Knives Are Out For Chuck Schumer After Democrats Cave On Shutdown
Posted on r/politics |
Score: 24046 |
Comments: 1811
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is facing intense criticism from progressive Democrats after his party agreed to a deal to end a government shutdown without securing key health care demands. Critics, including prominent representatives and Senate candidates, are calling for his removal, blaming his failed strategy and inability to unite the caucus. Although Schumer publicly opposed the deal and vowed to continue the fight for health care, his leadership is now under serious threat.
Key Points:
Progressive Democrats are furious with Chuck Schumer for the deal to reopen the government that failed to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies.
Critics, including Rep. Ro Khanna and Rep. Mark Pocan, are calling for Schumer to be replaced as Senate Minority Leader.
The agreement only provides a vote on the health care subsidies next month, which is expected to fail due to Republican opposition.
Schumer publicly opposed the deal on the Senate floor, warning that Republicans would pay for their stance in the next election.
This is not the first time Schumer has faced significant intraparty criticism over his handling of government funding.
""Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced," Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), a potential 2028 presidential contender, wrote in an online post on Sunday. "If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?""
Senator Who Caved on Shutdown Says “Standing Up to Trump Didn’t Work”
Posted on r/politics |
Score: 8959 |
Comments: 1866
Senator Angus King, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, defended his decision to cave and end the government shutdown, arguing that the strategy of standing up to Donald Trump was counterproductive. He claimed the shutdown gave Trump more power and failed to achieve its goals, leading him to broker a deal that traded Democratic leverage for a promised future vote on health care subsidies. This deal caused significant backlash from other Democrats and the party base, who viewed it as a capitulation.
Key Points:
Senator Angus King argued the government shutdown strategy of standing up to Trump failed and instead increased the president's power.
King spearheaded a deal to end the shutdown in exchange for a promised future House vote on Affordable Care Act subsidies.
The deal caused backlash from other Democrats in Congress and the party base.
The article questions King's motives, suggesting his son's gubernatorial campaign or his own age may have influenced his decision.
House Speaker Mike Johnson's subsequent evasion of questions cast doubt on whether the promised vote would actually occur.
""Standing up to Donald Trump didn't work. It actually gave him more power," King concluded."
The Linux Kernel Looks To "Bite The Bullet" In Enabling Microsoft C Extensions
Posted on r/programming |
Score: 264 |
Comments: 60
The Linux kernel is preparing to enable Microsoft C Extensions by default for the Linux 6.19 release. This change, implemented via the -fms-extensions compiler flag, will allow the kernel to use non-standard C constructs common in Microsoft headers. The move is intended to enable cleaner code and potential stack space savings, though it represents a significant shift in accepting Microsoft-specific compiler behavior.
Key Points:
Two patches in kbuild-next will enable the -fms-extensions flag for GCC and LLVM/Clang
This allows anonymous inclusion of tagged structs/unions in other structs/unions
The change is targeted for Linux kernel 6.19 pending final approval
Enabling the extensions could lead to prettier code and stack space savings
Linus Torvalds has indicated he isn't against the change despite past objections
"If we just "bite the bullet" as Linus says and enable it once and for all, it is available whenever a use case turns up, and no individual case has to justify it."
Why are so many software engineers still ignoring AI tools?
Posted on r/ClaudeAI |
Score: 214 |
Comments: 260
The author observes a surprising gap in the adoption of AI coding tools, noting that while freelancers and early adopters use them to greatly boost productivity, most engineers at traditional companies barely use or are uninterested in these tools. This disparity highlights a significant divide between different segments of the software engineering community.
Key Points:
Many software engineers do not use AI coding tools to their full potential or at all.
Freelancers and early adopters are experiencing significant productivity gains from these tools.
Engineers at traditional companies show little interest and have a company culture that is not pro-AI.
There is a notable gap between the adoption rates of freelancers/early adopters and the average employed developer.
"It feels like there’s a huge gap between freelancers / early adopters and the average employed dev."
The OWASP Top 10:2025 is out! We have new data and new risks, but the same goal: more secure software
Posted on r/programming |
Score: 188 |
Comments: 14
The article introduces the OWASP Top 10:2025 Release Candidate 1, which outlines the most critical application security risks for 2025. It highlights two new categories and one consolidation, reflecting evolving threats in software engineering and security.
Key Points:
Two new categories were added: A03:2025 - Software Supply Chain Failures and A10:2025 - Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions.
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control remains the #1 most serious application security risk.
A02:2025 - Security Misconfiguration moved up from #5 to #2, reflecting its increased prevalence.
The category A03:2025 - Software Supply Chain Failures, while having the fewest data occurrences, has the highest average exploit and impact scores from CVEs.
The methodology combines contributed data from application testing with a community survey to select and rank the categories.
"A03:2025 - Software Supply Chain Failures is an expansion of A06:2021-Vulnerable and Outdated Components to include a broader scope of compromises occurring within or across the entire ecosystem of software dependencies, build systems, and distribution infrastructure."
LSP is coming to Claude Code and you can try it now
Posted on r/ClaudeAI |
Score: 85 |
Comments: 43
Claude Code version 2.0.30 has introduced experimental support for Language Server Protocol (LSP) servers, though the feature requires patching via the tweakcc tool to function. This enables Claude to access LSP features like go-to-definition and automatic diagnostics directly, and users can install pre-configured LSP servers from a plugin marketplace.
