Babak Farhang
@gnahraf.bsky.social
applied & engineering physics guy turned programmer
I'm building something new. Here's the first part..
https://crums.io
Aurora, CO
I'm building something new. Here's the first part..
https://crums.io
Aurora, CO
Me, humming along
> But I'm not the only one.. 🎵
Imagine (Lennon)
> But I'm not the only one.. 🎵
Imagine (Lennon)
January 3, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Me, humming along
> But I'm not the only one.. 🎵
Imagine (Lennon)
> But I'm not the only one.. 🎵
Imagine (Lennon)
Speaking of ducks.. If you turn a picture of donald duck upsidedown you get a donnie trump
January 1, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Speaking of ducks.. If you turn a picture of donald duck upsidedown you get a donnie trump
I get your point. So is there a solution to achieve something similar for java? My 1st thought is runtime resolution thru say some type of local maven ClassLoader..
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I get your point. So is there a solution to achieve something similar for java? My 1st thought is runtime resolution thru say some type of local maven ClassLoader..
Yes, a variety release flavors and via maven central, also ;)
I guess what I'm stressing is it's better if the CLI has no external deps. I actually prefer shipping along a jlinked VM to native compiled.
I guess what I'm stressing is it's better if the CLI has no external deps. I actually prefer shipping along a jlinked VM to native compiled.
December 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Yes, a variety release flavors and via maven central, also ;)
I guess what I'm stressing is it's better if the CLI has no external deps. I actually prefer shipping along a jlinked VM to native compiled.
I guess what I'm stressing is it's better if the CLI has no external deps. I actually prefer shipping along a jlinked VM to native compiled.
Let's!
I think whenever possible, any java library that might conceivably have a use case from the command line ought to have 1 or more (well designed) native-compiled CLIs.
For my own OS projects, I've made it a goal to make CLIs before other UIs.
I think whenever possible, any java library that might conceivably have a use case from the command line ought to have 1 or more (well designed) native-compiled CLIs.
For my own OS projects, I've made it a goal to make CLIs before other UIs.
December 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Let's!
I think whenever possible, any java library that might conceivably have a use case from the command line ought to have 1 or more (well designed) native-compiled CLIs.
For my own OS projects, I've made it a goal to make CLIs before other UIs.
I think whenever possible, any java library that might conceivably have a use case from the command line ought to have 1 or more (well designed) native-compiled CLIs.
For my own OS projects, I've made it a goal to make CLIs before other UIs.
100% accurate. 120, 160, in some cases 1000% accurate
December 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
100% accurate. 120, 160, in some cases 1000% accurate
Me thinks 1 time wealth tax not good policy (I favor taxing short term capital gains agressively, for eg). Regardless, these tech bros are under the impression they can drag the ecosystem that supports them to another state. They should know better but are surrounded by yes men. Let them try, I say.
December 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Me thinks 1 time wealth tax not good policy (I favor taxing short term capital gains agressively, for eg). Regardless, these tech bros are under the impression they can drag the ecosystem that supports them to another state. They should know better but are surrounded by yes men. Let them try, I say.
Indian IT industry, a window into how AI fails to deliver enterprise applications. And not for a lack of enthusiasm for throwing money at it.
December 27, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Indian IT industry, a window into how AI fails to deliver enterprise applications. And not for a lack of enthusiasm for throwing money at it.
PS sloplord is apt-- added to my vocab.
The irony is that this sloptech depends on consuming *human output: when it consumes its own slop, it's like it's eaten its own shit. It already does and will only get worse, if they succeed. It's all unimaginably stupid
The irony is that this sloptech depends on consuming *human output: when it consumes its own slop, it's like it's eaten its own shit. It already does and will only get worse, if they succeed. It's all unimaginably stupid
December 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
PS sloplord is apt-- added to my vocab.
The irony is that this sloptech depends on consuming *human output: when it consumes its own slop, it's like it's eaten its own shit. It already does and will only get worse, if they succeed. It's all unimaginably stupid
The irony is that this sloptech depends on consuming *human output: when it consumes its own slop, it's like it's eaten its own shit. It already does and will only get worse, if they succeed. It's all unimaginably stupid
You have no idea what the real cost of healthcare is. No one does. The system is so rigged and obfuscated that not even the providers can tell what anything really costs. One very real reason the Soviets collapsed was because they couldn't price things. So too we will because we can't
December 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
You have no idea what the real cost of healthcare is. No one does. The system is so rigged and obfuscated that not even the providers can tell what anything really costs. One very real reason the Soviets collapsed was because they couldn't price things. So too we will because we can't
Do not be disturbed. Such age discrepancies are always deliberate, a kind of homage to epics like the Odyssey
December 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Do not be disturbed. Such age discrepancies are always deliberate, a kind of homage to epics like the Odyssey
Seth, it's OK to research with chatgpt (as long as you check its "work", sources and other usual caveats); but as a 3rd party influence, it actually diminishes whatever argument you're making.
