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by kelnos | 2025-06-28 00:57:38+00:00
> Trump's argument is that it's not enough to be born here, you have to also be a charge of the country

And that argument is bullshit.

> Trump's argument is that people born in America to tourist parents here for a few weeks (for example) aren't subject to the jurisdiction of America

Yes they are. If they commit a crime on US soil, they will face charges in a US court, because they are subject to the jurisdiction of those courts. (They will also be deported, but that's another matter.)

The only people on US soil who are not subject to the US's jurisdiction are foreign nationals traveling on a diplomatic passport ("diplomatic immunity").

> Sure, birthright citizenship was the reason for the suit, but the core issue was judicial overreach. Don't get mad because the way your side was "winning" was by cheating, and they were stopped.

Er, what? Nationwide injunctions have been a thing since the 1970s. No judge is "cheating" by putting one in place. I'm mad because Trump thinks the constitution is toilet paper.

If you want to talk about chaos, this SCOTUS ruling will create chaos, and more lawlessness, and make it even more difficult for people to obtain justice in this country -- a place where it was already pretty damn difficult (regardless of the party in power).
by Jeremy1026 | 2025-06-28 00:58:44+00:00
I worked with a guy once, and I was coding up the design of website from a PSD provided by the design team (yeah, that long ago). I was talking to him at my desk when I was doing the header and said something about needing to grab the hex for the red. This was a design he'd probably not seen before, and certainly never saw the PSD of. He called out the exact hex. That was one hell of a party trick.
by vkou | 2025-06-28 00:58:53+00:00
> until SCOTUS steps in, which can take months or years

It doesn't take months or years for SCOTUS to determine whether or not they will take a case. If they don't want to take it, they are fine with the arguments made in the lower courts, and tough shit, but that means that the loser is in the wrong.

> If the executive avoids appeals to dodge precedent, that’s a separate (and valid) concern.

You're damn right it's a valid concern. It's a valid concern because this removed the only mechanism that there was to force them to address it.
by tialaramex | 2025-06-28 00:59:06+00:00
The only "unusual" rule here is that Rust offers the zero type addition, but does not provide the (much more complicated) other type additions

So Rust does have: String + ! = String

But Rust doesn't have: String + i32 = Either<String,i32>

Note that the never type ! isn't special here, Rust will also cheerfully: String + Infallible = String or if you were to define your own empty type like so:

enum MyEmptyType {} // MyEmptyType has no possible values

Now under type arithmetic String + MyEmptyType = String and indeed that works in Rust.

Edited: Syntax fix
by TuxSH | 2025-06-28 00:59:24+00:00
So do signed types (guaranteed to be 2's complement since C23, though all sane targets have been using that representation for a long time).

Two's complement encodes -x as ~x + 1 = 2^n - x = -x (mod 2^n) and can therefore be mixed with unsigned for (+, -, *, &, |, ^, ~, <<).

> I think they should be used exclusively when this is needed

The opposite: signed type usage should be kept to a minimum because signed type (and pointer) overflow is UB and will get optimized as such.
by ggm-at-algebras | 2025-06-28 00:59:34+00:00
A less well known part of the invisible city is the mandated interception room in international internet exchanges on the east and west coast of the USA. Inside the giant windowless data centers, there are secure facilities and it's non optional to have your fibre enter this room and leave again. What happens inside the room.. (passive optical tap) isn't very clear.
Ask HN: A weird vesting term in not-USA country
by ayjay_t | 2025-06-28 00:59:46+00:00
I'm in argument with a board in a foreign nation, where it's typical in vesting contracts that if the whole term isn't complete (4 or 5 years), the employees don't keep what's vested- it's bought back by the company (at the paper rate, I imagine).

I'm just fielding opinions about this term. Seems bad to me, but definitely people around here are in support of it, a cultural thing I think. Or maybe I'm wrong? Is it an American thing as well?

