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by eadmund 4y ago
> should I return 200 OK and error message as a JSON or return 40x HTTP code? Anyone who returns a 200 OK on error is, of course, in a state of sin. You’re welcome to return a 4xx + JSON, if that is congruent with the client’s Accept hea
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by eadmund 4y ago
> Working on going independent here in Denver … to convert single-occupancy-vehicle-users to scooters, to increase the functional number of parking spaces in a given parking lot What will the scooter-users do when it snows? Don’t the pa
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by eadmund 4y ago
> Sorry not a good example I just pulled the example from the article ‘Designing Extensible, Versionable XML Formats’ hosted at xml.com. Presumably xml.com has decent examples of XML? I an pretty sure that author is not a singular data
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by eadmund 4y ago
> Is this a satire ? No, it’s honestly not. I carry a pocketknife all the time, to open envelopes or packages, cut twine, slice a sausage or cut some cheese, whatever. As for handguns, it’s not common in other countries, but in many Ame
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by eadmund 4y ago
Ubuntu can be a bit easier to get a laptop running than Debian (although I personally use Debian). But whenever I see someone running Ubuntu on a server I think that there is a very real competence issue. Ubuntu should be kept as far fro
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by eadmund 4y ago
The S-expression version looks so much more pleasant: (proj (name "My Biz CLI") (url "http://github.com/mybiz/mybizctl") (model-version "4.0.0") (group-id
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by eadmund 4y ago
> I Love XML. Well-designed XML is better than well-designed JSON IMHO for human readability. But both are absolutely inferior to S-expressions. Compare this (from https://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/07/21
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by eadmund 4y ago
> I require a pocketknife and a handgun immediately upon arrival I carry a pocketknife every day. I don’t carry a handgun, but there are plenty of states in the U.S. with CCW reciprocity; someone who carries in one and wishes to fly to a
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by eadmund 4y ago
> travel carry-on luggage only That is impossible if one wishes to carry a pocketknife or handgun at one’s destination. The latter is fairly uncommon, but the former is very common, right? Not to mention if one is bringing back a bottle
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by eadmund 4y ago
> Did you? I sure did. Doesn’t everyone?
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by eadmund 4y ago
> respecting terms is a nontrivial effort Is it? Just give users the same source used to build the binaries.
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by eadmund 4y ago
Double-edge safety razor blades undercut all of the fancy razor blades: 2¢ apiece or less!
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by eadmund 4y ago
> someone else unknowingly gives you a stock for free and then you sell it Lends it for a fee, right?
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by eadmund 4y ago
> WWI might reasonably be described as a "no matter how hard it is, no matter how long it takes" suicide pact by Europe's greatest nations and nobles, to destroy their own positions and prestige in the world. You’re quite
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by eadmund 4y ago
Is it all that different today? Today, one hires a lawyer to file a suit in civil court against someone; the other part hires his own legal counsel and they argue before a judge; ultimately the court renders judgement and then the winner e
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The Great Gatsby of Gold Took Their Millions – and Vanished(thedailybeast.com)
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by eadmund 4y ago
Was the U.S. before these KYC/AML laws (within our lifetimes) a high-crime/high-corruption country? If so, are the KYC/AML laws responsible for the reduction? If so, is the cost of these laws less than, approximately equiva
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Ask HN: 2023 Alternative to the Streisand Project
2 points by eadmund 4y ago|0 comments
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The Kremlin Has Entered the [Telegram] Chat(wired.com)
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by eadmund 4y ago
Have you tried wristers? They’re basically tubes for your upper hand, wrist and lower forearm, with a little slit for your thumb. By keeping the blood at the wrist warm they keep your hands much warmer than they’d otherwise be, while let
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by eadmund 4y ago
I like going outside. I must go outside to walk my dog, get my mail and go to church — all of which are outside. I like shopping for groceries and eating out, which means that I must move from my car to the building. Given that I
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by eadmund 4y ago
What is interesting to me is how much of that can be self-hosted, and how easily. An ops team is expensive, but so is $490/seat-month. Some of the things you mention are really easy to replace — I am thinking Git hosting locally, rep
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by eadmund 4y ago
> Maybe [you] just are getting old, and have different taste than what the movie/tv studios cater for today. But why don’t they cater to older folks? Typically, the further one progresses in one’s career, the more money one makes
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by eadmund 4y ago
The English word for the capital of the Ukraine (not ‘Ukraine’!) is ‘Kiev,’ just like the English word for the capital of Italy (not Italia!) is ‘Rome,’ not ‘Roma,’ or like the English word for the successor state to the Ottoman Empire is ‘
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by eadmund 4y ago
This reminds me a bit of a disfunctional relationship: clearly Sourcehut wants Google to stop DDoS their servers; clearly Google don’t actually want to DDoS Sourcehut, but Sourcehut also doesn’t want to ask Google to stop, and Google als
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Federal sentencing guidelines spell deep trouble for Sam Bankman-Fried(nationalreview.com)
9 points by eadmund 4y ago|1 comments
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by eadmund 4y ago
> Yeah it's basically impossible to max out 401k contributions unless you're rich or at least nibbling at the bottom edge of rich. https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employ... : ‘The limi
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by eadmund 4y ago
> If you don’t want any strings, then don’t ask for a handout from the taxpayers. Of course, being tax-exempt is the opposite of a handout from the tax payers : it’s exemption by the tax taker .
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by eadmund 4y ago
> In another month I'm betting they will be in 'set for life even if we make foolish choices' territory. I hope so, but it is amazing how quickly one can burn through money by making foolish choices. Or just being unlucky
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by eadmund 4y ago
Not just cigarettes — all tobacco products. How very appalling. Smoking is a human right. Pipes smell wonderful; tobacco generally tastes great and has a positive effect on one’s mood and attention. Sad day for New Zealanders.

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