DrOctagon

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by DrOctagon 7y ago
Happy (recent) Fathom customer. I use it on a handful of small side projects. I hope there is space in the market for a product like this. I did a reasonable amount of research and the $14/month is worth it for the handful of side proj
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by DrOctagon 7y ago
I'm fine with crumpets but the thought of lotus pods is too much.
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by DrOctagon 7y ago
A few years ago I tried to get to the bottom of how Quarantine (made in Canada) ended up with a soundtrack of independent Aussie bands. Great bands, but bands that had a niche following, even in Australia, at the time. I only got silence an
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by DrOctagon 7y ago
2:21 is not even in the same ballpark as <2:00. 2:21 is a very respectable time, but not even international/national standard. It's a chasm.
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by DrOctagon 7y ago
How often do the other GUI implementations you mention load arbitrary code across an unreliable network?
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by DrOctagon 7y ago
Class isn't purely economic. It is the perception of 'inner city elites' being out of touch with the rest of the country. In the recent Australian election, the (losing) Labour Party had a policy to target 50% of vehicles bei
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by DrOctagon 7y ago
Agreed it is just filler. It's closer to "But" or "Um" or "You know" than a "Yeah" or "Nah". This song will clarify it from an Aussie perspective: https://www.youtube.com&#x2
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by DrOctagon 7y ago
That's a thoughtful answer, thanks. I don't agree with all of your points, but I do think of progress as something which benefits everyone, including vulnerable people too.
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by DrOctagon 7y ago
I'm curious, what do you think those 'things we have to fix' first are? Why they are a higher priority?
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by DrOctagon 7y ago
I took finsteride for a couple of years in my mid to late twenties. My libido was affected but I'm not sure if it was the drug or the severe lack of confidence caused by the realisation I was going to be bald soon. I started balding on
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by DrOctagon 7y ago
I'd be very skeptical of any analysis that takes one minute at a shoe shop. I'd wager those machines are there to anchor, so to speak, a buying decision. Too much running before the body gets strong enough to handle it, along with
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by DrOctagon 7y ago
Pluralsight stung me after the free first 10 days too. I was wary, and even after carefully reading the conditions I didn't think the first payment was automatic.
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by DrOctagon 7y ago
If an HTTP API is GET request only and there is no authentication for the API, think public weather info API, is there any risks with having "Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *" set? I've tried to get my head around CORS a few ti
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by DrOctagon 7y ago
Henrik Joreteg has a recent blog post on this: https://joreteg.com/blog/improving-redux-state-transfer-perf... (note caveats/questions at the end of the article)
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by DrOctagon 7y ago
Handcrafted CSS had a profound influence on my career as a front-end developer. That said, these days I'm neck deep in JavaScript like so many of us. To more simple times!
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by DrOctagon 7y ago
Why can't we just go to 100% aluminium for beverage packaging? The technology and supply chains etc. are already in place.
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by DrOctagon 7y ago
I've been keeping personal .plan files since the last time I saw them mentioned on HN. So only a couple of weeks at this stage. In some ways they reflect the way I've gone about a days work more clearly than other project manageme
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by DrOctagon 7y ago
It isn't about your problems, it is about your user's problems.
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by DrOctagon 7y ago
The featured runner's (Yuki Kawauchi) highest profile victory was the 2018 Boston Marathon. He and his agent put together an excellent strategy to take advantage of the horrible conditions to nullify his much faster opponents. Great re
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by DrOctagon 8y ago
Shin splints is the classic injury for enthusiastic people who see aerobic improvements that outpace the strengthening of muscle, tendon and bone. Shin splints is almost unheard of amongst experienced runners. It's fantastic that squat
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by DrOctagon 8y ago
Hyponatremia (broadly low sodium levels from drinking too much water) is one of the leading causes of death during/shortly after a marathon.
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by DrOctagon 8y ago
I view Low Tech Magazine's website as a thought experiment (even art) rather than a pure engineering endeavor. They do ask for feedback on improving the energy efficiency of the website but viewing it only as a series of optimisations
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by DrOctagon 8y ago
True, but this is the fastest loading page you'll visit today and has zero tracking.