Jistern

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by Jistern 4y ago
>> Entry tickets, if handled properly, could be a great way to fix the issue. I disagree. This seems like a "great way" to damage the tourism industry in Venice. In other words, I think this is a terrible way to deal with to
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by Jistern 4y ago
>> fundamental problem is cargo cult developers trying to copy massive companies architectures as a startup. They fail to realize those companies only moved to microservices because they had no other option. This. Microservices add co
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by Jistern 4y ago
Pro Tip: Buy a professional dental pick. I bought one on Amazon for around $35 about 10 years ago. I use it every day. It works great.
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by Jistern 4y ago
It’s 1997 and you want to build a website... ... just wait a decade or two; it will get much easier. Seriously, I built a very simply static website around 1997 or 1998 with Adobe Page Mill. It was pretty easy.
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by Jistern 4y ago
Your reasoning is faulty and very probably self-serving. More and more companies can and will outsource their infrastructure. IT guys hate this because it threatens their "paychecks." The optimal amount of cloud services for an es
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by Jistern 4y ago
Good point! I hadn't thought of that.
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by Jistern 4y ago
Yeah. I agree. I often tend confuse the terms "mirage" and "oasis" in my own mind. After all, they are both things one might perceive in a hot desert, although the first is not real; whereas, the second is real.
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by Jistern 4y ago
> Then one of the big players comes in and adds the feature to their main product. Poof, everything somebody worked long and hard for disappears. There's a lot of wisdom in the statement above, but you also have a point... which I t
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by Jistern 4y ago
>> I actually think micro-SaaS is an oasis. Did you mean "mirage" instead of "oasis"?
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by Jistern 4y ago
>> I appreciate your style of acknowledging the points you agree on even as you dispute other statements. Thanks. Hacker News is full of arrogant, ignorant engineers whom I despise. I’m brash, harsh, and opinionated. I have a take-no
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by Jistern 4y ago
Good grief. First and foremost I was simplifying to make a point. >> You can’t just hire 1 DevOps superstar Secondly, that assertion is not necessarily true. Obviously, you should just hire 1 DevOps superstar... in some cases. Don&#x2
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by Jistern 4y ago
>> I agree entirely. I agree entirely too. >> Start with a monolith on two VMs and a load balancer. Chips and networks are cheaper than labour, Kudos to you! You are a dangerous man for you opine the truth. My advice is general
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by Jistern 4y ago
>> Nukes will fade out with a whimper as they become increasingly unable to produce power at a price to match renewables'. The plants will be quietly mothballed, however much was spent on them, because we are not, as a society, c
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by Jistern 4y ago
>> So, ammonia, or synthetic methanol, metal hydride, or even mined and refined kerosene. Perhaps one of those would be best. I really don't know. But based on my limited knowledge, at this point, I'd bet on coal over any of
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by Jistern 4y ago
"Imagination is more important knowledge" said some guy with messy hair who knew a thing or two about energy times something squared. Just as castle towns went from refuges to death traps (starting about 800 years ago when cannonb
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by Jistern 4y ago
I think you are obsessed with ammonia as a fuel source. Ammonia might never make it to peaker plants, nor farm, nor construction equipment. The sun shines brightly 100% of the time and the wind blows strongly 100% of the time... somewhere.
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by Jistern 4y ago
Actually, you were the one who taught me this. Please see... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31832490 Thanks. Here's a link I suggest you include when posting on the subject... https://spectrum.ieee.or
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by Jistern 4y ago
In addition, NH3 (ammonia) would probably first be used in cargo ships (which I learned in another thread here on HackerNews) which currently produce vast amounts of pollution. The main point is this: cheap, clean, renewable electricity pro
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by Jistern 4y ago
You are missing something important. Uber is like a bit like Walmart or Costco. They all enjoy economies of scale; Uber simply has bad management.
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by Jistern 4y ago
Unless missiles are raining down on your kitchen or there is a famine in your area, there's no defense for using garlic in a jar. Never. Ever. Learn how to peel and then crush, slice, and mince garlic quickly. There are a variety of te
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by Jistern 4y ago
>> One of the best solutions to out fossil fuel problems Mankind has survived just fine since ancient times without burning anywhere near the amount of fossil fuels burned over, say, the last 200 years. With wind and solar, we are an
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by Jistern 4y ago
Hmmm. I suppose you never heard of a "chicken tractor", have you? Try searching for it on Google. It's a thing.
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by Jistern 4y ago
>> I don't think the certificate days would be much use today, Think again. >> given how fast frameworks change and just how many different technologies are involved with modern development. That is not a problem. There cou
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by Jistern 4y ago
Have you ever actually bothered to make a cursory study of the history of food production over the last, say, 100 years in the USA? Since FDR came into office in 1933 the US federal government has actively been dealing with a serious food p
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by Jistern 4y ago
>> I imagine there's an element of artistry there too, but they seem to cope. You are a diplomat sir; I'm merely a common street brawler.
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by Jistern 4y ago
>> Big difference is that there are standards and accepted practices in the fields in detail. I agree. After enough bridges fell down causing massive human fatalities, standards and accepted practices almost certainly "emerged.&q
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by Jistern 4y ago
Yikes. This is very poorly argued. Engineering is overwhelmingly an applied science, not an art. Sure, arts have elements of science and sciences have elements of arts. But, there's a reason we don't normally call scientists artis
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by Jistern 4y ago
>> That's because programming is nothing like any of those professions. That assertion is blatantly wrong. Software engineers are like civil engineers and mechanical engineers because, ummm, yeah, of that word engineer. See? I fo
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by Jistern 4y ago
I think you are correct; I was very probably wrong. I did some research. NH3 (Ammonia) seems like it will be used, at least, to power large cargo ships in the near future. I didn't realize that Ammonia is essentially a cheaper and easi
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by Jistern 4y ago
Well argued, but you didn't address the need for tests and/or certifications to prevent companies from being overwhelmed by a flood of unqualified candidates. A doctor, lawyer, public accountant, and, well, many types of engineers

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