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by borplk 8y ago
Cue the must-have semantic pedantic argument about "passive" not being passive and so on. Yes we get it. Stop fussing about the terminology.
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by borplk 8y ago
tar czvf "create ze vucking file" tar xzvf "extract ze vucking files"
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by borplk 8y ago
Doesn't matter how much you got paid, just put it as normal work.
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by borplk 8y ago
While we are on the topic, are there cloud providers out there that provide "hosted FoundationDB as a service"? And if you are curious, no I don't have any special need or use case for it, just wondering.
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by borplk 8y ago
realistically this only works for unique products there are so many alternatives for EVERYTHING that most people will just move on to something that is ready today instead.
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by borplk 8y ago
exactly. most products don't exist in a vacuum. "sell first" works if you have such a unique solution/value such that for the customer it's a "either this demo or nothing" situation. that's exceedingl
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by borplk 8y ago
At some point "the good ones" are rare enough that it makes no difference if there are any "good ones" somewhere or not when your chances of finding one is ridiculously low.
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by borplk 8y ago
What was the topic of your startup?
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by borplk 8y ago
Yes I have absolutely noticed the same thing. It seems to be quite excessive. A few years ago it was like "we need to make sure you are not a robot". Now it goes like this "we need to make sure you are not a robot ... oh yeah
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by borplk 8y ago
Immutability is highly useful in a browser environment for efficient rendering of UI.
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by borplk 8y ago
I think those services exist as other people named a few. Another issue is Shopify may not have that today, but it may have it tomorrow! It's dangerous to build a missing feature of a giant because they may invalidate you overnight.
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by borplk 8y ago
Maybe they want to keep it "authentic" and "home-made". It might backfire if they make them "too professional".
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by borplk 8y ago
If possible I suggest trying a few test runs before the real session.
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by borplk 8y ago
While we're on the topic of annoying LinkedIn behaviors. They periodically "generate" fake useless notifications to get you to click on the bell icon.
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by borplk 8y ago
Can you talk more about the use case? My question would be, why use that setup if you don't have to? That setup is not something I would reach for unless I really really had to (and when you think you really really have to, check again
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by borplk 8y ago
I'd love a glass version too but I think it would be super dangerous. Metal is probably more practical.
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by borplk 8y ago
Does anyone know if Google allows registering more than 2 keys? Like what if i want to register 3 or 4 keys for advanced protection?
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by borplk 8y ago
> Any other points I should be taking into consideration? Yes. Linode has a poor security track record (and culture .. wink wink) and a tradition of chronically getting owned. AND every time they come out like "lulz everything secur
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by borplk 8y ago
It's just capitalists pushing their agenda and propaganda in pursuit of "more".
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by borplk 8y ago
There's a saying, I don't remember from whom, that goes like "a degree is just a piece of paper ... but you have to have one in order to be able to say that".
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by borplk 8y ago
Hover
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by borplk 8y ago
Some companies have a "we're going to invest in you" attitude. They take care of their engineers knowing they keep becoming more valuable to them so risking them leaving to another company or burning out for a few extra hours
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by borplk 8y ago
If your bosses are generally aware and happy with the state of affairs twiddle your thumbs, look at your phone, zone out and get paid for every minute of it. Some companies are more efficient than others. Trust me it's not a battle wor
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by borplk 8y ago
Nice job. I'd also suggest picking a different name. Maybe a prefix before graphql or something like that.
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by borplk 8y ago
In modern "cloud" terminology bare metal means "no virtualisation" AFAIK.
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by borplk 8y ago
Google is going to continue this pattern of behavior. Two steps forward, backlash is too bad, one step back. Let the dust settle, another two steps forward...
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by borplk 8y ago
If you can just fall back to authenticator app by saying "oops don't have yubikey now" then you get no extra security for using a yubikey.
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by borplk 8y ago
Shit quality of software is easily explained with this formula. Because unlike in many other industries there are no strict regulations in software, there is no floor for the quality of the products. So economic forces push quality to the l
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by borplk 8y ago
The worst part is the same companies will stress and quiz you on testing during the interview as if they take testing so seriously in their company. It's mostly because shit is so neglected and broken and they are so deep in tech debt
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by borplk 8y ago
Every time an email client is mentioned here there's this classic and repetitive comment thread under it that goes like this: - I run my own postfix, dovecot, mutt, emacs, gnupg, gpg, pfsense yadda yadda (on OpenBSD!) works great ... -

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