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811.
by leppr 8y ago
The "official" Typescript solution to variadic type parameters is to write a bunch of overloads covering the most frequent cases, e.g. from 1 to 5 parameters.
812.
by leppr 8y ago
Have a look at the typescript declaration for Node's util.promisify (sorry on mobile can't find it right now). It's something like 10 lines long and covers only a handful of cases. It's not something you'd want to f
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by leppr 8y ago
Clicking on a Discord message notification on the mobile app doesn't redirect you to the relevant chat, it just opens Discord at your last location. On the Linux desktop app there used to be many times it would get stuck on the loading
814.
by leppr 8y ago
And yet open source solutions seem way less popular on mobile than their desktop equivalents. Seems more like a justification for passive acceptance to me.
815.
by leppr 8y ago
You could say the same thing about the term "conspiracy theorist". It's just more convenient to label opposing voices with a single, derogatory connotated, term. Especially when the aforementioned group is comprised of many g
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by leppr 8y ago
Used to be the case with Google Maps as well, Chrome user agent would get you served with a faster version. The worst I've seen though isn't by Google themselves. It's user-agent whitelisting on other web sites, that think it
817.
by leppr 8y ago
Maybe you have a bias because of your favorable financial situation (which is normal in here). For most people in the world, a reliable $10/month to cover their Netflix subscription or buy them a meal would be something they'd be
818.
by leppr 8y ago
If I didn't have to worry about security, yes. So a system that sold my data for me while keeping it private, I would use. Same deal with AI assistants or Facebook-like social networks, I would use them if there was a way to check that
819.
by leppr 8y ago
> I’m curious as to what incentive people would have to provide their data to a public network. When people talk about combining AI and Blockchain that's very often the exact problem they think Blockchain can tackle: programmatic tr
820.
by leppr 8y ago
Indeed, seeing stuff like: > "Facebook refuses to classify fake news as a violation of its rules" used as a denunciation in a mainstream news site, is quite disturbing to read in 2018.
821.
by leppr 8y ago
What a Crypto Currency needs too is price stability, and that isn't tackled by XRP, nor can it be added to it since it has no smart contract capability. So you sacrifice decentralization for only one of the necessary characteristics of
822.
by leppr 8y ago
Message signing with CryptoCurrency wallets (especially those that integrate with the browser like web3.js compatible ones e.g. Metamask), might be a good avenue in the future, as these tools may become widespread for other reasons, yet als
823.
by leppr 8y ago
You still have your Bitcoin Cash dont you ? Trading is high-risk, you have to learn to recognize pump-and-dumps yourself, because they're gonna happen whether they're organized by the exchange or not.
824.
by leppr 8y ago
Your conclusion is fair, but at the same time, a certain number of these "minor variations" will one day be assembled into something just as revolutionary as Bitcoin and Ethereum were. If I had to guess I'd say some technolog
825.
by leppr 8y ago
Filecoin, Bluzelle, Sia, Genaro, Arweave, are projects that try to solve trustless decentralized storage. Most use blockchain as the incentive and accountability layer only, files aren't stored directly on the blockchain. (Of these pro
826.
by leppr 8y ago
Actually, " Distributed trust ", if the distribution is wide enough, enables " Trustless transfer of value and information ". For me that's a clearer way to think about its potential. Number one problem it solves
827.
by leppr 8y ago
There are still heaps of tiny but useful utility functions in Lodash (`fromPairs`, `takeWhile`, ...). Sure those are trivial to code yourself, but with recent bundlers' tree-shaking abilities, it's just better practice to import a
828.
by leppr 9y ago
The challenge here seems to be making a decentralized social network, where users truly own their data. This is a very hard tech and UX design problem, and hasn't been satisfactorily implemented yet.
829.
by leppr 9y ago
You would not trust a cryptographic system to manage your cryptographic keys? And you think regulations are set in stone with no room for innovation? Empty, politically motivated arguments.
830.
by leppr 9y ago
No, there is a lot of original research on decentralized systems and consensus happening thanks to cryptocurrencies. It's just surprisingly hidden compared to ML research and other popular buzzword areas. Maybe the noise from scammy IC
831.
by leppr 9y ago
There's no relationship with Firefox. A better comparison would be between Brave and a vanilla Chromium + uBlock.
832.
by leppr 9y ago
Just a theory with strong anecdotal evidence from my experience: web devs may often be hired for their UI design skills even if their programming abilities are low (they're simply "coders") and then given tasks that don'
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by leppr 9y ago
A big part of it might be the latency. I'm on an Asus ultrabook (UX430) with a pretty wide, smooth clickable touchpad, but I still don't use it much because it has a noticeable latency that makes it very frustrating to use compare
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by leppr 9y ago
It's been known for years that Apple is actively against freedom of speech when it comes to its marketplace. Why would you expect it to make an exception for China ?
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by leppr 9y ago
Why would a "smart home" need to interact with the outside world? Most applications cited in the story certainly don't require it, and if they do, there's no technical reason they need to be connected directly to the int
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by leppr 9y ago
Personally : I don't really care about any of those features, what I'd need to use this service everiday is simply a more polished UX (unnecessary no-timeout notifications, the kg-lb thing, etc).
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by leppr 9y ago
Yea but what's the incentive for Google ? They are a player in this space as well, and if anything they seem to want to scale up (Youtube Red, etc). (And suddenly, people remember how monopolies hurt consumers and regret giving Chrome
838.
by leppr 9y ago
Isn't this a satire website? The next article is named "Leaving the fridge door open to halt global warming".
839.
by leppr 9y ago
Well if that can end the confusion caused by all these fake news and trolling on social media, I'm all in. Plus last week's attacks really reminded me of how dangerous the world can be, hopefully the new internet will catch more t
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by leppr 9y ago
I would (without asking for it directly) gauge the already present diversity in the IT teams , by arranging to visit the offices during working hours. Emphasis on in the IT teams , because from my personal limited experience, gender diver

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