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Re:Modern Python Developer's Toolkit on Sunday June 13, 2021 @07:57AM (#27491788)
Thanks! I’m currently learning Python and will find this useful.
Great read and really liked his style of writing. This line made me giggle

Very nice.

Re:Htmx 1.2.0 Release on Saturday February 13, 2021 @09:16PM (#26129077)
I have been using htmx in one project and I must say I’m very happy about it. Take some getting used to but it integrates well. This release fixes some of my biggest issues. Difficult to send different variables om different requests and the need for a form tag. Nice!

Thanks for your hard work I will give this release a try soon. :)

Re:Qualcomm to Acquire Nuvia: A CPU Magnitude Shift on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @11:21AM (#25764098)
Think everyone did :D
Re:Dropbox to cut 11% of its global workforce on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @11:05AM (#25763823)
I'm a paying customer for Dropbox and I've just had it installed on my computer for when I occasionally had to share files with customers. Never really felt I used it to any extent but I also never canceled my subscription because I'm happy for what it is and I can't bother to find alternatives.

However my computer recently crashed and when "re-installing" Dropbox I discovered that they have many more useful "Apps" included like backup and password-sync and a neat paper scanning app for the phone. All of which I was very happy to discover. So I see myself keeping my subscription for the foreseeable future. :)

Re:Twitter names famed hacker 'Mudge' as head of security on Monday November 16, 2020 @06:11PM (#25118308)
Delete all profiles with five or more digits in the username. Joking aside it will be interesting to see what they can come up with for solutions to platform integrity. I find myself using Twitter more and more and the only SoMe I really "follow".
Does it also come without touch bar?
Re:Is Palantir's Crystal Ball Just Smoke and Mirrors? on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @10:08AM (#24627988)
Thanks for sharing some thrilling insight! From what I have gathered my own conclusion was pretty inline with what you say. That the real power is behind the scenes at the database level and customizations of datasets. When I first saw the UI (pretty recently) I was underwhelmed. I'm curious if you can elaborate some more if you think that the UI can be changed/improved without changing the fundamentals or is it tightly coupled?

It seems to me that they have one product per customer. I'm curious how scalable it is I guess.

Aside. I became very interested in Palantir. Much because I liked Alex Karps philosophy in that this technology is ineveteble, controversal or not, and that it's up to regulators to scope the use of it. If not Palantir some other company down the line will do the same (if not already) and personally I'd go with team Karp.

Re:Tesla Battery Day Livestream on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @04:35PM (#24559574)
Is there no sound in the intro or do I have problems with my player? :|
Dang, I registered hyperapp domain because I thought it was a good name and wanted to build something cool there. Like all side projects it’s not about the idea but the execution. I’ll put this in my bin together with slackday (Should have registered slack:)

On topic: This looks interesting and I Will be giving it a try. Well done!

Re:Announcing TypeScript 3.9 on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @10:03AM (#23166960)
Oh thanks! Yes my "problem" is mostly around what types to return or rather how to find them. To be aware that separate types package must be installed is definitely something to get into habit.

I wasn't aware of the `.d.ts` files. It sounds a lot like what I was looking for! Thanks again for your feedback and help :-)

Re:Announcing TypeScript 3.9 on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @09:33AM (#23166702)
Thanks for your replies. Glad to hear it's working well for you. I want to learn it myself. Was hesitant to ask questions here because this is not Stackoverflow :-) I will check out the discord.

Just to follow up what I meant i created a quick gist. Not working code but maybe can explain it a bit better.

What I mean as an example is this. I create a function that uses styled-components. I have no idea what the return type should be at first. I must dig into internals of styled-components and eventually find something like "AnyStyledComponent" which is basically the same as "Any" but for styled-components.

https://gist.github.com/slackday/7142251cf2bb3660f8c24492aa1...

This is just one example. Just curious. Not to pick at either Typescript or styled-components which are both great!

Re:Announcing TypeScript 3.9 on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @09:14AM (#23166558)
Any pro typescripter have any tips for how best use it in existing Node/React codebase?

This article mentions material-ui and styled-components. My experience with typescript has been cumbersome with these libraries. A lot of time is spent figuring out what ”types” to return. I find this very difficult in most cases and not fun at all.

I figure there must be something wrong in my approach or in my ts config (no explicit any).

In short. How to best handle styled-components/material-ui/other library in ts environment? Or is typescript just to much overhead in these usecases?

Re:The young centre of the Earth (2016) on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @01:24PM (#21455126)
”If you want an even more stark illustration of gravity’s effect on time, take the Sun - the team calculates that the Sun’s core is around 40,000 years younger than its surface.”

https://www.sciencealert.com/earth-s-core-is-2-5-years-young...

