https://github.com/markandrus/Sonify"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Image manipulation using audio and vice-versa in realtime."},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"http://mrkrbrts.com/blog/"}},"_tags":["story","author_andrus","story_1871468"],"author":"andrus","children":[1871540],"created_at":"2010-11-05T00:31:41Z","created_at_i":1288917101,"num_comments":2,"objectID":"1871468","points":2,"story_id":1871468,"story_text":"Sonify is a JACK plugin I hacked together that encodes images into audio and vice-versa, in realtime. This is my first project on GitHub.
https://github.com/markandrus/Sonify","title":"Image manipulation using audio and vice-versa in realtime.","updated_at":"2024-09-19T17:22:37Z","url":"http://mrkrbrts.com/blog/"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"ChrisMurray"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["markamd"],"value":"Re article "Out of all major energy sources, nuclear is the safest (ourworldindata.org)":
Our World in Data used a Lancet published Markandya and Wilkinson 2007 article "Electricity generation and health" as their source for air pollution deaths. Markandya and Wilson in turn took their figures directly from the published Externe report Power generation and the environment\u2014a UK perspective, vol 1 (Berry, JE, Holland, MR, Watkiss, PR, Boyd, R, and Stephenson, W. ), which, re estimates for particulate matter harm, states that "there is no convincing evidence of safe, or no-effect, levels for particulates and therefore dose-response functions without thresholds are used" and "This is a pragmatic approach compatible with radiological health conventions used in the nuclear fuel cycle analysis".
If LNT to zero is to be used to estimate fossil fuel particulate deaths, it should also be used to estimate radiation deaths from civil nuclear power. Although coal, oil, biomass etc. are still much worse, radiation deaths would total about 100,000 rather than the 11,766 claimed in the article, and 1.4 deaths per terrawatt hour rather than the 0.07 claimed by Markandya and Wilkinson, putting it roughly ten times more hazardous than solar or wind (even using solar and wind figures from pro-nuclear sources such as NextBigFuture or James Conca).
It is a little unfair to use LNT for particulate fossil fuel deaths on the basis that LNT is used for radiation deaths, and to then turn around and not use LNT for radiation deaths!"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"\u201cOut of all major energy sources, nuclear is the safest (ourworldindata.org)\u201d"}},"_tags":["story","author_ChrisMurray","story_16912025","ask_hn"],"author":"ChrisMurray","created_at":"2018-04-24T12:43:35Z","created_at_i":1524573815,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"16912025","points":2,"story_id":16912025,"story_text":"Re article "Out of all major energy sources, nuclear is the safest (ourworldindata.org)":
Our World in Data used a Lancet published Markandya and Wilkinson 2007 article "Electricity generation and health" as their source for air pollution deaths. Markandya and Wilson in turn took their figures directly from the published Externe report Power generation and the environment\u2014a UK perspective, vol 1 (Berry, JE, Holland, MR, Watkiss, PR, Boyd, R, and Stephenson, W. ), which, re estimates for particulate matter harm, states that "there is no convincing evidence of safe, or no-effect, levels for particulates and therefore dose-response functions without thresholds are used" and "This is a pragmatic approach compatible with radiological health conventions used in the nuclear fuel cycle analysis".
If LNT to zero is to be used to estimate fossil fuel particulate deaths, it should also be used to estimate radiation deaths from civil nuclear power. Although coal, oil, biomass etc. are still much worse, radiation deaths would total about 100,000 rather than the 11,766 claimed in the article, and 1.4 deaths per terrawatt hour rather than the 0.07 claimed by Markandya and Wilkinson, putting it roughly ten times more hazardous than solar or wind (even using solar and wind figures from pro-nuclear sources such as NextBigFuture or James Conca).
It is a little unfair to use LNT for particulate fossil fuel deaths on the basis that LNT is used for radiation deaths, and to then turn around and not use LNT for radiation deaths!","title":"\u201cOut of all major energy sources, nuclear is the safest (ourworldindata.org)\u201d","updated_at":"2024-09-20T02:22:02Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"code1234567890"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["markamd"],"value":"Dreams \u2013 A New Social Media Network\nHi everyone,\nWe are introducing Dreams, a new social media network. The purpose of Dreams is to create an aesthetic and cool social media network.
