BjoernKW

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by BjoernKW 7y ago
It depends. If you're not just working with pure Java but for example frameworks such as Spring or other languages such as JavaScript, too, you pretty much have to use either the Ultimate Edition or environment-specific editions such a
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by BjoernKW 7y ago
Yes, but they usually aren't averse to buying proper tools if those help them do their job more efficiently.
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by BjoernKW 7y ago
This is not an algorithm problem. It's a people problem. Start with yourself: http://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html An algorithmic solution would be to rigorously hide everything that looks like mere unproductive out
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by BjoernKW 7y ago
Because the target audience - developers, system administrator and similarly technically skilled users - by default usually expect software to be free as in beer. For example, I've talked to quite a few software developers who will gla
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by BjoernKW 7y ago
Zak McKracken nose glasses ... On a more serious note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_vision_dazzle Inspired by dazzle painting for ships ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage )
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by BjoernKW 7y ago
Intriguing idea. It'd be interesting to get DuckDuckGo involved in such a project because it's in their interest to improve search query matches. Maybe, a browser plugin that allows you to easily report less than optimal or even i
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by BjoernKW 7y ago
This is what I keep hearing about DuckDuckGo and I'd really like this to be true for myself and my search engine usage. Unfortunately, however, having used DuckDuckGo for the last few weeks my experience has been quite the opposite (de
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by BjoernKW 7y ago
"[...] has yet figured out how to construct a moral theory that allows us to say both of those things." Oh, but Nietzsche has. This is what master morality vs. slave morality is about.
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by BjoernKW 7y ago
I don’t think that works (which kind of proves the grandparent’s point). The appropriate interjection would probably be one of the following: Ecce?! Hui?! Vah?!
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Ask HN: What's your experience with DuckDuckGo search quality?
6 points by BjoernKW 7y ago|4 comments
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by BjoernKW 7y ago
You're right. Only the two most senior ranks of the Order of the British Empire entail knighthood (and the formal title Sir or Dame). Not that it really matters in this case but it's imprecise.
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by BjoernKW 7y ago
So, because someone has a certain nationality they are nationalistic?
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by BjoernKW 7y ago
Why is a label in my (or their) passport relevant to this discussion?
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This being a tabular visualisation of SQL result sets you'd either have duplication in some columns or aggregated results. That's simply how SQL deals with 1:n and n:m relations.
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by BjoernKW 7y ago
That looks quite useful. The name's pretty clever, too. Tools like these are a viable, low-code (to use a hyped-up term) alternative to creating full-blown back-ends with all the boilerplate code that comes with them. Often these back-
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by BjoernKW 7y ago
Well, though close that would have to be ‘reet’, wouldn’t it?
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Ask HN: Tool for compiling regular customer and team updates?
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by BjoernKW 7y ago
Clickable link: https://bjoernkw.com/2020/01/04/example-proposal-pet-clinic-...
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Ask HN: Need for a tool for writing proposals and specs?
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by BjoernKW 7y ago
I was going to say the same thing, not from personal long-term experience with the NYC subway system, but from regular experience with the London Underground, which is quite similar in terms of size and passenger numbers. Then I had a look
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by BjoernKW 7y ago
Bjarne Stroustrup, creator of C++, is often quoted with this statement: "There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses." I suppose, scathing criticism in that respect is the highest
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by BjoernKW 7y ago
The BBC has a wide range of podcasts (available internationally), including ones about geopolitics and science. Due to the nature of the medium and the BBC's generally more serious and composed disposition these podcasts tend to be abo
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by BjoernKW 7y ago
WordPress. Technically skilled people, developers in particular, tend to look down upon it because of reasons such as its codebase and plugin API not being exactly clean. It gets the job done, though, and it's pretty robust, too, espec
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by BjoernKW 7y ago
I can’t see it because of infinite scrolling, which is pretty ironic given the website’s subject.
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by BjoernKW 7y ago
JasperReports for both PDF and Excel sheets. It does everything one could ever want from a report generator, and then some. Unfortunately, it isn't exactly easy to use. It involves a great deal of XML configuration and manual, absolute
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by BjoernKW 7y ago
No, I absolutely don't think so. If you're used to thinking imperatively SQL's declarative approach might seem unfamiliar and somewhat less robust (because you don't explicitly tell the machine what to do but to some ext
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by BjoernKW 7y ago
We can only move as fast as the speed of light. At a truly large scale space expands faster than that.
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by BjoernKW 7y ago
Unfortunately, clients and contractors alike for the most part still seem to insist on continuing the fallacy that is hourly payment. While it may appear to be the obvious and "safe" thing to do because it seems measurable - and b
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The main difference customers are seeing due to PSD2 is revised 2FA for online banking apps, which for the most part is good because the new measures arguably are more secure. However, in terms of data access they create another obstacle be
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No, unfortunately not. Last time I checked more thoroughly and based on admittedly rather cursory research right now neobanks such as Holvi, N26 or Fyrst either a.) provide a fully integrated accounting software and no API / data excha

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