commonalitydev

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   by commonalitydev 4y ago

   If I understood his post and overall point correctly, he doesn’t think that it’s that second possibility — that Google is a benevolent tyrant, essentially — but that that’s the only other explanation, which is bad. (I agree that the langu
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   by commonalitydev 4y ago

   I’m the same with several books that I’ve bought over the years. For a classic book dealing with “big” topics like math, music, and philosophy, it’s surprisingly accessible because Hofstadter is able explain complex things in the simplest w
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   by commonalitydev 4y ago

   Adobe Photoshop around v3/4/5 (newer versions may be as good or better, but I haven’t used them) Microsoft SQL Server 7 or later NextStep BitTorrent (more the protocol, but could also apply to any good implementation) JetBrains so
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   by commonalitydev 4y ago

   Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid Douglas Hofstadter
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   by commonalitydev 5y ago

   Wait, I think they misspelled “Porn …”
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   by commonalitydev 5y ago

   I’ve posted our full stack above, but we have had excellent results and zero problems with security (that weren’t our own fault) with .NET Core and Postgres — both are very mature, time-tested, and secure by design. For hosting, Linode is a
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   by commonalitydev 5y ago

   I have developed in many languages and on many tech stacks over the years, but this is my favorite so far: * Linux, Docker, and Ansible (on-prem or cloud; love Linode) * Postgres (I really like SQL Server, too, but it’s not open source) * R