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   by depr 7y ago

   It is popular because of the developer experience. You can get a Postgres database running with one command, and then throw it away (and no this is not equivalent to apt install postgres). Many other things are pretty polished as well, defi
2. 212.▲
   by depr 7y ago

   n-gate worthy summary of this thread
3. 213.▲
   by depr 7y ago

   The serious stuff is that this library that's used in over 3 million projects according to Github, let alone projects that Github doesn't count, is only making the author a measly $200 on Patreon.
4. 214.▲
   by depr 7y ago

   Next they will reject packages that allow you to build an NPM competitor
5. 215.▲
   by depr 7y ago

   Maybe the ability to run code that shows ad is the attack vector
6. 216.▲
   by depr 7y ago

   Yeah, we're improving lives guys, not maintaining and furthering an unjust system.
7. 217.▲
   by depr 7y ago

   If we could only drop some old favorite words like "grok"
8. 218.▲
   by depr 7y ago

   If the grunts had some spine and ethics they'd hit the job market.
9. 219.▲
   by depr 7y ago

   "ideological" meaning not matching the HN ideology of course
10. 220.▲
    by depr 7y ago

    Those studies are a pretty weak argument. The first link isn't about the type of diversity grandparent was talking about, but "informational diversity". The paper produces no direct correlation. The pragmatic angle is overblo
11. 221.▲
    by depr 7y ago

    I don't see how this supports any decentralization or openness for actual users.
12. 222.▲
    by depr 7y ago

    so like all software has reached peak complexity this month?
13. 223.▲
    by depr 7y ago

    You might be able to remove this with https://github.com/Lord-Kamina/SwiftDefaultApps
14. 224.▲
    by depr 7y ago

    How to teach programming to your loved ones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BleOgPhsdfc
15. 225.▲
    by depr 7y ago

    How do you know whether the ones that were filtered out were egotistical?
16. 226.▲
    by depr 7y ago

    The links are fine, they lead to words.
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    by depr 8y ago

    Yes, this is a crucial mistake. People love to understand things by analogy, but analogies are limited. I might explain a filesystem and folder structure to someone by using an analogy that uses paper folders etc. But crucial understanding
18. 228.▲
    by depr 8y ago

    >You used to have the power to offend whomever you wanted and now you don't. If people are not allowed to offend, being offended becomes a weapon. Further, polite language does not prevent oppression or racism etc.. It only makes it
19. 229.▲
    by depr 8y ago

    There's a new CSS engine: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/08/inside-a-super-fast-css-en... but the new compositor, WebRender, has not been enabled yet ( https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cg
20. 230.▲
    by depr 8y ago

    iPhones have better hardware/software integration, which is easy for Apple to do because they control everything. They get better performance out of their hardware because of this.
21. 231.▲
    by depr 8y ago

    no
22. 232.▲
    by depr 8y ago

    Nah, that author wrote: >before you rewrite your C book, perhaps you should take the time to actually dig into it and learn C first (inside and out.) which is uninformed, as Zed wrote Mongrel and Mongrel2 in C. Saying he doesn't kno
23. 233.▲
    by depr 8y ago

    Zed Shaw's Learn C the Hard Way.
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    by depr 8y ago

    >Linus is asked at the end if he's bothered that he's not cashing out on billions of dollars of use Linus has an annual salary of $10 million, https://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/celebrity-business&#x2
25. 235.▲
    by depr 8y ago

    Predictable HN jumping-to-conclusions paranoia. You have no clue who the employee is, you have no idea what exact data they have access to and whether it is anonymized, or what's in the CF terms of service etc.
26. 236.▲
    by depr 8y ago

    So what the 8 devs really need is a cloud architect?
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    by depr 8y ago

    Node.js can be used as an alternative to Python if you want to use Javascript instead of Python. It can run as a webserver, like Python. npm is a package manager for Node.js. It manages dependencies, and dependencies of dependencies, for No
28. 238.▲
    by depr 8y ago

    Wrt drag and drop: I always enable three finger drag on any macbook.
29. 239.▲
    by depr 8y ago

    Yes I'm sure enforcers are looking to fine Bitcoin.
30. 240.▲
    by depr 9y ago

    Go to a speech therapist. Very rewarding.