folkhack

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by folkhack 7y ago
> The "adverts" are benign. Right now it says to check out microk8s and also to look at livepatch. My distro shouldn't be advertising to me. Call me "old school" but this has no place in Linux. Also, if you&#x2
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by folkhack 7y ago
I've done it in the past but I'll admit it's been years since I've used it. The cloud sync thing works just fine for me and fits well with the subscription model etc. Looks like they may have gone off the deep-end with t
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by folkhack 7y ago
Gotcha - it's times like that that I go with an old-fashioned raw HTTP request and parse it with a DOM parsing engine. Sometimes the "web-facing API" (so-to-speak) is better than the official API. Super cool project!
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by folkhack 7y ago
Looking at the API request counter/how it renders it seems like you're pinging the API for every news item? 43 for just the "news" and "show" sections seems pretty high. If that were the case I'd be worrie
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by folkhack 7y ago
I'm with you that the defaults aren't my favorite... but as a heavy Sublime user I was able to migrate the bindings over that made sense to me... Intellij products are insanely configurable. Also - I would either use their cloud s
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by folkhack 7y ago
> Does writing backend Javascript mean you're a better developer? Absolutely not. But as someone who does write backend Javascript I don't tolerate Microsoft development tooling because I don't tolerate Microsoft. Peri
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by folkhack 7y ago
> Please, don't judge what others (dis)like and make sweeping generalizations. It's still adware/spyware if you're not running a LTSC/LTSB build of the software. I'll judge it all I like: Windows 10 is what
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by folkhack 7y ago
> I think a lot of the rip is from WordPress generally being insecure. That too - I put adware on my wp-admin pages in the same boat. I've seen the JSON publishing route and I'm not 100% impressed with how it operates. In most
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by folkhack 7y ago
I agree and disagree all at the same time ha... > I personally would prefer WordPress to allow whoever wants to make an app and give the users the responsibility to choose what to add and what not I'm totally with you but that assum
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by folkhack 7y ago
When people rip on WordPress development this is the sorta crap they're talking about. In many ecosystems this would warrant the plugin getting pulled from the ecosystem but WP just lets it fly.
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by folkhack 7y ago
I'd say don't use it until there are more than two contributors. The last thing you want to do is rely on something like this without support. Tightly binding dynamic logic in your HTML like this would be something I'd see as
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by folkhack 7y ago
Totally agree but the thing is it's a TON of sophistication to pull that off and block proactively to the point that I'd say the only people who employ methods like that are Amazon (that I've encountered). Typically when you
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by folkhack 7y ago
This is an excellent question! When it comes to a web "interaction" there's a ton of differences depending on the job at-hand. If it's jumping on a Nike drop you're not going to run into those sort of methods where-
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by folkhack 7y ago
I'm an open book! Ask any question that you would like! Here's the thing - all of this info is out there (largely in other HN threads on this topic) and I'm nothing special in my field-of-knowledge ;) I'm confident if pe
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by folkhack 7y ago
Yep - and as someone who's ran a lot of conversion-based online solutions this is 100% true. Even when you account for automated sign-ups etc. the inclusion of a CAPTCHA will ding your rates.
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by folkhack 7y ago
Answered further up in the thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21631112 It's a cat and mouse game for sure, but the answer is usually nothing if the person is sophisticated enough. You can only increase the di
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by folkhack 7y ago
I sorta disagree on this being tribal knowledge - a lot of this stuff is out there if you're willing to dig a bit. Tons of it comes down to network reputation and having a legitimate-looking bot. If you're scraping at scale it&#
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by folkhack 7y ago
It increases the barrier and cost for sure! But the thing is if you get someone who's even remotely sophisticated we can get past this sorta stuff in short order. For something that's highly desirable like tickets, Nike drops, or
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by folkhack 7y ago
At this time - I honestly don't know. Even the reputation-based stuff is laughable and one can hide a Puppeteer instance with good originating networks, and spoofing a ton of details in the browser. Even if that's a no-go you can
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by folkhack 7y ago
As someone with lots of anti-anti-botting knowledge - both are ineffective. Even if it's a "global rate limit" I'll find out the value (never ran into someone randomizing it) and jump on the web request faster than anyon
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by folkhack 7y ago
> The ergonomic improvement over its predecessor, Prototype.js, was remarkable. It was night and day... I'd also throw MooTools in there too. Not to throw them under the bus as they were baby steps in the right direction. But, jQuer
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by folkhack 7y ago
Corrected! Thanks for the heads up!!
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by folkhack 7y ago
Ah thanks for the correction! Edited my comment for accuracy =)
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by folkhack 7y ago
An unsung hero of mine is John Resig... hear me out - TONS of stuff that jQuery had became mainstream over the years, and I think it did a lot to popularize things like AJAX which led to much more dynamic web experiences. It was the first l
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by folkhack 7y ago
Flat design I'd say is the closest, although there's a ton of ways you could describe this. I'd also describe it as minimalist + a strong focus on readable typography with space to "breathe". Other sites like Digita
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by folkhack 7y ago
It is a complete lack of empathy to ignore the fact that people learn at different paces, and in different ways. Where I struggle, others succeed and vice versa. The last thing I want to do is have an attitude of "ONLY THE HARDCORE SUR
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by folkhack 7y ago
Effectively I'm supposed to start someone off with expert tooling and security knowledge so they don't end up blowing themselves up on ... well... Anything? In my experience all of this knowledge happens "on a journey" v
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by folkhack 7y ago
I'd respectfully disagree with this one unless the steep learning curve is a requirement to the task at hand. I mentor/teach with an "ability outwards" approach... ie: I want to get my students a simple capability first,
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by folkhack 7y ago
> "it's generally wrongheaded to tailor Linux defaults to new users" > "I think accounting for beginners is important!" I read this as two conflicting statements. > But I don't think using crippled def
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by folkhack 7y ago
I think this is one of the best things you can do to make the Linux CLI more accessible. I love vim for a lot of reasons but when I'm mentoring someone who's just starting out I skip straight past it for nano because I don't

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