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by n_ary 8y ago
[ edit: I want to point out that at this point in time, captcha means reCaptcha and my comment is regarding that ] Good point. But I like to point out that, captcha is Ok, but need not be as complex and user hostile as reCaptcha! The "
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by n_ary 8y ago
Offtopic: PayPal shares more than we think it does. I've had issues where certain merchants asked me to confirm identity by sending copy of utility bill for address I had on PayPal account. I thought my address is private so sent a bil
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by n_ary 8y ago
Imho whiteboarding(solve this trick question by using well known algo/datastruct...) was introduced because when hiring fresh grads/no-experience people, one can not expect them to know enough about any language or any domain rela
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by n_ary 8y ago
This. Google just disables captcha immediately. Also I tried clicking the audio manually, it immediately disables with a notice that “we are getting .... please try again later”.
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by n_ary 8y ago
Thanks! Very interesting. I will try to get an Arduino and start from there :)
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by n_ary 8y ago
Off-topic: How do you use React with an embedded project? Do you host the web-ui somewhere else and then use data sent from devices to chart results? (most embedded applications I saw were doing auto-adjustment & anykind of output means
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by n_ary 8y ago
wow! Thanks for taking the time to explain. Your idea of stateless apps gave me a new perspective, something to try on next project. The article you mention should also be an interesting read. :)
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by n_ary 8y ago
Offtopic: I've never worked in anything that has > 100 (200 on good days) users. When you have >10k or 100k users, what really changes? Do you have to rewrite everything? Do you spin up more machines? Profile & optimise any&#
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by n_ary 8y ago
An aside: Some sites have recaptcha that solves in one try everytime while most will present 5-7 images. I’d assume that there is some sort of aggressiveness setting for it, which may be set to very high by default(benefits google I suppose
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by n_ary 8y ago
That is not an option anymore as all major services use captcha. Previously, I’d just delete my account/cancel subscription & reported my irritation with recaptcha, but now all major services I need to use are doing it, so no choic
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Ask HN: What are some small OSSs with clean and maintainable codebase?
2 points by n_ary 8y ago|0 comments
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by n_ary 8y ago
Not a problem if the version part is excluded. Golang uses similar imports(think all the github.com/user/package) and seems fine. But this could lead to a mess, as different files may end up using different version of same package
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by n_ary 8y ago
Nice! Is it a public bookmark aggregator or do you have private links? What are the use cases for this? I like the simplicity of this, ui is minimal and well done, works on mobile also. Note: Use LetsEncrypt or put it behind Cloudflare CDN+
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by n_ary 8y ago
Thanks for the kind words! So, in conclusion, any professional should try to pursue at least 3 primary goals: 1) makes enough money to live a decent enough life, 2) work on something that is enjoyable and 3) work should make the world a bet
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by n_ary 8y ago
Thanks! Web-dev appears to be quite popular(number of jobs are staggering). I understand that this is a blanket term which includes anything from putting together static html,css to large scale e-commerce with complex and robust systems. I
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Ask HN: Am I suffering sampling bias?
2 points by n_ary 8y ago|5 comments
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by n_ary 8y ago
You do realise that Netflix doesn't need to depend-on/load adverts and mass tracking scripts and given the company itself is tech based their sales doesn't get the mighty power to force their devs inserting x40 tracking/
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by n_ary 8y ago
Agreed. No dev in their right mind would intentionally attach these bloaty 20x more script spawny advert/trackers or put an irritating popup, most of these are signs that at some point in time, there was a bad decision and dev had a gu
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by n_ary 8y ago
More I read about AV, more I get the idea that, these AVs need to think to some extent like a human driver. My notion is that, these AV research focus blindly on making individual cars think too much. Am curious what happens if the thinking