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by holler 5y ago
Lots of people, and I think the narrative that they died when instagram copied stories is sort of bogus. I know way more people who use and have used snapchat than who use Twitter. - Millenial
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I'd recommend learning raw cloudformation first since it's the primitive cdk compiles to & being able to read/understand it will give someone full confidence of their stack.
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> You will be rejected literally by tens of potential sponsors until one says yes (hang in there!) That's not true at all, but it's a club with millions of people. Other than that appreciate your breakdown.
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What would be the use case for this?
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Why would they? What would they gain from that?
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> Unless you design from the ground up to avoid hot partitions How would you do that? Dynamodb is super cheap and fast to get going with so I use it frequently. In some ways a hot partition sounds like a quality problem!
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I learned a lot building https://sqwok.im and am currently building a brand new project using most of the same stack (use what you know!). The project calls for a consumer mobile app with an administrative web app. The stack: -
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by holler 5y ago
If you haven't check out ember-cli + ember.js latest Octane release. Full typescript support, thriving community, lots of companies using it, lots of active development.
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Agree with the core points, and it's not just Twitter these days. Perhaps some of it is in the name of spam prevention? But it's hard not to be turned off when every social site's mobile web url tries to get me to install an
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It wasn't great, but, it represented something different, and along with the hexagon map it added variety. Feels like there's much more room to get creative in terms of map shapes/obstacles/nuances.
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ooh never thought of this, 3 balls! like foosball
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Interesting, have they said much about that or when to expect it? I did like that game mode where the ball would gravitate towards the goal!
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One complaint I've had with RL recently is that it seems like they've put all their energy into new visuals and cosmetics while leaving the game mostly unchanged. The standard multi ranked map sometimes feels boring and I've
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by holler 5y ago
I'm the same way and I've had some of the most amazing conversations of my life with Uber drivers!
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Salient point about listening/reading their response, another tool in the social/life tool belt. Re: weather, its not really about that, it's just opening the door that more often than not leads to a pleasant, random conversa
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Learning to small talk is one of the most valuable skills a person can have in life and will allow you to connect with more people than you thought possible. It all starts with very basic cues and the great thing is you can practice each an
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awesome and great point, thanks for mentioning!
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> Anybody can write weird meaningless stream-of-consciousness stuff. By chance I'm working on a public discussion site and would love to have some stream of conscious discussion with you! https://sqwok.im
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> Questioning your own beliefs is absolutely terrifying I don't think it's terrifying at all, it's healthy. "Wrong think" is bad in your words.
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Is this satire?
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Yeah except those people don't intrinsically enjoy being attacked by bears despite that it will kill them, and the attacking bears aren't featured as a prominent aspect of the social fabric visible in everyday life, on nearly ever
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I know lots of ppl with years of sobriety through AA so I would say it does work for some. It existing as a choice free of charge around the world for ppl suffering is a good thing.
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What medical treatment? 12 step is fundamentally about community and connection (opposite of addiction), there is no pill that can give one that.
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by holler 5y ago
I was curious and indeed confirmed that ember.js/glimmer.js @tracked properties were inspired by MobX. From /u/wycats "The rule in Octane is: "mark any reactive property as @tracked, and use normal JavaScript for de
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by holler 5y ago
You're correct that it requires thick skin, but there is such thing as pushing too hard, and I've dealt with that personally when a close friend became almost aggressive in their viewpoint.
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bootstrapping a new social project is both new and challenging... had some slow down but appreciate the folks who've been supporting it so far
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I should have stated that! The conversations can tend to flow in abstract ways, but that's how chat sort of works? The general rule is that it's Ok so long as it comes back on topic, with the option to just create a new post. Will
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by holler 5y ago
Also check out Sqwok an alternative that's a sort of hybrid HN/Discord. https://sqwok.im/p/SJab4125ejWHMg edit: This is a site I'm developing that's meant to be be a place for topical conversation a
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What language/tech/frameworks would be your go-to for building an API today?(sqwok.im)
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Also had never heard of this and you're right they have great design! May get some inspiration from these.

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