brodsky

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by brodsky 3y ago
When we upgraded our appliances, the "smart" or "wifi-enabled" ones were specifically avoided like the plague. "Dumb" appliances - especially fridges, for some reason - are becoming hard to come by, but they do
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by brodsky 4y ago
This has nothing to do with the companies you mentioned, and everything to do with the emergence and acceptance of DevOps/SRE best-practices over the last decade or so, which can hardly be reduced to an occasional `apt update`. There i
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by brodsky 7y ago
that's a weird criterion. market cap has little to nothing to do with it. I don't think it's reasonable to be mad at anyone in this particular situation - we all knew that 32-bit was going away - but there are certainly other
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by brodsky 7y ago
the story also goes that, since he was only given milk and bread while in solitary confinement, he would make inkwells out of bread, in order to write with said milk. I can't remember off the top of my head what he used as a writing ut
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by brodsky 7y ago
this was meant as a reply to yardie's comment, but my HN client won't let me edit or delete it.
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by brodsky 7y ago
I'm not sure it's possible to "give" inaccurate information to Equifax.
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by brodsky 7y ago
I agree. I don't know Kotlin and am reasonably well versed in Python, yet I immediately grasp the Kotlin example as more readable, while having to squint at the Python one for a few seconds. (this is anecdotal of course, and does not a
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by brodsky 7y ago
yes, i have the yellow one. it looks awesome, but i'm really longing for some post-apocalyptic touches (think Metro rather than Fallout). don't have an airbrush though, nor do I know how to use one. So this will have to wait...
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by brodsky 7y ago
they also wear all black, and use at least two keyboards simultaneously to hack twice as fast.
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by brodsky 7y ago
that must be why the 'x' key is worn out?
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by brodsky 7y ago
true! I'm very tempted to finish mine with custom airbrushed patina á la "abandoned soviet cold war bunker" :)
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by brodsky 7y ago
you can use any old phone cable by the way!
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by brodsky 7y ago
I have one (sans modules, obviously, for now), and I use it daily with great satisfaction. Not sure yet if it improves my RSI symptoms, but it's not making them worse. It does take a bit of time to develop muscle memory for the differe
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by brodsky 7y ago
^ does not contribute
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by brodsky 7y ago
I think such arrogance is uncalled for, but also it would be interesting to hear your experiences that led you to this conclusion.
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by brodsky 7y ago
Training AIs. I strongly believe this will be an occupation class in the future.
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by brodsky 7y ago
Admittedly, my understanding of the problems you describe is superficial at best. But it sounds like you are citing a rather narrow set of requirements (memory safety in network code where protection against exploitation is paramount) as a
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by brodsky 7y ago
This sounds like someone (your friend?) had a quota to fill by any means necessary, as opposed to actually enforcing consumer standards. Rather shameful, IMO.
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by brodsky 7y ago
> It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills. I know the source says that, but wouldn't mind seeing some elaboration on why that is the case. If the `newsguidelines` made a point of mentioning it, there's perhaps some
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by brodsky 7y ago
I don't want to sound like a snob (but will go ahead and do so anyway) - there has been a noticeable Redditification of HN over the past year. More so in comments than the submissions. We're not into the puns and meme trains terri
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by brodsky 7y ago
except this isn't Reddit.
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by brodsky 7y ago
is there a more appropriate verbiage the author should be using?
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by brodsky 7y ago
I know what you mean. but I'm also not sure what innovation can be expected from something as utilitarian as an OS. Do you have any ideas of what you'd want to see?
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by brodsky 7y ago
a friend and I were recording a song one day. I wondered why he wouldn't build himself a vocal booth. His reply was: "I'd like to record a song. If I were to start building a vocal booth, at the end of the day I wouldn't
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by brodsky 7y ago
fortunately, some of the folks hanging out on HN are capable of building just the terrifying thing you speak of.
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by brodsky 7y ago
> nuance-free tabloid version of activism Thank you - this is a very apt description of how I feel about them as well (also as someone who otherwise agrees with their efforts)
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by brodsky 7y ago
I agree about the inconveniences of lugging around a DSLR kit. And for documenting a trip or taking amazing photos while out and about, high-end phones like iPhone or Pixel are the absolute best. But to me, this is a very utilitarian approa
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by brodsky 7y ago
I second this comment! My old D40 has survived also almost 15 years of use and abuse, and is still going strong. I've since upgraded to a D90, which is also already a senior citizen in tech years, and it is still as reliable as ever. I
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by brodsky 7y ago
the practice of buying the cheapest version of something, in my experience, should not be applied to things like tools. there is a remarkable difference between a $20 no-name multitool and a nice Leatherman, or a nice pair of binoculars and
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by brodsky 7y ago
isn't /s a reddit thing, and a really annoying one at that?

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