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jamesmccann
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Comment #48002692
It's a monochrome artwork so there is no colour assigned to the flag, rather than it being specifically black.
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Comment #45131330
You can sign records in a normal database. Implement some segregation of duty and don't give your DB admins access to any signing keys.
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Comment #44870709
I don't think these are comparable though. Compiler generation is deterministic and more or less provably correct. LLM code is a mile away from that.
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Comment #38120432
I think Tachyons struck the balance to be honest. Tailwind's "functions" and combinations seem to allow a higher level of complexity where it becomes difficult to quickly inspect a…
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Comment #33155784
This is a cool project! One small suggestion: the native blue links for the author name, "thread", and "reply" make the content hard to focus on as the UI is quite intrusive. HN so…
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Comment #21290649
> We shouldn't limit ourselves because of climate change. We should instead improve the technology and make it better so it doesn't impact the climate in such a way it becomes unsu…
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Comment #20693376
Usually I add "reddit" to the search phrase and try to find threads / user-generated and hopefully more organic content this way.
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Comment #16895736
Really enjoyed reading this article as a Sunday afternoon long-read. Well structured and covers a lot of things I have experienced but haven't formed into such a clear description.…
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Comment #16509298
The styling of the nav and pages here looks strangely refreshing, props.
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Comment #15885282
Meanwhile, we out here obsessing about making money on BTC...
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Comment #14321172
Do you need a video to tell you to switch to the front facing camera to take a selfie?
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Comment #14019340
Your line of thinking here really resonates with me. I'm building services on top of two bots right now that fit into this transactional "I want to do X in as little time as possib…
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Comment #13429902
> I think this is down to the sad truth that most developer roles offer very little challenge outside of learning a new stack. This is a gem observation from this thread. In my own…
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Comment #13407606
One of the realest sites ever made. Cheers Ian for your fantastic example of how the internet should work.
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Comment #12952456
Can you please elaborate on how a CRM is likely to be in a category where it would benefit from state heavy client-side? A CRM is typically a form based app doing CRUD - to be this…
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Comment #12449894
I was trying to place emphasis on the regularity not the cost of an upgrade. Packaging up what seems like relatively trivial features into a major OS release isn't really progress.…
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Comment #12446415
Feeling pretty disillusioned by another iPhone and iOS update. The 3.5mm coupled with lightning instead of USB-C just look like obvious traps for lock in with no real gain (5hr of …
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Comment #11070750
Really cool repo - nice work!
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Comment #6544387
This is a good description of the difference between available architectures, but more detail is probably required to backup some of the discussion points, beyond the fact that red…
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Comment #6077038
96GB drive? Seems fishy to me.
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Comment #5956119
The fact that the defendant used "washable chalk" does not make him innocent of vandalism, as some are suggesting. Chalk can stain the side of a building if repeatedly used in the …
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Comment #5772780
Would be nice to be able to see the application without linking it to my Dropbox.