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hamiltont

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    Comment #49027959

    I don't have a specific reference, but here is a useful catalog of OSM-powered/OSM-editing tools: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/List_of_OSM-based_servic...

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    Comment #49026550

    OSM is a truly incredible resource. It's often lightyears ahead of proprietary maps in terms of feature accuracy. Often far behind in terms of points-of-interest. It powers painles…

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    Comment #47805867

    > We're not taking funds from customers yet — we're personally paying for all the provider requests during this phase. Credit purchases are disabled. This appears on their credit p…

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    Comment #46698055

    Not sure I'm fully following your question, but maybe this helps: IME deep thinking hgas moved from upfront architecture to post-prototype analysis. Pre-LLM: Think hard → design ca…

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    Comment #46697826

    Anecdotal tip on LLM-as-judge scoring - Skip the 1-10 scale, use boolean criteria instead, then weight manually e.g. - Did it cite the 30-day return policy? Y/N - Tone professional…

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    Comment #43284585

    ok, will do

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    Comment #43271230

    Hi - I'm working on something like this because I needed it too ;-) It's not yet ready for release, but I should be ready for beta-test within 2 months. If you're interested I woul…

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    Comment #42376816

    We adopted Amazon's 6-pager strategy for meetings. It has been incredible helpful. TLDR - one person writes a document explaining the proposed feature, max length 6 pages. That one…

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    Comment #42183661

    Yes and No. No because the official OSM tile layer is heavily subsidized by Fastly (€720k last I checked) and rendering by AWS (€40k) Yes because technically it would use fewer res…

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    Comment #40995526

    Anyone else wanting to see the original content of /unicorn? Cats are great and all, but we want unicorns!! <3 wonderful project. Brings back memories of excitedly writing HTML in …

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    Comment #40778438

    > ...these are small enough to enter the body’s cells and tissues Same. No training to identify concern vs FUD in health news, but I'm erring on side of caution. We are limiting ex…

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    Comment #31380156

    My ad experience has changed dramatically after I leaned into multiple browser personas. In personal persona, I hate ads with passion and do everything to get rid of them (browser …

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    Comment #31128978

    Think I read somewhere that of one of their content production differentiators is their direct-to-consumer approach. Classically lots of content was produced for the "average" cons…

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    Comment #30484424

    Not a stretch at all, it is perfectly reasonable to consider an app and an website embedded by the app as two completely different things. First there is no guarantee the WebView w…

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    Comment #30484333

    This is saying "if an app opens a webview, the app can monitor your browsing activity inside that webview." It is written vaguely and should be re-written to be precise, but as the…

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    Comment #29833096

    There is some strange allure for spending time crafting Dockerfiles. IMO it's over glorified - for most situations the juice is not worth the squeeze. As a process for getting stuf…

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    Comment #28361923

    Sure. Our solution so far has been both simple and pragmatic - the main DB's do not live inside containers. It's a bit of manual ops, but it works for us. All the 'media' in the st…

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    Comment #28236248

    Wanted to second that Docker Swarm has been an excellent "middle step" for two different teams I've worked on. IMO too many people disregard it right away, not realizing that it is…

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    Comment #27502881

    WOuld not be surprised - he's reported piracy issues in past. FYI I've ordered all books by emailing directly to an email on the website. He replies with "send paypal to xx if you …

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    Comment #27493268

    Passion comment: I'll second that most of Jonathan Levin’s books are outstanding, some of my favorite technical guides. Spent many years as senior dev for a custom Android ROM, yet…

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    Comment #27447551

    For their objectives, that was undoubtedly a good return on investment. Even ignoring the ROI, the absolute cost seems quite reasonable given the feature set and target market. Som…

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    Comment #27005364

    Not who you replied to, but I believe the current popular answer is to refer to Japan. Numerous articles have been written regarding how they managed their housing crisis by deregu…

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    Comment #26346665

    Very in favor of modernizing the definition, very not in favor of subsidizing any network buildout -- if a provider is not offering broadband under the new definition that is not (…