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Re:No constitutional right to clean water, federal court finds on Monday September 07, 2026 @03:16PM (#49601906)
They didn't have the internet back then bro, information moved much slower. Governments (USA Included) tend to move much slower than tech.

Germ Theory starting -only- 8 years prior doesn't really mean much here...

Re:Shapecatcher: Draw the Unicode character you want on Friday January 13, 2023 @05:51PM (#34375009)
Awesome, I got it to work with all the characters I tried.

It would be nice for it to also give alt codes for it in the output

like é = [alt 1 3 0]

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2022) on Friday December 02, 2022 @02:20AM (#33827812)
Executive Homes | Onsite (Tulsa OK) or Remote (US) | Full-Time

We are a home builder in the Tulsa Oklahoma area.

We are building new custom software tools to manage and scale our business efficiently.

The technology stack is React/TS/CSS on front and AWS for all back-end/cloud needs. We will be developing mobile applications in the near future, likely in React Native or .net Maui. We do have some older software (web cms) on c#/azure.

We are looking for someone with solid AWS skill (lambda, dynamo, sns, etc), and someone with solid front-end (react, css) skill. Specialists or full stack devs welcome.

Reach out at [email protected]

https://executivehomes.com

Re:The Reason Why Are Trucks Getting Bigger on Friday August 12, 2022 @11:11AM (#32439780)
No, it really isn't. Even given proper distance being reactionary vs predictive is an issue.
Re:The Reason Why Are Trucks Getting Bigger on Thursday August 11, 2022 @10:27AM (#32426175)
Visibility and perceived personal safety I think are a big factor on why people are driven to prefer purchasing suv & truck models. American anecdote: when I am driving my sedan, I don't feel safe. I can not see through the windows of vehicles ahead of me due to the volume of large vehicles on the road, and a big part of driving safely is predicting traffic - I am at a large disadvantage due to only being able to be reactive to the back end of a vehicle in front of me instead of being able to predict what they are going to do by being able to see ahead.

Larger trucks & suvs also seem to have higher safety features these days in strength and crumple zone coverage. If so many other vehicles are so much bigger than my car, how do I fare in an accident in my ford fusion vs "everybody else's" f250. Someone else here called it an arms race and I absolutely see why.

I would rather drive my 4runner than my car even though my car is absolutely the better choice for practicality - I feel better and safer in my 4 runner.

This is in addition to edge case buying. Large vehicle purchases are also popular due to what those vehicles bring to the buyer, including: cargo capacity, towing capabilities, ground clearance for rural needs, and in the case of large vans&suv's extra passenger space.

Re:GitHub actions is down on Monday June 13, 2022 @12:17PM (#31727579)
I can't find any info about anything in Github, much less actions specifically, being rewritten in c# either.
The biggest thing that helped me aside from trying to change my mindset, is black coffee and black tea without anything added. Coffee in particular seems to have a hunger suppressant quality and helps with perceived energy loss, but black tea seems to do the same for me. Whenever I am feeling hungry I just drink tea or coffee. There are so few calories involved that I believe it doesn't break a fasting state. Some may consider it breaking the rule, IDK.
Re:Umami: Own Your Website Analytics on Friday May 06, 2022 @11:10AM (#31286087)
What are you on about?

Right above this in their docs, it says:

Requirements

* A server with Node.js 12 or newer

* A database (MySQL or Postgresql)

There is no assumption. Node comes with npm installed... Node is required to use this.

This can be any OS that has node, no one said anything about linux except you?

"OS" Packages is never mentioned, those are obviously node packages.

I feel like the person you are responding to was not meaning software engineering. Electrical engineering, Chemical engineering, Civil engineering, Mechanical engineering, etc are all more likely: especially as what you say about software engineering is definitely well known.
Re:Flutter is the most popular cross-platform mobile SDK on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @07:39AM (#30427170)
Not sure the scope of your app, however I have built several sizable apps using xamarin forms over the past 3 years, and over the past 2 years the forms apps have improved to have pretty much identical performance for me. My apps are mostly data collection forms with offline data sync and report viewing with charts & graphs.

Also try looking into xamarin's successor "Maui" which I have been playing with and am impressed with the speed and code organization, even though it is still in beta/preview.

Re:Show HN: Record Your Accomplishments on Friday January 14, 2022 @05:01AM (#29932584)
Not that I disagree with the sentiment, but most of this can be accomplished with markdown, git, and things like github pages without building an app.
It generated a pizza shop for me :D

http://shan-shui-inf.lingdong.works/?seed=1640730920030

Seed: 1640730920030, view: 200, and I went right a few clicks.

Uploaded svg: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chris-ux/images/ea0801790f...

> software developers who have traditionally always relied on microsoft tech stack will have to look around at alternatives.

Not necessarily. There will be Windows Subsystem for Linux, and Xamarin/MAUI proves that multiple targets with a .net codebase are very possible (desktop win/mac, ios, android). Xamarin/Maui and .net are all OSS.

A MS supported target for linux via Maui is being discussed; and one of the MAUI developers already has a repo to support linux as a target that may possibly become an official branch. https://github.com/jsuarezruiz/maui-linux

There is also the .net Community. Uno Platform (FOSS) & Avalonia (FOSS) are both .net based and target Linux and much more. The code is similar to programming for Xamarin/Maui, you can share most of the core code of your app between these targets.

For Gaming: Unity and Monogame are OSS, Unity and Unity's editor is on Linux. MonoGame (OSS) (stardew valley) targets linux. Stride (3rd party engine) is also .net and targets Linux. Cryengine is also usable from .net.

And last but not least: Godot can officially be programmed using .net.

I am not worried as a "windows software developer" that I would be needing to switch stacks to target Linux. I can already make games or software target Linux from .net.

- edited, clarity

Re:Switching from Sketch to Figma on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @10:57AM (#22685117)
What is the plugin?
Using text labels to associate the color chips could work too.

Even color blind people know Ocean = Blue if given simple terms like you have. :)

Re:"Web Developer" Chrome Extension Infected with Adware on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @11:35AM (#14911367)
I ran into the same thing this morning.

Any click to dom element or opening new tabs was popping up alerts/confirmations and/or attempting redirects.

Only reason I noticed it was web developer extension was weird console-logs that I had never seen coming from the extension.

Disabled and all the popups have disappeared.