javchz

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by javchz 5y ago
I remember one comment here in HN that mentioned how in the future society will be divided in those above and bellow the API. About the difference in quality of life of those that make the platform, and those that work for it, like the gig
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by javchz 5y ago
The Typeface work in NGE it's amazing. Despite using the most common typefaces, you can recognize the card titles as the "Evangelion Art Style" despite only using fonts, copywriting and layout as design elements. Plus I love
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by javchz 5y ago
Could be a lot of reasons: * There it's a strong "vendor lock" in DAWs (Studios don't like to invest in re-training their audio engineers) * Lack of a strong initial sponsor that creates momentum. * Codecs with patents t
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by javchz 5y ago
I'm not a huge fan of some decisions from Jack's administration at Twitter (like killing Vine and their AR projects, or hiding of the cron feed) but I admire his discipline to manage two companies that by their own should be monum
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by javchz 5y ago
A tradition for desktop software (mostly 3rd party) was to develop for "future hardware" from the moment you're developing, as Moore's law was a good rule of thumb to predict the future. But for reasons RAM and CPU perf
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by javchz 5y ago
I'm glad to hear this. But I'll wait a little bit before getting excited. The last independent repair program... was more a miss than a hit. I want to hope for the best, wanting this not to be just a PR move, but a genuine effort
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by javchz 5y ago
It's a gamble. Opportunity cost it's a real thing. The risk/benefit ratio will depend on the career. In IT, in a lot of jobs, you can have a competitive salary with Bootcamps and self-taught skills. Now ageism it's a thi
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by javchz 5y ago
That's the reason I jumped to the T430. Same CPU, but can get a 70++ battery for 6-9 hours worth of battery, but kinda the same concept. The only bad thing, you need to mod the keyboard for an t420 for the vintage thinkpad experience.
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by javchz 5y ago
I had the same worries as someone who with some luck will graduate in his 30s. I went back to college after dropping out when I was in my early 20s. Someone told me "You're going to be X+4 years in 4 years anyway, why not try achi
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by javchz 5y ago
Well, WhatsApp had to support exotic cases like BlackBerry, Symbian OS (Nokia), and Windows Phone. I will say, dealing with JS stacks, seems easy in comparison to mobile fragmentation from back then.
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by javchz 5y ago
A lot of people talk about serverless hosting like a new paradigm. But I will say the success of php was the huge amount of hosting providers where you send the files trough FTP, linked a domain and that's it, it's working. No Li
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by javchz 5y ago
To this day, HAL 9000 "Logic Memory Center" room is one of my favorite scenes from cinema, not only because being one of the more tense parts of the movie but the art direction. It's amazing how modern and cleans looks even t
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by javchz 5y ago
I can see your point in theory. But I find less "it's not repairable to protect you from thieves", and more in line with Apple wanting to sell you a new phone when you drop it, instead of repair it. I'm wanna thing there
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by javchz 5y ago
I wonder how the outcome of education will change with recorded classes in YouTube or things like Coursera, brilliant, Khan Academy in the long term. Self learning with the pandemic, stoped being optional for most children. One of the main
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by javchz 5y ago
A little bit... but more, in the lack of backwards compatibility. I get it, legacy systems are painful. But I could see the server depending on the client sending 2 variations. The modern one with new standards and heavy libraries, and a mi
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by javchz 5y ago
My main issue with this, it's how the "only one web engine" creates an unnecessary e-waste, creating artificially obsolete devices. I have an old iPad, I get that Apple doesn't want to support it anymore, fair enough. Bu
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by javchz 5y ago
The first thing I do with a Linux installation it's always add htop, and this it's the first time I feel the need to try something new in my routine.
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by javchz 5y ago
Looks ok, but generic enough to use it as a boilerplate for more add ons.
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by javchz 5y ago
Yeah, Custom ARM / RISC-V chips or even ASIC/FPGAs could start threatening x86/AMD64 for datacenters and "clouds" sooner than we think.
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by javchz 5y ago
Andy Hertzfeld it's probably for UI /UX what Dennis Ritchie was to programming, he is a genius mad respect for him... but, even for that time, that hustle culture sounds too similar to a compulsive gambler justifying himself becau
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by javchz 5y ago
I would say it's a bad idea depending on the job. Replacing an old plug for a new one with USB, sure why not DIYit. Messing around with the breaker panel to add an electric car charger or an HVAC connection, my recommendation would be
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by javchz 5y ago
Look you have a point, of course a bad DIY operation could be dangerous, but that's not what I'm referring to, or Right to repair it's. Imagine if your house, could only be repaired (electric, plumbing, etc) by one corporatio
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by javchz 5y ago
Yeah, here the main person affected it's the restaurant owner that rents the McD franchise. They are affected with downtime in one of their products, and can only hire 1 company to do the repairs, the one authorized by McD.
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by javchz 5y ago
This it's why the right to repair movment it's important. Should be seen as an add-on to anti-trust laws, not only consumer rights. When I saw the Harris video, I could only facepalm when I hear the "if any 3rd party (no matt
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by javchz 5y ago
In iOS or ipadOS browsers like chrome or Firefox are just visual skins of safari. The TOS for devs, doesn't allow them to use their own engine, only a webview
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by javchz 5y ago
What scares me about how proud are some people of toxic hustle culture. I get it, it's good to be passionate and work hard, but I'm sure there it's a sweet spot of diminishing returns where just keep working it's not wor
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by javchz 5y ago
Motorola had something like that, the Xoom phone, sadly failed. Samsung probably it's the closest thing, but it's still android with a PC shoehorn UI / UX.
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by javchz 5y ago
Japanese Software development it's a weird beast. On one side you have people that managed to squeeze the last bit of clock cycles and memory in video games in the 90s, without losing sight of the creativity and human interaction. And
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by javchz 5y ago
You could give Devs two options A) Give me X% of revenue, and I will give you free hosting of your app, and some form of promotion. B) No commission, but you host your own binaries. To be a valid installable app, you need to give me a hash
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by javchz 5y ago
Option A) In a lot of places, you're still connected in the grid. For the sake of argument let's say, you produce 5 Kilowatt-hour in the day, and only used 2 kWh. The other 3 kWh are sold to the grid in a positive balance for you

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