Why do we need Dreams?\nToday, many social media platforms like Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and Facebook show all types of content. Sometimes this includes:\n* Violence\n* Offensive posts\n* Vulgar content\n* Negative videos\n* Meaningless and awkward content\nMany people feel uncomfortable or unhappy seeing this type of content. Anyone can upload anything, and sometimes people post fighting videos or inappropriate content.\nFor this reason, we created Dreams \u2014 an aesthetic and modern social network. Dreams is not for everyone. It is for people who like a modern lifestyle, aesthetic posts, and meaningful content.
What is Dreams?\nDreams is a place only for:\n* Modern lifestyle content\n* Meaningful posts\n* Creative and positive ideas\n* Clean and aesthetic content\nWe want to create a safe and beautiful space for everyone.
Our Vision\nOur vision is to build a professional and modern social media platform.\nFor example, LinkedIn is a platform focused on careers and jobs.\nHowever, Dreams is not a job or career-based network like LinkedIn.\nDreams is an entertainment-based, professional, and modern social network. It is a place where people can share:\n* Modern lifestyle content\n* Meaningful and inspiring posts\n* Creative and entertaining content\n* Positive and stylish ideas\nWe want Dreams to be stylish, inspiring, meaningful, and enjoyable.
Our Team\n* Abhishek kumar\n* Mr Madhukar\n* Rishi\nWe are planning to release a demo version first. Please try it once and give us your feedback. After that, we will launch the full app.\nThank you everyone and Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University) Official"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Dreams \u2013 A New Social Media Network"}},"_tags":["story","author_code1234567890","story_47973828","ask_hn"],"author":"code1234567890","created_at":"2026-05-01T12:08:03Z","created_at_i":1777637283,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"47973828","points":1,"story_id":47973828,"story_text":"Dreams \u2013 A New Social Media Network\nHi everyone,\nWe are introducing Dreams, a new social media network. The purpose of Dreams is to create an aesthetic and cool social media network.
Why do we need Dreams?\nToday, many social media platforms like Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and Facebook show all types of content. Sometimes this includes:\n* Violence\n* Offensive posts\n* Vulgar content\n* Negative videos\n* Meaningless and awkward content\nMany people feel uncomfortable or unhappy seeing this type of content. Anyone can upload anything, and sometimes people post fighting videos or inappropriate content.\nFor this reason, we created Dreams \u2014 an aesthetic and modern social network. Dreams is not for everyone. It is for people who like a modern lifestyle, aesthetic posts, and meaningful content.
What is Dreams?\nDreams is a place only for:\n* Modern lifestyle content\n* Meaningful posts\n* Creative and positive ideas\n* Clean and aesthetic content\nWe want to create a safe and beautiful space for everyone.
Our Vision\nOur vision is to build a professional and modern social media platform.\nFor example, LinkedIn is a platform focused on careers and jobs.\nHowever, Dreams is not a job or career-based network like LinkedIn.\nDreams is an entertainment-based, professional, and modern social network. It is a place where people can share:\n* Modern lifestyle content\n* Meaningful and inspiring posts\n* Creative and entertaining content\n* Positive and stylish ideas\nWe want Dreams to be stylish, inspiring, meaningful, and enjoyable.
Our Team\n* Abhishek kumar\n* Mr Madhukar\n* Rishi\nWe are planning to release a demo version first. Please try it once and give us your feedback. After that, we will launch the full app.\nThank you everyone and Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University) Official","title":"Dreams \u2013 A New Social Media Network","updated_at":"2026-05-01T12:12:25Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"berntb"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["markamd"],"value":">>This is why I believe AI is much farther off than most people think: to understand AI we must first understand ourselves, which is much more complex than at first take.
I saw an interview with the director of the Blue Brain project. He projected 10 years, before they can emulate a brain...
http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/08/henry-markam-project-direct...
