paulddraper

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   by paulddraper 3y ago

   > should the government tell you what websites to visit? *should the government tell websites to require age verification? Governments require that for in-person adult entertainment, should they require it for remote as well?
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   by paulddraper 3y ago

   For sure it's quid pro quo. That's the definition of any business transaction :) But can you elaborate how in-kind investment is anti-competitive?
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   by paulddraper 3y ago

   > parents, not the government, should make decisions Now do alcohol, cigarettes, adult bars
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   by paulddraper 3y ago

   What makes it galaxy brain vs normal brain?
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   by paulddraper 3y ago

   And yet it is.
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   by paulddraper 3y ago

   Instagram gives you like half a scroll. Facebook is more generous.
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   by paulddraper 3y ago

   > I already didn’t want a Facebook account just to see a businesses specials Hopefully this will make that problem less prevalent.
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   by paulddraper 3y ago

   USV has a mountain of problems. And really is in search of a problem to solve.
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   by paulddraper 3y ago

   But I love reproducing 1990s network topologies in AWS VPC.
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    by paulddraper 3y ago

    Structure concurrency is to concurrency what structured program control are to program control. I.e. unstructured concurrency is like GOTOs. Not necessarily wrong, but certainly nerve-wracking.
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    by paulddraper 3y ago

    > their original intent was to prevent shoddy workmanship from creating hazardous conditions And therein lies the difference...a building collapsing will kill its tenants. Software collapsing will make someone late for dinner. When softw
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    by paulddraper 3y ago

    > there are no building codes for software There are all sorts of standards...ODBC, SOC II, ISO 27001, POSIX, Unicode, HIPAA, ISO 8601, SOAP, GDPR, JSON-API, W3C, OCI, etc. Codes coming out the ears.
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    by paulddraper 3y ago

    If they're "coincidental" you missing the point, and not doing them right.
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    by paulddraper 3y ago

    (commenter meant to say exactly once)
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    by paulddraper 3y ago

    They abstraction being the universe.
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    by paulddraper 3y ago

    Java and ActionScript -- though technically not supported out of the box -- had practically full support.
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    by paulddraper 3y ago

    > another language With the property of verifiably correct behavior > compiler plugin A number of languages allow it (Haskell being the most prolific example, but also Java, Scala, gcc, many others)
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    by paulddraper 3y ago

    It's effectiveness depends on there being nothing on the other side.
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    by paulddraper 3y ago

    What's very cool about it?
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    by paulddraper 3y ago

    > If you are already familiar with other static site generators, check out the comparison with Hugo, Zola, and Jekyll. [1] You may also want to read the FAQ. [2] [1] https://soupault.app/tips-and-tricks/comparison&#x
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    by paulddraper 3y ago

    The HN effect https://soupault.goatcounter.com/
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    by paulddraper 3y ago

    How does tar take 4.7s in the benchmark, but Pack takes 1.3s (and 1/7th the size)? That seems fishy...
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    by paulddraper 3y ago

    Brilliant
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    by paulddraper 3y ago

    It's like 3x not 30x but yes same skepticism
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    by paulddraper 3y ago

    How many sqlite implementations are there? Do you need to generate sqlite bindings for every language/runtime? E g. Cloudflare workers
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    by paulddraper 3y ago

    > Yes, you can call it "pure python" if it compiles to something else There is an idea that "pure python" means python + python runtime. For example, pg8000 is a "pure python PostgreSQL driver", but psycopg
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    by paulddraper 3y ago

    What do you use for the frontend?
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    by paulddraper 3y ago

    It has WebSockets so it at least avoids TCP/TLS connection overhead. But yeah, that's the downside of any thin client.
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    by paulddraper 3y ago

    > Implying it's some sort of a "hard currency" or can be used to compare prices of goods/services/housing over long periods of time is just absurd. It goes up and down, but it's the most stable denomination
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    by paulddraper 3y ago

    Sort the issues by # of reactions, and then read the top few. Just like reading Amazon reviews. See what people are complaining about and then answer whether you care about those things