Opinions?
by schiffern | 2025-06-28 01:00:11+00:00
Oh, I meant about the wrong order-of-operations problem with decibels, which I have never seen anyone talk about. If you've heard of it please let me know.

The links discuss the evidence that hearing loss isn't inevitable with age, including examples of pre-industrial societies with quiet environments that when tested showed no hearing degradation with age.

The controversy seems to be mostly about how much of that effect was caused by good diet vs lack of exposure to loud sounds. I tend to think both are needed to be fully protective, eg to take an extreme example alcohol is known to cause damage to hearing cells even without exposure to loud sounds.

I expect, with apologies to Tolstoy, "All dysfunctional hearing is different, whereas all healthy hearing is the same."
by alganet | 2025-06-28 01:00:47+00:00
These features were added slowly, randomly, as time passed. The weird syntaxes for all of these are a clear sign of this.

Practically all shell interpreters suffer from decades of feature creep since the original bourne shell. They're full of weird arcana, hard to maintain and debug.

Many people tried to replace bash and died on the hill because of these weird features, or ended up creating a replacement that is even slower, or ended up rediscovering what perl is.
by kelnos | 2025-06-28 01:00:47+00:00
That's not really relevant though. Being a UK citizen and breaking a UK law while on US soil (where the US doesn't have a similar law), and then seeing consequences for it when you return to the UK doesn't change anything.

If a UK person is on US soil and breaks a US law, they will be prosecuted by the US. The US can choose to extradite to the UK, but that's not really relevant.
by frollogaston | 2025-06-28 01:03:35+00:00
If this is one of those sought-after business zones in a rich area, there are only X slots to fill, and somehow it's decided who gets them. Take away liquor licenses, and the barrier will be rent instead. If you want lower barriers, there simply has to be more real estate available in that one area.

It's usually like this in other cities, the rich areas have high-investment establishments that play it safe. Maybe that's ok if you want something mainstream and/or high-end.
by kelnos | 2025-06-28 01:04:16+00:00
> The system simply cannot work if any district judge anywhere can veto the president's policies.

Except that it's been working just fine that way since before I was born, so, empirically, you're wrong.

> the president was going to be forced to start ignoring injunctions [...] The Roberts court had to make this ruling for the government to function.

So basically you're saying their way to legitimize Trump ignoring court orders is to de-legitimize an entire type of court order that has been commonplace and accepted for 50 years.

This sounds like "we'll change the law so Trump doesn't have to break it". Authoritarianism it is, then, I guess.
by toomuchtodo | 2025-06-28 01:04:53+00:00
I am prepared to leave the country semi permanently on very short notice (having prepared for this), but I’m also arguing/proposing that everyone should be prepared to defend themselves from other humans that would harm. You can hope for good faith and positive intent, but hope is also not a strategy. No one is coming to save you. Doesn’t mean you’ll succeed, just improves the odds.

Lawyer. Passport. Locksmith. Gun. (A Talk About Risk and Preparedness) [video] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33509164 - November 2022

> This is a presentation about risk, preparedness, and how to do make your best attempt to build defenses against some of the worst threats and potential problems that might ever arise in your life. Keeping your loved ones as well as your community safe is something to always keep in mind and this presentation walks through some of the most critical steps that it is possible to take... before your world explodes in a disaster.

(I work in risk management)
by ggm-at-algebras | 2025-06-28 01:05:38+00:00
Aha! Mansfield Park has been my favourite, since the 1980s. Most Austen fans seem to dislike it, and see the central character as weak and insipid. But, I see it as about code switching and timidity, she's clearly an introvert being bullied by the family.

The intrusion of Caribbean wealth is slavery. Edmond should be more overtly concerned about his families wealth, although to be fair it was mainly dissenters who did this, not the recipients of a family living.

She's on the money for naval preferment. Without help, commoner middies didn't make the crucial step up towards post captain. And for preferment, sexual favours by a sister would be common.
by kelnos | 2025-06-28 01:06:07+00:00
Except this president thinks he has the powers of a king. Which he doesn't, and courts are right to slap him down.

