Hasnain Lakhani
@mhlakhani.bsky.social
I try to learn everything. Views hopefully my own. Nerd (PL, Rust, security, AI, systems, …). Leftist. Covid conscious. AuDHD (probably). YIMBY. Free Palestine.
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Elon Musk has been a walking SEC violation for a decade and no one cared. The entire Trump era could have been avoided if the US took white collar crime anywhere near as seriously as it does low level drug crime.
On a 2023 earnings call, Elon Musk boasted that Tesla had bagged “over 1 million” Cybertruck reservations and that “demand is off the charts.”
So why has the company still sold less than 50,000 trucks since customer deliveries began 14 months ago?
So why has the company still sold less than 50,000 trucks since customer deliveries began 14 months ago?
‘Over 1 Million’ People Wanted a Cybertruck. Where Are They?
“Demand is off the charts!” Elon Musk crowed at the end of 2023, citing more than a million reservations for Tesla's polarizing polygonic pickup—so why has it still sold less than 50,000?
wrd.cm
March 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Elon Musk has been a walking SEC violation for a decade and no one cared. The entire Trump era could have been avoided if the US took white collar crime anywhere near as seriously as it does low level drug crime.
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I have no patience for this temporizing. People are being summarily shipped off into slavery in central america under the imprimatur of the US government right now. Canada—Canada!—is putting itself on a war footing. We’ve been off the map and in uncharted territory for the last 250 miles.
Schumer: "If he defies the Supreme Court, then we are in uncharted territory ... our entire democracy is at risk. I believe that if Donald Trump should defy the courts, the public will rise up. Democrats will fight it in every single way ... autocrats only succeed if the public lets them."
March 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I have no patience for this temporizing. People are being summarily shipped off into slavery in central america under the imprimatur of the US government right now. Canada—Canada!—is putting itself on a war footing. We’ve been off the map and in uncharted territory for the last 250 miles.
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so far I'm seeing a lot of universities respond to grant terminations with
"oh I guess now we don't have that grant anymore"
instead of
"your assertion of a grant termination is executive overreach, see you in court"
So, universities: respectfully, what the fuck?
"oh I guess now we don't have that grant anymore"
instead of
"your assertion of a grant termination is executive overreach, see you in court"
So, universities: respectfully, what the fuck?
March 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
so far I'm seeing a lot of universities respond to grant terminations with
"oh I guess now we don't have that grant anymore"
instead of
"your assertion of a grant termination is executive overreach, see you in court"
So, universities: respectfully, what the fuck?
"oh I guess now we don't have that grant anymore"
instead of
"your assertion of a grant termination is executive overreach, see you in court"
So, universities: respectfully, what the fuck?
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White people refuse to say the quiet part out loud so I will :
You think pointing out obvious racism, and anti sémitisme as a driving force for the administration makes you sound “crazy”
Especially in tech, journalism, and media
Because you watched Black people get called crazy for doing so.
You think pointing out obvious racism, and anti sémitisme as a driving force for the administration makes you sound “crazy”
Especially in tech, journalism, and media
Because you watched Black people get called crazy for doing so.
March 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
White people refuse to say the quiet part out loud so I will :
You think pointing out obvious racism, and anti sémitisme as a driving force for the administration makes you sound “crazy”
Especially in tech, journalism, and media
Because you watched Black people get called crazy for doing so.
You think pointing out obvious racism, and anti sémitisme as a driving force for the administration makes you sound “crazy”
Especially in tech, journalism, and media
Because you watched Black people get called crazy for doing so.
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I appreciate making this debate public, but also, it's not that hard to just say it's illegal and to make it clear just how crazy the attack on the FTC's independence is. I did it.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/19/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/19/t...
March 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I appreciate making this debate public, but also, it's not that hard to just say it's illegal and to make it clear just how crazy the attack on the FTC's independence is. I did it.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/19/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/19/t...
Traffic kills. I feel like I should have gotten more active in yelling about this in my local political circles.
There’s an intersection near my house I drive by at least 4x/day and it’s a death trap (more so since Covid for “some” reason I could go on about)…
There’s an intersection near my house I drive by at least 4x/day and it’s a death trap (more so since Covid for “some” reason I could go on about)…
March 19, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Traffic kills. I feel like I should have gotten more active in yelling about this in my local political circles.
