Since losing in 2020 the various think tanks and groups that make up the right-wing have settled on a unified, frightening, vision of what the US government should look like equipped with (extremely dubious) legal rhetoric and reason to back it up. Most notable of these is Project 2025 by the Heritage Foundation[1] which is a keyhole glimpse into the chaos of this last week and in the years to come. The section relevant to this action is chapter 14 which describes each HHS division as maligned, woke, and in need of reform.
A less nuanced answer is the HHS/CDC made Trump look bad in handling the COVID-19 pandemic and so they’re now ordered to say nothing about anything ever again.
I visited Iceland in 2013 and between Keflavik and Reykjavik there was a single billboard with the EU emblem and the words “Nei Takk” (no thanks). This article puts a lot of that sentiment in perspective.
Our takeaway at the time was that this has to be the most effective billboard in the country as there is only one road between the major international airport and the capital.
This seems like a plug for a book than anything with a definitive answer. The pull quote near the end of the article implies that the rest of the world has simply caught up and is pressing forward while the US has simply stopped.
I was in Florence not long ago and they are building out a very impressive light-rail network [1]. Twenty years ago a similarly ambitious network was planned in Cincinnati, OH and it was voted down 2-1 [2].
The tone of the article is one of advocacy rather than reasoned analysis, as I assume is the tone of the book. That is not what public transit needs at this point in the US.
Many urban transportation types and city planners in general give off a culty, can-I-tell-you-about-my-Lord-and-Savior-Mass-Transit vibe that is very off-putting to many, if not most Americans. Their writings gloss over the practical issues of American weather, last-mile, families with children, lugging home shopping, aging…along with deprecating any personal valuations of saving time, spontaneity, avoiding unpleasant interactions, carrying your large purchases with you…. You ignore my real world, lived experience in your screeds, I ignore you. And so they shout into the void.
> "useEffect" [...] this function is absolutely not intuitive
100%. I've found `useEffect` is an effective foot-shotgun, even I still blast away some toes with it. What makes it some weird to me from the start (React 16.8, ~2019) is how they folded several, clearly named, lifecycle methods into this one callback. The motivation for this change [1] informs me that maybe I've just never worked on Facebook-scale front-ends or I've just forgotten the pain of explicitly having to write all those methods, but I rather liked their separation.
Loved react till v15, I'm lucky enough that I moved into a strictly backend role right about when react 16 was introduced. I don't comprehend how hooks stuff is more readable. I occasionally browse the front end code in our company when trying to debug an issue, and the code just looks so un-intuitive. It's littered with `useHooks`, `useEffect`, `useMemo` and stuff.
It's night and day comparing that to our backend/backoffice written in Elixir.
I think you would get an answer that implies not caring. Pichai is a former Wharton and McKinsey guy, his job description is "provide value to shareholders" and cutting products and headcount does just that. I share your frustration, I hope we one day find a way to move past this brand of business management.
The first link is 2023’s race. The second link is 2014 and is probably how most people learned about the race since it was on Netflix. It’s amazing to compare the two race years to see how much it has changed in terms of competition and popularity.
As the article notes, what is remarkable about the Gardner Museum thefts is the quantity of items stolen _and_ that none of them have turned up. A similar crime is de Kooning's Woman-Ochre in 1985. Its theft and recovery in 2017 is an interesting story[1]. Either someone is holding these artworks privately in some remote area and it's an incredibly well kept family secret or, in my sole opinion, the works have been destroyed or damaged beyond recovery i.e. disposed into the Boston Harbor.
That was absolutely fascinating to read. Thanks for sharing. What an interesting story.
Neighbors wondered how they could afford so much travel. I also wondered how they had a home on 20 acres on public salaries. Gotta wonder if they stole other art and sold it on the black market.
There is a contrarianism that runs on HN and adjacent communities that also comes with a myopia of empathy. I observe about one article per month where there's a comments section like this expressing opinions that if you ever were to say out-loud in a social setting you would get some weird looks.
A less nuanced answer is the HHS/CDC made Trump look bad in handling the COVID-19 pandemic and so they’re now ordered to say nothing about anything ever again.
[1]: https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FUL...