@hynek Haha, this is closer to the truth than I wanted to believe. The problem is that some of those wannabes turn into actual companies, and never mention the rigged system, effectively laundering the myth.

HN comments have a few stories people are just now airing, so I'm glad folks got some catharsis: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

The year is 2025

There are five browser cores:
- webkit
- chromium
- gecko
- servo
- youtube-dl, which ended up implementing a full-fledged browser in python to keep successfully downloading videos

It's been one week since finfam.app
beta launch. Traffic's way up, SEO is popping. So far, so good!
Truth be told, I only have one regret: Product Hunt.

Wrote it up here: sedimental.org/product_hunt_is

(It's also on the front page of HN rn: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 feel free to join the convo)

It _is_ fun when you win though. As for LLMs, I can only imagine it's a great way to boost those token sales numbers.

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Wikipedia says it "promotes equality in a hierarchical culture". But really, if you're like me and you're only trained 2 replies deep, you're going to get taarof mogged every time.

You'll be walking out of people's houses with their food and furnishings bc you can't say no.

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If you're not familiar with the Persian practice of Taarof, it's basically courtly etiquette: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taarof

It's this huge catalog of formality trees that are constantly evolving. I've always assumed it's an artifact of Iran's millennia of monarchy.

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This is so funny to me. For all the "absolute mode" haters, here's the exact opposite. 🤣

arxiv.org/abs/2509.01035

As promised, what I've been doing in 2025 part 2. Announcing FinFam: sedimental.org/announcing_finf

Mahmoud Hashemi  
Coming out of the cave https://sedimental.org/what_i_ve_been_up_to_in_2025.html

If you're like me and you've gotten pretty lax with the RSS checking these days, you can get my updates in your inbox: buttondown.com/sedimental

So if nominative determinism has any sway, feeling somewhat . Not a bad thing to reside in Byzantium while the other half of the empire falls...

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Fun history for y'all. I'd assumed the Golden Gate was named after the Gold Rush, but the name predates the rush by a year. Instead, it's named after the Golden Horn:

> The name first appeared in his Geographical Memoir, submitted to the U.S. Senate on June 5, 1848, when he wrote, “to this Gate I gave the name of “Chrysopylae” or “Golden Gate” for the same reasons that the harbor of Byzantium was called Chrysoceras, or Golden Horn.”

@glyph a few news cycles back, zuck unveiled a makeover (new hair, casual youthful clothes, tan? Can't recall). People made fun of him for wearing a gold chain. It all did look pretty out of place given his established public persona. It sounds like a committee put their tongues in their cheeks to make a reference whose moment has passed. We're into the ai Grinch era now.

This talk was completely unexpected and totally next level. Any other talks getting on Peter Wang's level? youtube.com/watch?v=qA7NVwmx3g

Folks travelled from near and far, and we're so happy each and every one is here. ❤️

#PyBay

That was my first #PyBay and it was great! Learnt a ton and had lots of great chats with Pythonistas. Thanks to all the organizers and volunteers!

Shout-out to @chrisjrn for the cursed knowledge that I (and you!) could have python 1.6 on your device RIGHT NOW with @conda 💖 I promise I'm not getting EXCLUSIVELY bad ideas from #pybay but the bad ideas I'm getting sure are fun!

This feels like Winter Soldier activation phrase for @glyph specifically.

We are all in incredible danger right now.

#PyBay @chrisjrn

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