There's no such thing as "courts overstep" in our system. The courts are the final word on things in the US. By definition, they cannot overstep. You or I can disagree with their rulings, but they have the force of law, unless overturned by a higher court.
by hackyhacky | 2025-06-28 01:06:11+00:00
> Then you haven't read it. It's explicit.

No it isn't, and please stop lying.

> Their job is not to make America moral, that's the job of the congress and the democractic process of government. If they say a statue means A rather than B, it is then the job of elected representatives to clarify they mean B. Or else you believe 9 unelected people should govern the country. Congress often modifies law in light of SC rulings to make these clarifications.

I don't recall using the word moral. In this case, their interpretation is not supported by the text or intent of Congress. When they do that, it's called legislating from the bench, which are you are okay with, because in your mind SCOTUS can never be wrong.

> that there are many ways to universally challege this order that do not require extraordinary powers to be given to district court judges, powers never given to them by congress.

There is nothing extraordinary about it. They've been doing it for centuries, but strangely SOCTUS chooses this moment to break with history. And again, you're fine with it, because "rule of law" does not mean anything to you.

The role of the judiciary is to interpret and apply the law. If the executive branch is not constrained by the law (as in your reading, judges cannot tell the executive what to do), then the executive branch is above the law. That's a monarchy. We fought a war to avoid just such an outcome.

EDIT: I feel like you're arguing with someone else. You respond to arguments that I didn't make and ignore the arguments that I do. You've been so conditioned to performatively support "your side" that you can't even bring yourself to read what the other side says. I never suggested that SCOTUS has an obligation to behave "morally", only that that must interpret the law and the Constitution, and then I pointed out cases where they have failed to do that.
by shermantanktop | 2025-06-28 01:07:53+00:00
If you're on HN, you've probably experienced the dopamine rush of encountering something new, understanding it well enough in short order, applying it, and seeing results; or building something that others engage with in the same way. Or being especially good at math, or science, or computers, seemingly without much effort.

Music is (for most people) not like that. For getting proficient at instrumental music, the skill floor is high, progress is slow, and only comes through hard boring work which rewires your brain. Teachers tell you to do boring things, and say things that don't make sense, and you will be frustrated. Eventually you realize that you can do things you couldn't do before.

There are whiz kids who don't appear to experience this, but I think they do; they are just wired to not hate it as much as the rest of us, and are doing it when their brains are nicely plastic.

When I say "getting proficient at instrumental music" I mean to differentiate from learning how to play Wonderwall or Louie Louie and having a great time singing along. That's absolutely valid, it's a great place to be, and that love of the instrument forms the basis of further progress.
by cadamsdotcom | 2025-06-28 01:08:52+00:00
This is awesome advice and it works whether you’re a tech lead or coach of your kid’s soccer team.

Value contributions and people’s time. Make it easy to contribute. Be welcoming and inclusive. Don’t be upset when people leave. Give responsibility. Trust others to do good work. Think long term: even though you could do this simple thing faster, build their skills because it will pay dividends. Celebrate wins.
by bluefirebrand | 2025-06-28 01:09:15+00:00
I'm not sure. I was thinking about going back to school and re-training entirely. Maybe electrical engineering or something. Some days I just want to be a plumber or electrician.

I've been working in web and I really do like building front ends, but I'm very tired of being "full stack", especially when the stack is a cobbled together mishmash of microservices and cloud architecture that just keeps growing in complexity

I just want to be able to focus on one thing and get good at it. Being "full stack" feels like it's preventing me from really focusing in and becoming an expert on any one thing
by goku12 | 2025-06-28 01:10:10+00:00
This is truly egregious. Facebook and Instagram are installed by default on many android phones and cannot be fully uninstalled. And even if asked for consent, many people may choose the harmful option by mistake or due to lack of awareness. It's alarming that these companies cannot be held to even the bare minimum standards of ethics.

