billman
Re:Ask HN: Any “Udemy for Advanced Programmers”?
on Friday October 09, 2020 @08:18AM (#24729126)
Not a course, but a good podcast by great engineers: https://anchor.fm/happypathprogramming
Re:“Really successful people say no to almost everything”
on Friday October 02, 2020 @08:34AM (#24661934)
I refuse to read this article.
Re:C++ the Good Parts (2014)
on Thursday October 01, 2020 @08:29AM (#24650114)
I wish I had seen this 20 years ago. I did some horrible things in c++ that I would be embarrassed to see today. It was a fun language to explore though, and I learned much from it.
Re:Calibre 5.0
on Friday September 25, 2020 @02:09PM (#24592507)
Thanks. Its refreshing to see someone giving props in the comments.
Re:Java Turns 25 – Whats Next? [pdf]
on Monday September 21, 2020 @09:09AM (#24542883)
Java is pretty solid, but not percieved as cutting edge anymore, even though they are still improving it. I think Oracle has done a better job then I originally expected. I think the ecosystem is by far it's biggest advantage. It's a integration target for many projects just because it has such wide adoption.
Re:Moving 25TB data from one S3 bucket to another took 7 engineers and...
on Monday September 14, 2020 @09:11AM (#24469687)
I think you can use replication to accomplish this.
Re:Oblique Strategies
on Monday September 14, 2020 @08:56AM (#24469518)
I had a hard time buying the cards at first. I think this was due to the fact that creativity is hard to put a value on. I ended up buying two packs (I gave one as a gift), and I can honestly say that I have used them hundreds of times. I think the price of the pack actually forces you to get your money's worth out of it. Being creative in your life is one of the best investments you can make.
Re:Oblique Strategies
on Monday September 14, 2020 @08:52AM (#24469487)
Allow an easement (an easement is the abandonment of a structure)
Re:The Long-Term Stock Exchange Opens for Business
on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @12:10PM (#24422484)
Best of luck Eric. I can feel the ship turning.
Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experience miserable
on Friday September 04, 2020 @07:16AM (#24373907)
Facebook is going down the same road with forcing you to install messenger if you have messages.
Re:Anxiety, depression, and PTSD may be adaptive responses to adversit...
on Thursday September 03, 2020 @08:15AM (#24363214)
Another thing to think about is that these responses may cross generations. i.e the anxiety someone experiences today may be due to trauma suffered by thier grandparents. The mind is a wonderful thing, but there is so much that we don't understand about it/ourselves.
Re:Pathological Lying: Theoretical and Empirical Support for a Diagnos...
on Monday August 17, 2020 @04:36PM (#24191736)
Just wondering if you are a parent.
Re:An Introduction to Godel's Theorems (Second Edition) [pdf]
on Friday August 07, 2020 @09:20PM (#24088137)
I read this, but it seems incomplete.
Re:ZSA Moonlander: A next-generation ergonomic keyboard
on Friday July 31, 2020 @12:15PM (#24010191)
The best keyboard I can think of is one that tells me to get my butt out of the chair and go for a walk every two hours.
Re:Ask HN: What software technologies will still be around 20 years fr...
on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @11:44AM (#23987956)
As I look back on my career, there have been things that I learned early on that I still am able to leverage today (i.e. bash, linux, vim, java). There are a slew of other technologies that didn't last (i.e. DCOM, Corba, J++, J2EE). If I'm going to invest my time in learning, I'd like to realize some return on time. Granted there are cool experimental technologies that I learn with the realization that they may not be around in a couple years, but I can plan/architect around that.
Re:Apache Arrow 1.0
on Monday July 27, 2020 @12:45PM (#23966820)
Congrats to the team for the 1.0 release.
Re:Let’s avoid talk of ‘chemical imbalance’: it’s people in distress
on Thursday July 16, 2020 @11:21AM (#23859887)
Thank you for sharing. I'm glad your still here to relate your story. I think speaking these things is an important part of the healing process. Pax et bonum.
Re:AWS Copilot
on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @08:10AM (#23844042)
Do you know if EKS will ever be supported?
Re:Ask HN: Advanced Linux users, which distribution do you run? Why?
on Monday July 13, 2020 @08:10AM (#23819864)
Ubunutu LTS. I've been using Linux since the STS days (about 50 3.5 floppy disks). I used to compile my own kernels, enter clock timings for my video driver, but now I'm older and just want an OS that works.
Linux still has video driver issues, but once those things are worked out, it's pretty solid. It's still possible to screw up your bios settings, so be careful there.
For open source development projects, it has great/the best support.
UI is still bad, but I use IDEs and command line. Those things provide some consistency across all the failed window systems.
Re:Ask HN: How can I quickly trim my AWS bill?
on Saturday July 11, 2020 @11:00AM (#23802661)
If your computational load is spikey, I would suggest looking at fargate and the spot market. Also for storage, I would suggest leveraging S3 whenever possible.
Re:Unit Testing Is Overrated
on Thursday July 09, 2020 @08:37AM (#23779510)
Any good idea in software can and will be abused to the point where it seems like a bad idea. It's all about context people.
Re:Wirecard files for insolvency after financial hole laid bare
on Thursday June 25, 2020 @08:44AM (#23640010)
Just curious, how would you manage bitcoin fractional shares.
Re:Perl 7 is going to be Perl 5.32, mostly
on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @01:35PM (#23631147)
sub foolOnce() {
return raku();
}
sub foolTwice() { return perl5(); }
Re:Vitamin D: the New Covid-19 Chloroquine?
on Friday May 29, 2020 @11:43AM (#23351317)
I think it's important to note that Vitamin D is a hormone. And the body produces it as well.
Re:Low incidence of daily active tobacco smoking in patients with symp...
on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @03:37PM (#22938554)
Well stick that in your pipe!
Re:Ask HN: Chef, Ansible, Puppet- When to Use Configuration Management?
on Thursday April 16, 2020 @05:30PM (#22893770)
Just from personal experience, Ansible is relatively simple to use, and requires minimal setup. I think some of the other alternatives might require a larger up front investment in time and capital.
Re:Why I’m Leaving Elm
on Thursday April 09, 2020 @11:25AM (#22823440)
I totally agree with this fustration. There seems to be some innate paradox between growing a community and being a BDFL. I think this also expresses is self in our current political environment.
Re:Why I’m Leaving Elm
on Thursday April 09, 2020 @11:19AM (#22823372)
You might as well ask if he likes vim or emacs :)
Ask HN: What are your favorite technology podcasts?
Just curious as to what people are listening to these days.