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I hope Twitch chat never becomes more of a police state than it already is. Streamers consistently demonstrate the ability to create the chat environments they want with the scarce…

Are you suggesting the grid will turn into an interconnected graph of power supply lines with a routers and a routing protocol to supply power dynamically based on usage? Sounds a …

I discovered MusicBrainz Picard about a year ago and it handled my collection pretty flawlessly. I was always wanting to know since then if there are other maintained/curated music…

After reading this, I'm just wondering about two possibilities for the development of Internet culture: Increased policing -- people fear repercussions for posting disturbing conte…

Duplicate: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14338328

I do not build my resume from scratch. Often it is exported to PDF from some other service. I store this PDF in the git repository for my website, which is published on GitHub Page…

> Remember, the focus of a business should be on delivering value and making money while doing so, unlike a usualstartup, whose sole purpose often seems to be burning money and thi…

Prepare ahead of time. Short of using an elastic load balancing service, predict when you may have traffic spikes, and choose a cheap-to-implement solution such as request-level lo…

I am a recent undergraduate. My undergrad CS major did not offer courses in line with my interests (they focus on data science, I focus on systems). The bulk of my working knowledg…

Location: New York, NY, USA Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: JavaScript, Node.js, HTML, CSS, Python, Django, Java, C#, Unity, C, GNU/Linux, nginx, DevOps Résumé/C…

I haven't examined how it works, but in the same vein: http://www.whalesynth.com/

While riding in an Uber through Washington DC, my dad and I had a chat with the driver about his plans to build two solar installations in the US. He also mentioned the likelihood …

Impermanence could be considered a value in certain cultures. "Disposable Culture" vs. "Repairing Old Stuff" isn't a useful dichotomy. Everything has an expiration date, and often …

I wish there were footage of a large urban area in China. Would there actually be too much pollution to get a clear shot in most areas?

I have no idea what the system is, but it could be something as innocuous as automatic updates. In reality, they probably do send some form of diagnostic information, but since the…