drusepth

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   by drusepth 5y ago

   Page load times around the site are probably pretty high because I don't do any caching (or, really, prioritize load speed in code), but right now I'm scaling between 1-4 of the $250/mo Performance-M dynos on Heroku (2.5GB RA
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   by drusepth 5y ago

   I've been using Thredded for years now on a relatively popular site (~250k users on Notebook.ai; our instance at https://www.notebook.ai/forum ) and have been extremely happy with its performance, scaling, and featurese
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   by drusepth 5y ago

   It's admittedly hard to find non-biased takes on their history because everyone seems to have a love/hate relationship with them, but here's a couple things off the top of my head that might give searchable terms: * Inserting
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   by drusepth 5y ago

   Given the company's colorful history of mishandling data and abusing user trust, it also seems like a general scapegoat CYA for their own use, too.
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   by drusepth 5y ago

   Brave's whole "thing" seems to be being a one-stop Google replacement for everything you could do online, but just having to trust them instead of Google. Through that lens, I can see why they're constantly adding more
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   by drusepth 5y ago

   >You wish! The problem here is that Putin is not rational. "There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent." - Lao Tzu
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   by drusepth 5y ago

   Or someone who recognized the pipe from the original artwork that includes the line: "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" / "This is not a pipe". [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Ima
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   by drusepth 5y ago

   Less well known, Goodreads' biggest competitor (LibraryThing) is also an Amazon subsidiary.
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   by drusepth 5y ago

   This is assuming you're always on the same device, don't clear cookies, don't use multiple browsers/profiles, don't mask your browsing in other ways, don't use rotating/temporary emails, etc. I logged in t
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    by drusepth 5y ago

    I'm not really interested in the social network aspect of Goodreads or Goodreads-likes, so I probably personally won't be using this -- but I do hope it succeeds. It's always nice to have more competitors in the space to driv
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    by drusepth 5y ago

    I signed up. This is what the site looks like: * Dashboard/feed: https://i.imgur.com/bUGZX27.png * Book page (from search): https://i.imgur.com/9BQK7hF.png * Bookshelves (adding a book is just a modal
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    by drusepth 5y ago

    I don't think reviews or recommendations are the goal of the site, as there is currently no way to add reviews or ratings, nor does the site provide any reviews or recommendations of its own. It's literally "just" a soci
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    by drusepth 5y ago

    Unless their comment was edited, it doesn't specifically reference "peaceful" protesters.
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    by drusepth 5y ago

    In $current_year, I kind of want to go even further and just ban the Internet.
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    by drusepth 5y ago

    Not the guy you're responding to, but this trap question seemed like you either misunderstood their comment or are unintentionally putting words in their mouth. Their comment explicitly subscribes to a form of ethical relativism [1], w
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    by drusepth 5y ago

    >There needs to be a monetization channel that is 1) good for both users AND publishers and 2) pays just as much as current methods. I agree, but what party would you like that money to originate from? Ads work well right now for consume
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    by drusepth 5y ago

    Other cool generators from other creators also (in addition to those already posted, copied from [1]): - Azgaar's Fantasy Map Generator: https://azgaar.github.io/Fantasy-Map-Generator/ - Oskar Stalberg's City
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    by drusepth 5y ago

    Since they're all owned by a company with an extremely polarizing public opinion, I imagine the reasons someone might not use one of them would likely double as reasons not to use the others, either.
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    by drusepth 5y ago

    Then why does every site ever seem to still use huge cookie banners asking for that consent?
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    by drusepth 5y ago

    Seems like a nice opportunity for a browser extension to automatically detect sites using GA, and also automatically report them to EU authorities. Zero clicks needed!
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    by drusepth 5y ago

    >Also, intent matters. If you're trying to do the right thing, you're unlikely to get into real trouble. The most likely consequence is that you're told you should stop, and given a deadline. If you don't stop by the
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    by drusepth 5y ago

    >Their business would be bound by EU regulation if they are choosing to sell service to an EU-based website, and it's likely that image host that would be liable for compliance. Is the image hosting company really _choosing_ to sell
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    by drusepth 5y ago

    Linode is also based in the US. Wouldn't it have the same can't-make-requests-to-the-US problems?
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    by drusepth 5y ago

    So what you're saying is they can finally just do my taxes for me?
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    by drusepth 5y ago

    >A bit like airplanes, or space tech you know, have you seen those improving by a 10x factor recently? Is space tech included ironically here? There's been 10x (or more) improvements across dozens of space tech problems in the last
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    by drusepth 5y ago

    Don't mind me, just adding the equivalent ruby code for readers to compare: array.sort # returns a new collection array.sort! # sorts in place (Ruby convention is to add a ! when methods directly modify the object they&#x
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    by drusepth 5y ago

    The former's inherent namespacing is exactly why I prefer it. You know exactly where each method came from (it's a method that exists in a `some_array` instance namespace); inversely, I have no idea where `has_my_thing(foo)` comes
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    by drusepth 5y ago

    Thanks for this. When the-eye.eu went down it broke a ton of my Colab notebooks and it was impossible to find a mirror.
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    by drusepth 5y ago

    I found some (very mild) examples of censorship mentioned elsewhere [1], but I also don't understand the hype here: >In the original North American SNES version the spell Holy was renamed "Pearl", the summon "Jihad&qu
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    by drusepth 5y ago

    I'm still dubious behind the economics of even high-value NFTs finding their way into _some_ games. Assume I own a game studio and someone (say, Louis Vuitton) wants to convince me to add a purse NFT to one of my games. Unless they pay