tiffanyh

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   by tiffanyh 3y ago

   They could take the Postgres naming approach. Ingress was forked; the Post fork version of Ingress was called "Post"gres. So maybe name this new project "PostX" (for Post + nginx). Though that might sound too similar to
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   by tiffanyh 3y ago

   Quickest way to scare someone into not using MFA/2FA are stories like this.
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   by tiffanyh 3y ago

   Instacart / Shipt I’ve given up on using 1st party grocery store website/app. I just use Instacart or Shipt now instead, due to better UI/UX. Which is sad for the grocery store because it creates a situation of they become a
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   by tiffanyh 3y ago

   Given this isn’t only DNS, agreed. This changes: - Registry, - Name Server and - DNSEC More details here: https://indico.dns-oarc.net/event/48/contributions/1038/atta...
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   by tiffanyh 3y ago

   I can only imagine conspiracy theories flying around about government partnership with Cloudflare.
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   by tiffanyh 3y ago

   @dang It seems like HN is getting robo-spam. This comment, plus a few other comments in the last few minutes that I can’t seem to find now. Just fyi.
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   by tiffanyh 3y ago

   This might sound obvious, but it’s often conflated - make sure you understand what exact business you’re in . Eg, you say you’re an “engineer” but it sounds like you want to sell a consulting service. Make sure you align your messaging to
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   by tiffanyh 3y ago

   I think you’re correct. Given the logo on the page https://pika.page/assets/PIKA-1-4c239559b5c269c22420092ed5fe...
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   by tiffanyh 3y ago

   “Mainframe” is not mentioned once in that article. Yet the headline & entire thread here is all about mainframes.
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    by tiffanyh 3y ago

    Doesn’t macOS do something like this.
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    by tiffanyh 3y ago

    OpenBSD recently decided to turn OFF soft update, by default. https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230706044554
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    by tiffanyh 3y ago

    This old thread has former Y! folks chiming in as to why. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10558288 > I think the justifications were better support for running on Linux (storage drivers, Java, MySQL, oracle), better
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    by tiffanyh 3y ago

    DragonflyBSD is typically on-par or slightly faster than Ubuntu (Linux) or FreeBSD. And that's with a radically smaller # of developers working on it. https://www.phoronix.com/review/corei9-freebsd13-dfly6/4
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    by tiffanyh 3y ago

    FreeBSD 4.x was considered by many as the most stable FreeBSD ever. Mainly because there were 11 point releases of fixes and enhancements (4.11), as opposed to today where FreeBSD major version only have 3-4 point releases. https:/&#x
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    by tiffanyh 3y ago

    Imagine if AWS did the same.
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    by tiffanyh 3y ago

    If Google just banked $3B by extending their server depreciation schedule, imagine how much more profitable AWS would be if they also did the same. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39199841 I wouldn't be surprised
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    by tiffanyh 3y ago

    Agreed on all points. > I have never in my life seen a plan that withholds the final quintile of variable comp They might be on a draw. Otherwise, agreed - highly unusual.
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    by tiffanyh 3y ago

    > The streaming giant added 13.1 million subscribers over the last three months, beating its own forecast of 9 million, and nearly 30 million new subscribers flocked to the platform in 2023 It’s like the author isn’t aware that over the
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    by tiffanyh 3y ago

    https://lichess.org/ The best I’ve found. It’s also crowd funded and they talk about their interest tech as well.
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    by tiffanyh 3y ago

    Thanks, will do. But curious, what's the gist of their meeting?
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    by tiffanyh 3y ago

    Has anyone been able to download it? The download keeps failing, and the file is already 165kb (zipped) partially downloaded. So is this truly 8kb?
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    by tiffanyh 3y ago

    > GPL for the editor, AGPL for server-side components). GPUI, the UI framework that powers Zed, will be distributed under the Apache 2 license, so that you can use it to build high-performance desktop applications and distribute them und
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    by tiffanyh 3y ago

    Will this land in OpenBSD, given Ted is a core dev?
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    by tiffanyh 3y ago

    I don’t understand the hostility. My point was, you clearly see value having .com otherwise - why go through the effort to acquire it … to then effectively not use it. The reasons above sound far, but it also sounds like tech debt that is b
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    by tiffanyh 3y ago

    but you have .com redirect to .so Why not just do the reverse, and have .so redirect to .com (since .so predated you owning .com) Also ccTLD pose the risk of being "retired". Why take the risk when .com will never be retired.
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    by tiffanyh 3y ago

    Why doesn’t Notion use .com (since you now own notion.com)?
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    by tiffanyh 3y ago

    Dumb question: how do they measure/know it's "15M tonnes". Meaning, it's not like they just found one big 15M tonne solid bar of lithium.
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    by tiffanyh 3y ago

    > When the iPad was introduced, everyone was shocked by the very low price and the sleek form factor compared to previous Windows tablet devices. I remember history a bit differently. I recall lots of people dismissing the iPad as "
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    by tiffanyh 3y ago

    > I wrote to support, they forwarded me to page. I uploaded my passport with my face. But my account is still banned. Is there still more needed to complete their KYC process?
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    by tiffanyh 3y ago

    Have you seem them terminate unreasonable situations? They normally are trying to keep their IPs and Network clean of scammers abusing their resources, which inevitably hurt all customers.