There’s an intersection near my house I drive by at least 4x/day and it’s a death trap (more so since Covid for “some” reason I could go on about)…
There’s an intersection near my house I drive by at least 4x/day and it’s a death trap (more so since Covid for “some” reason I could go on about)…
I’m a fan of sci-fi and have read many a book that goes into corporate espionage and warfare, but to see a lawsuit like this is something else — is stuff like this more common and I’ve just missed it?
The honeypot they set up was chef’s kiss
www.rippling.com/blog/lawsuit...
The honeypot they set up was chef’s kiss
www.rippling.com/blog/lawsuit...
Lawsuit Alleges $12 Billion "Unicorn" Deel Cultivated Spy, Orchestrated Long-Running Trade-Secret Theft & Corporate Espionage Against Competitor | Rippling
In lawsuit, Rippling describes how it conclusively proved Deel’s senior leadership orchestrated the illegal activity.
www.rippling.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I’m a fan of sci-fi and have read many a book that goes into corporate espionage and warfare, but to see a lawsuit like this is something else — is stuff like this more common and I’ve just missed it?
The honeypot they set up was chef’s kiss
www.rippling.com/blog/lawsuit...
The honeypot they set up was chef’s kiss
www.rippling.com/blog/lawsuit...
Was listening to the audiobook version of Black AF History on a drive just now and I am really curious how good historians will describe this time period in the future.
Especially given history echoes the past so much, like this bit (paraphrasing)…
Especially given history echoes the past so much, like this bit (paraphrasing)…
March 16, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Was listening to the audiobook version of Black AF History on a drive just now and I am really curious how good historians will describe this time period in the future.
Especially given history echoes the past so much, like this bit (paraphrasing)…
Especially given history echoes the past so much, like this bit (paraphrasing)…
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Intel's Pentium processor (1993). Looking inside the chip , I found a large, complicated circuit just to multiply by 3 (lower right). Why? The Pentium uses a fast technique to multiply 64-bit number and it turns out that 3 is a special case. Let's take a closer look at multiplication... 1/N
March 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Intel's Pentium processor (1993). Looking inside the chip , I found a large, complicated circuit just to multiply by 3 (lower right). Why? The Pentium uses a fast technique to multiply 64-bit number and it turns out that 3 is a special case. Let's take a closer look at multiplication... 1/N
On the other site they just discovered that a lot of the best tech (and especially cybersecurity) people are trans and/or furries and I don’t even know where to begin as I process the reactions.
Like my dudes, who else do you think was keeping the internet up (and memory safe) all this time?
Like my dudes, who else do you think was keeping the internet up (and memory safe) all this time?
February 26, 2025 at 4:02 AM
On the other site they just discovered that a lot of the best tech (and especially cybersecurity) people are trans and/or furries and I don’t even know where to begin as I process the reactions.
Like my dudes, who else do you think was keeping the internet up (and memory safe) all this time?
Like my dudes, who else do you think was keeping the internet up (and memory safe) all this time?
I wish more software was like this. Life goals.
“I could have taken on employees and grown the business, but I preferred to keep it as a lifestyle business. … My son was born 18 months after PerfectTablePlan was launched and it has been great to have the flexibility to be fully present as a Dad.”
“I could have taken on employees and grown the business, but I preferred to keep it as a lifestyle business. … My son was born 18 months after PerfectTablePlan was launched and it has been great to have the flexibility to be fully present as a Dad.”
20 years working on the same software product
I released version 1 of my table seating planning software, PerfectTablePlan, in February 2005. 20 years ago this month. It was a different world. A world of Windows, shareware and CDs. A lot has c…
successfulsoftware.net
February 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I wish more software was like this. Life goals.
“I could have taken on employees and grown the business, but I preferred to keep it as a lifestyle business. … My son was born 18 months after PerfectTablePlan was launched and it has been great to have the flexibility to be fully present as a Dad.”
“I could have taken on employees and grown the business, but I preferred to keep it as a lifestyle business. … My son was born 18 months after PerfectTablePlan was launched and it has been great to have the flexibility to be fully present as a Dad.”
