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by hippich 5y ago
Am I reading it correctly? `const name = readline()` is blocking? Or it is some kind of async/promise?
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by hippich 5y ago
The reason why at night, because it is not about killing/executing/etc, but about not letting the perpetrator to run away without consequences, which is very likely at night - hence the night provision.
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by hippich 5y ago
I did not read all responses, perhaps someone mentioned it already... It is not about execution or killing someone. In fact, the very first thing I was taught in the CHL class - never think about shooting someone as killing someone, but rat
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by hippich 5y ago
I can't know for sure, but I think person you are replying to meant that in a team lacking diversity (in this particular case, diversity of expertise) all solutions tends to receive same, less than optimal treatment no matter what. If
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by hippich 5y ago
I've solved serious problem using these two technologies, and it makes a significant impact right now. (sorry, can't discuss in more details). Sure LLVM or C pro will cringe looking at my code. But the business problem is solved,
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by hippich 5y ago
I am one of these python+go+javascript+perl+php folks (minus go and python)... Yet somehow I know about memory access and associated gotchas. I am even able to heavily modify, debug obscure C codebase. Even made my own LLVM pass that does q
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by hippich 5y ago
Last time I tried them, they still required phone number? If it is still the case, they did compromise on the users privacy.
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by hippich 5y ago
> we're all fighting against entropy, which is a hard fight to win, but there are long and fascinating stalemates ahead Lately, I think of entropy as a friend more than a foe. all of the examples of privatization of technology he br
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by hippich 5y ago
Rating is based on other stuff, not reviews. I think rating is based on rate of complains being marked as "solved" and also whatever else going on with the company (in case of Amazon, FTC's investigation affected the rating)
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by hippich 5y ago
Never tried it - but does complaining through Yelp gets problem solved? (I used BBB a couple times and each time I was able to get business to do the right thing, where they would ignore me otherwise)
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Amazon.com BBB Business Profile(bbb.org)
21 points by hippich 5y ago|12 comments
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by hippich 5y ago
Any links on reading it up with specifically android in mind? Or maybe you can make a blog post about it? :)
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Backblaze IPO(sec.gov)
428 points by hippich 5y ago|285 comments
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What Pricing Performs Best?(get.bandcamp.help)
1 points by hippich 5y ago|0 comments
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by hippich 5y ago
I have come to a conclusion lately that there is no free lunch. You either optimize and increase risks (of system becoming monopoly like rail roads in the past, or busting like mortgage companies in 2007-8, government becoming tyranny, some
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China Orders Top Energy Firms to Secure Supplies at All Costs(bloomberg.com)
3 points by hippich 5y ago|0 comments
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In Reconciliation Bill: A Retirement Plan Mandate(forbes.com)
2 points by hippich 5y ago|0 comments
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Belarus’s ‘Cyber Partisans’ exposed secrets of Lukashenko’s crackdowns(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by hippich 5y ago|0 comments
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The hackers trying to bring down Belarus' disputed president(euronews.com)
3 points by hippich 5y ago|0 comments
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by hippich 5y ago
Just for a second try to consider that you can not have the full mental picture of another person (simply because it would at the very least require brain at least twice as big as you have right now). So yes, in general, one should be very
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by hippich 5y ago
> Stripe can easily lose very large amounts of money on individual accounts, and thousands of people try to do so every day. Not sure what case you refer to, but in our case someone was able to place multiple clearly (in my own hindsight
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by hippich 5y ago
> Someone once was arguing this point to me and I just had to drop the topic because it was such a baffling stance. It is also possible that two of you were arguing about different things despite seemingly talking about the same one. For
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Hackers are trying to topple Belarus’s dictator, with help from the inside(technologyreview.com)
7 points by hippich 5y ago|2 comments
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by hippich 5y ago
similar thing happens in Austin, TX area. It took me several months to find a general contractor to just give me an estimate for the repairs (and he charged quite a lot for just that)
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No, You Can’t(web.archive.org)
3 points by hippich 5y ago|1 comments
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by hippich 5y ago
Interestingly, if my calculations are correct, a 1kWh car lead acid battery costs $80+tax retail - https://www.autozone.com/batteries-starting-and-charging/bat... Obviously, besides batteries, you need other components
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Robinhood vs. Coinbase: The Coming Clash(decrypt.co)
2 points by hippich 5y ago|0 comments
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by hippich 5y ago
This kind of scam was happening on Amazon for at least couple years if not more. So it is not even new/original.
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by hippich 5y ago
Speaking from the experience - listing can be hijacked even if it has a brand registered trademark. These hijackers, rumored, are bribing amazon insiders to change trademark on the listing and gain full editing access to it after change is
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by hippich 5y ago
When car exceeds a certain speed, it becomes impossible to control it reliably. That's why we have speed limits. Perhaps, we should have size limits for such platforms as well?

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