\"Computational Neuroscience over the past 50 years is a theory driven science, while Blue Brain is biology driven. When we reach the human brain, human-like perceptions and motor actions should emerge automatically. The model brains will be able to learn to do what we human\u2019s can learn to do, perform complex decision-making, manifest emotions, intelligence and personalities. We see these all as straightforward emergent properties of the brain. Self-awareness and consciousness may also emerge if this phenomenon depends on neuronal, synaptic and/or molecular interactions. Anything that depends on the physical elements that can be measured in the brain should emerge if we are successful in building it accurately enough. If we inject some theories of brain while we build it and ignore the biology, then we are back to square one with computational neuroscience and we will almost certainly fail.\""},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Why AI is a dangerous dream - interview with Noel Sharkey"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327231.100-why-ai-is-a-dangerous-dream.html?full=true&print=true"}},"_tags":["comment","author_berntb","story_804993"],"author":"berntb","children":[805229],"comment_text":">>This is why I believe AI is much farther off than most people think: to understand AI we must first understand ourselves, which is much more complex than at first take.
I saw an interview with the director of the Blue Brain project. He projected 10 years, before they can emulate a brain...
http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/08/henry-markam-project-direct...
\"Computational Neuroscience over the past 50 years is a theory driven science, while Blue Brain is biology driven. When we reach the human brain, human-like perceptions and motor actions should emerge automatically. The model brains will be able to learn to do what we human\u2019s can learn to do, perform complex decision-making, manifest emotions, intelligence and personalities. We see these all as straightforward emergent properties of the brain. Self-awareness and consciousness may also emerge if this phenomenon depends on neuronal, synaptic and/or molecular interactions. Anything that depends on the physical elements that can be measured in the brain should emerge if we are successful in building it accurately enough. If we inject some theories of brain while we build it and ignore the biology, then we are back to square one with computational neuroscience and we will almost certainly fail.\"","created_at":"2009-09-04T17:06:23Z","created_at_i":1252083983,"objectID":"805219","parent_id":805205,"story_id":804993,"story_title":"Why AI is a dangerous dream - interview with Noel Sharkey","story_url":"http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327231.100-why-ai-is-a-dangerous-dream.html?full=true&print=true","updated_at":"2024-09-19T16:38:28Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"illini123"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["markamd"],"value":"I'm curious if they are attempting to make a push for connecting Siberia, or if this is also due to an increasing userbase in Russia as well:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/markadomanis/2013/05/18/russias-..."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Russia is building their own internet"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":""}},"_tags":["comment","author_illini123","story_7944246"],"author":"illini123","comment_text":"I'm curious if they are attempting to make a push for connecting Siberia, or if this is also due to an increasing userbase in Russia as well:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/markadomanis/2013/05/18/russias-...","created_at":"2014-06-25T16:21:07Z","created_at_i":1403713267,"objectID":"7944925","parent_id":7944246,"points":null,"story_id":7944246,"story_title":"Russia is building their own internet","story_url":"","updated_at":"2023-09-06T23:12:16Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"1gor"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["markamd"],"value":"
Putin is pretty evil\nBecause ~65% of Russians voted for Putin, and they did it three times. He is very popular. Not difficult to see why. Since he came to power their GDP per capita (PPP-adjusted) almost doubled, law and order improved, corruption went down. And more Russians are being born than die, so the population decline is reversed.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/markadomanis/2013/02/04/five-myt...
For all his populism, Putin's economic policies have been very shrewd - Russia paid out its foreign debt and has currently some of the largest foreign currency reserves, and one of the lowest tax rates in the world.
As to the efforts to present Putin as some evil thug, throwing journalists to gulags etc. - this is just laughable. The best example are Pussy Riot. When the best anti-Putin propaganda can do is to call a punk-group who insults religious minorities a victim of political prosecution... Well, probably, Russians have to conclude that there are no real issues with freedom of speech in their country!
It's perfectly fine not to like Russians improving their life and enjoying a stronger country. But don't blame poor Putin for that. He is simply an elected official, it's just that Russians have been lucky to find a capable one."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Ukraine protests: Before and after photos from Kiev's battle zone"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-20/kiev-ukraine-protests-before-after/5272570"}},"_tags":["comment","author_1gor","story_7269800"],"author":"1gor","children":[7271977],"comment_text":"
Putin is pretty evil\nBecause ~65% of Russians voted for Putin, and they did it three times. He is very popular. Not difficult to see why. Since he came to power their GDP per capita (PPP-adjusted) almost doubled, law and order improved, corruption went down. And more Russians are being born than die, so the population decline is reversed.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/markadomanis/2013/02/04/five-myt...
