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by osrec 6y ago
I don't think printing is a viable solution for most users. I'm guessing most would want to download the comment threads to their phone so they could read them later in situations where connectivity is patchy (eg train/plane
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by osrec 6y ago
> And then people stopped using PHP. Evidence? In my experience, PHP seems to be more in use now than ever.
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by osrec 6y ago
Agree. There are a lot of bad SPAs out there, but that's a testament to how easy they are to get started with and their popularity. That doesn't mean good SPAs don't exist - many do!
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by osrec 6y ago
I'd say a big part of the web is gaming, chatting, interacting. A lot of that content updates every few seconds. Without JS, websockets, ajax requests etc, do you suggest users load the entire page again whenever they want to see an up
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by osrec 6y ago
Threading could be clearer. Less data would need to be loaded on each page load. I can imagine that a lightweight SPA to handle the a few standard views (e.g. listItems, itemDetails, profile, changePassword, submit) would cut down data tran
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by osrec 6y ago
Did they stockpile remdesivir in the same quantities, given its actual efficacy?
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by osrec 6y ago
Another big reason is that developers want to deliver a specific user experience that is simply not possible with the default page loading functionality of most browsers.
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by osrec 6y ago
The way in which we consume and deliver via internet has moved on from the early days of the web. It's no longer just text, images and links. There's much more to it now, and SPAs are a reasonable step forward to providing richer
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by osrec 6y ago
This happened at a number of places I worked! In one case, we started with a monolith, broke it down to a service oriented architecture, realised the SOA was not scalable enough, so rebuilt the monolith. Good way to waste a couple of years!
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by osrec 6y ago
Not meaning to make sweeping generalisations, but in my experience, any company that mentions AI or machine learning too many times in there promo material seems to fall into the rather unfortunate categories of "working on something t
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by osrec 6y ago
I couldn't agree more. While GraphQL does allow you to be explicit about what you want from your backend, I've yet to see an implementation/solution that gives you back your data efficiently. If anything, the boilerplate actu
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by osrec 6y ago
Incredibly interesting. As an ex-banker, I've always thought our current money creation mechanism is a bit messed up. This is an interesting alternative. Questions from me: If someone wishes to make a payment, Offset will find the best
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by osrec 6y ago
Ah, so it's an absolute beast of a machine! I thought your response might have been pointing to additional efficiency in new hardware, but it's more that you have more powerful hardware.
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by osrec 6y ago
Out of interest, what spec are your servers?
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by osrec 6y ago
Ah, understood. So, almost like Java compiling a class to bytecode before running in the JVM?
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by osrec 6y ago
I'm no expert on compilers/interpreters, but wouldn't the added overhead of type checking cause things to slow down (genuine question)?
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by osrec 6y ago
Terribly engineered because it's not type checked, or for some other reason?
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by osrec 6y ago
Science, technology and politics have always been interlinked. If you look at history, it's how things have always been.
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by osrec 6y ago
I like the concept of Deno, and especially love the shift away from NPM. NPM was probably the main reason I never fully embraced node.js. I truly hated the bloat of the modules folder, and the impending fragility the dependencies would brin
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by osrec 6y ago
The amount of smoke and mirrors surrounding this entire case is incredible. It's sort of happening out in the open, with even the president seemingly involved to some degree, yet all details are conveniently hidden away. I'm expec
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by osrec 6y ago
Do you know what proportion is vehicle debt? If it's 90%, then you have a point. If it's significantly lower, then it's certainly questionable. Also, why redeem strategic debt due for 2021 so early?
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by osrec 6y ago
I also suggest you watch his live streams where he works on the electronics/avionics. It really helped me get back into electronics (albeit in a domain other than space). Very interesting, inspiring and he makes it seem so easy. Aside:
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by osrec 6y ago
Was it the inconsistent use of curly braces that made you comment on the code style?
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by osrec 6y ago
So do people just buy these to look cool? I tried using a Macbook many times, but often got frustrated and went back to my good old Linux laptop for development. Doesn't look quite as slick, but certainly gets the job done.
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by osrec 6y ago
Funnily enough, I remember talking to a historian who said centuries ago, reading a book was considered "mindless entertainment", much as we think about our smartphones now. Eventually, reading evolved into being considered someth
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by osrec 6y ago
Wouldn't it be amazing?! You could even have the browser allocate a volume or two for the container to use (with the user's permission, of course) to store data locally. And users could be allowed to adjust how much space the volu
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by osrec 6y ago
I don't disagree, but I think there may be better alternatives to Electron in the not so distant future. I don't think the concept of Electron is bad (i.e. one API regardless of the target platform), but the execution of that conc
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by osrec 6y ago
From a previous comment of mine: There is a need for native apps, however that need is shrinking and, in my opinion, will continue to do so. I also happen to think that's a good thing. The issue is that developing for a particular OS i
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by osrec 6y ago
There is a need for native apps, however that need is shrinking and, in my opinion, will continue to do so. I also happen to think that's a good thing. The issue is that developing for a particular OS is, generally, more difficult than
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by osrec 6y ago
Isn't that sort of OPs point? I.e. we treat gold as the datum (or ultimate asset) to measure everything else against?

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