

https://archive.is/pTTQK

Life on Peptides Feels Amazing

md224 — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 01:03:26 +0000

Article URL: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/peptides-from-instagram-china-wellness-cure.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46789619

Points: 5

# Comments: 2

Mothers Against Decapentaplegic

md224 — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 23:15:46 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothers_against_decapentaplegic

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46653477

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by md224 in "JSDoc is TypeScript"

md224 — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 22:21:38 +0000

Sure, but if the caller is Javascript then you're running Javascript, not Typescript*, so it makes sense that you're not going to get type safety.

I'm also not sure we're actually disagreeing on anything, so perhaps my reply was pointless. I agree that if you mix JS and TS in the way you describe, you'll have problems. My reply was just to say "yes, and that's not really Typescript's fault", but perhaps you weren't implying that to begin with.

* I'm aware that you can't run Typescript directly, but I hope my point here is clear... you're running a program that wasn't type-checked by TS.

New comment by md224 in "JSDoc is TypeScript"

md224 — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 21:44:06 +0000

Writing a Typescript program that takes external input but has no runtime error checking is already a mistake, though. Dealing with external input requires type assertions (since Typescript doesn't know what the program is getting at compile-time) and if you write type assertions without ensuring that the assertions are accurate, then that's on you, not Typescript.

However, if your point is that Typescript can lull people into a false sense of safety, then sure, I take your point. You have to understand where type assertions are coming into play, and if that's obscured then the type safety can be illusory. The benefits of Typescript require you to make sure that the runtime inputs to your program are sufficiently validated.

New comment by md224 in "A new bridge links the math of infinity to computer science"

md224 — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 03:16:31 +0000

This might be a dumb question but are there any current or foreseeable practical applications of this kind of result (like in the realm of distributed computing) or is this just pure mathematics for its own sake?

New comment by md224 in "Secret diplomatic message deciphered after 350 years"

md224 — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 07:14:01 +0000

> The solution was reached by using codebreaking software the team had developed along with extensive manual work, in part required because Perwich had mistakenly omitted a couple of letters in his ciphertext.

That explains how the team of 3 codebreakers got it, but what about the other codebreaker, Matthew Brown, who figured it out by himself? The article doesn't say anything about his approach. Seems impressive if he can match the effort of three cryptographers using their own custom software. I want to read more about him!

New comment by md224 in "Working pipe operator today in pure JavaScript"

md224 — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 15:59:22 +0000

I suspect this was written with an LLM and the author didn't actually verify that the examples in the README worked.

New comment by md224 in "Low Earth Orbit Visualization"

md224 — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 02:00:08 +0000

If you're looking for something real-time, I'd recommend checking out NASA's "Eyes on the Solar System" visualizer (not as comprehensive but still pretty cool):

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-system/#/earth

New comment by md224 in "Terence Tao: The role of small organizations in society has shrunk significantly"

md224 — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:13:16 +0000

Tanner Greer has a good piece on how the American tradition of bottom-up self-organization has been supplanted by top-down bureaucracy: https://palladiummag.com/2023/03/30/a-school-of-strength-and...

A School of Strength and Character (2023)

md224 — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 18:44:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.palladiummag.com/2023/03/30/a-school-of-strength-and-character/

Hacker News: md224

New comment by md224 in "LLMs are eroding my software engineering career and I don't know what to do"

New comment by md224 in "Project Hail Mary – Stellar Navigation Chart"

Eyes on the Solar System

New comment by md224 in "A. J. Ayer – ‘What I Saw When I Was Dead’ (1988)"

New comment by md224 in "A perfectable programming language"

New comment by md224 in "Git commands I run before reading any code"

New comment by md224 in "Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [video]"

CSLib: A Focused Effort on Formalizing Computer Science in Lean

New comment by md224 in "Life on Peptides Feels Amazing"

Life on Peptides Feels Amazing

Mothers Against Decapentaplegic

New comment by md224 in "JSDoc is TypeScript"

New comment by md224 in "JSDoc is TypeScript"

New comment by md224 in "A new bridge links the math of infinity to computer science"

New comment by md224 in "Secret diplomatic message deciphered after 350 years"

New comment by md224 in "Working pipe operator today in pure JavaScript"

New comment by md224 in "Low Earth Orbit Visualization"

New comment by md224 in "Terence Tao: The role of small organizations in society has shrunk significantly"

A School of Strength and Character (2023)

Proofs that there are infinitely many primes