December 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Seth, it's OK to research with chatgpt (as long as you check its "work", sources and other usual caveats); but as a 3rd party influence, it actually diminishes whatever argument you're making.
Quick q: Does the example have fallbacks for browsers that don't yet support web bundles?
December 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Quick q: Does the example have fallbacks for browsers that don't yet support web bundles?
Thinking about this from an ML perspective, I wonder if it can be modeled physically (?) The estimate in 5D is about 40 kissing spheres. Naively, I'd model the spheres with an attractive/repulsive 5d force law s.t. kissing is at the lowest "energy" state, which in turn becomes ML's goal to find.
December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Thinking about this from an ML perspective, I wonder if it can be modeled physically (?) The estimate in 5D is about 40 kissing spheres. Naively, I'd model the spheres with an attractive/repulsive 5d force law s.t. kissing is at the lowest "energy" state, which in turn becomes ML's goal to find.
Nah, not a chance..
2 words: Israeli Americans
2 words: Israeli Americans
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Nah, not a chance..
2 words: Israeli Americans
2 words: Israeli Americans
You were told right..
And if you tag #java in your post, it gets lumped with lava flows and Indonesian earthquakes for even greater reach
Nice project btw (!)
And if you tag #java in your post, it gets lumped with lava flows and Indonesian earthquakes for even greater reach
Nice project btw (!)
December 4, 2025 at 4:33 AM
You were told right..
And if you tag #java in your post, it gets lumped with lava flows and Indonesian earthquakes for even greater reach
Nice project btw (!)
And if you tag #java in your post, it gets lumped with lava flows and Indonesian earthquakes for even greater reach
Nice project btw (!)
Interesting.. State side too, we should sue the grifters the chief grifter grifts with
December 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Interesting.. State side too, we should sue the grifters the chief grifter grifts with
Just so you know.. Appreciated and far and away from pointless🙏
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Just so you know.. Appreciated and far and away from pointless🙏
This is very good. Re control (or not)..
I remember my drawing instructor Zevi Blum's exercise with charcoal and large sheets of newsprint. He would have us sweep the charcoal, on its flat and blunt side, across the paper, then ask each to discover a figure in the smudge and bring it out.
I remember my drawing instructor Zevi Blum's exercise with charcoal and large sheets of newsprint. He would have us sweep the charcoal, on its flat and blunt side, across the paper, then ask each to discover a figure in the smudge and bring it out.
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This is very good. Re control (or not)..
I remember my drawing instructor Zevi Blum's exercise with charcoal and large sheets of newsprint. He would have us sweep the charcoal, on its flat and blunt side, across the paper, then ask each to discover a figure in the smudge and bring it out.
I remember my drawing instructor Zevi Blum's exercise with charcoal and large sheets of newsprint. He would have us sweep the charcoal, on its flat and blunt side, across the paper, then ask each to discover a figure in the smudge and bring it out.
He's a phony. Send him packing, NY
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
He's a phony. Send him packing, NY
A heads up
Tried to register.. Pop up indicates a problem sending verification email to my gmail (says domain not whitelisted (?))
Tried to register.. Pop up indicates a problem sending verification email to my gmail (says domain not whitelisted (?))
November 24, 2025 at 11:28 AM
A heads up
Tried to register.. Pop up indicates a problem sending verification email to my gmail (says domain not whitelisted (?))
Tried to register.. Pop up indicates a problem sending verification email to my gmail (says domain not whitelisted (?))
Exactly. It's just basic math. Nothing exponential is sustainable. When you don't do the math, by the time you realize, it's already a runaway problem, well past the point of fixing. We're off the rails right now, but much like cayote, in a momentary limbo before gravity takes over
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Exactly. It's just basic math. Nothing exponential is sustainable. When you don't do the math, by the time you realize, it's already a runaway problem, well past the point of fixing. We're off the rails right now, but much like cayote, in a momentary limbo before gravity takes over
Mocking sounds quaint.. How about jail, for a proper accounting? The rich and powerful have been gaming the system, stealing from public coffers with impunity. I paid my taxes for 40 years while watching these mofos break the law, destroy the good things generations before us built and fought for.
November 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Mocking sounds quaint.. How about jail, for a proper accounting? The rich and powerful have been gaming the system, stealing from public coffers with impunity. I paid my taxes for 40 years while watching these mofos break the law, destroy the good things generations before us built and fought for.