Re:Facebook reveals its cryptocurrency Libra on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @07:55AM (#20212008)
I’d give a penny to hear Alexander Hamiltons opinion on this.
Re:Chromostereopsis (2002) on Sunday March 17, 2019 @07:19PM (#19417419)
I appear to be part of half the people. What does it mean for me?

Additional read https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromostereopsis

Re:Addressing Spotify’s Claims on Friday March 15, 2019 @04:31PM (#19404000)
Part of the point Apple is trying to make is that the AppStore helped Spotify grow their business and prove the business model. Spotify really took of when they started the beta of the iOS App. In Sweden, and then rolling out to the countries in EU, where iPhones (at least at the time) had a dominant market share.

I still find it true that a lot of the early iOS users still have their premium subscription. And I wouldn't be surprised if iOS is dominant in the premium users of Spotify today.

I found the response by Apple good and I think they've helped Spotify grow a lot. Suing Apple feels a bit like they are shooting themselves in the foot.

Re:Sourcebuster.js on Sunday March 03, 2019 @05:33PM (#19297373)
Same for me and I’m curious why (Safari on iPhone)
Re:Activision Blizzard Begins Massive Layoffs on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @05:23PM (#19148244)
Feels like Activision is keeping Blizzard from making content. Content that players would gladly pay for.

Hope they atleast get to keep their phones... shame really I assume they don’t fire the management first...

Re:SIGIL, a New Doom Campaign by John Romero on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @05:23AM (#18654328)
I thought this was pretty cool when reading about it. And then I read Buckethead made the music and now I HAVE to order the Limited Edition! :D Dang it will set me back $166 but hey Christmas is around the corner. Happy holidays!
Re:TypeScript in 5 minutes on Saturday December 01, 2018 @05:51PM (#18579490)
Annoying that the site hijacks your back button history like a porn site. What’s up with that? Sure I want to give Typescript (or the equvilent) a try but this feels desperate if not an error.
Re:A Break in the Quest for the Quantum Speed Limit on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @04:53AM (#18540966)
Say it after me tetramethyltetrathiafulvalenes!

This is the current winner of strangest material name I’ve read. Anyone who can top it?

Re:Bing Is Suggesting the Worst Things You Can Imagine on Sunday October 28, 2018 @04:37AM (#18319695)
Reading your comment I reacted with 14M not being a lot at all. I was surprised to find out it is true.

Having no knowledge of this before I’ve always assumed this number would be higher. Based on influence I guess.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_population_by_country

Re:Working at Netflix Sounds Like Hell on Saturday October 27, 2018 @10:58AM (#18315968)
Stories I’ve hear from friends to my family who worked at Netflix made me cringe. Regular meetings where everyone at the meeting have to do presentations about their own recent work at the company and basically have to present why they should stay instead of the ”other guy” who will be fired. No rest with constant fear of being fired or the alternative if you ”make it” is constant preasure of performaning better than other teams. This breeds a backstabbing culture for sure.

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Thanks for creating such a easy to use tool for solving an annoying "problem" with local certs. I never really tried to solve this myself so I just "put up" with the browser warning. I managed to add a key following the README on your repo with no problems what so ever on MacOSX. :)
Re:Build a 100% Serverless Website with AWS in 7 Easy Steps on Thursday October 25, 2018 @11:23AM (#18301590)
The shoemaker's children go barefoot
Re:Tesla Third Quarter 2018 Update [pdf] on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @05:32PM (#18296621)
Great news but I have to ask. Maybe someone here can share their view/opinion about the market and what’s going on.

Musk can’t tweet about going private. So a major short seller sue him and Tesla. Stock ”crash” during two months. Short seller completly turn around and now long the stock which rises A DAY before this report?

Eyebrows should be raised so high everyone go bald. Where Will this end with SEC? And How is this not manipulation from both sides?

Disclaimer: Sure I am a fan boy and we all ”knew” they were going to make a profit soon. Great work and this is promising for the future!

Re:Node 11.0 on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @05:44AM (#18290953)
I don't have any experience with Django. I'm hoping to learn Django next as it seem to solve a lot of backend complexity and provide a nice way to model data.

The reason I choose Node for the backend on one project was to have the same codebase and not maintain two systems (this project is in React so Node is a nice fit). But in hindsight I feel like I should have evaluated Django more. Node is difficult to maintain since it is so active with lots of dependencies to track :)

Would also like to hear someone else's experience with maintaining a Django project vs. Node.

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