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And once that institutional knowledge is gone, it is gone for decades. The pipeline is destroyed, it has to be rebuilt for another generation.
Each "oh fuck this shit I'm getting another job" increases the damage done.
Enough, and like with 1933 Germany it is permanent and irrecoverable.
Each "oh fuck this shit I'm getting another job" increases the damage done.
Enough, and like with 1933 Germany it is permanent and irrecoverable.
February 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
And once that institutional knowledge is gone, it is gone for decades. The pipeline is destroyed, it has to be rebuilt for another generation.
Each "oh fuck this shit I'm getting another job" increases the damage done.
Enough, and like with 1933 Germany it is permanent and irrecoverable.
Each "oh fuck this shit I'm getting another job" increases the damage done.
Enough, and like with 1933 Germany it is permanent and irrecoverable.
The irony is not lost on me here, in what’s otherwise a pretty solid article.
February 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The irony is not lost on me here, in what’s otherwise a pretty solid article.
Dear folks in my network that write Rust; I’m trying to help with rust adoption at $dayjob.
What are non obvious best practices / libraries / recommendations you have?
I’ve gotten through the book(s) and have shipped services in production in rust but I’ve been rusty (haven’t done it in 2 years)
What are non obvious best practices / libraries / recommendations you have?
I’ve gotten through the book(s) and have shipped services in production in rust but I’ve been rusty (haven’t done it in 2 years)
February 21, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Dear folks in my network that write Rust; I’m trying to help with rust adoption at $dayjob.
What are non obvious best practices / libraries / recommendations you have?
I’ve gotten through the book(s) and have shipped services in production in rust but I’ve been rusty (haven’t done it in 2 years)
What are non obvious best practices / libraries / recommendations you have?
I’ve gotten through the book(s) and have shipped services in production in rust but I’ve been rusty (haven’t done it in 2 years)
Here’s what I wish a sensible “DOGE” would fix: public data.
I was helping someone download a public health dataset… which was an exe (so I had to find my windows box)
Why is a dataset a .exe you may ask? it’s a 7zip self extracting archive!
Why couldn’t they also publish a .zip? The lord knows
I was helping someone download a public health dataset… which was an exe (so I had to find my windows box)
Why is a dataset a .exe you may ask? it’s a 7zip self extracting archive!
Why couldn’t they also publish a .zip? The lord knows
February 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Here’s what I wish a sensible “DOGE” would fix: public data.
I was helping someone download a public health dataset… which was an exe (so I had to find my windows box)
Why is a dataset a .exe you may ask? it’s a 7zip self extracting archive!
Why couldn’t they also publish a .zip? The lord knows
I was helping someone download a public health dataset… which was an exe (so I had to find my windows box)
Why is a dataset a .exe you may ask? it’s a 7zip self extracting archive!
Why couldn’t they also publish a .zip? The lord knows
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"fuck you and your entire law school, you bigoted hack" is the kind of energy we need more of, good on Judge Reyes
![REYES: [The order] calls an entire category of people dishonest, dishonorable, undisciplined, immodest, who lack integrity, people who have taken an oath to defend this country, people who have been under fire, people who have received medals for taking fire for this country. I want to know from the government whether that language expresses 'animus.' Does that express animus? DOJ ATTORNEY: Not in any constitutional- REYES: In a commonsense way. This is a policy from the President of the United States affecting thousands of people ... to call an entire group of people, lying dishonest people who are undisciplined, immodest and have no integrity. How is that anything other than showing animus? DOJ ATTORNEY: I don't have an answer for you. REYES: You do have an answer, you just don't want to give it... People can make solid arguments as to why some or even most transgender people shouldn't be in the military We're dealing with unadulterated animus. We are dealing with the president of the United States dealing with a group of people serving their country... calling them liars. (Reyes then said she changed her courtroom orders to bar people who graduated from UVA law school from appearing before her because "they're all liars and lack integrity and are undisciplined and can't possibly meet the high rigors of benign a lawyer for the government" She made the DOJ lawyer sit down on that basis, then after he did, she called him back up and asked whether that was a display of animus.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mmtjkssv6jeneahkgfdxuy7p/bafkreicmr3wybkn6acxmmdf4vuqnzxho2nk7kp3v7tx7vkclg2cjmwvixm@jpeg)
February 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"fuck you and your entire law school, you bigoted hack" is the kind of energy we need more of, good on Judge Reyes
Well this was depressing and hit me in the feels. I miss the sheer joy I had as a kid just writing code and seeing it do something. That was magical
“We are destroying software, and what will be left will no longer give us the joy of hacking.”
