cookiengineer

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2011.
by cookiengineer 7y ago
What I wish for every Christmas is that web developers across the globe finally learn that syncing a draft server-side onkeyup is the worst idea, and it should never be pursued in implementing it. Reality has rtt and shitty 2G slow, and wil
2012.
by cookiengineer 7y ago
> I have found that subreddits almost become an anti-expertise forum over time - when actual experts show up to give advice, they are often downvoted if their advice goes against whatever that subreddit is cargo culting (which, as you me
2013.
by cookiengineer 7y ago
> How was that such an important decision? Taxes. Politicians still think Microsoft pays taxes. Though 60M [1] per year in taxes while paying much more for their software is technically a retarded thing to do deal-wise. [1] https:/
2014.
by cookiengineer 7y ago
> why put effort in upgrading libraries and exposing yourself to possible issues. Isn't this what the combination of a "package manager" with semantic versioning scheme actually should automate? Personally, I think this is
2015.
by cookiengineer 7y ago
Using a t440p base as my laptop, best laptop for the buck. bought it as a 4300m model with a dual core. now it has an IPS display, better coreboot+bios update, 32gb ram, i7-4712, 2x 512gb ssds plus a 4tb hdd. all together cost me less than
2016.
by cookiengineer 10y ago
> Nice to add to the spec sheet; mostly useless in a practical setting. I'm still waiting for the day when the OPUS codec is supported everywhere. OPUS is some serious next-gen shit: https://www.opus-codec.org/
2017.
by cookiengineer 10y ago
> It will be too expensive to maintain branches of their own and catch up with the upstream. Haha, you guys are awesome! You've totally figured it out. Stay awesome!
2018.
by cookiengineer 10y ago
They could've used a temporary dropmail acc or something more convenient like protonmail to avoid that problem. I mean, what do they expect? Of course emails are intercepted, that's the easiest thing to do with that unsecure proto
2019.
by cookiengineer 10y ago
Disclaimer: Contrary opinion that might not be yours I'm building AIs and intelligent botnets for over 13 years now. One thing I learned is that I now think humans can't understand mathematics. No matter how good you think you are