wideareanetwork

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by wideareanetwork 6y ago
I’m planning to write a text based social network for vintage computing enthusiasts, for CP/M. It’ll be written in Turbo Pascal. It’s my path to $2B. Don’t tell anyone my idea.
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by wideareanetwork 6y ago
Related question: What “new” CP/M machines can be bought today? The closest I know is this kit: https://rc2014.co.uk/ Any others that can be bought off the shelf today?
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by wideareanetwork 6y ago
Presumably this is rising because of the topical current Basecamp saga. But I don’t think Basecamp is like the simple model put forward here by Paul Graham, who is saying “if you’re famous you get fanboys and their opposite and that’s just
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by wideareanetwork 6y ago
Did he attend the #joshfight ?
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by wideareanetwork 6y ago
Offering six months pay is a major own goal by Basecamp.
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Ask HN: Are impressive new programs being written for CP/M?
47 points by wideareanetwork 6y ago|32 comments
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by wideareanetwork 6y ago
“Ruining” is a bit strong, perhaps. Peharps “making the first few seconds of visiting most sites slightly annoying” is a better description.
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by wideareanetwork 6y ago
It’s so tempting to make some snide remark about it being cancelled.
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Ask HN: What web application server back end would you use for a new project?
3 points by wideareanetwork 6y ago|7 comments
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by wideareanetwork 6y ago
I’m not trying to win an argument, just stating what I believe.
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by wideareanetwork 6y ago
I think no other justification is needed to end the death penalty than “it’s inhuman and barbaric”. Even discussing other factors arguments and considerations dilutes the core point that’s it’s straight up wrong unethical and inhuman to mur
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by wideareanetwork 6y ago
Lies, damn lies and benchmarks.
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by wideareanetwork 6y ago
No I’m almost certain I haven’t. Because I’ve used it before and I don’t really have any questions about it so I ran out and I just go buy more. At this stage I’m just assuming it’s a coincidence. It has made me realize the holy grail for g
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Ask HN: I bought Voltaren at the chemist, now Google shows me ads for it. Why?
323 points by wideareanetwork 6y ago|469 comments
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by wideareanetwork 6y ago
I worked at a company in finance markets in the mid 1990s that was paying the traders $2M bonuses.
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Mystery animal sighting in Krakow ends up being a croissant(euronews.com)
3 points by wideareanetwork 6y ago|0 comments
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by wideareanetwork 6y ago
Users expect signin to work the way they expect it to work. I once implemented a non standard signin where all that was needed was an email link which kept you signed in. Users hated it. They actually went to the trouble of complaining and
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by wideareanetwork 6y ago
Because the first half of the article was praising Java 8 and it’s various benefits. I didnt read the second half because I couldnt make sense of the negative headline with the positive text.
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by wideareanetwork 6y ago
Strange.... should the title be “You can’t afford NOT to run Java 8”?
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by wideareanetwork 6y ago
I hang up as soon as I can when I hear the beep that gives away it is a sales call.
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by wideareanetwork 6y ago
I choose to delete my posts/comments if I feel they’re too negative.
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by wideareanetwork 6y ago
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by wideareanetwork 6y ago
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Ask HN: Will Rust become a good career choice?
12 points by wideareanetwork 6y ago|20 comments
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by wideareanetwork 6y ago
Love this take. You’ve changed my thinking.
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by wideareanetwork 6y ago
Copying look and feel of software was fought out in the courts by Apple and Microsoft a very long time ago. It’s allowed.
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by wideareanetwork 6y ago
I uploaded an image and it stayed waiting never completed.
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by wideareanetwork 6y ago
Doesn’t work.
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Ask HN: Will transaction ID wraparound be fixed in Postgres?
2 points by wideareanetwork 6y ago|0 comments
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by wideareanetwork 6y ago
I’ve spent decades solving hard problems and there’s zero chance of me remembering any significant percentage of them.

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