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by vlod 4y ago
John Carmack's view [0] on debuggers (from Lex Fridman Podcast podcast video) TLDR: He doesn't understand why a lot of SV big-tech companies are hostile to debuggers. [0] https://youtu.be/I845O57ZSy4?t=3410
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by vlod 4y ago
https://archive.ph/nec2X
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by vlod 4y ago
https://archive.ph/GMVr4
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by vlod 4y ago
I don't get why I keep seeing this term everywhere in the last month. Isn't this the standard way of operating? i.e. never trust the client.
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by vlod 4y ago
> I treat interactions with people at work as being very "in the moment", very transactional, just doing the minimum to realize the goals of our work and the company. I don't invest time to build relationships at work beyo
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by vlod 4y ago
Wish I could find the poll. It's disingenuous not to show the original question and the list of options.
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by vlod 4y ago
Maybe someone will create a group list of all email addresses of political candidates that do this. Then we can forward ALL email (even from all other candidates) to this group list saying "Not interested thanks" Technically it&#x
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by vlod 4y ago
>It's a scam. Obviously you wouldn't want to profit from that. How about donating your profits to a charity if you feel so strongly? Ethereum price ~10 years ago, probably less than a dollar. Ethereum price today, ~ $1900
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by vlod 4y ago
Here's an e.g. [0] of the BS that apps do: FTA: "Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, has been rewriting websites its users visit, letting the company follow them across the web after they click links in its apps, according
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by vlod 4y ago
> The browser becomes the OS. You're just changing where the abstraction happens. That's probably correct. For me, I think (for me) it's about control of content. I detest using an app for newssite-A and another for newsit
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by vlod 4y ago
Here's the link to the snippet: https://youtu.be/I845O57ZSy4?t=14350
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by vlod 4y ago
When governments are not able to know wth you're doing all the time they get worried. Remember the Patriot act? Or that it went after Phil Zimmermann (creator of PGP)? I see some parallels here. PGP can be used for law abiding private
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by vlod 4y ago
On a recent trip to London, I was surprised on the number of places that DO NOT take cash (some bars, major chain coffee shops). Family members explained that this was due to COVID. However if the server doesn't wear a mask, then this
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by vlod 4y ago
> It can save you bandwidth. Get what you ask for and no more On the other hand, you tend to do "select * from FOO" and get more data from the db, because you don't know what the caller will ask for. I don't think I&#
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by vlod 4y ago
I think the general idea is that it's a graph rather than relations. You "join" by using the parent ID (e.g. employerID of parent container to get employees). This can (and often) introduces an n+1 problem unless you watch fo
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by vlod 4y ago
I think Apollo Federation is for that: https://www.apollographql.com/docs/federation/ Worth watching some youtube tutorial videos. Here's one I watched recently (~26mins): https://www.youtube.com&#
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by vlod 4y ago
A lot of people don't have kids but yet think it's a good idea to fund public schools for the general good. I have libertarian leanings like the next HN'r, but come on, you're talking about stopping kids wanting to read
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by vlod 4y ago
> The vote result was so lopsided that there's no way the library board didn't see it coming. I tend to trust librarians (mostly) to know what they are doing. I think we have to be careful listening to the mob which I speculate
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by vlod 4y ago
Libraries provide services (like wifi, printers, classes etc) to people who may not be able to afford the lifestyle most of us enjoy here. Some are interested in learning and maybe trying to get ahead. $24 in property taxes per year seems a
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by vlod 4y ago
I've been thinking of what happened with the Canadian truckers. Irrespective of whether you believe their cause, the ability for the state (Canada) to freeze bank accounts is disturbing. With the general use of centralized crypto excha
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by vlod 4y ago
I web develop first using Firefox and I can't ever remember a time that it failed to run on chrome. Not sure if you remember the "good old days" when people coded only for IE (because what's the point... the rest be damn
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by vlod 4y ago
> ... kiwi browser on mobile.... and qutebrowser on desktop > ... I don't like web browsers and I don't like the web. Errh.. the web gives you the ability to switch browsers (to kiwi or qutebrowser). I strongly believe in t
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by vlod 4y ago
You don't have an email set up on your account. You can click on my name and see my email if you want.
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by vlod 4y ago
hiring?
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by vlod 4y ago
I realize this may be a pain for some, but doing a force quit on the amazon app (once you're done) will stop the notifications.
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by vlod 4y ago
Sure, that's what I mean about not being stupid.
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> No matter what. It’s hard. You ignore that. Of course it's hard but do you really think there's another solution? I just tried to get to the point and not sugar coat it. The OP has said they have tried several things but they
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by vlod 4y ago
Also what are you doing from 11pm to 3am? Video games or netflix maybe? It sounds extreme, but maybe get someone to set parental controls (so you don't know the password) on your router so it turns your internet off at 10:30pm. Then yo
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by vlod 4y ago
Jocko Willink (Navy Seal) has a lot to say about this. He gets up at 4.30am but that might be unrealistic, at least to start with. :) I think the trick is to commit to get up at a certain time, say 6.30am with no excuses. Stay up till 3am i
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by vlod 4y ago
I speculate a lot of people (in the US) don't eat particularly well. i.e. the lack of fruit/veg/nuts/legumes/fiber and the amount of fat/sugar/salt/carbs/indirect-crazy-chemicals in food. My mai

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