thomas4019

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A Chinese AI model just dropped – but don't ask it about Tiananmen Square(sherwood.news)
7 points by thomas4019 2y ago|1 comments
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by thomas4019 3y ago
Nice! This is a much simpler decision tree. Google uses column-oriented as their primary database, but you're probably right that unless at massive scale, it only makes sense as a secondary data store (e.g. data warehouse)
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Choosing a back end database: SQL vs. Document vs. Columnar(thomashansen.me)
1 points by thomas4019 3y ago|2 comments
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Optimizing Read Queries in PostgreSQL: A Step-by-Step Guide(thomashansen.me)
2 points by thomas4019 3y ago|0 comments
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by thomas4019 5y ago
Thanks! I didn't realize I put the link. Here it is, http://github.com/thomas4019/pgmongo . I'd love to hear your thoughts on it and am happy to answer any questions.
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by thomas4019 5y ago
I created something like this for PostgreSQL. It's a Node.js service that implements the MongoDB wire protocol and converts the query to use jsonb. It works pretty well, but it also got increasingly hard to make it compatible because M
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Doordash charges $16 for a $24 pizza, so the pizzeria bought its own pizzas(boingboing.net)
43 points by thomas4019 6y ago|1 comments
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by thomas4019 8y ago
Author here. I like the Mongo query interface so I originally wrote some of the conversion code for my API framework called expressa. Then I created this project largely to see if it were possible. I'm not really sure how this will be
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Show HN: pgmongo - Drop-in replacement for MongoDB using Postgres(github.com)
24 points by thomas4019 8y ago|7 comments
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Show HN: Convert Mongo queries to postgresql using jsonb(github.com)
4 points by thomas4019 8y ago|0 comments
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by thomas4019 10y ago
Thanks for bringing this up. Currently there's no migration process. Like Mongo, Expressa only ensures validity of new data, but doesn't change old data so it's up to the application to handle that. This is definitely somethi
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by thomas4019 10y ago
One of the main features is that it provides an admin interface which lets you modify your data as well as your collection schema. I got tired of Django, keystone and other CMS that require defining schema in code and have found this to be
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Show HN: Expressa – build REST apis without code(github.com)
8 points by thomas4019 10y ago|4 comments
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Indiegogo improves crowdfunding with a stamp of approval for hardware projects(techcrunch.com)
3 points by thomas4019 10y ago|0 comments
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Selling Uber Shares May Be Tougher Than You Think(bloomberg.com)
3 points by thomas4019 10y ago|0 comments
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by thomas4019 10y ago
Do you guys deliver the robot to the event?
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by thomas4019 10y ago
What does the striped blue line represent?
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Show HN: Expressa – a data-driven API framework/cms for Node.js(github.com)
2 points by thomas4019 10y ago|0 comments
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React based editor for JSON Schemas(github.com)
3 points by thomas4019 10y ago|0 comments
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by thomas4019 10y ago
Cool idea but it's sad that it only works on tagged content
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by thomas4019 10y ago
Correct link: https://github.com/thomas4019/mongo-query-to-postgres-jsonb
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Show HN: Convert Mongo queries to PostgreSQL jsonb queries(github.com)
4 points by thomas4019 10y ago|1 comments
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by thomas4019 11y ago
I'm wondering the exact same thing.
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by thomas4019 11y ago
My guess is there's some provision in the "Family Entertainment and Copyright Act" that they think makes this streaming legal. The text clearly makes the displaying an edited version legal and does talk about transmitted work
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Untitled Shouting Game(tddawson.com)
1 points by thomas4019 12y ago|0 comments
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by thomas4019 12y ago
Anyone have any ideas on the performance impact of this vs a typical NodeJS installation? I imagine there's a lot more overhead from starting up the process each time. A pretty cool idea but seems like this loses the benefits of NodeJS
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by thomas4019 12y ago
Dropbox and Google docs rarely if even show up in Google search results. Will PDFy submit lists of content to search engines or be easily crawlable?
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by thomas4019 12y ago
You're right about the problem, your solution is off. > It doesn’t matter if retailers don’t accept the coin, users can just exchange the coins for bitcoins or local fiat currency for immediate real world use. No entity would give f