Twixes

8 ms·

61.
Ryanair's 3 Learjets(simpleflying.com)
3 points by Twixes 3y ago|1 comments
62.
by Twixes 3y ago
Sounds like a great metric to game though. Undercounting crime is not far fetched at all. Such a metric needs to be maintained independently from the local government (or independently verifiable).
63.
How to Read an S-1(capitalgains.thediff.co)
3 points by Twixes 3y ago|0 comments
64.
Error-Message Guidelines(nngroup.com)
1 points by Twixes 3y ago|0 comments
65.
by Twixes 3y ago
Without paywall: https://web.archive.org/web/20230628204040/https://www.nytim...
66.
Why Britain doesn’t build(worksinprogress.co)
246 points by Twixes 3y ago|506 comments
67.
The Origin Private Filesystem(web.dev)
2 points by Twixes 3y ago|0 comments
68.
Modern CSS for Dynamic Component-Based Architecture(moderncss.dev)
179 points by Twixes 3y ago|24 comments
69.
Floating-point arithmetic – all you need to know, explained interactively(matloka.com)
1 points by Twixes 3y ago|0 comments
70.
by Twixes 3y ago
This is interesting, but in practice the quality of results is paramount, and how does something like searx compare against DDG… or Google? I wonder what kind of metric could be defined to even plot that.
71.
Annoying A/B testing mistakes(posthog.com)
292 points by Twixes 3y ago|149 comments
72.
Don't use custom CSS scrollbars(ericwbailey.website)
382 points by Twixes 3y ago|242 comments
73.
Email addresses are not primary user identities(ntietz.com)
1 points by Twixes 3y ago|0 comments
74.
by Twixes 3y ago
I'm always impressed how direct the relationship between profit and mathematics/physics/electronics is in HFT. It feels like a marker of civilizational advancement – it's not enough abstraction to just have fungible mean
75.
The Accidental HFT Firm (2018)(web.archive.org)
127 points by Twixes 3y ago|90 comments
76.
Starting Software Teams: Avoiding Big Mistakes(staysaasy.com)
1 points by Twixes 3y ago|0 comments
77.
Why do railway tracks have crushed stones alongside them?(alpharail.co.nz)
724 points by Twixes 3y ago|283 comments
78.
by Twixes 3y ago
Fascinating how such a simple solution is so timelessly effective. A "framework" going two centuries strong.
79.
Lessons of Design(lessons.design)
1 points by Twixes 4y ago|0 comments
80.
by Twixes 4y ago
The US is one case, I wonder what about Europe or China? It seems part of the problem was that the mandates were loosely followed at a societal level — masks clearly do reduce the spread of diseases when used reliably (see: doctors). It see
81.
Fitts's Law and Its Applications in UX(nngroup.com)
2 points by Twixes 4y ago|0 comments
82.
Floating-point arithmetic – all you need to know, explained interactively(matloka.com)
2 points by Twixes 4y ago|0 comments
83.
by Twixes 4y ago
True that there's no 3rd party caching benefit anymore, but it's still just very convenient – select fonts a'la carte, copy the CSS/HTML snippet, paste it in, and that's it. All for free, no licensing considerations
84.
Git Internals – Plumbing and Porcelain(git-scm.com)
3 points by Twixes 4y ago|0 comments
85.
CockroachDB's Consistency Model(cockroachlabs.com)
102 points by Twixes 4y ago|6 comments
86.
by Twixes 4y ago
We use it in prod at PostHog ( https://posthog.com/ ) and it's SUPER practical as an abstraction over Redux's boilerplate. Also makes for really sensible separation of logic from presentation. Only TypeScript suppor
87.
Ask HN: What are some great books around API design for $CURRENT_YEAR?
2 points by Twixes 5y ago|1 comments
88.
by Twixes 5y ago
Wołyń was horrific, but the Ukrainian people today are quite obviously not the same people as the banderites 80 years ago, the world has changed much since then. This rhetoric only serves Putin's interests, who must be quite displeased
89.
by Twixes 5y ago
Out of curiosity, how do irradiated plastics fail? Do they become brittle, soft, something else?
90.
by Twixes 5y ago
I check my email, and it's great, because I _curate_ it. Absurd spam like scams goes to junk anyway. The more legitimate spam I quickly unsubscribe from. And I make sure no service keeps sending notifications I don't need. This wa

More ›