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by paulftw 2y ago
Used d3 on two different react projects. Charts weren’t the main feature but quite big still. When the dust settled I got a feeling React+SVG had made d3 obsolete - there’s some value in d3 zoom and interaction code, but their intricate sys
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by paulftw 3y ago
why couldn’t it be done on an off-the-shelf 28-byj-48 stepper? The reason is probably explained somewhere in the article, I just can’t find where
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by paulftw 4y ago
The golden era of being a startup is gone FTFY What if general demise of startups (due to funding drought, covid, market saturation, bad timing aka world wasn’t ready for our idea, or leave your favorite excuse in comments) also impacted op
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by paulftw 4y ago
I spent quite some time in FreeCAD, then switched to makerjs. For the last two covid years "code cad" designs for laser cutter have consumed most of my free time. I am also building my own online editor with focus on UX and live
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by paulftw 5y ago
There are actually at least two styles that do exactly that. They are called OpenSCAD and JSCAD. The code above would be simple subtract(cube([h,w,t]), translate([h/2,w/2,t], cylinder({radius, height}))) I don't know why the
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by paulftw 6y ago
I went through is process a couple of times. Usually they ask you to fill an online form and attach any evidence. After that it always felt like a call center employee decided whether to start the refund or not. If you write something smart
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by paulftw 6y ago
I simply quoted the original article
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by paulftw 6y ago
Yes, but don't forget that "Ambani family have close ties to the ruling government" and also Jio is "the only firm that won a pan-India 4G license, leveraging the superiority and cost-efficiency of 4G". I'm sup
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by paulftw 6y ago
Are they also building AI cars that drive without accidents?
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by paulftw 7y ago
What if China says “we’re sending you a plane with the four individuals you are after. We insist on their innocence and want to see a fair and public trial” Then DOJ would have to reveal their sources, wouldn’t they?
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by paulftw 7y ago
Scmp website has way too much fancy JavaScript making my iphone lag and not resulting in a better reading experience
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by paulftw 7y ago
Good read, but AFAICT researches still don’t fully understand how birds fly, yet planes fly at higher altitudes and at faster speeds. Computer vision is probably not going to mimic human eye that closely
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by paulftw 7y ago
So you also agree that there's no standoff between AWS and K8s, unlike an article titled "'AWS vs. K8s' Is the New 'Win vs Linux'" would suggest? It also talks about building a personal data center quite a
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by paulftw 7y ago
Software Engineer's fallacy: if all you have is software/programming skills you start to look for an open source linux based solution to holding wooden boards in place, one that doesn't vendor lock you into the iron ore. With
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by paulftw 8y ago
thanks, will look into that.
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by paulftw 8y ago
Do you mind sharing what browser/OS were you using? Clicking on the [x] shouldn't do that. (i'm the person who implemented that widget)
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by paulftw 8y ago
Real Hacker News would’ve known to avoid PayPal :) This story only made the front page because of the name confusion. Other comments claim that name choice to be intentional
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by paulftw 8y ago
Awesome list. One point I’d add that changed how I think about UI and UX is being aware when UI reflects internal code structure instead of just doing what a user would want to see. The latter is harder, so engineers tend to avoid it, often
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by paulftw 8y ago
And also google “best google webfont pairings” pick one, apply it to your bootstrap site with only 10 lines of CSS and voila the page suddenly feels fresh and cool
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by paulftw 8y ago
IMO you need to start loving UI/UX to get anywhere. It’s actually interesting and with modern frameworks is not too hard for a decent programmer to pick up. Getting out of your comfort zone and learning new paradigms, solving new class
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by paulftw 9y ago
Did someone pull the strings at Economist to publish this editorial in order to respond/damage control the Guardian piece? (obviously it's just my speculation but coincidence is also only one of the plausible explanations)
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by paulftw 9y ago
Putting out two fires simultaneously means fewer resources are spent on each individual one. I could even fantasize about a scenario where Intel: "if you launch an ARM laptop we'll raise our prices" Microsoft: "fine, we
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by paulftw 9y ago
Yes, but how many people really need better than netbook performance? Most knowledge workers only need email, excel and web browser. SaaS is eating desktop. Modern smartphone is capable of 3d games and even VR. Dropping prices temporarily u
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by paulftw 9y ago
Any threats to Intel's (almost?) monopoly on laptops/desktops is a good thing.
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by paulftw 9y ago
Title says 'exploit homeless for sex' - starts with a negative label. Then it proposes filtering out the ads, changing the law to make it illegal, etc. I think it's pretty clear what the author's view is (or what kind of
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by paulftw 9y ago
I wonder what would Amnesty International say - they support decriminalization of sex work [1], this article seems to pull in the opposite direction. [1] https://www.amnesty.org/en/qa-policy-to-protect-the-human-ri...
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by paulftw 9y ago
Part 2 of this investigation should be "whose job it was to check new principal's credentials and and how they profited from looking the other way" Edit: was that person the only applicant? If not why did the process identify
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by paulftw 10y ago
I bought the original jawbone for my partner. She loved it but 1-2 months later it stopped charging. Took it back to the Apple Store in Sydney and they replaced it with a new one. A month later I had to go to the store again for the same re
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by paulftw 10y ago
You are saying that the guy who cloned Facebook for Russian market (vk.com) is now building WeChat for Russia?
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by paulftw 10y ago
They probably thought a big KS would convince investors to give them couple hundred million. What they should have done is cut costs and develop 10x fewer features, let the community grow slowly but organically and wait out the bad times.

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