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by chrisdotcode 3y ago
So in 2019, you're saying that LE would have been fine with serving 50% of all Android users certificate errors, is that correct? If so, what would make them suggest such a plan in the first place?
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Community forks: A new, easier way to contribute to Gitlab(about.gitlab.com)
1 points by chrisdotcode 3y ago|0 comments
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Rust Foundation attempts to limit user crates from containing the word “Rust”(twitter.com)
2 points by chrisdotcode 3y ago|0 comments
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by chrisdotcode 4y ago
From what I understand, OSTree-based images[0] are in progress and will remediate this. [0] https://github.com/elementary/os/pull/582
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Framework Laptops Now Offering Refurbished Products(frame.work)
142 points by chrisdotcode 4y ago|68 comments
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by chrisdotcode 5y ago
That's true- I even stated that I thought KetoType1 should have put a disclaimer. At the same time, I do encourage people to take charge of their own health, and to make calculated and appropriate risks. My primary concern was people o
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by chrisdotcode 5y ago
Of course you're not immediately "disqualified" from providing meaningful information if you don't have skin in the game. However, the current state of pretty much any science-related-to-food is woefully inadequate (reme
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by chrisdotcode 5y ago
I'm not sure why you're being downvoted. I know jacquesm is a very well-respected poster, but unless he's got diabetes himself, he's providing his opinion with absolutely no real-world-experience vs someone who has been
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by chrisdotcode 6y ago
Associated YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNjxe8ShM-8
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On the Turing Completeness of MS PowerPoint [pdf](andrew.cmu.edu)
2 points by chrisdotcode 6y ago|1 comments
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How “uncivilized” people groups sleep(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
2 points by chrisdotcode 8y ago|1 comments
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The Ultimate Dev Setup – Ed(1)(lambdaisland.com)
2 points by chrisdotcode 8y ago|0 comments
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by chrisdotcode 9y ago
> The point is that age isn't a barrier but that becoming a software engineer is a lot harder than just going to a bootcamp and expecting a job to appear. I know, but that's not generally what you'd see on a "learn X
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by chrisdotcode 9y ago
I completely get that, but that's not what I'm saying - if we're just in the coding for money (which there is nothing wrong with), let's just be honest about it, like we would be about the accounting gig: "Yeah, I d
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by chrisdotcode 9y ago
I'm sorry, but I can't help but be incredibly cynical and jaded about this, and from reading the comments, nobody seems to have the same sentiment. If this was titled "How I learned to play the piano in my 30s", I don&#x
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by chrisdotcode 10y ago
> But somehow, I still want to do it : the need for freedom is so big I can't give up :-) Perhaps there is an alternative freedom? Instead of accumulating so much wealth you don't have to work (as per The American Dream), how a
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by chrisdotcode 10y ago
I'm not blind, but I would certainly like to contribute where I can. Shoot me an email (it's in my profile). The world can certainly use more open source accessibility standards, protocols and tools.
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by chrisdotcode 10y ago
The usability issues compound when that page was created with 1.2MB of JS (and another 2MB of ads), and I have to see a loading spinning wheel when it could have been easily been static content. ...And then when the page loads, I accidental
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by chrisdotcode 10y ago
> Amazon's reviews have become so reliable Did you mean unreliable here?
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by chrisdotcode 10y ago
What compounds this problem is that nobody cares about anything regarding this until they're locked up themselves. And even then, since it's just one changed mind, it's hard to move the incredibly strong tide of the governmen
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by chrisdotcode 10y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4585175
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Patent US6368227 – Method of swinging on a swing(google.co.uk)
2 points by chrisdotcode 10y ago|1 comments
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by chrisdotcode 10y ago
Neat. Not a gopher, so does this only work with pure functions that only reference other pure functions? If not, then neater.
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SO Podcast – The Decline of Stack Overflow Has Been Greatly Exaggerated(blog.stackoverflow.com)
1 points by chrisdotcode 10y ago|0 comments
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by chrisdotcode 10y ago
How is this different from/better than Stack Exchange's blackbox[0] which doesn't require a third-party service (just plain-ole gpg) and is written in bash? [0] https://github.com/StackExchange/blackbox
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by chrisdotcode 10y ago
Why do you think that Mars One is a scam? Is it not feasible to get humans to Mars in ~10 years?
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by chrisdotcode 10y ago
> [P]laces like West Texas, much of which gets very little rain and has land that sells at single-digit dollar prices. This is interesting - do you have any links to land like that being sold at such cheap prices?
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by chrisdotcode 10y ago
> Medium is swimming in crap. Like reprints or links to other pages. Why? That’s for social media. Don’t repost things. Where’s the originality in that. Reposting (or the principle behind sharing someone else's work you find interes
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by chrisdotcode 10y ago
He has replied here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11431777
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by chrisdotcode 10y ago
I know Vuka (the article's author) in real life. I'll send him a FB message and see if he would be willing to answer some of the burning questions asked here. Will update if I hear back.

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