dmihal

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by dmihal 6y ago
Regardless of whether people like WFH or not, it's forced companies to accommodate it. Companies in less-competitive industries previously had no incentive to support virtual meetings, VPNs, etc. Plus, it's showing many companies
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Apple just killed Local Storage: what that means for Burner Wallets(medium.com)
1 points by dmihal 7y ago|0 comments
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by dmihal 7y ago
Every local municipality already maintains GIS data, I imagine that some day these systems will automatically integrate into a public, open database like OSM. Sidenote, the FOAM project is doing some interesting work into geospacial data on
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by dmihal 7y ago
Once my 2015 MBP dies, I'll probably replace it with the most maxed-out refurbished 2015 MBP I can find. It's the perfect laptop.
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by dmihal 7y ago
Interesting metaphor, but the difference between Bitcoin and diamonds is fungibility. Unlike gold, there's no way to sell 1% of a diamond.
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by dmihal 7y ago
I'm a carnivore, I can't see myself ever giving up meat, but I'd love an alternative that is more environmentaly friendly.
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by dmihal 7y ago
Don't forget about Podil, where they closed off a major 4-lane street permanently. Now the street is full of outdoor seating for restaurants and cafes, and it's always busy with people. I wish more American politicians would visit
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by dmihal 7y ago
While Bulgaria is part of the EU, it's not part of the Schengen zone, meaning they don't have truly "open borders".
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by dmihal 7y ago
It is an international airport, when you fly from Oslo, you go through immigration and exit the Schengen area. While the visa requirement of transiting through Norway probably limits most visitors, the article does mention there are charter
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by dmihal 7y ago
Even worse: Google stole my idea for self driving cars. I was like " it would be cool if cars drove themselves" and sure enough, Google copies me. Do you think I have grounds for a lawsuit?
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by dmihal 7y ago
Probably crypto as in you sign transactions with a private key, and submit them to Facebook's semi-centralized blockchain
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by dmihal 8y ago
Hitchhiking is super fun and definitely helps you develop confidence. It's a shame there's such a stigma with hitchhiking in the US.
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by dmihal 8y ago
Many of these apps do exactly that.
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by dmihal 8y ago
I'm glad I'm not the only software engineer that can't figure out how to use AWS. So far, DigitalOcean does everything that I need. I hope they can maintain this great developer experience.
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by dmihal 8y ago
Unfortunately, for some people that "E" means "internet"
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Ask HN: Developers, how do you organize documentation that you use often?
1 points by dmihal 8y ago|0 comments
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by dmihal 8y ago
Any suggestions where I can read about the BitTorrent protocol?
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by dmihal 8y ago
> we're approaching 10 years since the start of the blockchain era By that standard, the start of the internet era was in the early 80s, almost 20 years before the dot com crash. Don't forget that Ethereum has only been live fo
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by dmihal 8y ago
Does it need to be drones? Would it be possible to use a very large cable system, similar to those TV cameras in football stadiums?
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by dmihal 8y ago
It's crazy how our modern banking system has almost zero security systems in the way of someone draining your account. The account numbers aren't even secret, they're written on the bottom of every check!
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by dmihal 8y ago
> Sounds like an obvious idea for an ICO I hate this mindset
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by dmihal 8y ago
I still love the Meteor framework, even if it's not as popular these days. Auth "just works", The Mongo<->Server<->Client dataflow is super easy, and there's lots of tools to quickly and easily deploy it. Now
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by dmihal 8y ago
> Is it going to change anything? Probably not. Google spends incredible amounts of money hiring and retaining people. They may not lead to any change, but I'm sure Google is keeping track of how many people are leaving over this is
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by dmihal 8y ago
Windows is out of the question for a lot of devs that live in the Unix shell. Sure, I could run a Linux VM or dual boot, but those aren't very pleasant experience.
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by dmihal 8y ago
Just got my parents a $500 Samsung Chromebook, and the build quality is incredible. Macbooks continue to look less and less appealing to me, if Chromebooks somehow got Adobe CC, I'd switch immediately.
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by dmihal 8y ago
The simplest "API" would be skipping the text-to-speech-to-text process, and send the text string in binary.
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by dmihal 8y ago
Couldn't you say the same thing about the long legal documents that we all sign when signing up for commercial banking products?
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by dmihal 8y ago
This doesn't sound like NK is any closer to opening up, just that NK has completed their nuclear program and is looking to reassert their influence on the Korean peninsula.
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by dmihal 9y ago
That's because the only real monetization on the internet is advertising, and ecommerce (which relies heavily on advertising). Pretty much every consumer website on the internet deals with one of those areas. If it becomes easier to mo
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by dmihal 9y ago
I casually used Duolingo to start learning Russian for a few years. I had a trip to Kiev a bit ago, and decided to take some lessons while there. I hated it. I couldn't keep up with the class, felt like I was learning nothing and wasti

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