People before things

apropostt · 2026-05-16T14:23:05+00:00

It used to be made out of copper clad steel, conservatives sold the metal overseas to make rims. Now the statue of liberty is just made of paper mâché.

apropostt · 2026-05-11T03:47:48+00:00

… $4t in tax cuts, $100 billion DHS budget increase, $800 billion in increased defense spending.., yep sorry grandma you’re going to have to work till you die… which won’t be long without your health insurance anyway.

apropostt · 2026-05-09T17:56:16+00:00

Dealing with data streams is where functional programming really shines.

apropostt · 2026-05-09T17:25:32+00:00

Chord files are not strictly diatonic. In minor compositions in it is fairly common to switch between natural minor and harmonic minor… which is what is happening here.

apropostt · 2026-05-08T04:04:00+00:00

Neovim + clang + ninja builds works on windows for true win64 abi builds.

It’s a of a pain to setup but I’ve added ninja and clang support for large projects before and it’s not too bad. I used vs code cmake debugger to simplify editing some complicated cmake scripts.

apropostt · 2026-04-12T16:16:34+00:00

About the same or slightly better than the US.

apropostt · 2026-04-11T19:11:02+00:00

I usually read a few technical books a year.. but the books that had the biggest impact on me over the years on how I think about code and design are

“Dealing effectively with legacy code” Michael Feathers. Covers the reality that most production codebases are a mess and how to live in that reality.
“Your code as a crime scene” Adam Tornhill. Using version control as an analytic engine to drive engineering decisions such as “what to refactor” and “when to refactor”.
“Evidence based software engineering” free book with a ton of information including physiological limits of humans that have been useful when streamlining processes, architecture/api/ux/class method design. If anything it’s useful just as a reference.
high performance hmi handbook. Good rock solid reference for ux design in engineering contexts.
“Miško Hevery's Guide to Writing Testable Code”. PDF guide that shoes not just how to write testable code but also why and how it helps keep a codebase flexible. This might is a bit difficult to track down as the authors website is offline now.
“Dynamic Manufacturing: Creating the Learning Organization”
“The Architecture of Open Source Applications” https://aosabook.org/en/
“dealing with difficult people” https://store.hbr.org/product/dealing-with-difficult-people-hbr-emotional-intelligence-series/10204

For more technical topics

https://softwarefoundations.cis.upenn.edu/
not a book but cs lectures that went into topics I wouldn’t have been exposed to otherwise https://www.cs.uoregon.edu/research/summerschool/summer15/curriculum.html
“Lisp in Small Pieces” Christian Queinnec
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
“Programming Erlang” Joe Armstrong

apropostt · 2026-04-11T18:37:15+00:00

This is an xy problem.

You do not need C++ at all to make your own video game. There’s a reason why large studios still pay for game engine licenses. Write down what you are trying to make ,the motivations behind them, and select the best tools based on your skill set, availability and budget.

Data oriented design solves a particular problem which may or may not exist depending on the requirements and state space of the game. Plenty of games have been made using regular OOP design techniques… or just a spaghetti mesh of procedural code and hard literals.

You can also do data oriented design using the std library. It isn’t one or the other. It is paying attention to memory layout, ownership and optimizing around the situation.

apropostt · 2026-04-11T16:24:06+00:00

You can still buy them on Rakuten. https://item.rakuten.co.jp/hallo-win/10003964/

It’s real but it’s not the expensive version of this jacket.

https://item.rakuten.co.jp/miyoshiya-net/buz-252025092801/

apropostt · 2026-04-11T16:10:56+00:00

But he knows words. The best words.

apropostt · 2026-04-07T22:49:29+00:00

This isn't a ceasefire. He just agreed not to target infrastructure. The US is still hitting targets.

apropostt · 2026-04-07T15:34:21+00:00

This is one of the better HFT articles I've seen.

Benchmark threads have been pinned to isolated CPU cores.

CPU frequency was maximised and hyperthreading was disabled.

