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Re:Lessons learned reinventing the Python notebook on Sunday May 12, 2024 @02:16PM (#40336343)
I am in the market for an alternative to Databricks' notebooks. Essentially, I want to use spark-connect, but also interact with delta tables directly via polars and duckdb (while still leveraging Ibis).

Support for Observable tier plots would be amazing.

Re:Game Programming Patterns on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @03:25AM (#39451364)
could you summarize what's wrong with the book?
Re:Understanding Parquet, Iceberg and Data Lakehouses on Saturday December 30, 2023 @04:07AM (#38813837)
Microsoft is using Delta for their Fabric Lakehouse architecture and its also what OneLake is built around so now you have another massive player choosing Delta.
Re:Understanding Parquet, Iceberg and Data Lakehouses on Saturday December 30, 2023 @03:59AM (#38813806)
Databricks has a lot of nice closed-sourced components, e.g., Unity Catalog, Delta Live Tables and Photon (a C++ implementation of Spark).

Delta itself seems fairly open-source: https://github.com/orgs/delta-io/projects/10/views/1 and hopefully someone will implement Liquid Clustering!

Re:Meta Quest 3 on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @03:10PM (#37679709)
how does the pro version compare to the 2 and 3? would you get pro over this one?
Re:Ray-Ban Meta next generation of smart glasses on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @02:49PM (#37679391)
i'd love a pair of jf rey smart glasses
is the reported hiring freeze absolute (security roles)? i was blown away by the meta quest 2 and would love to be involved somehow
Re:Continuous glucose monitoring on the Apple Watch on Saturday June 04, 2022 @09:37AM (#31620177)
It is technically possible to connect the Apple Watch directly to the FreeStyle Libre glucose sensors as demonstrated here: https://github.com/gui-dos/DiaBLE

Unfortunately, in this case you need to pay for a certificate for signing the app, build it yourself and so on

Re:Continuous glucose monitoring on the Apple Watch on Saturday June 04, 2022 @09:32AM (#31620126)
I have a similar setup, but with the Fitbit Versa 3 connected to Nightscout (https://glancewatchface.com/).

I can imagine this being incredibly useful for parents!

Re:Ask HN: What fun have you had with tech recently? on Friday May 27, 2022 @02:24PM (#31532983)
Thank you! I am going to check out the quest 2.
Re:Ask HN: What fun have you had with tech recently? on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @03:08PM (#31509109)
Vrchat or something else?

What hardware is needed for playing around with this?

Re:Ask HN: What other tech roles are out there? on Thursday March 10, 2022 @02:23PM (#30631259)
security
Re:Ask HN: How to find a job in 2021 if I dislike remote? on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @06:14AM (#29712576)
Anything requiring a security clearance
Re:Podcasts are my new Wikipedia on Thursday November 04, 2021 @05:09AM (#29104871)
being present in the moment. not always being productive or entertained
Re:What do I need to read to be a CSS dev? on Saturday October 23, 2021 @11:32AM (#28969439)
$349? What price are you getting? (The course is regional priced)