As an aside, there was a discussion a few days back where someone argued that being locked in to popular and abusive social/messaging platforms like these is an acceptable compromise, if it means retaining online contacts with everyone you know. Well, this is precisely the sort of apathy that gives these platforms the power to abuse their marketshare so blatantly. However, it doesn't affect only the people who choose to be irresponsible about privacy. It also drags the ignorant and the unwilling participants under the influence of these spyware.
by sorcerer-mar | 2025-06-28 01:10:52+00:00
Read the history of authoritarian movements.

The tip of the spear is consistently a bunch of incels and incel-adjacent losers. Think Meal Team 6, not Seal Team 6.

The vast majority of Americans won’t “see” anything, but there could also be all sorts of opportunists taking advantage of social dysfunction.

A million good reasons to go buy a gun, and the only reasons not to are either fatalism that you’re completely fucked or blind faith that nothing could possibly happen.

It is illogical to think either of those but find the in-between state so implausible that it’s not worth hedging with $<1000.
Show HN: Jurnit – Turn your passion into playable missions
by cyexxad | 2025-06-28 01:11:58+00:00
We’re building an experiential tech platform that helps the next generation shift from passive consumption to active creation through gamified missions rooted in their passions.

Think of it like this: what if the world around you became your game board? Whether it’s a street photography hunt in Tokyo, hike the highest mountains of Chile challenge, travel in all the countries of Europe itinerary or a quest to play music in every metro station of Paris — if you can imagine it, you can turn it into a mission, play it ans challenge others to do it.

Jurnit lets you create, join and share missions that push you physically and mentally. It transforms everyday life into a multiplayer experience, where creativity, curiosity and courage are the only entry tickets.

And the twist? You’re not just doing it alone. You can challenge others to complete your missions, compete for XP, unlock rewards and leave behind a trail others can follow.

We’d love feedback on the onboarding flow, mission creation process, and what features you think are missing. Join our waiting list here: https://jurnit.app Happy to answer questions and discuss your ideas!
by westurner | 2025-06-28 01:12:44+00:00
Does bootc-image-builder build Native Containers?

Do Native Containers work as VM images that can be stored in an OCI Image/Artifact/Package Registry?

I've been mentioning Native Containers since I realized that was how bazzite works now.

Is vagrant necessary anymore if host, vm, and container images can all be signed and stored in an OCI Image store?

From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44137501 re: Firecracker and Microsandbox VMs :

> ostree native containers are bootable host images that can also be built and signed with a SLSA provenance attestation; https://coreos.github.io/rpm-ostree/container/

ublue-os/image-template: https://github.com/ublue-os/image-template :

> Build your own custom Universal Blue Image

ublue-os/akmods has nvidia GPU drivers, nvidia-open, zfs: https://github.com/ublue-os/akmods :

> A caching layer for pre-built Fedora akmod RPMs

> OCI images providing a set of cached kernel RPMs and extra kernel modules to Universal Blue images. Used for better hardware support and consistent build process.

nvidia-container-toolkit (CDI) is necessary for --gpus=all to do CUDA and libEGL 3D with podman. Is this also already installed in bazzite?

ublue-os/toolboxes: "quadlets and systemd service units for management", boxkit : https://github.com/ublue-os/toolboxes#images

ublue-os/devcontainer .devcontainer/devcontainer.json: https://github.com/ublue-os/devcontainer/blob/main/src/base/...

It looks like the Just Justfile 40-nvidia.just has moved due to image topology simplification? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39364975 :

> ublue-os/config//build/ublue-os-just/40-nvidia.just defines the `ujust configure-nvidia` and `ujust toggle-nvk` commands
by toofy | 2025-06-28 01:15:45+00:00
> we have to control the children for their own good

as long it’s your own children. you don’t get to dictate what other’s kids cant see.

religious fundamentalists don’t get to say other kids can’t see a gay wedding. same thing in the other direction, i don’t get to say that other peoples kids can’t see a straight wedding. you won’t see me screaming “straight weddings are inappropriate propaganda for a child to see!”

it’s weird af to control what other peoples kids can or can’t see.
by kelnos | 2025-06-28 01:17:42+00:00
Please stop with the weasel words. "Functions as a veto" is not what's happening, and wielding the "veto" word is just a disingenuous attempt to make a weak argument sound stronger.

