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by tcgv 6y ago
I use Jekyll + GitHub Pages for my personal tech blog. Posts are written in plain 'md' files that once pushed to the remote repo trigger the generation of final HTML pages. I love the simplicity, and that I don't have to worr
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by tcgv 6y ago
'The internet' is not a single, accountable, entity
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Which, among other projects, created / operates GALILEO, the European GPS :)
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Restoring Individual Postgres Table(thomasvilhena.com)
2 points by tcgv 6y ago|0 comments
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by tcgv 6y ago
> These cannot be found by spy detector gadgets because except at one frequency there's almost nothing to be found Doesn't RF spectrum analyzers exist that could be employed for this purpose? This also reminded me of a paper I
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Cashew of Pirangi(en.wikipedia.org)
177 points by tcgv 6y ago|38 comments
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Eight-mile frieze of Ice Age beasts found in Amazon rainforest(edition.cnn.com)
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by tcgv 6y ago
> Why is changing an integer to a class an improvement? Sorry, I should have said "extend" instead of "improve" which would have better captured my intent. My bad. > Within a class you have several entities that ar
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by tcgv 6y ago
Thanks for the detailed explanation, I understand your point now, but I'm still not convinced that it can't be avoided/managed properly. The primitive jungle class example you provided is actually just a condensed view of a j
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by tcgv 6y ago
I'm not sure I uderstand the point you are trying to make here: > To reuse addOne means to recreate the entire context of X. I want a banana but in order to get the banana I must recreate the gorilla holding the banana and the entir
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by tcgv 6y ago
Same impression here. Great UI, but weird outfit suggestion. My first test resulted in: - Black dress shirt + Black pleated shorts + Off white slides
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by tcgv 6y ago
Classic Apple claim
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by tcgv 6y ago
Great point, didn't think about that. A verification without disclosure mechanism would be required then, not sure if that is feasible though.
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by tcgv 6y ago
5. Refactor your SW, release a basic functional FOSS version and license ($$$) the full-featured version
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by tcgv 6y ago
You're right, this approach would require a strong protection against deanonymization of votes, which could allow attackers to guess who voted for each candidate, for instance according to voting time and location.
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by tcgv 6y ago
For one, a blockchain based voting system would allow individual voters to ensure that their votes haven't been tampered with, without breaking anonymity. If one or more voters fail to check their vote registered in the blockchain, the
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by tcgv 6y ago
> It comes from the workers' work. I disagree. The workers' work is the cost of building the bridge. The value comes from the infrastructure's utility / ROI. If we assemble a group of workers to build some useless inf
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by tcgv 6y ago
I was quietly thinking that as well these past few days. You see, my last submission on HN hit front page and was on the matter of consensus protocols. After that either my awarness on the topic increased or the frequency of postings about
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by tcgv 6y ago
> when I worked in Enterprise IT, and this was a factor in our decision-making literally zero times. I believe this (i.e. credibility) is a necessary, but not sufficient, requirement in B2B sales. If a company/product doesn't e
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by tcgv 6y ago
I was wondering how much it costs to open a company in the UK to do something like that, and it seems to be really cheap (and quick): a) Incorporate directly via Companies House The standard registration fee to set up a company is just £
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Your company does not need tribes or squads(en.paradigmadigital.com)
3 points by tcgv 6y ago|0 comments
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It's a dilemma, he broke the law to expose what he believed was an unethical, overly excessive, and later ruled illegal [1] surveillance program. In pardoning him would more people feel motivated to become whistleblowers, possibly with
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by tcgv 6y ago
> old ideas are bad until they’re suddenly very good Sure, for an idea to become suddenly very good you either have to rely on technology advancements / innovation, as in the case for cannons that before Napoleon were unreliable and
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by tcgv 6y ago
That's my standard approach to work, I always try to invalidate an idea before investing my time (or the team's time) in it. If we can't invalidate the idea I feel much more confident that we're going in the right direct
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A Review of Consensus Protocols(thomasvilhena.com)
121 points by tcgv 6y ago|45 comments
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by tcgv 6y ago
In addition I would add the Dependency Inversion Principle [1] as a valuable tool for managing dependencies, specially for integrating third party code/APIs into the system. It will protect your application by reducing the surface area
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by tcgv 6y ago
I have a degree in electronic systems engineering. At college I learned about both digital and analog circuit design and fabrication. Had my fair share of FPGA and Assembly programming. Built some microcontrolled printed circuit boards. In
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by tcgv 6y ago
Would you mind sharing the name of your startup or more information about its size, growth, product that has been key for getting an EB1?
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by tcgv 6y ago
How do these strict standards defined by the multi-team committee influence your autonomy as a developer? Do you feel restrained, or do you feel that they're defined in such manner that doesn't get in your way while developing cod
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Ask HN: How to successfully manage a long-term codebase?
13 points by tcgv 6y ago|8 comments

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