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901.
by s_dev 5y ago
Actually I think it was a Goblin Shark.
902.
by s_dev 5y ago
The naming reminds me of MailInABox: https://mailinabox.email/
903.
by s_dev 5y ago
Yes but those "solo devs" are assessed externally usually from open source development etc. They haven't gotten where they are by saying they're really good. It has always been other people valuing and praising their con
904.
by s_dev 5y ago
>We tend to downplay things we do or build ourselves, as if the very fact that another person (a boss) tells us to do something makes it immediately more valuable than if we choose to do that something ourselves. I disagree, if you built
905.
by s_dev 5y ago
I can see the confusion but it didn't confuse me. If it's a GitHub product it would only be a blog post I would expect not actual code ironically.
906.
by s_dev 5y ago
Patrick Collison replying to an Economist Article that is pessimistic about European Tech Future: https://twitter.com/patrickc/status/1403340409787469836
907.
by s_dev 5y ago
According to your own source the term is disputed -- a substantial amount of the article is dedicated to the dispute.
908.
by s_dev 5y ago
>What is it with the British Isles It's not a British Isle -- it's an Irish one. Great Britain refers to the main island composing England, Scotland and Wales. The Irish isle of Ireland is composed of the two Irelands (Ireland
909.
by s_dev 5y ago
>Disclaimer: UK resident who is NOT qualified in law ;-) More importantly these are the Gardai not the PSNI -- despite the source being the BBC which may have thrown you off.
910.
by s_dev 5y ago
>What is the deal with the governments of the British Isles being so intrusive and privacy hostile? I don't consider Ireland to be a "British Isle" -- 26 counties out of 32 on the island are Irish. How and ever -- we see t
911.
by s_dev 5y ago
Stripe is a YC company and will always have cheerleaders on HN -- it is also arguably the most successful YC company. One of the few companies who simply wouldn't need to astro turf on HN.
912.
by s_dev 5y ago
Double Irish has ended according to your own source.
913.
by s_dev 5y ago
>that asset appreciation is unearned wealth I'm sure we can agree the vacant lot never improved itself. It's not unearned -- it's earned by the surrounding community improving things -- which make that lot more attractive.
914.
by s_dev 5y ago
They could never survive -- their customer demand came from selling $10 movie tickets for $9 -- funded entirely by investor burn. A sustainable business is one where you sell cinema tickets for $11 having bought them for $10 with the custom
915.
by s_dev 5y ago
I think most suicides are very preventable. Most people want to end their pain not their lives.
916.
by s_dev 5y ago
Poor Aaron -- he was in a difficult place. I'm sure in hindsight he absolutely make a different choice.
917.
by s_dev 5y ago
I started using jq as well -- was shocked to find the author was a former comp sci classmate of mine. It's very useful.
918.
by s_dev 5y ago
>My understanding is that the current process in vogue for the mega cap companies is the "double irish dutch sandwich" You're understanding is outdated this mechanism is finished as of 2018. https://en.wikipedia
919.
by s_dev 5y ago
Russia and Belarus make money from the planes flying over their airspace. They won't be collecting that money so there is at least one consequence.
920.
by s_dev 5y ago
In Ireland the Supreme Court told Subway they had to reclassify their 'bread' as cake due to the sugar content. Regarding the payment of taxes. When it comes to nutrition -- as a good general rule once you buy fresh good ingredien
921.
by s_dev 5y ago
>Definitely, and it's noticeable. I've heard people say the same about zsh vs bash but when macOS updated I never even noticed.
922.
by s_dev 5y ago
> Nit: Fish Shell is a bit redundant, as Fish stands for "Friendly Interactive Shell". Isn't this a common trope with software e.g. "WINE is not an emulator" or people saying "ATM Machine".
923.
by s_dev 5y ago
30% of my Steam Library runs on Ubuntu 20.10 out of the box. I was shocked at the advancements made on Linux in the last 2 years. It really was desperate before that but there are decent options now at least.
924.
by s_dev 5y ago
I would count the Social Network as well. Still lots of suggestions I wouldn't agree with below my comment. The problem is many are conflating great movies that involve software/computer concepts rather than movies based on softwa
925.
by s_dev 5y ago
I would say "Anything that offers insight in to the world way software is" -- since Mr. Robot is entirely fictional so wouldn't qualify for me but I would add that it at least tries to be faithful to what software is. Termino
926.
by s_dev 5y ago
I wish we could do the same for Computer Science/Software. Movies like "Travelling Salesman" or "Pirates of Silicon Valley" or "Imitation Game" would be great suggestions but typically things like the Matr
927.
by s_dev 5y ago
>Otherwise why should TSMC invest billions in US I don't want to seem politically ignorant but isn't the entire existence of Taiwan is simply dependent on the US wanting it to exist. If the US didn't provide billions in de
928.
by s_dev 5y ago
>I believe we shouldn't just dismiss the old remedies and other tricks. We test many of those remedies and tricks with a formal method. The ones that work further science and our collective understanding. The ones that don't ar
929.
by s_dev 5y ago
It's been maintained with constant supervision. Probably regular inspections and fixes. Watch what happens in as little as ten years once it has no human intervention at all.
930.
by s_dev 5y ago
>This is probably similar to the posts that regularly do the rounds claiming Facebook are asserting ownership of any photos or text you post to Facebook Maybe it's true that FB don't own these right but they certainly did try.

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