For all his populism, Putin's economic policies have been very shrewd - Russia paid out its foreign debt and has currently some of the largest foreign currency reserves, and one of the lowest tax rates in the world.
As to the efforts to present Putin as some evil thug, throwing journalists to gulags etc. - this is just laughable. The best example are Pussy Riot. When the best anti-Putin propaganda can do is to call a punk-group who insults religious minorities a victim of political prosecution... Well, probably, Russians have to conclude that there are no real issues with freedom of speech in their country!
It's perfectly fine not to like Russians improving their life and enjoying a stronger country. But don't blame poor Putin for that. He is simply an elected official, it's just that Russians have been lucky to find a capable one.","created_at":"2014-02-20T16:49:05Z","created_at_i":1392914945,"objectID":"7271807","parent_id":7271207,"story_id":7269800,"story_title":"Ukraine protests: Before and after photos from Kiev's battle zone","story_url":"http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-20/kiev-ukraine-protests-before-after/5272570","updated_at":"2024-09-19T20:37:00Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"thesz"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["markamd"],"value":"It should look to you too. Try to investigate.
Look no further than to Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/markadomanis/2013/12/26/bulgaria...
The power of propaganda, you say?"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Revolution in Kiev"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"http://zyalt.livejournal.com/984735.html"}},"_tags":["comment","author_thesz","story_7124139"],"author":"thesz","comment_text":"It should look to you too. Try to investigate.
Look no further than to Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/markadomanis/2013/12/26/bulgaria...
The power of propaganda, you say?","created_at":"2014-01-27T03:32:08Z","created_at_i":1390793528,"objectID":"7128604","parent_id":7124718,"points":null,"story_id":7124139,"story_title":"Revolution in Kiev","story_url":"http://zyalt.livejournal.com/984735.html","updated_at":"2023-09-06T22:01:26Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"peter_d_sherman"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["markamd"],"value":"Microsoft should open-source FoxPro, at least some version of it, because as of 2026, it has no commercial viability (no ability for it to make the company money) compared to say SQL Server, Access and/or Visual Basic with the appropriate back-end database drivers. If Visual FoxPro V9 (2007) is too late because there are unexpired patents or other issues, then Microsoft should open-source an earlier version.
Even open-sourcing FoxPro 2.6a for DOS (the last DOS version, August 1994, > 30 years ago) would be better than open-sourcing no FoxPro version.
Fundamentally, FoxPro, at its core, is 4 things:
1) It's own low-level database engine
2) It's own SQL parser/interpreter/engine sitting on top of #1.
3) Simple (but very data-aware of the underlying data!) scripting language (based on dBase, referred to as "xBase" -- or more specifically the FoxPro dialect of xBase) sitting on top of #1 (except for the SQL commands, SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, etc., which sit on top of #2)
4) Form / GUI / Data-entry and Data-search Form Designers that exist on top of #1, #2 and #3. Basically a primitive (although very functional and elegantly simple) windowed App building environment.
Now, all of those 4 things could be replaced and/or outsourced to other open-source projects...
For example, to read/write/index/seek in FoxPro database files (the low-level database engine):
https://github.com/MPSystemsServices/CodeBase-for-DBF
I'm not sure if CodeBase comes with its own SQL engine/parser -- but if not, SQLite has a pretty good one which could probably be used with some modifications. If not, ANTLR has various SQL grammars for it floating around on the net (here's a quick blog post of someone using ANTLR to create a query language: https://markandrewperry.medium.com/using-antlr-to-create-a-q...)
For the scripting language, any scripting language could potentially work, but special attention should be paid to the way FoxPro variables are aware of data in underlying open tables in the current work area (SCATTER and GATHER commands and how they work, etc.), which is one of the unique features of FoxPro. (Also, for command / line / expression evaluation, you'd probably want to use or at least know about Dijkstra's Shunting Yard Algorithm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunting_yard_algorithm)
For the GUI / Form designers, well, any data-aware form-designing graphical toolkit could work, but of course, FoxPro has/had its own nuanced "flavor" of these.
Generically speaking, FoxPro is/was a database engine, SQL engine, very-data-aware scripting language and form/gui/app designer -- all rolled into one package.
