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Re:PostgreSQL and UUID as Primary Key on Saturday July 06, 2024 @08:02AM (#40889894)
This is a valid point but it highly depends on the use case and larger context on whether this will be relevant or not. If you have a table where you fetch multiple rows close to each other in paginated manner this would be relevant for the performance but if you only fetch individual records by uuid, data locality wouldn’t increase the performance.
> Normal wingsuit operators typically reach horizontal speeds around 62 mph.

Normal wingsuits can easily reach ground speeds up to 250kmh/155mph.

Source: https://ppc.paralog.net/listtracks.php?sort=Speed&record=C

No one visits personal websites to watch self-hosted videos nowadays. YouTube is not only about video hosting, but also about the large user base.
Re:Lyrebird – An API to copy the voice of anyone on Monday April 24, 2017 @03:56AM (#14182593)
It might become more convincing if audio engineers would edit the results to hide artifacts and make it sound more natural.
Agree, except of the red horizontal scroll bar on the top. What's the purpose of this?
Re:Insomnia 3.0 – A simple and beautiful REST API client on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @08:03AM (#12435302)
+1 for WebSocket support
Re:Micro v1.0 – a terminal-based text editor written in Go on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @08:54AM (#12389547)
It just felt like there is at least one HN submissions each week about a new text editor written in X on the front page. Seems like writing a new text editor in a new language is the new Hello World!
Re:1M People Use Facebook Over Tor on Friday April 22, 2016 @11:55AM (#11550096)
Exactly my thought
Yep. When I read the title I thought it was a parody on IO-names.