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by deweller 2y ago
useEffect() replaces component lifecycle hooks in Vue. useRef() is the answer to this.$refs in Vue. Agreed that Vue and React are very different flavors. I think Vue has a shallower learning curve. In spite of React's problems, I do
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by deweller 2y ago
The trick, I guess, is to have well-reasoned arguments and be somewhat accurate in your predictions.
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by deweller 2y ago
A Microsoft-owned company... > Geisinger on Monday announced the results of a probe into a November computer security breach, placing the blame on Microsoft-owned Nuance Communications for not cutting off one of its employees' acces
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by deweller 2y ago
> ... and 280 feet long, stretching longer than a football field. Was this written by an AI? A football field is 360 feet long.
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by deweller 2y ago
> Recent stats from the car security company Tracker has revealed that 92% of the cars it recovered last year were taken without using the keys. This is an increase from 2018’s figure which stood at 88% and a worrying increase of 26% com
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by deweller 2y ago
Sometimes it is the second mover in a market that wins for this very reason. For example, say Waymo does all of the hard work of establishing regulations and making all the big mistakes. Tesla then comes in later and is able to benefit fro
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by deweller 2y ago
The last iPad I purchased was several years ago. Technically I own a Mac and an iPad, but I rarely use my iPad any more.
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by deweller 2y ago
For those who aren't readily familiar with Mac OS X versions, OS X 10.5 is very old and became unsupported as of 2011.
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by deweller 2y ago
SES and Intelsat both strike me as stodgy, old telecommunications companies. I would be surprised if they can find a way to rival Starlink as a consumer product. But I think competition in this space is good.
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by deweller 2y ago
Teachers should definitely have a say in what curriculum they teach. Teachers understand how their students learn and what their students will respond to. Sure the school system should have a say in the decision as well. But a full top-do
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by deweller 2y ago
> A far smaller share (16%) say it’s going in the right direction.
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by deweller 2y ago
Also, it is difficult to sell a solution of "well - we aren't really modernizing the system, we are just putting a fix in place that pretends like it is a floppy drive." I would guess higher ups don't want to spend money
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by deweller 3y ago
Would a US company have enough financial incentive to front the cost of FDA approval in the US? I'm guessing it is expensive to jump through all of the hoops. Without a patent, why would a company pay for this?
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by deweller 3y ago
The standard says the font must be 3.2 millimeters. Out of curiosity, how big is the font now?
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by deweller 3y ago
Because IRAs cannot purchase BTC directly.
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by deweller 3y ago
It is not Bitcoin that is the problem. It is the banks that are the problem. Bitcoin is not the perfect bankless system of money that you might hope. But cryptocurrency is one step closer to making that happen. With cryptocurrency, there
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by deweller 3y ago
How were you forced into the union? Was it manipulation or did you literally have to join or face consequences?
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by deweller 3y ago
Michael Saylor (MicroStrategy) has over $3B in Bitcoin
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by deweller 3y ago
There are also meaningful data transfer requirements. Make sure your ISP is ok with you using ~1TB of data per month. Some providers still have relative low caps.
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by deweller 3y ago
Why is vaccine misinformation singled out by YouTube? You can't tell me there isn't tons of misinformation on other topics, even harmful topics, that gets uploaded and viewed every day. Where does it end? Why should YouTube get t
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by deweller 3y ago
This is a very interesting site. I'd love to see the analysis extend beyond 2016.
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by deweller 3y ago
Where are you getting this information? My understanding is that Vitamin D production in the body is correlated with the directness of the exposure to the sun - therefore the most D is made at solar noon.
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by deweller 3y ago
8 years ago, HN was a place full of optimism and excitement. I've noticed a marked increase in cynicism in this place. Like most of the world, it suffers from extreme tribalism and group think. I miss the former positive HN. And the
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by deweller 3y ago
I expect the headline is meant to garner attention because of the contrast between the $15/hour data labelers and the $100+/hour information age white collar workers that people fear AI will replace.
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by deweller 3y ago
There is a (loud) community of Bitcoin maximalists who fit this description for sure. But there is a thriving ecosystem of developers who are very interested in improvement. The Ethereum (and level 2 chains) community has a culture of inno
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by deweller 3y ago
There was a lot of change-the-world ideology around bitcoin ten years ago. No it has not lived up to those perfect visions. I don't think it is irrevocably broken. I for one think there is still a lot of potential in cryptocurrencies
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by deweller 3y ago
This is a great use case for programmable money. A smart contract on a blockchain such as an Ethereum layer 2 chain could handle this openly and verifiably.
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by deweller 3y ago
Well, if I want to give a casual acquaintance 10 bucks, it is still faster to reach into my wallet and pull out a piece of paper than it is to get their Venmo or Paypal information. And not everyone has access to Venmo. Anyone under the ag
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by deweller 3y ago
It might not solve a real problem that you have, but it does solve the following real problem: How do you create a shared transaction ledger without a central point of failure and control?
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by deweller 3y ago
SEC. 11 a (1) "It shall be unlawful for a person to violate, attempt to violate ... any of the unlawful acts described in paragraph" SEC 11 b (1) "In general.--A person who willfully commits, willfully attempts to commit ...

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