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by dirkc 3y ago
This makes me wonder, would "mine the entire moon away" require new physics or simply require a monumental effort?
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by dirkc 3y ago
Compared to other projects moving to their own weird licenses, GPL2+ isn't the worst outcome. It's interesting to see how the sentiment around open source is changing in the last few years
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by dirkc 3y ago
> Basically, this question is to software engineers as FizzBuzz is to programmers I don't get this comment at the end or the follow-up article? What's the difference, sure, FizzBuzz is a simpler problem, but I would imagine it
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by dirkc 3y ago
This seems to be the main message. And it's followed with such a sweet lacing of irony in the associated footnote > The empirical evidence is clear on this. If you look at where the largest numbers of successful startups come from,
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by dirkc 3y ago
Makes sense, all that bundled JS isn't getting any smaller. You don't want to try and open a news site on a poor backyard 3G connection
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by dirkc 3y ago
My take: 1. Source control 2. Reproducible builds 3. Learn the functionality 4. ... If you don't understand what the code does, you're probably going to regret any changes you make before step 3!
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by dirkc 3y ago
If you use CloudFront it's easy now. Some years back you either had to do a complicated setup or pay something like 2k for a certificate!
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by dirkc 3y ago
That is my goto setup for static or semi-static sites. In theory you could still see a runaway bill with CloudFront, although I haven't checked the numbers to actually see what magnitude of traffic would be needed for it to really hurt
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by dirkc 3y ago
True, didn't think about it from the limited cost perspective. Would be a lot of traffic to get you past $20, but a possibility like you say.
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by dirkc 3y ago
If you're just serving static files, wouldn't a S3 website be easier and more robust?
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by dirkc 3y ago
Thank you! These were my discoveries: ["Leviathan Shark","Burnzilla","Burnado","Chocolate Tree Shark","Cybersharktopus","Toadatorzilla","Bacon Sharktopusnado","Rainb
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by dirkc 3y ago
During the great internet blackout of 2032 he will be the one that remembers things!
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by dirkc 3y ago
I've done something similar. It started with creating a frontend for more easily viewing my albums on flickr ( https://ash.code27.co.za ). Then when flickr was acquired by smugmug I migrated all my photos to DropBox, only to
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by dirkc 3y ago
I'd add "maintenance burden". I have a few old properties I'm responsible for that used to be web apps, one is archived as static HTML, the other one still exists as an outdated web app. Every other week I receive a requ
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by dirkc 3y ago
Mmm, seems like I need to read it a third time. Thanks for pointing that out!
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by dirkc 3y ago
gom jabbar
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by dirkc 3y ago
This happens a lot to me in KSP, the lander tends to slide all the way to the bottom of the slope. Most of the time it's okay, just need to tweak the dampeners on the landing legs a bit ;) EDIT: I went to re-watch the moment on youtube
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by dirkc 3y ago
Wouldn't machines being conscious imply that they will advocate for these rights themselves?
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by dirkc 3y ago
It looks like they didn't create a user, unless pacstrap does it for them?
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by dirkc 3y ago
It depends on the technology in question, but most development has some agenda that drives it or that is enabled by it. Simply engaging in the development of tech is already pushing an agenda - the notion that we should pursue technological
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by dirkc 3y ago
I was thinking connect four with only one column. But if you do only 1 row, it is indeed winnable. In fact, in 2D connect four, that is one of my favorite strategies with a new player - try to get two pugs next to each other on the bottom r
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by dirkc 3y ago
> even if the tech itself is inanimate and neutral I've come to believe that no tech is neutral. Some tech allows more variety in the politics surrounding it, while other tech has a very narrow range or politics - like DRM.
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by dirkc 3y ago
Wouldn't 1D connect four be a guaranteed draw?
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by dirkc 3y ago
I use Inkscape regularly and I'm very happy with what seems like an increase in development! Good job!
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by dirkc 3y ago
It's been so long since I've battled grub configs that my first thought was that this is a minecraft theme making things look like food (grub).
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by dirkc 3y ago
> potentially cross-posting in tons of different subreddits, fragmenting discussion Isn't this kind of the point - different communities will have different discussions if the same content gets posted.
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by dirkc 3y ago
I've also seen the other side where the argument is: "we should be doing things correctly from the start" 2 years later: "the maintenance of custom doesn't deliver business value and makes recruitment and on-boardin
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by dirkc 3y ago
Doesn't both nuclear (fission) and fusion mainly generate heat that is used to make steam to spin a turbine? I'd say solar skips a few steps rather than adding extras
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by dirkc 3y ago
I interpreted the comment to say things not worth a rating probably doesn't get read to the end. If they read something to the end, it's good enough and deciding on an actual rating is just splitting hair
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by dirkc 3y ago
The answer almost always seems to be ice, or a stiffener.

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