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by neallindsay 6y ago
Ruby is great for these kind of shenanigans: https://github.com/searls/emoruby I worry about the cultural hegemony of the English language. Projects like this are interesting, but I don't see a world where they ov
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by neallindsay 6y ago
> Aren't a huge part of tests to prevent regression? Just a quibble: I would argue that a huge benefit of tests is preventing regression, but that's a very small part of the value of tests. The main value I get out of tests
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by neallindsay 6y ago
This is a very misleading title.
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by neallindsay 6y ago
The author imagines that the value of tests would be to detect errors the developer does not know about as they initially write the code. They are understandably skeptical that tests can provide that kind of value. In my experience, the &qu
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by neallindsay 6y ago
You can’t buy them - it’s more of a rental situation.
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by neallindsay 6y ago
"...revocation of the affected certificates is insufficient... Instead, it must be proven that all copies of the keys have been destroyed." Isn't the main reason you would want to revoke keys because they were disclosed, maki
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by neallindsay 6y ago
Follow the link to learn the conversion factor, stay for the dog/Tom Hanks comparison photos.
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by neallindsay 6y ago
This does a great job of putting evolution and geological time scales in perspective.
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by neallindsay 6y ago
"You were doing 65 in a 70" was probably a lie also: https://franklywrite.com/2020/06/01/a-white-woman-racism-and...
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by neallindsay 6y ago
Why wouldn't you just build your docker images targeting Arm instead of x86?
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by neallindsay 6y ago
U.S. leads most developed countries in voter suppression
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by neallindsay 7y ago
"Nobody listens to top 40 music - it's too popular." - Yogi Berra, probably
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by neallindsay 7y ago
I was confused by the title, since I set up a Sonos (Ikea) speaker recently and denied its location services request. Reading the article, it looks like the location access is required if you're on Android.
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by neallindsay 7y ago
Is this a troll question? It seems like you’re intentionally misunderstanding my comment. It’s the lower rate of teenage pregnancy that’s good.
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by neallindsay 7y ago
The article doesn’t do a good job of highlighting that the decrease in pregnancy is mostly (maybe entirely?) among teenage girls. Maybe kids today are having less sex or maybe they’re better at using birth control. Either way, this is a goo
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by neallindsay 7y ago
Audio quality on CDs is better than Vinyl (especially over time), but it’s not great . If you care about quality you’re downloading music anyway. But if you’re going to get something physical, you want it to look cool, and Vinyl beats CDs
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by neallindsay 7y ago
Also, is it journalistic best practice to put the only information that's not in the headline in the last paragraph of the story? That's the opposite of what I learned in school.
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by neallindsay 7y ago
Save you a click: They switched to core animation.
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by neallindsay 7y ago
According to that chart, interchangeable-lens cameras are holding steady. The 2019 entry is only for the first half of the year, so we can't draw any conclusions there (most camera sales come in the second half). Other than that it loo
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by neallindsay 7y ago
So, I think we shouldn't subsidize fossil fuels, but the headline is misleading. The article doesn't seem to give hard numbers, but it is comparing fossil fuel subsidies to federal education spending. I think that most governmen
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by neallindsay 8y ago
Then Apple would have to give up the truckloads of money they get from Google for making them the default search engine on Safari.
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by neallindsay 10y ago
I recommend Database Design for Mere Mortals https://www.amazon.com/Database-Design-Mere-Mortals-Hands-eb...
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by neallindsay 10y ago
Someone should change the title on the HN story - it's just straight-up false.
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by neallindsay 12y ago
Because undiscovered security holes in operating systems are so common, using any outdated OS quickly becomes like driving a Ford Pinto. Maybe you think your Pinto is "good enough", but taking it out on the road is dangerous to yo