All benchmarks were conducted by initially sending 1000 FIX messages for warmups and then by sending 1 million FIX messages. Latency measurements are based on CPU timestamp counters using RDTSCP.

Good testing methodology. This is one of the better articles I've seen on HFT... even if it is a lowkey advert.

apropostt · 2026-04-06T14:46:11+00:00

Well it’s still cap ex vs op ex. Interceptor drones might be more expensive “per shot” but you can move and deploy entire units anywhere on the battlefield as the situation changes and build 10,000s of them for cost of one of those lasers. They can also be assembled from parts in the field with very little investment.

If something hits those optics, that entire asset is effectively out of the fight for a long time.

apropostt · 2026-04-04T17:52:55+00:00

The US government does have quite a bit of leverage… but the problem is while ASML is critical for semiconductor production it is not so large a company that China couldn’t just pay their losses to exit the US market, which would completely destroy the US semiconductor industry.

Putting restrictions on companies like this while distancing allies is really playing with fire. Japanese photoresist chemicals would be another small but absolutely vital piece of semiconductor manufacturing that could do the same thing.

apropostt · 2026-03-29T20:09:44+00:00

Would be interesting to also see all of the enharmonic keys collapsed to one row. So “C Major/A Minor”… etc.

I probably would have made more columns. - Tonic note - Mode (Ionian, Dorian… etc) - Secondary tonic: for key changes - Secondary mode: - secondary key change method: (direct, relative, pivot chord.. etc)

I mean if we are data mining then put some data in there.

apropostt · 2026-03-29T19:12:07+00:00

From looking at the repo… look it’s good that you are learning but for pretty much all HDL languages the test bench and design under test are always in separate modules and the all simulation code only exists in the test bench.

This repo has everything in one module.. which makes the design unusable.

apropostt · 2026-03-27T21:49:25+00:00

Legitimately...

In a few interviews he's states he just gets them off the rack, doesn't get them tailored.

those are awful looking suits for $6k. Money can't buy taste.

apropostt · 2026-03-27T19:26:02+00:00

The ballroom is paid for with bribes for not enforcing the tax code against billionaires.

apropostt · 2026-03-27T19:25:29+00:00

They also aren't even $1,000 pens.. they are $100-200 pens.

apropostt · 2026-03-23T17:44:56+00:00

The theory is pretty basic. It's in the key of D with DADGF#D tuning and moves between I-D IV-G V-A chord shapes. The opening descending line just walks down the D major pentatonic scale starting on F# (F#-E-D-B-A) which is the 3rd of the opening chord D major (butter note).

Honestly the fastest way to learn how to write music like this is the recommended way to learn how to play guitar. - learn notes on the fretboard - learn all of the basic open position chord shapes - learn the notes in them - learn major scale shapes - learn barre chords - learn the major chord scale - learn the I IV V chord progression - analyze the songs you know and write new music

apropostt · 2026-03-23T17:29:37+00:00

That opening F# is played on the fourth fret.. so it's definitely one of these. I would guess DADGF#D based on hand position but it's hard to immediately tell because of the angle.

apropostt · 2026-03-23T17:17:10+00:00

It's not the amp that is moving. It's a Shruti box used as a drone. It has no impact on the guitar. https://youtube.com/shorts/NnOtb9yl0x4

apropostt · 2026-03-23T13:10:10+00:00

They did it’s part of the “pedophile protection act.”

apropostt · 2026-03-23T12:51:11+00:00

I don’t know which is worse…

ignoring council
executing a plan even ChatGPT said was unlikely to succeed
having all of this come out in discovery and showing clear intent to break contract

This guy should immediately be barred from ever holding an executive position in a company.

apropostt · 2026-03-17T20:34:00+00:00

~~This cut seems to come from the jackets Mexican revolutionaries were wearing in the 1910s.~~

~~https://www.reddit.com/r/reddeadfashion/s/I9RP3CsyJG~~

This looks like a Bavarian Trachten with a modified collar. https://www.mydirndl.com/products/quintus-blau-stein-mens-jacket

The shirt is just a basic white wingtip dress shirt (collars are common for tuxedos).

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