draazon

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by draazon 1y ago
In a vaguely related vein, here’s a D&D-style developer alignment quiz: https://www.sallery.co.uk/lessons/quiz
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by draazon 1y ago
If you’re that keen on business books, I have one that you might enjoy: https://www.sallery.co.uk/lessons . I’ve tried to avoid some of the pitfalls listed in the article, but feedback from someone with broad knowledge of th
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by draazon 1y ago
I think that technically, as a blog post, this wouldn't be eligible for Show HN?
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by draazon 1y ago
The lamp-holders and braided flex are from https://www.lampspares.co.uk/ , and the bulbs themselves are from Heal's ( https://www.heals.com/lighting/bulbs-and-fittings.html ).
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by draazon 1y ago
Thanks, that's helpful - I am indeed the OP, and the "overcomplicated" part was intended as tongue-in-cheek self-criticism!
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by draazon 1y ago
That's probably down to the angle; the table is in fact over 3 metres long, and extendable.
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by draazon 1y ago
Yes, it is a bit clicky. As discussed in the post, this is something I'd like to fix.
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The Danglepoise(sallery.co.uk)
47 points by draazon 1y ago|18 comments
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by draazon 1y ago
Overcomplicated lighting design
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by draazon 2y ago
If the page author is reading this: hello Rob!
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Show HN: Lessons from a Flightless Bird (Book)(sallery.co.uk)
3 points by draazon 2y ago|0 comments
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Mysterious export controls on quantum computers(newscientist.com)
27 points by draazon 2y ago|18 comments
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by draazon 2y ago
I’m somewhat surprised that the article doesn’t mention Robert Winter’s “The Interactive Beethoven”. I kept an old ThinkPad running for a long time after it should have been obsoleted, just so that I could spin up that disc. Amazing sound q
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by draazon 4y ago
Thanks for the info; I had my suspicions...
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Nick Clegg's attempted defence of social media(nickclegg.medium.com)
2 points by draazon 4y ago|1 comments
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by draazon 4y ago
Some interesting arguments are made, though the evasions are probably more telling.
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by draazon 4y ago
I went on an architectural tour of the Barbican Centre a few years ago - it was great, highly recommended (particularly if you're a fan of Brutalism, an under-appreciated style). Anyway, the (excellent) tour guide explained the reason
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by draazon 4y ago
Diagrams are good for representing structure, and inherently less good at representing behaviour (as mentioned in the article). I recall that in the early 2000s some UML tool venders were pushing "round-trip automation" as a way o
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by draazon 4y ago
There's a place for UML in the README.md; as some other commenters have pointed out, UML works much better as a sketching tool than as a total definition of a software system. A couple of quick class diagrams at the top level (probably
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by draazon 4y ago
If it doesn't take off, where would you sell it?