I'd love to see an app where all of these components are open source, where there are clear interfaces between those components (separate compilation options for codebases, depending on which components you want), where the original FoxPro/dBase/xBase scripting language is used (because it was great!) and where any underlying database engine and/or SQL engine could be "swapped out" for any other (i.e., SQLite, Postgres, etc.)
Anyway, FoxDevStudio looks interesting in this space!"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Microsoft killed FoxPro in 2007. Anyway, here's FoxPro revived"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://foxscript.org/"}},"_tags":["comment","author_peter_d_sherman","story_49808023"],"author":"peter_d_sherman","comment_text":"Microsoft should open-source FoxPro, at least some version of it, because as of 2026, it has no commercial viability (no ability for it to make the company money) compared to say SQL Server, Access and/or Visual Basic with the appropriate back-end database drivers. If Visual FoxPro V9 (2007) is too late because there are unexpired patents or other issues, then Microsoft should open-source an earlier version.
Even open-sourcing FoxPro 2.6a for DOS (the last DOS version, August 1994, > 30 years ago) would be better than open-sourcing no FoxPro version.
Fundamentally, FoxPro, at its core, is 4 things:
1) It's own low-level database engine
2) It's own SQL parser/interpreter/engine sitting on top of #1.
3) Simple (but very data-aware of the underlying data!) scripting language (based on dBase, referred to as "xBase" -- or more specifically the FoxPro dialect of xBase) sitting on top of #1 (except for the SQL commands, SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, etc., which sit on top of #2)
4) Form / GUI / Data-entry and Data-search Form Designers that exist on top of #1, #2 and #3. Basically a primitive (although very functional and elegantly simple) windowed App building environment.
Now, all of those 4 things could be replaced and/or outsourced to other open-source projects...
For example, to read/write/index/seek in FoxPro database files (the low-level database engine):
https://github.com/MPSystemsServices/CodeBase-for-DBF
I'm not sure if CodeBase comes with its own SQL engine/parser -- but if not, SQLite has a pretty good one which could probably be used with some modifications. If not, ANTLR has various SQL grammars for it floating around on the net (here's a quick blog post of someone using ANTLR to create a query language: https://markandrewperry.medium.com/using-antlr-to-create-a-q...)
For the scripting language, any scripting language could potentially work, but special attention should be paid to the way FoxPro variables are aware of data in underlying open tables in the current work area (SCATTER and GATHER commands and how they work, etc.), which is one of the unique features of FoxPro. (Also, for command / line / expression evaluation, you'd probably want to use or at least know about Dijkstra's Shunting Yard Algorithm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunting_yard_algorithm)
For the GUI / Form designers, well, any data-aware form-designing graphical toolkit could work, but of course, FoxPro has/had its own nuanced "flavor" of these.
Generically speaking, FoxPro is/was a database engine, SQL engine, very-data-aware scripting language and form/gui/app designer -- all rolled into one package.
I'd love to see an app where all of these components are open source, where there are clear interfaces between those components (separate compilation options for codebases, depending on which components you want), where the original FoxPro/dBase/xBase scripting language is used (because it was great!) and where any underlying database engine and/or SQL engine could be "swapped out" for any other (i.e., SQLite, Postgres, etc.)
