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Has anyone here successfully convinced their non-techie friends to switch to Signal? How have you done it? I've been trying on and off with my closest friends, but no luck.
Re:Ask HN: Do you still use MongoDB? on Friday May 22, 2020 @07:40AM (#23271014)
I am using it in production but I'd like to try PostgreSQL at some point, it seems to be the Rust of RDBMS, getting lots of love.

Ask HN: What non-English speaking blogs are you reading?

Even though I have received my CS education in an English speaking country, where I am also currently living and working, English is not my mother tongue.After discussing with friends in my native country, I realised I didn't even know how simple terms I use every day at work translate into my native language. So for the last couple of weeks, I've been reading more tech related blogs in my...

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Re:Demoscene guidebook (2018) on Thursday November 07, 2019 @11:54AM (#21474869)
Going through the guidebook, anyone would know the difference between the graphician and the coder roles in making a demo? I’ve done a bit of Processing and P5js and these two roles seem to me to be overlapping, aren’t they? As you’re coding the graphics.

Is the difference the same as Web Designer vs. Web Developer in a more familiar context?

Re:Revolut to update their privacy policy on Thursday November 07, 2019 @07:16AM (#21472480)
I thought under GDPR, companies had to explicitly ask users to opt-in for any matter related to data protection and privacy. Why users are opted in by default and have to opt out?

Ask HN: Any good charity donation APIs?

Hi all, I’d like to integrate donations to charities into my product. Ideally people would be able to choose one among a comprehensive list of charities. I’ve found OrgHunter but this is exclusively for U.S. charities. Have you ever worked with any interesting APIs for that purpose?

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