warrenm

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1. 1051.▲
   by warrenm 4y ago

   >Because there is no sensible mapping from, like, C source to the JVM Really? C is available on so many hardware sets ... it's practically universal (Arduino, x86, MIPS, 68k, PowerPC, ARM, SPARC, RISCV...) I find it incredibly har
2. 1052.▲
   by warrenm 4y ago

   Maybe you're right ... I'm using "traditional" in place of "legacy" or "classic" (I believe ) There are a lot of "modern" or "up-and-coming" languages out there (Hare, Python, Ru
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   Ask HN: What programing langauge do you 'think' in?

   2 points by warrenm 4y ago|5 comments
4. 1054.▲
   by warrenm 4y ago

   I've used Ruby precisely one time in my life ... and only tangentially (building-out a Mastodon instance) Thank you for the additional information :)
5. 1055.▲
   by warrenm 4y ago

   did not know about those - I did know about Jython, however :) But (and correct me if I'm wrong, please), isn't Ruby a "scripting" language? Ie one not 'meant' to be compiled?
6. 1056.▲
   by warrenm 4y ago

   Is current C++ still upwards-compatible with current C? I know that was a major selling point 30 years ago ... but is it still?
7. 1057.▲
   by warrenm 4y ago

   >Honestly it doesn’t feel too different to javascript. ...that would be because Javascript was developed by people who wrote C/C++ :) Netscape was written mostly in C++ back in the 90s because it was the Language of Choice™ So the d
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   Ask HN: Why are there no traditional language compilers that target the JVM?

   43 points by warrenm 4y ago|112 comments
9. 1059.▲
   by warrenm 4y ago

   Irony [?] ... I learned C++ in the mid-90s (go go gadget proprietary implementations! Borland C++ 4 is where I cut my teeth!) Still LOVE the language They've added a metric frickin' buttload over the last 25 years, but I think i
10. 1060.▲
    by warrenm 4y ago

    I think offsites/all-hands/whatever-you-want-to-call-them are vital - especially* with mostly- or all-remote teams
11. 1061.▲
    by warrenm 4y ago

    I thought about getting an RPi again recently - but they've gotten hideously expensive (if you can even find them in stock anywhere) They still look kinda neat, but if you really want to run your "home lab" at "home&qu
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    by warrenm 4y ago

    on my Mac: - browsers: Firefox, Opera, Waterfox, Chrome - community: Discord, Slack, Telegram, Signal, Teams - productivity: M365, the Apple apps (Pages, Numbers, Keynote), Obsidian - misc: Dropbox, Nextcloud, OneDrive on my iPhone: - brows
13. 1063.▲
    by warrenm 4y ago

    Define "advanced topics"
14. 1064.▲
    by warrenm 4y ago

    Not defending Taiwan is functionally equivalent to inviting Chinese attacks against the Japanese homeland
15. 1065.▲
    by warrenm 4y ago

    Medium is worse than Cloudflare for violating customer rights
16. 1066.▲
    by warrenm 4y ago

    I live half an hour from one of the two in the Western Hemisphere ... it's gorgeous :)
17. 1067.▲
    by warrenm 4y ago

    > - good database interfacing/support Can't think of any more-or-less "modern" language/framework that doesn't have "good database interfacing/support". Something lower-level like C++ or
18. 1068.▲
    by warrenm 4y ago

    > - Reasonably easy to learn and get started If you've been programming as long as you say you have (and I have no reason to doubt you), then basically any language/framework will check this box Python, Rust, PHP, Hare, Go
19. 1069.▲
    by warrenm 4y ago

    > - must be fast/efficient and scale well Need to define all those terms :) "fast/efficient" to ... what? Run? Write? Maintain? What is your benchmark for determining "fast" or "efficient"? Why
20. 1070.▲
    by warrenm 4y ago

    > - should run easily on lower cost server environments (think Linux not Windows - but might be nice if it is able to run on either) Honestly ... Windows servers aren't that expensive to run - they're not quite as lightweigh
21. 1071.▲
    by warrenm 4y ago

    You didn't say what language(s)/framework(s) you're currently using ... so it seems likely someone's going to suggest something you're already doing What have you used in the past? What are you using now? Do you &
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    by warrenm 4y ago

    I used to work for a non-profit whose founder's goal was to receive enough in donations/grants to become self-sustaining (for overhead - rent, utilities, office supplies, advertising, etc) At the time (~20y ago), his aim was 2pi m
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    by warrenm 4y ago

    I thought all editions of System 7 were color! Apparently I was mistaken :)
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    Good management is measured in years(josephmosby.bearblog.dev)

    1 points by warrenm 4y ago|0 comments
25. 1075.▲
    by warrenm 4y ago

    I reported an abuse of their DNS system a few years ago to support@ and legal@ ... got told (paraphrase) "not our problem - you figure it out"
26. 1076.▲
    by warrenm 4y ago

    >Maybe time for a boycott of sites using cloudflare /s :) Pull the "/s" off, and you've already got one person (me) on your side :)
27. 1077.▲
    by warrenm 4y ago

    I agree I've got a Firefox extension that tells me if a site appears to be using Cloudflare - and I avoid all the ones I can But I'm stuck with that stupid Cloudflare slowdown screen for the portal to my dr's office
28. 1078.▲
    by warrenm 4y ago

    so you gave up more control of your content because Cloudflare's a belligerent actor :( depressing you got stuck in such a mess
29. 1079.▲
    by warrenm 4y ago

    >there should be a protocol that would allow host to notify upstream providers that they should reject incoming traffic from specific address ranges At the server or datacenter level, it's call a firewall :)
30. 1080.▲
    by warrenm 4y ago

    > This is because Cloudflare is not happy with Firefox 'resist fingerprint' feature. "Cloudflare is not happy with anything that is not Cloudflare" ftfy :)