Anyway, FoxDevStudio looks interesting in this space!","created_at":"2026-09-23T04:47:09Z","created_at_i":1790138829,"objectID":"49811757","parent_id":49808023,"story_id":49808023,"story_title":"Microsoft killed FoxPro in 2007. Anyway, here's FoxPro revived","story_url":"https://foxscript.org/","updated_at":"2026-09-24T05:43:37Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"mark336"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["markamd"],"value":"ios dev\nremote\nno relocate\nxcode swift 5 node express git sql server\nmarkamaro1@yahoo.com"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2026)"}},"_tags":["comment","author_mark336","story_48357724"],"author":"mark336","comment_text":"ios dev\nremote\nno relocate\nxcode swift 5 node express git sql server\nmarkamaro1@yahoo.com","created_at":"2026-06-02T04:49:06Z","created_at_i":1780375746,"objectID":"48366196","parent_id":48357724,"story_id":48357724,"story_title":"Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2026)","updated_at":"2026-06-02T04:51:21Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"maeon3"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["markamd"],"value":"The judge's name is Markandey Katju. I'm not sure how politics and political warfare works in India. Maybe someone who knows about that can enlighten us?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markandey_Katju"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Letter to Maharashtra CM"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"http://justicekatju.blogspot.in/2012/11/a-letter-to-maharashtra-cm.html"}},"_tags":["comment","author_maeon3","story_4803994"],"author":"maeon3","children":[4804250,4804353],"comment_text":"The judge's name is Markandey Katju. I'm not sure how politics and political warfare works in India. Maybe someone who knows about that can enlighten us?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markandey_Katju","created_at":"2012-11-19T13:09:26Z","created_at_i":1353330566,"objectID":"4804183","parent_id":4803994,"story_id":4803994,"story_title":"Letter to Maharashtra CM","story_url":"http://justicekatju.blogspot.in/2012/11/a-letter-to-maharashtra-cm.html","updated_at":"2024-09-19T19:02:16Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"aufreak3"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["markamd"],"value":"This should be upvoted more, as the \"Chairman\" is \"Justice Markandey Katju\" whose legal opinion in this matter is credible. Not only does he say that the arrests are against freedom of speech which is \"a guaranteed fundamental right\", he says that the arrests are criminal according to law too.
Quoting the full paragraph here -
\"\"\nIn the letter addressed to Chavan, Justice Katju has written: \"It is alleged that she has been arrested for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. To my mind it is absurd to say that protesting against a bandh hurts religious sentiments. Under Article 19(1)(a) of our Constitution, freedom of speech is a guaranteed fundamental right. We are living in a democracy, not a fascist dictatorship. In fact this arrest itself appears to be a criminal act since under sections 341 and 342 it is a crime to wrongfully arrest or wrongfully confine someone who has committed no crime.\n\"\""},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Mumbai girl arrested for Facebook post"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/2/2012111920121119043152921e12f57e1/In-Palghar-cops-book-21yearold-for-FB-post.html"}},"_tags":["comment","author_aufreak3","story_4803350"],"author":"aufreak3","comment_text":"This should be upvoted more, as the \"Chairman\" is \"Justice Markandey Katju\" whose legal opinion in this matter is credible. Not only does he say that the arrests are against freedom of speech which is \"a guaranteed fundamental right\", he says that the arrests are criminal according to law too.
Quoting the full paragraph here -
\"\"\nIn the letter addressed to Chavan, Justice Katju has written: \"It is alleged that she has been arrested for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. To my mind it is absurd to say that protesting against a bandh hurts religious sentiments. Under Article 19(1)(a) of our Constitution, freedom of speech is a guaranteed fundamental right. We are living in a democracy, not a fascist dictatorship. In fact this arrest itself appears to be a criminal act since under sections 341 and 342 it is a crime to wrongfully arrest or wrongfully confine someone who has committed no crime.\n\"\"","created_at":"2012-11-19T12:21:55Z","created_at_i":1353327715,"objectID":"4804072","parent_id":4803881,"story_id":4803350,"story_title":"Mumbai girl arrested for Facebook post","story_url":"http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/2/2012111920121119043152921e12f57e1/In-Palghar-cops-book-21yearold-for-FB-post.html","updated_at":"2024-09-19T19:02:16Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"simmerup"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["markamd"],"value":"Sorry, even worse then
I got confused because a journal referenced them\n> The experiment\u2019s reach has now spread into the published medical literature. The bixonimania research has been cited by a handful of researchers, including a study that appeared in Cureus, a journal published by Springer Nature, the publisher of Nature, by researchers at the Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Medical Sciences and Research in Mullana, India (S. Banchhor et al. Cureus 16, e74625 (2024); retraction 18, r223 (2026)). (Nature\u2019s news team is editorially independent of its publisher.)"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y"}},"_tags":["comment","author_simmerup","story_47715291"],"author":"simmerup","comment_text":"Sorry, even worse then
I got confused because a journal referenced them\n> The experiment\u2019s reach has now spread into the published medical literature. The bixonimania research has been cited by a handful of researchers, including a study that appeared in Cureus, a journal published by Springer Nature, the publisher of Nature, by researchers at the Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Medical Sciences and Research in Mullana, India (S. Banchhor et al. Cureus 16, e74625 (2024); retraction 18, r223 (2026)). (Nature\u2019s news team is editorially independent of its publisher.)","created_at":"2026-04-10T11:20:10Z","created_at_i":1775820010,"objectID":"47716403","parent_id":47716326,"story_id":47715291,"story_title":"Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real","story_url":"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y","updated_at":"2026-04-10T12:08:05Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"basiclaser"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["markamd"],"value":"Thanks Markamo!
