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aqui_c

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About aqui_c

Physicist, entrepreneur. I make tools for scientists.

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    Comment #45912614

    We have been working hard on lowering the costs of production of green hydrogen to below the 1$/kg mark. A necessary step to enabling the commercial viability of green hydrogen. We…

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    Comment #45683969

    Hydrogen is a cornerstone element not only as a source of energy for transport, but because it enables the creation of many industrial derivatives. The economics for green hydrogen…

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    Public Kafka Servers?

    I’m trying to learn whether Kafka is a valuable approach to explore. I wonder if there’s any open server. My challenge is that I don’t have good data sources available, perhaps the…

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    Comment #36383037

    Indeed, I've found some others in similar situations. Definitely a learning experience on which to build.

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    Comment #36382980

    Well, there's one product, one MVP, and a team of 8 full-timers... My biggest concern was the people, trying to find a situation that somewhat guarantees their short-term future an…

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    Comment #36382966

    Thanks! I try to stay as positive as possible, and looking forward to the new opportunities that'll appear.

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    Comment #36382579

    I left the startup I co-founded 4+ years ago. The entire process was an emotional roller-coaster. My co-founders (and business partners), who are the majority shareholder, made it …

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    Comment #24351882

    Do you think the Pope read Asimov's three laws?

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    What steps do you follow to open-source your code?

    For the past few years I have been carelessly releasing code openly on Github, mostly because no one else's work really depend on it. However, I am reaching a different stage now, …

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    Comment #23283567

    Indeed, there's no remark about it because I wanted to split the act of writing from the publishing of the book. The sentence on asking feedback was geared towards checking the ide…

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    Comment #23283528

    I'm working on that. I just used a stock template for the website.

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    Comment #23283520

    They are just links to Twitter, no JS involved on those fragments.

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    Comment #23017115

    I also fell in love with static websites, I built all static, had pipelines for automatic deployments on changes... Just to develop my own dynamic solution a couple of years later.…

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    Comment #23011100

    It depends on whether you judge degrees from a purely utilitaristic view, plus PhD is closer to working than studying. If you work 10 years in a company, and then you write a book,…

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    Comment #23005815

    What does it mean for you to 'use a PhD'?

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    Comment #23004690

    I tried to summarize my path after finishing my Ph.D. in Physics. What was in my mind, and the things that made me focus on a niche that was obviously under-served. I had no tools …

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    Comment #21451257

    I know it is powerful, the questions is whether the OP is actually using them, or just server logs are enough. For a personal website, sometimes there's no need for too much info.

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    Comment #21451252

    What I meant by 'offloading' the responsibility is that building a GDPR compliant system can be cumbersome. For example, imagine you run a Wordpress blog (I am a bit outdated here,…

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    Comment #21451224

    Yes, I am. That is what made me wonder, why would you go for one or the other? What would it be the feature that makes you tip the balance towards one or the other?