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by mekkkkkk 9y ago
The word 'diva' originally described headline singers of opera. The "stars" of the opera world. Nowadays the word is used to describe someone who thinks highly of themselves, and think that their own needs or wants is mo
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by mekkkkkk 9y ago
In my experience, the tech crowd is pretty average when it comes to social media (ab)use.
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by mekkkkkk 9y ago
There is a Firebase API used by most HN apps. I recommend the Materialistic app if you are on Android.
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by mekkkkkk 9y ago
As soon as the markup reaches a certain level, the verbosity (closing tags in particular) of JSX benefits you more than the terseness of hyperscript. Of course you can argue that you should split your components into smaller chunks, but tha
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by mekkkkkk 9y ago
I've always held the belief that"reinventing the wheel" in this context is at worst a neutral thing. At best it is part of iterative progress. Perhaps the wheel itself is the same, but one small part could be slightly better.
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by mekkkkkk 9y ago
I was thinking the same thing. I don't see pirating as a sacrifice in quality. You reliably get 1080p releases of episodes as soon as they have aired, often with subtitles. What you sacrifice by pirating is a bit of conscience and (arg
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by mekkkkkk 9y ago
I don't really agree with that analogy. Dealing with hardware versus software is vastly different. Demanding driver updates from manufacturers, and then enforcing them onto users is real messy compared to changing an API (with reasonab
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by mekkkkkk 9y ago
Isn't the problem with Electron that any app built with it spawns a full browser runtime? Doesn't seem to be a problem if the app in question is in fact a browser. More like a necessity really.
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by mekkkkkk 9y ago
It would be interesting to have a browser where every part except the engine is an extension. I.e. hotkeys, address field, bookmarks and so on being standardized, replaceble extensions, run in a chromeless window. An infinitely hackable exp
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by mekkkkkk 9y ago
Sorry, I didn't word that correctly. I was referring to actually leaving the keys on the outside. What I was trying to get at is the mental image of a shady person skulking around in a backyard. I think many people have that sort of &q
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by mekkkkkk 9y ago
I think there is a disconnect in how techies and non-techies think about web security in general. To push your analogy further, the non-tech person thinks of this type of exploit discovery as if someone has trespassed onto their private yar
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by mekkkkkk 9y ago
"Painting" it in this case would be a flow chart thingie with an action leading to a decision tree with two outputs. Not extremely complex, and with a bit of practice and a good environment, it probably takes about the same amount
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Are you living in a simulation? (2003)(simulation-argument.com)
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by mekkkkkk 12y ago
To assign complete knowledge to someone in a thought experiment like this is to open a can of worms that leads to counter-intuitive conclusions. The subjective experience of color vision is based on physical truths that extend beyond theory