Please let me know if I can help you in any way or if you have any ideas.
It's still changing a lot in the current state; we're pushing about two new version updates a day, with some really helpful big features coming this week."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"OpenClaw for Your Dad"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://picnicos.com/"}},"_tags":["comment","author_basiclaser","story_47384847"],"author":"basiclaser","comment_text":"Thanks Markamo!
Please let me know if I can help you in any way or if you have any ideas.
It's still changing a lot in the current state; we're pushing about two new version updates a day, with some really helpful big features coming this week.","created_at":"2026-03-15T06:57:16Z","created_at_i":1773557836,"objectID":"47384947","parent_id":47384930,"story_id":47384847,"story_title":"OpenClaw for Your Dad","story_url":"https://picnicos.com/","updated_at":"2026-03-15T07:00:31Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"mark-mdev"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["markamd"],"value":"I built a setup called Meridian to address some structural issues I was running into when using Claude Code for real development work.
Claude is good at writing code, but it doesn\u2019t maintain long-lived project state. In practice, this led to problems: context loss after compaction, forgotten decisions, repeated mistakes, and drift from coding standards. Code it generated often wasn\u2019t connected to any task history, and behavior varied depending on session state.
Meridian gives Claude a persistent working environment inside the repository, without requiring the developer to change how they interact with it. The goal was zero workflow friction.
Some details:
\u2022 Structured tasks\nEvery approved plan becomes a `TASK-###` folder with a brief, the approved plan, and running context notes. Claude is required to keep these up to date.
\u2022 Durable project memory\nImportant architectural decisions and recurring problems are stored in a `memory.jsonl` file. Claude reads it automatically and never edits it directly; updates go through a script.
\u2022 Session-stable coding standards\nA baseline `CODE_GUIDE.md` and optional add-ons (for hackathon/standard/production/TDD modes) load automatically on each session.
\u2022 Compaction recovery\nWhen a session is compacted, hooks re-inject the system prompt, coding guides, task backlog, memory, and any relevant project docs. Claude must review them before tools are allowed.
\u2022 Enforced correctness\nBefore stopping, Claude must ensure tests/lint/build pass and task/memory/doc updates are complete.
The setup tries to make Claude\u2019s behavior deterministic across sessions while keeping the developer workflow unchanged. You just talk to Claude normally; the structure happens around it.
Repo: https://github.com/markmdev/meridian
Feedback is welcome."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"A zero-config project workspace for Claude Code"},"story_url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["markamd"],"value":"https://github.com/markmdev/meridian"}},"_tags":["comment","author_mark-mdev","story_45923973"],"author":"mark-mdev","comment_text":"I built a setup called Meridian to address some structural issues I was running into when using Claude Code for real development work.
Claude is good at writing code, but it doesn\u2019t maintain long-lived project state. In practice, this led to problems: context loss after compaction, forgotten decisions, repeated mistakes, and drift from coding standards. Code it generated often wasn\u2019t connected to any task history, and behavior varied depending on session state.
Meridian gives Claude a persistent working environment inside the repository, without requiring the developer to change how they interact with it. The goal was zero workflow friction.
Some details:
\u2022 Structured tasks\nEvery approved plan becomes a `TASK-###` folder with a brief, the approved plan, and running context notes. Claude is required to keep these up to date.
\u2022 Durable project memory\nImportant architectural decisions and recurring problems are stored in a `memory.jsonl` file. Claude reads it automatically and never edits it directly; updates go through a script.
\u2022 Session-stable coding standards\nA baseline `CODE_GUIDE.md` and optional add-ons (for hackathon/standard/production/TDD modes) load automatically on each session.
\u2022 Compaction recovery\nWhen a session is compacted, hooks re-inject the system prompt, coding guides, task backlog, memory, and any relevant project docs. Claude must review them before tools are allowed.
\u2022 Enforced correctness\nBefore stopping, Claude must ensure tests/lint/build pass and task/memory/doc updates are complete.
