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by rpcom 2y ago
That’s right - we cannot beat lack of fractions support with whatever high precision. It’s a feature that we are currently missing.
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by rpcom 2y ago
This is important suggestion that we should consider for better usability. Thanks.
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by rpcom 2y ago
We use C# “decimal” type on backend for high-precision calculations. Frankly, we do not trust third-party libraries when it comes to mission critical calculations. We would better stay safe with well-tested enterprise frameworks like .NET.
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by rpcom 2y ago
Thank you for the feedback. Usually users search a specific unit conversion, such as “convert meters to feet”. They will be redirected by a search engine to a dedicated page with detailed units descriptions down below the category page, exa
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by rpcom 2y ago
When a user converts, for example, 0.0001 millimeters to miles, most of converters out there will fail to provide the correct result due to precision loss. I know, it’s rare case, but we want to ensure that we can handle all cases without e
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by rpcom 2y ago
Having a dedicated page for a category or particular conversion between units, allows adding extra information, such as info about unit of measurement and formula. Example: https://www.betaconvert.com/length/meters&#x2F
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by rpcom 2y ago
Our service uses backend to perform high-precision calculations not available through Javascript. That’s why it was an intentional decision in order to avoid any delays between entering the text and backend response. However, we might chang
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by rpcom 2y ago
We use high-precision calculations up to 28 decimal digits that cannot be provided by numeric types available in Javascript. That’s why we do our calculations on the backend.
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by rpcom 2y ago
The website shares cookies with Google over Google Analytics only if cookies are accepted via consent banner, otherwise the website browsing is completely anonymous. Regarding 1496 partners, these entities will not get any information if th
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by rpcom 2y ago
Makes sense - to fill UI voids. Thank you for the feedback.
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Show HN: We built the simplest Online Unit Converter for everyday use(betaconvert.com)
8 points by rpcom 2y ago|37 comments
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Keyboard Shortcuts for Visual Studio(docs.microsoft.com)
1 points by rpcom 8y ago|0 comments
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by rpcom 8y ago
I appreciate your feedback, thanks!
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by rpcom 8y ago
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Show HN: ResizePixel – Ridiculously simple online image editing(resizepixel.com)
4 points by rpcom 8y ago|3 comments
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Download Visual Studio 2019 Preview(visualstudio.microsoft.com)
6 points by rpcom 8y ago|1 comments
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Get free Windows Server eval license from Microsoft (180 days)(microsoft.com)
2 points by rpcom 8y ago|0 comments
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CDNPerf – compare CDN performance based on billions of tests(cdnperf.com)
2 points by rpcom 8y ago|0 comments
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Google Analytics – 10 important metrics to track(dynomapper.com)
4 points by rpcom 8y ago|0 comments
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C# async/await explained(docs.microsoft.com)
2 points by rpcom 8y ago|0 comments
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The best laptop 2018(techradar.com)
1 points by rpcom 8y ago|0 comments
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BuiltWithDot.Net – share your .NET projects(builtwithdot.net)
3 points by rpcom 8y ago|0 comments
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DNS prefetch explained(varvy.com)
1 points by rpcom 8y ago|0 comments
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by rpcom 8y ago
Simly do what you like. Find some good idea and enjoy doing it as a side project without leaving your current job. Who knows maybe some day it will become a good startup.
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What's new in ASP.NET Core 2.2(docs.microsoft.com)
3 points by rpcom 8y ago|0 comments
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by rpcom 8y ago
I use Magick.Net with ASP.NET Core 2.2 https://github.com/dlemstra/Magick.NET It is a popular and well known image processing lib.
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by rpcom 8y ago
Right, it determines ability to scale. For instance, time to time I had a timeout error while connecting to Redis even on low load. After rewriting to async-await the issue has gone.
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by rpcom 8y ago
I've been developing ASP.NET Core website for 1 year. Now my website runs on production. It is easy to customize, fast and reliable platform. Microsoft makes a lot of efforts to add new features to it. So I definitely advise to use ASP
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Clumsy – simulate slow or broken network with desktop app(jagt.github.io)
3 points by rpcom 8y ago|0 comments
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Pixabay – free images you can use anywhere(pixabay.com)
3 points by rpcom 8y ago|0 comments

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