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by henvic 5y ago
> Fiat currencies administered by competent central bankers have the attractive feature that their governance can be used as a tool to cool excesses and calm panics when the credit cycle goes through its inevitable revolutions. No. Gold
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by henvic 5y ago
Tip: If you've only heard about generics, make sure to check out about fuzzing (*testing.F)!
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by henvic 5y ago
Funny thing: In the middle of January I ordered a Model 3, and the expected delivery was May/June. I really wanted it for around June, and not before, and I was told that it'd be fine, and not to worry because it wasn't going
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UTF-8 strings with Go: len(s) isn't enough(henvic.dev)
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by henvic 5y ago
I see no parameterized queries on the article. The title is misleading.
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by henvic 5y ago
Semver isn't designed for this, and this whole idea of automatically updating dependencies is awful. Don't do it. Use discretion when updating anything.
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by henvic 5y ago
I recognize that this might be a PITA, but for me there is no easy way out of problems related to major versioning, and the clear answer is sticking with version 0.x.x for a considerate amount of time. It seems people rush to publish versio
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by henvic 5y ago
> VPNs, with Wireguard I'd say: Tailscale. I'd also add Kafka for integrating different systems/databases, etc.
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by henvic 5y ago
Yes, and yes. To the point that it's mere noise compared to the waste and destruction of wealth caused by wars and conflicts caused by politicians. Economically speaking, the waste caused by the industrial-military complex worldwide is
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by henvic 5y ago
I love space exploration, so please don't take me wrong... I've got an unpopular opinion: For me, the state-sponsored space exploration of space (particularly, the Space Race) slowed down progress in the sciences and even for spac
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by henvic 5y ago
Wordle tomorrow: https://twitter.com/henriquev/status/1488304923607552009 lol
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by henvic 5y ago
No. This is a bad idea just like any other that involves taxing more for the sake of... well... anything. People would just have even another incentive to buy even more smuggled cigarettes.
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by henvic 5y ago
Any chance we can jump to the second part? I'm worried about poor crows smoking.
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by henvic 5y ago
It's crazy how so many people are terrified of civilians with powerful fully automatic weapons, while keeping eyes shut to the risk the military and state actors represent to society.
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by henvic 5y ago
> it's hard to feel much more free than that these days > You're on a schedule for sleep, meals and events, basically making no decisions, and without internet Not judging, but... Pick one?
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by henvic 5y ago
It can't be a store of value when there it represents no value whatsoever. It is an instrument of speculation only. https://henvic.dev/posts/bitcoin
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by henvic 5y ago
I agree it comes from a place of privilege, but ain't it true, though?
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by henvic 5y ago
Because the state was never about making things easier for people.
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by henvic 5y ago
Turns out that my mind is still stuck in 2019. The year is also wrong (2020).
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by henvic 5y ago
oh, I missed the "second half".
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by henvic 5y ago
No mention of freenode going rogue, and Libera Chat?
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by henvic 5y ago
2038 is coming. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
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by henvic 5y ago
oh man, had he predicted that a lot of people would be going nuts on digital stamps that might be copied for free, that'd be hilarious...
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by henvic 5y ago
And the outcome is completely useless.
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by henvic 5y ago
I despise proof-of-work exactly for this reason. https://ccaf.io/cbeci/index https://henvic.dev/posts/bitcoin/#energy-hog
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by henvic 5y ago
If this hearsay were the case, it wouldn't be the business of anyone beyond Google and Apple stockholders. Antitrust legislation is awful, and only works jeopardizes competition despite supposedly helping it.
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by henvic 5y ago
To enrich the people selling digital tulips (or 256-colors GIFs, whatever you prefer). Just like Bitcoin... https://henvic.dev/posts/bitcoin/
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by henvic 5y ago
Probably being an early adopter and cashing out before it's too late lol
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by henvic 5y ago
It's a privilege and luxury to have this kind of flexibility? Yes, and that's a good thing! If anything, we should aim to betterment for our lives, and I bet nowadays many people browsing this website have this. In the future, eve
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by henvic 5y ago
Definitely. I'm into photography, although I'm not by any means an expert, and when I first saw this news I just ignored it thinking there were so much going on, and the cause might be anything simple, it didn't really spark

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