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Re:Proof of Stake Is a Precondition to Blockchain Adoption on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @10:25AM (#27604902)
Very insightful, thank you for posting this! Who's in charge of making a decision to move from POW to POS?

Deciding on our server infrastructure. Challenge

In December of 2020, we got very nervous. Let's go a little back in time. We ran our very first infrastructure on a small German data center.They offered a really nice UI, were GDPR compliant, and also much cheaper than the big international competitors in comparison.What we were not aware of, was that they provided a maximum of only 10 servers.This meant that there was no way they could scale...

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Strange TypeScript Behavior

At Codesphere, we code mostly in Typescript, not necessarily because it is our favorite language, but because we found out that it made us the most productive.However, recently I came across two very strange behaviors, (I know, they are common in the JavaScript Bubble) and I felt the urge to share them!1: ['1', '2', '10'].map(parseInt); I came across this when I wanted to format some user...

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Loving it!
We used linkedin + angellist with great success.
Re:Ask HN: Why is desktop computing still so slow? on Friday January 22, 2021 @07:50PM (#25878369)
How do you know? :)
Re:Ask HN: Why is desktop computing still so slow? on Friday January 22, 2021 @07:47PM (#25878341)
Very soon you won't use barely any desktop software nor will your coding depend on your hardware as much as now. Many companies are working on that and the time seems much better than a few years back. I am curious to see how some startups in this space will reshape the world.
Re:Just found it: Free VM available here on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @10:46AM (#25646685)
Really cool! Thanks for sharing this here.