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by zenexer 6y ago
> Absolutely nothing else does this That's not true. It's pretty easy to crash Finder, and when Finder crashes, the whole system goes with it. For example, Time Machine has a tendency to crash my devices. It takes down finde
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by zenexer 6y ago
RDS is fine, but every time I evaluate Aurora, I'm disappointed. As for raw binlog access, that isn't sufficient for external replication, is it? Edit: Looks like it is now possible to enable external replication.
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by zenexer 6y ago
That isn't relevant to the parent's question. They were complaining about the lack of open source alternatives to DynamoDB. Cassandra qualifies.
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by zenexer 6y ago
Aside from S3, does anybody actually use those? Software that works with S3 tends to work with competing APIs as well; just change a config option. Even if you’re interfacing with the API directly (you probably shouldn’t do that—use some so
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by zenexer 6y ago
We have infrastructure at a number of cloud and bare metal providers, and I have my own personal applications running on several others for evaluation. In the decade or so since I started moving applications to the cloud, I’ve found AWS one
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by zenexer 6y ago
We’ve been quite pleased with AWS’ t3a offering and have saved quite a bit of money by switching. We did encounter some odd kernel panics early on, but they seem to have stopped. We’re excited to start evaluating AWS’ ARM offerings, but unt
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by zenexer 6y ago
Are those actually comparable? Neither of those options appeal to me, but the MNT Reform does. I would say the biggest advantage of the MNT Reform is that it appears to be fully hackable, both hardware and software. I don't really g
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by zenexer 6y ago
What alternatives are you thinking of? I don't know much about this niche, although I've come across System76 a few times over the years.
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by zenexer 6y ago
I'd also be curious about approximate battery life. Personally, I'd rather a decent ARM SoC and longer battery life than a beefy x86 CPU that's going to drain the battery in two hours.
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by zenexer 6y ago
When you say "retro computing", what do you mean? I assume you have something specific in mind, and I'm curious what that is. I don't think your request is particularly relevant to this HN post, though I may be missing
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by zenexer 6y ago
1. That's pretty damn good, especially given the size. 2. Since it's all in git, I'd consider `make && ./flash.sh` fine; that's not really any more difficult than a config file. 3. I particularly like the po
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by zenexer 6y ago
1. Roughly how heavy is it? It looks big but not too dense. 2. How easy is it to remap keys on the keyboard and trackball? For example, I'd probably want to swap the Alt and Space keys, the Shift and Up/Del keys, and the Primary
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by zenexer 6y ago
Chunky isn't necessarily bad if it's light. It looks like there's a lot of empty space inside compared to modern non-repairable laptops.
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by zenexer 6y ago
I keep in touch with many of my friends online, but not all of them. There are plenty of friends I typically only see in person.
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by zenexer 6y ago
Indeed. People aren’t working, aren’t seeing friends/family, and don’t have regular appointments. For many of us, if we died tomorrow, it’d take a while before anyone noticed. I have no idea how many of my friends are still alive; I as
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by zenexer 6y ago
Very cool! I’ve been looking for a decent cross-platform SQL client for a while, so I can’t wait to try this out tomorrow. In case anyone is curious, here’s what I’ve tried so far: - DataGrip: bulky, slow, bugs never get fixed, non-FOSS - A
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by zenexer 6y ago
They’re not being counted as COVID-19 deaths; they’re not being counted at all . A lot of people are living in isolation right now, often with no regular contact with the outside world. The sad truth is that there are probably a lot of peo
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by zenexer 6y ago
I’m not sure I would’ve recognized it if it said “ILOVEYOU”. “Love Bug” was how the media referred to it at the time, and I immediately knew what the title was referencing. It sounds like I’m a minority here; I have no idea what “Herbie” i
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by zenexer 6y ago
IANAL, but there’s no way that isn’t going to be contested. That’s not to say it can’t happen, but I have a hard time believing it could happen within a relevant timeframe. The shirt and shoes rule is a health concern, much like what you’re
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by zenexer 6y ago
It should be clear by this point that we aren’t really capable of ramping up production fast enough for many of the resources needed during a pandemic. Whether one attributed that to ignorance, incompetence, malice, or conspiracy doesn’t re
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by zenexer 6y ago
We’re not really at a point in our society where blanket enforcement of vaccination by the government is likely to go over well. I have a hard time believing the current administration—or any administration in the foreseeable future—would b
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by zenexer 6y ago
That’s unlikely to happen. Businesses generally have no means of verifying whether you’ve been vaccinated, and any attempt by the government to implement or enforce such a system would inevitably be contested and tied up in courts.
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by zenexer 6y ago
I’m generally opposed to such speculative papers receiving widespread publicity; they often present valuable ideas, but the general public hasn’t been handling such speculation all that responsibly during this pandemic. This is an exception
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by zenexer 6y ago
Auto-updating isn’t the only issue. I’m a stickler for security updates; I’m that crazy guy who always reboots his computer immediately whenever there’s an update. I like that Windows forces updates. Even I recognize that this doesn’t make
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by zenexer 6y ago
That + symbol is part of a pseudo-regex; it’s not part of the email address. You’re probably thinking of the email+whatever@whatever syntax, which isn’t what’s being described here. There’s nothing to strip in this case.
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by zenexer 6y ago
It varies. Sometimes they're a bit confused, sometimes they just shrug it off, sometimes they give you a really hard time--especially if they're new. I just got a text message indicating that Verizon is going to allow me to insta
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by zenexer 6y ago
I have Verizon Fios. It’s generally a nice service; I pay $75/mo for near gigabit speeds (both up/down), no contract, no hidden fees. Just internet. It’s usually pretty reliable—at least, more reliable than their only competitor i
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by zenexer 6y ago
In modern competitive gaming, I believe it’s fairly rare to remap away from WASD. Other keys get remapped, but not those ones. Since these expensive keyboards are catering to the (wannabe-)pro-gamer crowd, they tend to focus on that cluster
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by zenexer 6y ago
FunOrb was another great site by Jagex; Arcanists in particular was a lot of fun. Sadly, they shut FunOrb down recently. Those games are probably lost to history.
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by zenexer 6y ago
Note that this article is slightly out-of-date. It looks like the experiment began in January with PowerShell 6, and there are notes about caveats that were scheduled to be fixed with PowerShell 7. PowerShell 7 has since been released.

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