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Re:The Big Vitamin D Mistake on Thursday December 07, 2017 @09:52AM (#15870412)
Anyone who thinks they are D deficient should just go to the doctor and get your blood tested.
Re:Can You Afford It? Real-World Web Performance Budgets on Friday October 27, 2017 @09:00PM (#15573437)
It's remarkable how much js gets loaded onto a page (mainly due to libraries) vs. how much of its functions are needed for what the web developer is trying to do. There just is not a whole lot of use cases for the big libraries unless you're doing something really intensive like a drawing app.
Re:Asia's smartphone addiction on Monday September 07, 2015 @10:55AM (#10181621)
Worth pointing out that every year millions of people worldwide are killed or injured by drivers using cell phones while driving.
Re:Ask HN: What do you do when you are lethargic? on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @10:56AM (#9885343)
coffee
Re:The Disadvantages of Single Page Applications (2014) on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @02:00AM (#9883123)
Some problems with the article.

One you cherry pick SPA attempts, like with Twitter. This is an example of a company trying to refactor for SPA, not doing SPA from the beginning.

Libraries that help with SPA are maturing. It's easy to implement routing with backbone for example. You just have to be a good developer and actually learn.

The part that really matters is being a solid dev. Not if you choose SPA or not.

From what I gather this is good for privately sharing other people's private data? Correct me if I misunderstand the idea here.
Re:Is ReactJS really fast? on Monday June 01, 2015 @01:43PM (#9640632)
my experience with react is that it's really fast.
Re:Web App Speed on Monday June 01, 2015 @01:35AM (#9636943)
There are issues however with the way that some browsers render canvas, particularly stock browsers. I've had wildly different fps on different browsers.
Re:HyperSphere HS-5k continuous surveillance system on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @11:53AM (#9263731)
a little invasive don't you think
Re:Our Incredible Journey on Friday January 30, 2015 @01:00PM (#8973297)
Thanks, I was aware of these products, but didn't know the history with Brace.