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by aspyct 6y ago
The article was nice, but when I hit the back button , the site scrolled to a suggested article and told me "hey, check this before you go". No, just let me use my back button.
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by aspyct 6y ago
Touch typing isn't only about speed. It's also about health and RSI, especially if you use an ergonomic layout like a Dvorak. For me it made a difference, and I went from feeling pain after an hour of typing, to being able to type
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by aspyct 6y ago
Totally with you, long live SQL!
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by aspyct 6y ago
Funny you should say that. I speak French, and always thought Computer was better than Ordinateur (and yes, it's ordinatEur, it's not a dinosaur :D )
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by aspyct 6y ago
I mostly agree with this. I've seen one valid and helpful usage of timers though: in Waze. Some things start automatically after some time, like navigation after selecting and address, or dismissing a notification. The time remaining i
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by aspyct 6y ago
It's a matter of perspective I guess. Where I'm from, VSCode is considered lightweight. Cumbersome would describe NetBeans and Eclipse in my mind.
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by aspyct 6y ago
If you'd taken the time to read the documents you linked to, you would realise that they do _not_ record arbitrary strings. I can't believe people don't even read the "proof" they provide themselves.
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by aspyct 6y ago
Except that they don't seem to be recording the arguments to `dotnet run`: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/telemetry...
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by aspyct 6y ago
Indeed. And since they are very open as to what they collect, feel free to point out anything disturbing. As for the publicly posted results, it seems to me like they try to understand who uses their products and how. That's not worse
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by aspyct 6y ago
And how exactly do you think they would look at all the source code in the world? Humans are too expensive. So probably AI. How would AI tell the difference between valuable banking software full of bugs and your side project full of bugs?
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by aspyct 6y ago
Never say never, but still, this is super unlikely and not at all what telemetry is. They report on things like button usage, time spent in app etc. Possibly personal information about the developer, although unlikely. But your code? No no,
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by aspyct 6y ago
There is so much to be said here, depending on where you want to go with this. Maybe you don't need to go full tech-less and stone age yet. You seem especially triggered by focus issues. What's taking your focus away? Is it any sp
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by aspyct 6y ago
We use a public cloud, and believe me: we do consider the security implications. We veeery much do.
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by aspyct 6y ago
I agree with the last 2 points. Estimates are hard to get right, and rearchitecting an existing app is probably not worth it. What about your first point though? Do you not trust a 3rd party to maintain infrastructure properly? In what way?
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by aspyct 6y ago
I was referring to the IaaS in this question. As for the SaaS, I guess your mileage may vary. I trust some of them really make a point of securing your data :)
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by aspyct 6y ago
Great article, thanks for sharing :)
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by aspyct 6y ago
Unfortunately I don't have exact numbers, having never been responsible for the budget of those. This is only an estimation considering the pricing I see from the cloud providers, and the rates I know from my fellow contractors. Beside
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by aspyct 6y ago
I meant public cloud indeed.
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by aspyct 6y ago
Totally disagree with that. Humans are expensive. Cabling, configuring, training, ordering and replacing hardware, that all takes time. Over a period of 3 years, there's a high chance that you'll end up having, depending on your l
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by aspyct 6y ago
Are you keeping tabs on the cost of the building and associated security? Video cameras, locks... Also the manpower needed to install and maintain that equipment. Similarly, your 70*10tb tells nothing. What's the redundancy on that, ho
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by aspyct 6y ago
How is the cloud less secure than your on-prem servers? I would argue that it's easier to keep track of all the threats with the tools available from big cloud providers.
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by aspyct 6y ago
You're forgetting the human part in this cost. Installing, securing and maintaining the machines costs as well.
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by aspyct 6y ago
Interesting. How many machines do you have, roughly? Are you the only sysadmin for this? Also, do you have any public facing services hosted from that infrastructure?
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by aspyct 6y ago
Which, all things considered, seems lower on the cloud. Could you give more details on this answer?
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Ask HN: Is your company sticking to on-premise servers? Why?
779 points by aspyct 6y ago|755 comments
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by aspyct 7y ago
The comments that keep on giving :D
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by aspyct 7y ago
Thanks!
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by aspyct 7y ago
I must insist. This course is great! Thanks :)
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by aspyct 7y ago
Ha, that's a good idea! Is there a list somewhere of the cidr blocks that are assigned to residential vs server farms? I mean, how can I tell an IP is residential?
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by aspyct 7y ago
That's a fair point indeed. I don't think I will ever expose non-anonymized data, because that's just too sensitive. But if I ever do, I'll make sure people are made aware they are listed, and that they can opt out easil

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