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by astatine 6y ago
This seems to throw up the issue of a higher degree of the DB structure getting exposed to the frontend. Faster iteration of the front-end (presumably during a period of more rapid change) comes at the cost of forcing the backend to remain
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by astatine 6y ago
I agree. Sometimes it seems like GraphQL degenerates into a generic REST API where you construct and pass the SQL directly from the client.
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by astatine 6y ago
Sounds about right. We have 95% of our infra on AWS but then early this year one team needed something specific from GCP and started using that. A few months ago, a client insisted on having their services delivered from Azure as they have
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by astatine 6y ago
I have the best of two worlds - I think. My own domain (since 2000), and hosted on GSuite (the last 8-10 years). So I get the benefit of a robust email service but without the risk that I will get locked out. I access it using a desktop IMA
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by astatine 6y ago
The interaction mechanism is quite well done - it provides very different (and appropriate) mechanisms for laptop/phone. Though I wish we could tap on the bongos directly instead of using the seperate buttons on an Android phone.
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by astatine 6y ago
Gin and beer it. Sorry, couldn't resist.
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by astatine 6y ago
I use the "Tab Snooze" [1] chrome extension for this. Works very well. Snooze till the night, next day, weekend, next month all available with a click. They promptly reappear as scheduled. [1] tabsnooze.com
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by astatine 6y ago
The Dell XPS 13 with the absurdly located camera - just above keyboard level. When I bought it, I had no intention of using it and had taped it over. And then 2020 happened. When I really need to show people my face on zoom, I now use Droid
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Maybe, efficiency is not everything(technologyreview.com)
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by astatine 6y ago
There is the small matter of "equal to 5"
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The Japanification of the United States Is Complete(seekingalpha.com)
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TikTok deal under new threat as Trump insists on total US control(bbc.co.uk)
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by astatine 6y ago
This would be the right approach, but a multi-year one.
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by astatine 6y ago
I had a similar parallel interface to an Ethernet daughterboard. I too don't recollect the make. But there was a serial PPP based option as well - it made perfect sense when main stream modems were anyway 9600 baud or lesser.
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by astatine 6y ago
I had built (with a couple of other people) a TCP/IP stack for the Z80 in the late 90s. And a small HTTP server to go with it. It had a weird CGI like interface to call some subroutine for a path. The intention was to use it in some ki
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by astatine 6y ago
Two completely disconnected yet valid, and even useful, interpretations of the question. This is good fun!
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by astatine 6y ago
Do you get original ammunition or are they made locally as well? How often do you use it? Or is it a status symbol, primarily? Is it carried along when you generally go out or only on special occasions. I haven't ever exchanged message
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by astatine 6y ago
I was inspired by the AOSA many years ago and I had studied (and held out) as an example the Apache architecture (about 18-20 years ago). It is indeed a pity that so many younger software engineers really have no idea of how heavily used re
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by astatine 6y ago
I recollect something similar. I used to have an email id that was: at . 80 @ atdot . at Fun times reading it out!
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by astatine 6y ago
It is quite impressive, and slightly unreal, the variety of articles which get HN readers worked up. But, truth be told, I enjoy these threads where I absolutely have no opinion and can look, sometimes in amusement but mostly in wonderment
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by astatine 6y ago
These skirmishes (Zoom now, TikTok earlier and the ongoing Huawei one) make for interesting shows, for those outside China and the US. China uses nationalism as the excuse for censorship. As long as you don't criticize China you are fr
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by astatine 6y ago
I imagine this would be an alternative where embedded Lua gets used. A comparison with Lua would have been great to see. The 200K runtime, for example, indicates that this might weigh in somewhat heavier than Lua.
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by astatine 6y ago
Respect! That's truly inspirational. At barely half the experience with 30 years I keep wondering about what next. I still do plenty of programming in C (which, along with Z80 and 8086 assembly, is what I started with), Python and JS w
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by astatine 6y ago
Fascinating! I recollect seeing, as a kid, a lit rope hanging in cigarette kiosks/shops in India to use as a lighter for their customers. This used to be a jute rope and, though lit with a match unlike in this video, would keep burning
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by astatine 6y ago
Here's the thing. Very likely Chinese companies with interest in doing business will comply with any local regulation. That leaves everyone red faced with no further arguments other than raise the concern that you can't trust that
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by astatine 6y ago
So, you are #1,2 or 3?
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by astatine 6y ago
Excellent research! I have a feeling that many governments would be wondering how to get this kind of power on their side. Envy > horror. Every administration around the world fighting for loosening e2e secured messaging protocols is bas
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by astatine 6y ago
True. There has fortunately been no dithering or mixed messages. The clarity and consistency of the messaging has probably saved India.
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by astatine 6y ago
It is mainly with a sense of relief (rather than disbelief) that I watch the progression of numbers daily. The lockdown was early and quite stringent and has definitely made a difference. The most stringent lockdown has little chance of bei
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by astatine 7y ago
Every friend was once a stranger. Pithy as it sounds, I have found people who make friends almost at first sight. I find it tough to do this, but know many people who would cheerfully call each other (and behave like) friends after a meetin

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