> until SCOTUS steps in, which can take months or years

If SCOTUS decides that something is urgent, they'll step in immediately. If they wait months or years, then they are signalling that the harm of waiting is not high enough to take up their immediate attention.
by greeneggs | 2025-06-28 01:17:54+00:00
> I doubt anyone would dispute that public benefits flow disproportionately to those 72 million households for obvious reasons.

I would dispute it. One of the main public benefits, if not the main benefit, is protection of property rights. Those with the most property disproportionately take advantage of this protection.

Are you deliberately confusing taxes with federal income tax?
by melling | 2025-06-28 01:17:58+00:00
“Dementia affects more than 55 million people worldwide, with nearly 10 million new cases each year“

I checked and it’s about 500,000 new cases in the US.

It’s surprising that more research isn’t done considering how prevalent it is.

We can basically do nothing for people.

And people are living to be older. June Lockhart just turned 100:

https://people.com/june-lockhart-on-screen-sons-share-update...
Ask HN: What's a mundane task you've deeply optimized for no reason?
by peterzuck | 2025-06-28 01:18:23+00:00
Not the “big wins” like taxes or time tracking — I’m talking about the weird small things. For example, I’ve fully optimized how I clean my desk cables. A friend of mine wrote a bash script just to open his daily playlists.

These things save maybe 30 seconds a day, but we obsess over them anyway.

What’s yours? Bonus if the effort was wildly disproportionate to the time saved.
by nwallin | 2025-06-28 01:18:46+00:00
No.

First of all, if an undocumented person commits a crime, they're not going to just let them go because they didn't have a birth certificate or passport or a documented name. They'll charge you, try you, and convict you same as anyone else. That's what it means to be subject to the jurisdiction.

The "subject to the jurisdiction" clause has two reasons. First and foremost is American Indians. American Indians, at the time, were explicitly not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Various tribes had treaties with the US government explicitly exempting their tribe members from federal, state, and local jurisdiction. At the same time, they were not considered US citizens. An American Indian could literally commit murder and the only legal recourse was to petition their tribe to bring justice to them. (there was also extra-legal recourse, which was a lot more common, but that's neither here nor there)

The other reason is diplomats. Diplomats have diplomatic immunity. They commit a murder? Not a lot you can do. (Hollywood overstates this, but not by as much as you might think) They didn't want to grant citizenship to the child if every diplomat.

This doesn't apply to illegal immigrants. There is no treaty or existing legal framework which grants them immunity to the law.
by dumbledoren | 2025-06-28 01:21:06+00:00
Also, there seems to be a HA MySQL setup behind it: When you create a db user for a site/app, it creates r/w and read-only users that can be used separately. So in a way, Hetzner does seem to have that managed HA dn service that many people have been waiting for. Except it seems to be hidden behind the managed servers yet...
by acdha | 2025-06-28 01:22:17+00:00
It’s easy to believe because they’re already doing similar things. The best publicized case was Rümeysa Öztürk, whose student visa was silently canceled over her exercise of protected 1st amendment rights. Normally, if there was a question about a visa they could handle the entire process in Massachusetts, which has a massive federal presence and where immigration cases have been handled without issues since about as long as we’ve had immigration law. Instead, the squad which abducted her off the street quickly took her through New Hampshire and Vermont on the way to Louisiana. There’s no reason to spend so much money on someone who isn’t a threat to anyone other than the Israeli government’s PR department unless the goal is to get them into a friendlier district before a judge can stop it.