“We are destroying software, and what will be left will no longer give us the joy of hacking.”
We are destroying software - <antirez>
antirez.com
February 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Well this was depressing and hit me in the feels. I miss the sheer joy I had as a kid just writing code and seeing it do something. That was magical
“We are destroying software, and what will be left will no longer give us the joy of hacking.”
“We are destroying software, and what will be left will no longer give us the joy of hacking.”
Used this for 2+ months now, and it's gamechanging on side projects -- it's the pair programmer I needed. Also found bugs I shipped professionally in OSS code (I had to backtest...) and I found some bugs in Meta OSS as well. Hoping to get the time to blog about it soon!
January 23, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Used this for 2+ months now, and it's gamechanging on side projects -- it's the pair programmer I needed. Also found bugs I shipped professionally in OSS code (I had to backtest...) and I found some bugs in Meta OSS as well. Hoping to get the time to blog about it soon!
Whenever someone asks what I want to do over a break and I’m like I just want to write…
January 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Whenever someone asks what I want to do over a break and I’m like I just want to write…
Reading this post from Jeff Atwood today and thinking deep thoughts.
When a few of us win at the expense of everything else, we all lose. We need to uplift each other.
I admire his family for donating and actually sharing their wealth now rather than at some unspecified future time.
When a few of us win at the expense of everything else, we all lose. We need to uplift each other.
I admire his family for donating and actually sharing their wealth now rather than at some unspecified future time.
January 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Reading this post from Jeff Atwood today and thinking deep thoughts.
When a few of us win at the expense of everything else, we all lose. We need to uplift each other.
I admire his family for donating and actually sharing their wealth now rather than at some unspecified future time.
When a few of us win at the expense of everything else, we all lose. We need to uplift each other.
I admire his family for donating and actually sharing their wealth now rather than at some unspecified future time.
Cannot believe this was an ad that someone approved in 2024. Never change, PIA
January 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Cannot believe this was an ad that someone approved in 2024. Never change, PIA
rachelbythebay.com/w/2025/01/04...
This reminded me of how much I miss the old web, and how much I miss getting to learn from Rachel.
“Safari recently gained the ability to "hide distracting items" and I've been having great fun telling various idiot web "designers" to stuff it.“
This reminded me of how much I miss the old web, and how much I miss getting to learn from Rachel.
“Safari recently gained the ability to "hide distracting items" and I've been having great fun telling various idiot web "designers" to stuff it.“
rachelbythebay.com
January 6, 2025 at 4:05 AM
rachelbythebay.com/w/2025/01/04...
This reminded me of how much I miss the old web, and how much I miss getting to learn from Rachel.
“Safari recently gained the ability to "hide distracting items" and I've been having great fun telling various idiot web "designers" to stuff it.“
This reminded me of how much I miss the old web, and how much I miss getting to learn from Rachel.
“Safari recently gained the ability to "hide distracting items" and I've been having great fun telling various idiot web "designers" to stuff it.“
Today's stupid technical annoyance: Systems that truncate names upon signup, but don't apply that same length limit at login
cue me trying 3 different variants of my name at the optometrist before asking them to double check it in the system, because I forgot this happens in this day and age...
cue me trying 3 different variants of my name at the optometrist before asking them to double check it in the system, because I forgot this happens in this day and age...
December 31, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Today's stupid technical annoyance: Systems that truncate names upon signup, but don't apply that same length limit at login
cue me trying 3 different variants of my name at the optometrist before asking them to double check it in the system, because I forgot this happens in this day and age...
cue me trying 3 different variants of my name at the optometrist before asking them to double check it in the system, because I forgot this happens in this day and age...