The setup tries to make Claude\u2019s behavior deterministic across sessions while keeping the developer workflow unchanged. You just talk to Claude normally; the structure happens around it.
Repo: https://github.com/markmdev/meridian
Feedback is welcome.","created_at":"2025-11-14T04:52:12Z","created_at_i":1763095932,"objectID":"45923974","parent_id":45923973,"story_id":45923973,"story_title":"A zero-config project workspace for Claude Code","story_url":"https://github.com/markmdev/meridian","updated_at":"2026-03-05T22:59:01Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"chandureddyvari"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["markamd"],"value":"> 1. If is were possible for an ordinary mortal to impose arbitrary curses on the god of death and justice, the world would quickly descend into utter chaos.
Mandavya is not just any mortal; he is an enlightened sage. In Hinduism, enlightened beings are considered superior to gods. There\u2019s another story about Sage Markandeya (one of the nine immortals, the Chiranjeevis) who caused the death of Yama, the God of Death. In Hindu cosmology, all the gods hold honorary responsibilities, and nothing is permanent - not even the position of Brahma, the Creator
> 2. If children are completely free from accountability, adults will form them into an army and convince them to commit crimes on their behalf, leading to an intolerable situation. This may already be a standard way of doing business in some parts of the world
I believe he introduced a juvenile law, which involves reduced sentences or milder punishments rather than granting complete immunity from consequences."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Wasp Blower"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://softsolder.com/2025/08/12/wasp-blower/"}},"_tags":["comment","author_chandureddyvari","story_45566817"],"author":"chandureddyvari","comment_text":"> 1. If is were possible for an ordinary mortal to impose arbitrary curses on the god of death and justice, the world would quickly descend into utter chaos.
Mandavya is not just any mortal; he is an enlightened sage. In Hinduism, enlightened beings are considered superior to gods. There\u2019s another story about Sage Markandeya (one of the nine immortals, the Chiranjeevis) who caused the death of Yama, the God of Death. In Hindu cosmology, all the gods hold honorary responsibilities, and nothing is permanent - not even the position of Brahma, the Creator
> 2. If children are completely free from accountability, adults will form them into an army and convince them to commit crimes on their behalf, leading to an intolerable situation. This may already be a standard way of doing business in some parts of the world
I believe he introduced a juvenile law, which involves reduced sentences or milder punishments rather than granting complete immunity from consequences.","created_at":"2025-10-25T02:21:58Z","created_at_i":1761358918,"objectID":"45700901","parent_id":45697561,"story_id":45566817,"story_title":"Wasp Blower","story_url":"https://softsolder.com/2025/08/12/wasp-blower/","updated_at":"2026-03-05T22:54:23Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"skylan_q"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["markamd"],"value":"These major \"news\" outlets got their information on Syria all from one guy who sat in his apartment in London. How can we grant them credibility?
Also, here's a link to an article that actually draws from a Russian article. http://www.forbes.com/sites/markadomanis/2012/07/31/what-do-...
Good to get some news about Russia from something that isn't a conglomerate of media corps that is funded/protected by political interests that have a bone to pick with the current Russian regime. ;) (that is, news from russia)"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Garry Kasparov Arrested By Russian Police "},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"http://en.rian.ru/russia/20120817/175282580.html"}},"_tags":["comment","author_skylan_q","story_4399712"],"author":"skylan_q","children":[4400640],"comment_text":"These major \"news\" outlets got their information on Syria all from one guy who sat in his apartment in London. How can we grant them credibility?
Also, here's a link to an article that actually draws from a Russian article. http://www.forbes.com/sites/markadomanis/2012/07/31/what-do-...
Good to get some news about Russia from something that isn't a conglomerate of media corps that is funded/protected by political interests that have a bone to pick with the current Russian regime. ;) (that is, news from russia)","created_at":"2012-08-18T02:27:20Z","created_at_i":1345256840,"objectID":"4399956","parent_id":4399820,"points":null,"story_id":4399712,"story_title":"Garry Kasparov Arrested By Russian Police ","story_url":"http://en.rian.ru/russia/20120817/175282580.html","updated_at":"2023-09-06T20:59:28Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"mark336"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["markamd"],"value":"Location: Denver, North Virginia
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