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New comment by tgma in "EDG C++ front-end goes public"

tgma — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:02:21 +0000

Isn't MSVC EDG frontend?

Xin Isn't Nginx: High Performance Nginx-Compatible HTTP Server in Rust

tgma — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 16:33:09 +0000

Article URL: https://xin.dev/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49896079

Points: 7

# Comments: 2

New comment by tgma in "Goodbye Google"

tgma — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:07:53 +0000

I did not call it a conspiracy theory; not here at least. Have you even read what Ted Kaczynski has written? Perhaps you'd like some of it if you do. I bet he's also smarter than your average Anthropic employee.

New comment by tgma in "Claude Opus 5.5"

tgma — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 06:10:58 +0000

Your comment is load-bearing and I will keep that in mind.

New comment by tgma in "Neki – Sharded Postgres"

tgma — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 05:09:58 +0000

Sure, I don't doubt your ability to do so yourself. I just question your ability to trust some random unknown figure with your data if you have enough scale. That's quite different, actually.

New comment by tgma in "Neki – Sharded Postgres"

tgma — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 01:38:11 +0000

> If I had to choose between buying from him, or some other random dude, I'll hear out the random dude first.

If you have such luxuries, I bet you don't have enough scale to be really profitable for him.

New comment by tgma in "iPhone Duo"

tgma — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 01:20:01 +0000

I removed it on Fold 5-7 and it felt a lot better. It won't kill the product like it did back in Fold 1 days. The screen is a lot more sensitive to micro scratches than your run if the mill gorilla glass though.

New comment by tgma in "Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf]"

tgma — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 02:32:58 +0000

> In the real world the quality of these esoteric problems is typically gauged by the difficulty of solving them.

I don't believe that's strictly true. Way oversimplified projection on one axis.

New comment by tgma in "Large language models develop novel social biases through adaptive exploration"

tgma — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 23:42:13 +0000

The whole abstract is full of falsehoods and unsubstantiated assumptions, dare I say unjustified biases.

New comment by tgma in "Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf]"

tgma — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 23:22:32 +0000

> it is now the identification of a promising problem which is the scarce and precious resource

This is by no means new. Perhaps it is even more extreme now. Literally my first 1:1 with my PhD adviser back then, he told me that the most important thing about a researcher is the quality of the problems he picks.

New comment by tgma in "UC Berkeley indefinitely suspends international student work authorizations"

tgma — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 01:27:43 +0000

> You cannot do internships using OPT because that requires UCSIS permissions which can take upto 4-5 months.

Routinely intern recruitments at Google or Facebook start as soon as October of the prior year giving ample time for that. OPT has an optional 30-day response time if you opt to pay for Premium Processing.

> Without STEM internships, there's almost no chance of employment after internship.

Oh wow, you mean F-1 temporary non-immigrant student visa will finally work as intended, to complete a program of study and not as a backdoor for labor importation? Tough.

New comment by tgma in "UC Berkeley indefinitely suspends international student work authorizations"

tgma — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 05:56:21 +0000

Yes, I agree that at any of these top universities, the egregious cases are not that likely. However, I do think they still do not do proper "diligence" and were reliant on students to basically take a unit and happily handed out I-20s to go work at their desired workplace with little supervision or specificity that can defensibly supplement the program of study, thus they never really developed the machinery to truly vet individual cases. They are now being cautious so as not to accidentally lose their SEVIS permission over such a small matter. My guess is the degree programs themselves will start incorporating more formal work experience similar to Canada, as the primary or an alternative path to satisfy degree reqs. This would make a much more robust justification for the student and the international office.

New comment by tgma in "UC Berkeley indefinitely suspends international student work authorizations"

tgma — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 05:30:43 +0000

May be obvious to you. I don't know, but to be clear, nothing new is "banned" here. The schools are now more carefully following the existing published guidelines, rather than playing fast and loose with work authorizations like Oprah. Dropping OPT would be a rule change; this one isn't.

New comment by tgma in "UC Berkeley indefinitely suspends international student work authorizations"

tgma — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:54:14 +0000

I ask because I did not use the term "abuse," as that's subjective. Circumvent was picked precisely because it was a clear run around the intent of the program, without the value judgement.

The keyword is "Day 1 CPT" if you want to learn about the abuse.

Certain colleges basically knowingly wink wink and allow incoming students to go immediately work under CPT.

New comment by tgma in "UC Berkeley indefinitely suspends international student work authorizations"

tgma — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:47:09 +0000

That is not true. It does not restrict anyone from applying for OPT and pursue one or more internships. Given your other comment, it is pretty obvious you are not super familiar with the details of CPT vs OPT.

New comment by tgma in "UC Berkeley indefinitely suspends international student work authorizations"

tgma — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:38:34 +0000

Reading the article it explicitly says if CPT is designed as part of your program of study that you need to complete to satisfy the degree requirements, they are fine. They just won't approve it for optional internships. That's what Optional Practical Training is explicitly intended for, Optional.

And no, to be clear, you are totally mistaken about "school break" thing. In fact, you have to be enrolled in credits to get CPT, not on a full break (this is in no way a new rule.)

New comment by tgma in "UC Berkeley indefinitely suspends international student work authorizations"

tgma — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:36:00 +0000

Not sure what you mean by "abuse" or what you are skeptical of? Please clarify what stats are you looking for?

New comment by tgma in "UC Berkeley indefinitely suspends international student work authorizations"

tgma — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:23:11 +0000

How is this related to being "welcome" or not? Of course they are very welcome to study. They are simply not encouraged to circumvent their program of study and go to work under the guise of "CPT."

New comment by tgma in "U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective"

tgma — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 09:43:58 +0000

> 100% of his friends survived

How do we know this? Not disputing this, I am just curious what evidence we have that ensures none of the dead were friends with him?

New comment by tgma in "U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective"

tgma — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 22:43:50 +0000

> Not sure what to make of this.

Not much as the sample has (literally) survival bias.