westoque

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by westoque 8y ago
Wow! I've been waiting for this for a long time. This is helpful to people starting new projects. Using the Standard environment would cost significantly less than the Flexible environment which is one of the reasons I avoided GAE befo
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by westoque 8y ago
I completely agree. But on the flipside, having that control gives you a more secure and robust environment (app store) _almost_ free of spam and phising apps (Windows app store anyone?)
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by westoque 8y ago
I've been a JavaScript developer for years and it's a surprise to me that there's a `Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER` and `Number.MIN_SAFE_INTEGER`. It seems that I've never had the use case where I exceeded the maximum or minim
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by westoque 9y ago
Personally, the best mentor I had was my first manager at my first job. He did really well for himself now and probably could retire (he's in his mid 30's). But how I found mentors naturally was hang out at a place called Hacker D
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by westoque 9y ago
> it was quite challenging in every sense: time/money management, high drop-out rates (~80% fail or stop studying cs at my university), lack of math skills - school was far far away. This is where a mentor I believe does a great job
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by westoque 9y ago
Being in the YC community for years, it's delightful to see someone like Rick Steves be in the top page. His shows on PBS became the the main reason why I decided to work remotely whilst traveling all around the world. He shares knowle
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Announcing Dart 2: Optimized for Client-Side Development(medium.com)
9 points by westoque 9y ago|2 comments
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by westoque 9y ago
Exactly! The only exception is if you are building a disruptive idea like Uber or Airbnb that creates a market. It's not something anyone wants per se until they see that it can actually be a part of their lives. For ex, Travis Kalanic
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by westoque 9y ago
This is what separates experienced coders from amateurs imo. I’ve seen newer programmers tend to always “find” a library that would implement their required solution even what they needed is a super small subset of that library which could
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by westoque 9y ago
I don’t think it’s just the rarity. It’s also trustless, secure and easy to transfer. For ex, with gold, you’d have to carry blocks of it to move it around. And even then, you’d still don’t exactly trust it’s source 100% unlike bitcoin, whe
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by westoque 9y ago
Not sure “banking the unbanked” is really the goal of Bitcoin. Think instead because of it’s scarcity, Bitcoin could be used to back currencies. Much like the gold standard before. Transaction fees in this scenario (even with it’s high tra
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by westoque 9y ago
True. Thanks for enlightening me. Maybe a combination of a more seamless UI like Star Trek along voice with control then?
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by westoque 9y ago
I completely agree. You make a good point! It's definitely a novely. In my programs, I never took lines of code as a restriction. Since if you have a compiled program, the binary size tends to depend mostly on the compiler. I'm mo
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by westoque 9y ago
I never understood the importance of lines of code for projects such as this one. Couldn't you technically just concatenate everything into 1 line and call in "X software in 1 line of code"? Isn't it a better benchmark t
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by westoque 9y ago
I believe NOT using mechanical controls is a step in the right direction for UI/UX in cars. Eventually this will lead to voice controls which will ultimately be safer.
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by westoque 9y ago
I came from using Vagrant at a previous company and from my experience, Docker is just more lightweight, portable, and user friendly. Share a file/folder? Expose a port? Get an image and run a container? You can do it easily using Dock
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by westoque 9y ago
I believe a huge barrier to entry is the lack of accurate, concise documentation. I did my fair share of solidity development myself and it was hard for me to find references on simple basic development on the platform. Diff ways to setup,
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Dai Stablecoin System, a Tether Alternative?(medium.com)
3 points by westoque 9y ago|0 comments
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by westoque 9y ago
I agree. This was also my guess since volume all of a sudden spikes up without warning and I keep wondering where it was coming from [0] [0]: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/historical-data
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Economist Jim Rickards Bitcoin versus Gold Price Manipulation(businessinsider.com)
6 points by westoque 9y ago|2 comments
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by westoque 9y ago
Binary analysis for each software you install might be too cumbersome for most developers. I suggest you use something like "Little Snitch" for mac which warns you when software makes inside/outside connections. It might not
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by westoque 9y ago
> the "failed IPO" is their true business model. Might be an overstatement. I would say let's see until they innovate on something that people like and would pay for. Until then, I wouldn't call them a failure until t
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by westoque 9y ago
It depends on the context of "high performance". For example, would a 400ms load time be considered "high performance"? I always say use the best tool for the job. And this usually means getting the requirements then lay
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by westoque 9y ago
I propose a solution. Developer documentations should start following API like structures. For example, in API land we have: /api/v1/users /api/v2/users This means that making requests to v1 will o
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by westoque 9y ago
Your solutions in detecting Chrome headless is good. But someone who really wants to do web scraping or anything similar will use a real browser like Firefox or Chrome run it through xvfb and control it using webdriver and maybe expose it t
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by westoque 9y ago
Exactly. I too have no clue. I also read the whitepaper but doesn't go into detail. I just posted mobius here for reference.
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by westoque 9y ago
First organization to use Stellar for ICO: https://mobius.network
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Using Stellar for ICOs(stellar.org)
41 points by westoque 9y ago|19 comments
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by westoque 9y ago
I completely agree. I don't necessarily stay in that position all day. I make sure to take lots of breaks, either by standing up and walking around or taking a cup of coffee. And yes, exercising definitely helps with most, if not all t
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by westoque 9y ago
Have you tried working in a tatami desk? I found that it works well for me. Working in a tatami forces you to sit in a seiza style, which in turn forces you to straighten your back. The Japanese say it's supposed to be a "proper&q

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