Key Points:
LSP support is available in Claude Code 2.0.30 but requires a patch applied via `npx tweakcc --apply`
LSP servers are configured via plugins and provide a new built-in `LSP` tool and automatic diagnostics
Users must set the `ENABLE_LSP_TOOL` environment variable to `1` to make the LSP tool visible to Claude
A plugin marketplace (Piebald-AI/claude-code-lsps) offers pre-configured LSP servers for languages like TypeScript, Rust, and Python
The feature is still in development and considered 'raw', with some configuration schema elements not yet implemented
"On startup, CC will automatically start LSP servers in all installed and enabled plugins and make them available to Claude in two ways: via the new LSP builtin tool, which supports 5 operations that map directly to LSP commands (goToDefinition, findReferences, hover, documentSymbol, workspaceSymbol), and via automatic diagnostics that are reminiscent of the CC VS Code integration but operate entirely outside of it."
Software Engineering in Enterprise vs Product Companies
Posted on r/programming |
Score: 75 |
Comments: 16
The article contrasts software engineering cultures in enterprise companies like Salesforce and SAP versus product companies like Meta and Tesla. Enterprise companies prioritize process, stability, and long-term reliability for large business clients, while product companies emphasize speed, data-driven decisions, and end-to-end ownership for rapid user impact.
Key Points:
Enterprise companies prioritize process and stability, with slow, methodical development to ensure software runs reliably for years for business clients.
Product companies emphasize speed and ownership, with engineers responsible for end-to-end project delivery and rapid iteration based on data.
Enterprise work is customer-driven, often building specific features for large clients to maintain trust, not for growth metrics.
Product company decisions are data-driven, focusing on metrics like user engagement and dropping features that don't show impact.
The ideal engineer combines enterprise discipline for building lasting systems with product company skills for speed and immediate impact.
"Enterprise companies teach you how to build things that last. Product companies teach you how to build things that matter right now."
Posted on r/programming |
Score: 56 |
Comments: 15
.NET 10 is a long-term support release focused on performance enhancements and security improvements, particularly in cryptography. Key updates include JIT compiler improvements, support for new post-quantum encryption algorithms, and new SDK capabilities like running single C# files without projects. The release also introduces new C# 14 language features such as the safe navigation assignment operator.
Key Points:
Performance improvements across LINQ, regular expressions, JIT, AOT, and I/O operations
Cryptography library now supports post-quantum algorithms ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA
C# 14 introduces new features including the ? operator for safe assignment
New SDK capabilities allow running single C# files without projects
Additional APIs for string normalization and UTF-8 to hexadecimal conversions
".NET 10 is an LTS version, so adding support for post-quantum encryption algorithms is a very prudent decision, as the 'harvest now, decrypt later' attack vector becomes more realistic each year."
Map Shows States Where Property Tax Could Be Repealed
Posted on r/georgism |
Score: 9 |
Comments: 0
Multiple U.S. states are considering property tax repeals or reforms in response to a significant, consistent rise in property taxes over the past five years. A recent report shows that property taxes have increased by nearly 30% nationwide, with the median monthly payment now at $250.
Key Points:
Property tax repeals or reforms are being considered in several states.
This movement is a response to consistent property tax increases over the last five years.
Property taxes have risen in nearly every U.S. metropolitan area.
The national increase in property taxes is nearly 30 percent.
The median monthly property tax payment has reached $250.
"Bills have risen in nearly every U.S. metropolitan area, according to a recent report from real estate brokerage Redfin. In this period, property taxes increased by almost 30 percent, reaching a monthly median of $250."
The author has created a small web tool called 'Wheel Life' that provides a quick, visual way to assess one's life by sketching a life circle and receiving instant feedback including a comment and actionable next step.
Key Points:
Tool is called 'Wheel Life' and is web-based
Users sketch a life circle for visual self-assessment
Provides instant feedback with personalized comments
Includes one actionable next step for improvement
Designed to be quick and easy to use
"sketch your life circle, get a comment + one actionable next step."
The article analyzes the source code for AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) 4, which was accidentally leaked. It reveals that FSR 4 is not a completely new deep-learning architecture but rather an evolution of the FSR 2 technology, with some of its simple heuristics replaced by a neural network. This hybrid approach allows it to achieve performance competitive with Nvidia's DLSS while building on a proven temporal upscaling foundation.
Key Points:
FSR 4 was accidentally leaked by AMD and was initially closed-source and restricted to the latest RDNA 4 GPUs.
Unlike its marketing as a new deep-learning system, FSR 4 is an evolution of the heuristic-based FSR 2, with some components replaced by a neural net.
FSR 2, the predecessor, is a Temporal Anti-Aliasing (TAA) technique that accumulates pixel information over multiple frames using motion vectors.
The core challenge for temporal upscalers like FSR is handling motion and disocclusions to avoid artifacts.
The leak included an unreleased implementation for older GPUs, which was quickly adopted by the community.
"I was surprised to instead find that FSR 4 is really an evolution of the FSR 2 technology with some of its simple heuristics replaced by a neural net."