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   by peterbecich 2y ago

   Steve Jobs himself restricted the iPad from his own children way back in 2010: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/fashion/steve-jobs-apple-...
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   by peterbecich 2y ago

   Promoting the certification would explain concealing the offending products. If CleanLabel reveals, it will discourage other companies from getting the certification. A lead test should be required by law i.m.o.
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   by peterbecich 2y ago

   In addition to those reasons, the pneumatic system was smaller than an equivalently powerful electric motor, at that time, so I've been told.
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   by peterbecich 2y ago

   Two thumbs up for the Iris keyboard, typically purchased as a kit: https://keeb.io/collections/iris-split-ergonomic-keyboard
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   by peterbecich 2y ago

   I.m.o. consumer weight on safety has dramatically increased since the 70s. Frugality has decreased. Of course it is an arms race with all the other giant cars already on the road. Consequently GM etc. are trying to appease US consumers with
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   by peterbecich 2y ago

   I agree with you. I.m.o. consumer preference is the root cause of the issue. The 2008 bailout had some strings attached to modernize. I believe the Chevrolet Spark was one of these strings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2F
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   by peterbecich 2y ago

   I will add to that the other big difference is how much the compiler enforces the style.
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   by peterbecich 2y ago

   i.i.r.c. the answer to this question is the complexity of Nix is necessary to achieve the level of assurance it provides. " You may quickly encounter Nix language expressions that look very complicated. As with any programming language
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   by peterbecich 2y ago

   Casablanca
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    by peterbecich 2y ago

    i.m.o. "National Public Data" in title should be capitalized; it is a proper noun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Public_Data
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    by peterbecich 2y ago

    Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forestiere_Underground_Gardens
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    by peterbecich 2y ago

    Recent interesting thread about PWAs: Ask HN: Who has had a successful PWA product? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40724774
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    by peterbecich 2y ago

    I'm not aware of that. I doubt asbestos cement water mains are a significant health risk to the end user. I think any asbestos that could become airborne is a risk. To the workers who installed those pipes, certainly.
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    by peterbecich 2y ago

    The California DWR has this map: locations of potential sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) https://gispublic.waterboards.ca.gov/portal/apps/webappviewe...
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    by peterbecich 3y ago

    I also recommend the Kubegres operator: https://www.kubegres.io/
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    by peterbecich 3y ago

    duplicate: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38256608
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    by peterbecich 3y ago

    Yes, I saw that in the news, terrible: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/store-clerk-death-sus...
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    by peterbecich 3y ago

    Is the biofuel going to be ethanol? https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/us-corn-based-e... ...ethanol is likely at least 24% more carbon-intensive than gasoline due to emissions resulting from land use c
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    by peterbecich 3y ago

    I'm a big fan of Nix Flakes but they appear to have the same issue here as "curl | bash". I mention this because Flakes can do much of what Docker can do, but do not use containers or virtualization. The official NixPkgs are
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    by peterbecich 3y ago

    I'm full remote at Meraki and they've been very supportive of remote.
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    by peterbecich 3y ago

    All good points. Very interesting point about Instagram. The solution to that IMO is building upon a language-agnostic messaging system. I believe the Bezos API mandate addressed this. This would allow a small team to use a better-suited la
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    by peterbecich 3y ago

    I agree completely. Haskell is a more difficult language to learn in my opinion than Python or Java, but there are real benefits in the runtime errors it can prevent.
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    by peterbecich 3y ago

    Yes, to add to this, it was an opportune time at the beginning of a new sector with no legacy code. I've read that iOS Apps benefited in a similar way in security over Mac OS; there was an opportunity to start fresh without backward co
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    by peterbecich 3y ago

    I like Scala and Haskell. The selling points of high assurances by their compilers appealed to me. Opinion: Something I did not anticipate is these languages allow a high degree of individual choice in coding style by a programmer, and comp
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    by peterbecich 3y ago

    The building in the background of the second-to-last photo, the Villa Riviera, is still standing
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    by peterbecich 3y ago

    The last section of this article "Update, July 15" addresses those points about the Thresher tragedy: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/41523/uss-threshers-cr...
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    by peterbecich 3y ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratospheric_aerosol_injectio...
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    by peterbecich 3y ago

    I cannot comment on Guix versus Nix. I do agree the Nix language is unusual. For instance, this statement: buildInputs = with pkgs;[ python34 python34Packages.docopt ]; In any other language, the first semi-colon in that po
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    by peterbecich 3y ago

    I believe the Hackage.nix library [1] has a solution to this problem, specifically for Haskell packages. The `text` package [2] has many major, minor, and fix versions. Many of these versions are still required by projects. However, the cur
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    by peterbecich 3y ago

    It would be very useful IMO to be able to easily move a service outside of Kubernetes. The goal is to move the "fast loop" development outside of any container, onto the native system. If I am not mistaken, all of the tools which