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Show HN: Prism is an HTTP and WebSocket API Gateway(retransmit.io)
3 points by jeswin 6y ago|1 comments
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> From the OP: "On the other hand, we often hear reports of people uncovering old things that others had confidently predicted would never be found. Which makes many suspect widespread overconfidence in claims about what we know can
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by jeswin 6y ago
Love the isometric views. I was actually looking to build a similar diagramming tool (but for a different usecase). Do you mind sharing which libraries/tools you've used here? If you're looking to productize this in future, b
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I have mixed feelings about exposing features to users without a clear demarcation of what's included in the current plan and what's not - and then auto upgrading if they haven't paid attention to email notices. I think I&#x2
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by jeswin 6y ago
Mozilla must put the advocacy bits aside and focus on the core product. Perhaps the problem with a non-technical CEO is that the advocacy and new shiny stuff is given as much importance as the invisible (and insanely complex) work that make
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by jeswin 6y ago
Samsung, LG, many Chinese TV and mobile phone manufacturers etc. Samsung was a contributor to the Servo project, but I'm not sure to what extent they were helping.
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Here's something many HNers might be unaware of. China has several App Stores for Android, but only Chinese companies are allowed to list apps. Yup, completely closed to outside competition. The only appropriate response really is to c
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> Seriously - go criticize her for her salary, or failure to execute ... I am well aware of her tenure and good work at Mozilla (from public sources). The argument I was making was that the failure to execute is correlated with not under
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My point is that since Mozilla is a technology product company, she will have to rely on advice (from within Mozilla) to make the most important strategic decisions for the company. As a CEO, that's a huge handicap. Mozilla needs a CEO
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by jeswin 6y ago
I know (I'm also up-voting you). But here's an example: Mozilla folded part of the Servo team into the Mixed Reality team earlier, and now they have been let go. Many people (incl me) thought that an efficient engine such as Servo
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by jeswin 6y ago
How does Mitchell Baker, who has a BA in Chinese studies and a Law Degree, know which divisions to axe? Mozilla is a deeply technical company doing work on compilers to internet standards - does the CEO understand the company's core te
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That's not accurate [1]. In the 60s and for most of the 70s, the Soviets were far behind in bombs and delivery systems. Many sources say that the US vastly overestimated the size of the Soviet arsenal at that time - and hence was very
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by jeswin 6y ago
> it would destroy basically every corporate performance metric their executive team has for some time and this is ultimately how their bread is buttered. Interesting how Microsoft's President called for a Hippocratic oath for engin
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by jeswin 6y ago
>If China lets HK go independent.. But HKers aren't even asking for full independence. They want to retain the democracy and freedom they've had so far. And the parallels with Soviet Union's collapse is debatable. At that
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by jeswin 6y ago
> Calling customer care is possible but if they ask for verification then again you don’t have your phone. Card blocking is easier with phone calls. With most banks, there's a direct option right at the start via IVR - the operator
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> The entire western world should treat China exactly the same way China treats them. You could use "democratic nations" instead of western world. I agree with you otherwise. What will a dictatorship do if it had hundreds of bi
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by jeswin 6y ago
This is about being able to use the language/framework you already know to compile to pure native binaries (like Rust, but with GC). It's a big deal since it makes C# viable in places where it isn't currently, like a lot of G
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by jeswin 6y ago
> We usually deploy on Windows for on-prem services, and on Linux for cloud services. Which makes a lot of sense. AWS Windows machines cost ~50% more compared to Linux boxes. I was quite surprised at Windows pricing actually; that made i
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by jeswin 6y ago
Sorry, I can't recall where I read the 5% number, but here's a study which investigates the impact: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/cooldc16/cool... They put it at somewhere betw
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by jeswin 6y ago
My information is second-hand (I am a software guy); so feel free to correct me here for the benefit of other readers. But here's a study which arrives at a number between 3-10%: https://www.usenix.org/system/files
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by jeswin 6y ago
> extraordinary processing speed options that are orders or magnitude faster than any other laptop If ARM-based chips can be "orders of magnitude" faster than x86, they'll already be dominating datacenters. The performance
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by jeswin 6y ago
> Millions of peace activists—including my self—would love to see it abolished. I wonder how Europe will respond when the next Crimea happens? Or if Taiwan gets attacked. It's a real question, and I'd love to hear from a peace-
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Show HN: Basho.js – Use JavaScript in your shell scripts(bashojs.org)
5 points by jeswin 6y ago|1 comments
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I don't find this surprising at all. Uber operates across 5 dozen countries (or more) each with different regulations and offerings. For instance, in India you get autorickshaws (called "Autos" sometimes) in addition to cabs
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by jeswin 6y ago
> this may be hard for many IT types to comprehend Save the condescension, this wasn't written by an 'IT type' or published on a tech journal. All industries that got disrupted by more modern technology came up with argume
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by jeswin 6y ago
I was initially very thrilled about LXD (lexdee) when they made the initial announcement - because it specifically said [1]: "We’re working with silicon companies to ensure hardware‐assisted security and isolation for these containers,
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by jeswin 6y ago
> BigTech has a huge yearly R&D budget. In fact, with two years’ worth of R&D, BigTech could recreate the Apollo program. Why? One could argue that advances in AI and Quantum Computing are at least as significant as landing on th
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by jeswin 6y ago
This is a great comment. But I think India will force companies to manufacture locally by having heavy tariffs in key sectors/components (which involve Chinese manufacturing), to offset cheaper production costs in China. It may not be
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by jeswin 6y ago
Caste system can find its roots in Hindu texts, although just like other religious texts it is possible to defend it interpretation. For example, Shambuka's story [1]. In any case, the only credible interpretation will be to see the i
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by jeswin 6y ago
And besides, we're talking about a supersonic aircraft with no prior platform to build this out of. Given the safety profile that will need to be proven, the schedule can't be taken seriously. It's harder than making a rocket

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