misterbwong

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by misterbwong 4y ago
Add me to the chorus of people that are impressed/scared by spammers. In a previous life, I worked at a semi-well-known auto publisher site where scammers literally stood up a copy of almost _the entire site_ (ads, functionality, and a
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by misterbwong 4y ago
The reason people in power don't care about design is because good design is hard to quantify and thus hard to justify effort and/or expense. The results of bad design (i.e. takeoff power from grandparent) are much easier to quant
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by misterbwong 4y ago
For software, the usefulness in Gantt charting seems to lie in the visualizing and mapping project dependencies and rough ordering of milestones. Where most get it wrong is in believing that the date at the end of the chart is anything more
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by misterbwong 4y ago
My friends and I love playing jackbox games. Great job!
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by misterbwong 4y ago
I really do feel like AR is the future, moreso than VR. As technologists we have a tendency to want to build our own world instead of integrate into the real world. It's understandably easier/cleaner, but it strips out all the ri
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by misterbwong 4y ago
Maybe I'm getting old but I want a game that brings real people together. There are more than enough "get everyone together virtually" games. I want a game that actually reinforces the social fabric instead of simulates it. S
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by misterbwong 4y ago
I seriously hope MSFT is committed to pushing Blazor. It's has the potential to stand above the other "unified back end front end" technologies. Unfortunately Blazor hype has really died down the last couple of years and I&#
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by misterbwong 4y ago
"Having used NoScript with temporary allowances, it's glaringly obvious how much of the web doesn't show anything without JS enabled. If there's a trend to not make everything render on the client, I'm not not
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by misterbwong 5y ago
Isn't this basically fast with a different name?
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by misterbwong 5y ago
Sadly, I'm with you on this. My immediate reaction after reading that quote was "Who decides what constitutes well-being?" Unfortunately, the answer is whomever is in power.
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by misterbwong 5y ago
We should probably reserve judgement until the author reveals more details about the things they were doing on the app store. The article is suspiciously light on details on what exactly they were doing that could have justified it, citing
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by misterbwong 5y ago
I think that's the point. Schema migration is traditionally a _very_ risky thing but they're trying to make it come off as "safe", if you're a PlanetScale customer.
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by misterbwong 5y ago
The branded keyword game is very sneaky, though, and one place where google can (and does) make a killing. The trick is, if you have a particularly strong or unique brand, you can count on being the number one organic result. HOWEVER, if co
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by misterbwong 5y ago
I hear you and I understand the technical aspects of it but I think you're making the false assumption that Google indexing == content is public. That may be the user expectation, but that doesn't mean it's true. Am I off ba
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by misterbwong 5y ago
I'm not quite understanding the logic here. Just because another customer (google) was given access, does that mean everyone should have it? Would you rather publishers give google private direct feeds to index?
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Steam Deck emulating switch with Yuzu and Ryujinx(archive.org)
3 points by misterbwong 5y ago|0 comments
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by misterbwong 5y ago
Concave key wells make the keys easier to reach and decreases the amount of finger/wrist travel. Key wells combined with the ability to adjust angle/tilt using tenting legs keeps your fingers and wrists in a more neutral position
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by misterbwong 5y ago
For anyone having RSI issues and considering upgrading to a split/ergo/ortho keyboard, I'd encourage you to look into the Advantage360[1], Glove80[2], and ZSA Moonlander[3] in addition to this one. - Advantage360 - Pros: Conc
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by misterbwong 5y ago
Unfortunately I don't see a good solution either. Large direct to consumer business models like SaaS or subscriptions are really only sustainable at scale, and even then it's dicey. In a SaaS model, the big fish win and we lose th
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by misterbwong 5y ago
Called it [1]. It's a cat-and-mouse game and, unfortunately, advertising is just _that_ lucrative. Privacy-minded browsing will help those that care (for now...), but that's an unsustainable option with the current monetization
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by misterbwong 5y ago
Cue the famous Jim Barksdale quote: "There’s only two ways to make money in business: One is to bundle; the other is unbundle"
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by misterbwong 5y ago
Also interested in this and also very sad every time we need to leave Taiwan! I've always liked the idea of moving to Taipei though the summer weather does dampen my enthusiasm :D
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by misterbwong 5y ago
The real problem in monolithic codebases isn't that it's large and needs to be separated- it's that the pieces are logically coupled. Microservices force you into separation but do not force decoupling.
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by misterbwong 5y ago
I personally don't but one look at wordle and you'll see that there are a lot of people that actually do :D
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by misterbwong 5y ago
Cool game! I know you're trying to keep it simple but a couple suggestions that might help and won't increase game complexity too much: 1. Add a share button to share your score 2. Add a timer component (can be hidden). It
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by misterbwong 5y ago
Don't forget the biggest challenge: network effects. FB is a competitor here. Many people use their FB feed to post interesting URL's and comment on them.
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by misterbwong 5y ago
Having been _exactly_ where you've been a couple different times I can assure you that things can & will get better, if you let them. It's really up to you to learn and work within the system or to begrudge it. No judgement e
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by misterbwong 5y ago
Agree. IMO modularity/coupling is the main issue. My issue w/ the microservice architecture is that it solves the modularity problem almost as a side effect of itself but introduces a whole host of new ones that people do not ant
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by misterbwong 5y ago
You're right to point out the difference between conversational and writing skills. However, generally engineers tend to overvalue technical skills and undervalue soft skills. IMO engineering orgs tend to set the bar really high for te
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by misterbwong 5y ago
Why not something like the LG 27UK500-B on Amazon? 4K with 3:2 aspect ratio at ~$350

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