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I use NIX for this nix-shell -p go_1_17 Pops a native shell on my system with Go installed. Nothing else on my system is affected.
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By the same logic there should be no software engineers speaking up about the dangers of social media or aggressive user tracking. Is that the case?
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> Zooko’s Triangle https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooko's_triangle
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I work with blockchain, but I stay the hell away for anything related to selling tokens or investing for future , sadly that excludes 95% of the blockchain world as it is today. But in that 5% there’s some really promising awesome projects.
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I agree with your thank you! But for the sake of discussion… can you really say they are not tracking your every move, cross-referencing with other sources and selling your data? I don’t think you can. All you can say is they are not using
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I had no idea and just searched online. Looks like HBO is no longer working on it: https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/qujstr/hbo_max_... > The reason you haven’t heard about it is because th
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Nah.. I’ve had it disabled for years and still receive daily recruiter email. Amazon is definitely the most frequent in the bunch, has been for years. At least 1-2 nice customized email a month.
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> incredibly painful Now, now… calling extra security steps for online purchases ‘extremely painful’ and ‘economically detrimental’ seems a bit excessive. In fact, I think these steps may be there just to make people feel more secure ab
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Backup using rsync.net special Borg pricing 100GB for <$20/year https://www.rsync.net/products/borg.html
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Ask HN: Programming and Educational Games for Kids
4 points by mprime1 5y ago|4 comments
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I transitioned from employee to freelance in 2021, I’m having no problem finding work. I don’t know how much of my situation applies to you but here it goes.. Throughout the last 10 years working as employee I regularly interviewed with com
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Paxos made simple is a human-friendly condensed recap of the original Paxos paper which came with a 20-page TLA+ spec. As one can imagine, shrinking something down and making it easy is a lossy process. The text of the ‘recap’ paper can be
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Same here. Loved my years at Netflix. Great colleagues building robust systems and management is there to help. If I were to ever go back to big tech, this is where I would try first.
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Real world situation that is very similar to this: you send a friend a few bits (a seed) they plug it into Minecraft and the both of you can play in the same exact yet practically infinite world. That is possible due to the shared randomnes
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Some universities and schools offer accent reduction classes, for example Stanford’s ‘ Accent Reduction for Non-Native Speakers of English’, which is available as a remote class for anyone. Any English school or coach can also help.
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It exists: https://joinpeertube.org/
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Two questions that the page didn’t answer: - can this import and sync my bank/credit card transactions? - what is an entity (“150 free entities”)
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I’m also 30-something and 6 months into a sabbatical after 10 years working in ‘big tech’. It’s been a lot more stressful and busy than I had anticipated but ultimately a great learning experience. I may go back to a paid position at the en
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Seconded. I recommend watching his seminar recording on YouTube before going through the book.
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Ah! You are right. https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/this-scannable-nyc-bill...
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Ask HN: Favorite Mobile Git client and text editor?
1 points by mprime1 5y ago|0 comments
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One little yet effective way that works for me to keep work and play separate: during weekends or on holiday I switch to a different Apple Watch face. The brightly colored and minimal face reminds me it’s fun time every time I check my wris
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Ergodicity: The most over-looked assumption (neurabites.com)(neurabites.com)
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Then I recommend checking out the Indie web webring https://indieweb.org/webring
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What kind of “license” applies to this “source code”?
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Is it just me or it sounds dirty?
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Ask HN: How do you call a Git blog?
3 points by mprime1 6y ago|5 comments