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by al_be_back 3y ago
I spent 3 hours writing this message ... that is, I started 3 hours ago, paused that immediately, then went and did other things for 2:59:30hrs, finally I came back and finished typing this textual masterpiece. She's a successful inven
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by al_be_back 3y ago
I can see how it relates to your other product, Pico [1], as a sketch/no-code site generation plugin. Not sure how practical this output would be in production, if any, but perhaps helpful for Learning / Education (as a tool). [1]
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by al_be_back 3y ago
Why? the obvious answer is that businesses still make heavy use of Office apps like Excel, and VBA allows for extending/customizing files-as-micro-applications. Important to note that office apps and Macro-tools were essential before t
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by al_be_back 3y ago
huh - did the machine learn about unions ... and refused to work?
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by al_be_back 3y ago
For me the disabled button on a partially-valid Form say, is a metaphor-overload. Whilst a physical button may be disabled to indicate being functional-but-not-ready, in software one doesn't have to show/display them until they ar
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by al_be_back 3y ago
swift has that - it's smart. helps with documentation, and simplifies refactoring. I'm up for any features that reduce changes upstream.
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by al_be_back 3y ago
let's be honest, WEI & similar are poor approaches to solve market-issues framed wrongly as a "user problem". the problem is not the User wanting to download your content, bypassing ads, or spoofing Geo location using VPN
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by al_be_back 3y ago
I much doubt that giants such as Microsoft, Apple etc, rely on strategies such as "Blue/Red Ocean", it's too fancy/romantic to be practical at their level. They tend to focus on established markets, which is very me
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by al_be_back 3y ago
I'm with the author (op) on this, unless it's critical code, launching a buggy project that gets some use & feedback is way better than holding-on for perfection and face certain project failure. seek forgiveness rather than p
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by al_be_back 3y ago
nice
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by al_be_back 3y ago
>> Almost a year ago someone stumbled upon our hobby project and posted it to HN which HN post was that?
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by al_be_back 3y ago
perhaps the author is being a little cheeky with us, but he did launch his app and website, he even got ~1000 users, it's just that it didn't pick-up and grow, so he decided to tank it; sensible move. most projects die early on, i
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by al_be_back 3y ago
a story in 4 bytes ... that's efficient :P Applicants for Junior roles should really get some feedback, short-but-sweet, it's a learning processes too.
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by al_be_back 3y ago
>> it's free and kids learning to edit are more likely to go with them instead of ... I like that :)
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by al_be_back 3y ago
Pencil? you can easily Ctrl-Z. nah, wanna go old-school, use inkwell pen, or better still feather + ink for hard-core hackers! focuses the mind, you've gotta know your grammar, syntax etcetera. non of that autocomplete sorcery for me
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by al_be_back 3y ago
that's a lot of functionality, for free. how are they making money from this? i didn't see a pro/paid version - unless they're planning to offer a post-processing cloud subscription later on...
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by al_be_back 3y ago
>> typedef all structures. I used to shy away from it it seems this may be more an issue with being shy, than a coding issue :P in my view, language is a Style, so coding in C is c-style coding. when i started coding in python (small
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by al_be_back 3y ago
I think it makes sense to diversify, and if that means open-up so be it (for Apple or similar). what worked well in last ~20 years isn't guaranteed to continue in that trajectory in the next 5 or 10 years even, since polarized Geo-poli
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by al_be_back 3y ago
even a simple charging cable (apple lightning) used to charge iphones etc have a chip, so your device can read cable capabilities when connected and configure it for: power, audio, video, data. there's a great DEF CON 30 presenhacktion
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by al_be_back 3y ago
sure can do, if you already use that shell [1], but personally I like specific tools for specific jobs such as jq [2], fx, csvq [3] etc, there's value in decoupling shells from utils (modularity, speed, innovation etc). [1] I don'
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by al_be_back 3y ago
so the 'Stealthy' feature works then. handy if you eject over non-friendly territory, at least it would buy some time.
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by al_be_back 3y ago
like i said above, cats typically tend to "walk on walls, fences, enter other's homes etc" ... the cat strapped with a watch-sized device could be used to monitor/record (not necessary this proj). cameras and microphones
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by al_be_back 3y ago
I think these trackers create privacy issues since these furry friends regularly traverse the neighborhood (walk on fences, walls, roofs, enter homes etc). would be nice to see on the 'Why' page [1] stats around pets lost, stolen,
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by al_be_back 3y ago
>> this code makes no sense: why would you create a whole new oven to make a pizza? in real life... one can rationalize all sorts, but certain real-life metaphors don't have to map closely to the digital realm. if my CreatePizza
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by al_be_back 3y ago
>> You can use whatever extension you wish on the component file, but .nue extension is recommended. You can also use .htm to have your editor (and GitHub) automatically color highlight the code and to distinguish them from static .ht
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by al_be_back 3y ago
so that's where Zuckerberg got his idea for hot-or-not
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by al_be_back 3y ago
looks like an opensource icon framework to me
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by al_be_back 3y ago
Bloomberg Originals has a ~7min video-doc on it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8ojlJoM0FE
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by al_be_back 3y ago
I used an split ergo keyboard once, felt like I was playing a guitar, very distracting/awkward. for me taking short breaks works as remedy.
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by al_be_back 3y ago
Confusing 'Show HN' post - title should perhaps say 'Archived - use VS Code' ? From the OP download page "Visual Studio for Mac builds on top of MonoDevelop" [1], and the Install link points to Visual Studio fo

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