polygot

9 ms·

61.
by polygot 4y ago
Wow, I did not expect this to hit the front page. Lots of excellent questions. If you'd like to get notified when I write an extended version of this post with more details, sign up to my mailing list here: http://eepurl.com
62.
Gzip exceptions, but only on hot or rainy days(alexyorke.github.io)
232 points by polygot 4y ago|149 comments
63.
Ask HN: Requesting feedback for debugging CI/CD for beginners book outline
1 points by polygot 4y ago|0 comments
64.
The PowerShell Best Practices and Style Guide(github.com)
4 points by polygot 4y ago|0 comments
65.
by polygot 4y ago
I bought some credits. Here is the result (Python to C++): std::map<int, int> foobar(std::vector<int> x, std::vector<int> y) { std::map<int, int> map; for (int i = 0; i < x.size(); i++) { if (st
66.
by polygot 4y ago
And these, 3dvideocopilot.net 401kcopilot.com advertisingcopilot.com agencecopilote.ch agentcopilot.com appcopilot.com beerismycopilot.com bicopilot.com bizcopilot.com campuscopilot.com caninecopilots.com cannabiscopilot.com ceacopilot.org
67.
How did the Enigma Machine work?(youtube.com)
2 points by polygot 4y ago|0 comments
68.
by polygot 5y ago
Totally agree. I have a 300W equivalent attached to a $10 IoT plug that turns on when my alarm goes off in the morning.
69.
by polygot 5y ago
(I can't edit my comment as the timer has expired) What I'd find ultra useful would be to have common workloads, like CI/CD builds. For example, building a medium-sized node project and comparing the results. Of course, that
70.
by polygot 5y ago
This is really neat and I've been looking for something like this for a while. It'd be really useful if there were benchmarks for each instance so that it'd be easier to compare the vCPUs. I know that benchmarks aren't 1
71.
How does Sense detect my devices? (2016)(blog.sense.com)
1 points by polygot 6y ago|0 comments
72.
by polygot 6y ago
What I found really helpful for university lectures was to write down as much as humanly possible (in the form of free hand notes on the computer) after the lecture, without taking notes during it. Usually I'd get stuck after a few sen
73.
by polygot 6y ago
Interesting side-project! Was considering doing something similar myself. The eyes in the logo following the cursor is a nice touch. How did you market it/get it off the ground?
74.
by polygot 6y ago
I had an old iMac G3 when I was a kid, and I was searching for a file or an app in Finder (I don't remember which), and I accidentally double clicked on an applescript file because it froze for a few seconds. The rest is history.
75.
by polygot 6y ago
I had a similar issue happen to myself (not on wikimedia or anything related to wikipedia.) I clicked on "login" by accident without filling in my credentials and I was logged in as either an admin user or a user called "Adam
76.
by polygot 6y ago
Good question, and I'll have to check out that link. I'll probably be targeting teenagers but I'll shoot for the lowest denominator without being patronizing.
77.
Ask HN: Thinking about making a tutorial to create a QR code without a computer
1 points by polygot 6y ago|2 comments
78.
by polygot 6y ago
I made a browser extension which replaces links in articles and stackoverflow answers with archive.org links on the date of their publication (and date of answers for stackoverflow questions): https://github.com/alexyorke&#x
79.
Lists.apple.com Mailing Lists(lists.apple.com)
2 points by polygot 6y ago|0 comments
80.
by polygot 6y ago
I'm not the OP, but I think they mean that the tests will slowly become out of date (if nobody else is updating them.)
81.
by polygot 6y ago
Very interesting. I'll have to consider this when I can get the feed discovery process more efficient
82.
by polygot 6y ago
Here's a repo I made with RSS links to the LibreOffice torrents: https://github.com/alexyorke/oss_rss/tree/master/libreoffice I'm looking into ways to automate updating this feed, stay tuned. I
83.
by polygot 6y ago
http://archive.is/5kSVB
84.
Ask HN: Would you use an app that optimizes nutrition and minimizes cost?
1 points by polygot 6y ago|2 comments
85.
by polygot 6y ago
> If you have installed Minecraft Dungeons in a custom directory, there is a chance uninstalling Minecraft Dungeons Launcher and/or the game will remove the entire parent directory and everything in it. It doesn't erase the e
86.
by polygot 6y ago
There's a lot of people who are treating remote work as binary; it has to be 100% remote or 100% onsite. I think that some will benefit from it (those whose commutes are long for example), and some may have children at home and thus ca
87.
by polygot 6y ago
> Changing a file’s extension does not guarantee that it will be converted, but Spencer was still able to submit the demo test with no problem. In what situations does the file format auto convert when you change the extension?
88.
by polygot 6y ago
Mirror: http://archive.is/O6Sn7
89.
by polygot 6y ago
Alert me when a bill is over a specified confidence interval. For example, if my bill is $10/month +- $5 (std), then it will alert me if it exceeds $6.49 more than the $10/month (the 80% confidence interval.) This is useful for ph
90.
by polygot 6y ago
http://archive.is/cucsR

More ›