piotrkubisa

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by piotrkubisa 6y ago
Yeah, PHP scripts in CRON, especially those using some relational database were my nemesis that time too. The nice thing, which in PHP 5.5 was introduced is generators, that almost completely resolved the problem with memory leakage in such
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by piotrkubisa 6y ago
The really nice thing of Symfony framework is database schema mapping and migrations, which have compatibility with numerous database systems and provides abstraction layer [0], that among many options of interfaces have quite handy YAML-fo
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by piotrkubisa 6y ago
It is also worth noting the number of packages published on packagist.org [0] (kind of npmjs.com for PHP), which is rapidly growing. [0]: https://packagist.org/statistics
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
Yeah, I don't complain on maintenance by now, but I anticipate it might be problematic as soon as new features comes in. I am looking forward to create a fork from their Rust[0] backend and include DynamoDB as a storage to keep compati
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
I wrote my very own Firefox Sync Server, completely from scratch, based on their docs but also based on mozilla-services's Python code and some Firefox OS codebase. I mostly used Go as a programming language and AWS Lambda/DynamoD
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
Could you expand what do you mean by "ChromiumOS vibe" (ELI5)? Do you look for a i3 inside GNOME Shell? PaperWM[0] is an example of a tiled scrolling (window) manager based on GNOME SDK (Mutter) that runs in GNOME session. [0]: h
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
> Everybody just hauled buckets of trash to the big container to come back home with an empty bucket. I have born in 90s, but I lived in a block from that era and remember how chute for trash was a nice idea - in winter time I haven&#x27
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
> I am still waiting for a Ubuntu Spin that attempts to do this. You made me curious: what does mean _this_ in your comment? What do you like in ChromiumOS and would like to see in Ubuntu? What is in Ubuntu that you would like to have re
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
> Unfortunately, mail delivery is far, far harder than it should be. However, we still receive spam e-mails to our inboxes.
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
That's actually interesting, but there is some work already done in that area, but Gitea opposed to GitLab is not a company (nor group of $$-oriented people), but just a community-based effort, so I would not expect someone will invest
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
> This might even become standard for most documentations. I hope not, because slow, meaningless animation makes me tired and something inside me wants escape that page. Also it affects scrolling, especially noticeable when I am scannin
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
I have Ubuntu 18.04, Firefox 70.0.1 and every switch/select-box/radio works fine - I can only complain on italics off|auto|on configuration, because it's a bit slow (it does not change immediately, ~2s). I'd try to look
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
There are also TLSense routers[0], which include configurations with Intels i5 [1] or i7. They also claim 7-15W power usage, AES-NI support, microphone/headphones jacks, HDMI, RS-232 and room enough for 16GB of RAM, which is quite unus
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
Based on information I've found in article [0] pfSense had problems with reaching 1 Gbps but it seems disabling hardware offloading significantly increases throughput [1] (940 Mbps). [0]: https://teklager.se/en/kno
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
That's interesting, the special, official forums section to say "I don't like N++" [0] is has not been found as a target by bots and is quite silent these days. However, that's surprising such category exist at all.
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
> that looks like a mirror Yes, sure - it's a mirror, but take a look at original source [0][1]. I haven't found much information about "build & run" either. > it’s a traditional “./configure && ma
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
> Document how to build and run it. This, especially in non-web repos (C/C++) is common mistake of READMEs and docs. Let's take an example of XFCE-WM project [0]. The main README does not include any information how to compile
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
He is also an author of the Procgen Mansion [0][1][2] - procedural generator of buildings with a floor plans, which includes stairs, doors and windows. [0]: https://watabou.itch.io/procgen-mansion [1]: The demo on that site
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
I liked BlackBerry10 picture passwords [0][1]. Unlocking was a bit slower than drawing few lines but good enough to unlock device fast - I'd say even if you were weakened by some disease/illness/exhausting workout moving slow
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
This, 1000x this! The whole "draw your code" is equal to 111111 codes, because both operations are easily possible to hack if you leave your phone to your peer or random freak. Isn't it the same issue as in many house alarm s
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
> I understood that Fenix won't support Firefox Sync Based on my user experience Fenix (Firefox Preview) supports Firefox Sync in terms of bookmarks. I believe history and other data is also synchronized, but I haven't had occa
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
> NoteToSelf Mail is a little app that I have on my home screen that lets me really easily send an email Oh snap, I haven't thought the AppStore is such saturated platform, where there is specific app to send an email to myself - wh
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
I could say the same about overwhelming number of articles on HN, especially those related to software development, that they are kind of an advertisement. The person also does not seem to be affiliated with CDN provider of his choice [0].
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
> We need decentralized communication > Although Riot has made significant progress in the past few months, there is still a long way to go before it becomes a suitable drop-in replacement for platforms such as WhatsApp or Discord. Th
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
Edit is not available now, so I have to reply to myself: // Actually, I really got used to 802.11a/b/g/ac naming (when those standarts had very distinct features), it really has rooted into my brain, so it's ve
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
> 2 - the name "USB4 Gen 3×2". Honestly I have never had the faintest idea what any of the various absurd names invented by the USB IF might mean. Superspeed? High speed? USB 3.1? It's so fast, so consumers have enough tim
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
I'd say PDF is all about presentation, while ePub/Mobi is closer to real books that focus on content and legibility. EPubs are perfect for long-lengthy documents, where you can bookmark position to given line of text (not page, so
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
> I would love to have at least one 100% working epub reader on Windows... SumatraPDF is fine to read EPUBs on Windows (also supports PDF, MOBI, FB2, CHM, XPS, DjVu) - it's free, open-source software [0][1]. [0]: https://
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
Heads up, Mozilla is on the way to be notorious Google services/Google Cloud user [0]. Recently, they started adoption of the Google Spanner in the Firefox-Sync related backend services, while in others they adopted the Google Pub Sub.
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by piotrkubisa 7y ago
Isn't a F11 supported as a shortcut in most of applications to switch to full-screen mode? I remember it was supported over vast majority GUI applications I used, when I was complaining on small screen, but now personally, I don't

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