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misterbwong
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Comment #47977061
I think parent is saying "% of code being generated by AI" is not a generally good, direct metric for business value. It's akin to the "we are pushing SO MUCH CODE" phase of early …
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Comment #43403870
Link for those that are interested: https://www.amazon.com/hz/privacy-central/data-requests/prev... Be advised it's not instant.
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Comment #42701841
A couple alternatives, though both seem to have their flaws: Shouldly: https://github.com/shouldly/shouldly TUnit: https://github.com/thomhurst/TUnit
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Comment #41104646
Agree 100% everyone should ask what you want to achieve before even considering starting. General archetypical goals of travel hackers I've seen are: 1. Maximum number of trips 2. …
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Comment #41104136
Edit: not sure if your comment was meant for me or timqin. Leaving it up just for general awareness General tips: - Never carry a balance, ever. If you do, forget about playing thi…
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Comment #41101968
Congrats on the launch! Been using your free product for a little while. As a fellow traffic hacker, some random comments: - I've been in the points game for a long time so I may n…
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Comment #40676148
OP's link should really include the full title: Ikea’s boss solved the Swedish retailer’s global ‘unhappy worker’ crisis by raising salaries, introducing flexible working and subsi…
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Comment #39632482
Honestly, this is like watching a movie about "How MBA's kill businesses" in real time. The lure of a recurring revenue forecast has driven HP into investing in dodgy subscription …
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Comment #39359456
The thumb cluster design was one of the reasons I went with the Glove80. Moonlander, ErgoDox, and even Advantage 360 thumb clusters seem harder to hit than the Glove80's, though I …
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Comment #39352810
I was doing quite a bit of shopping for a split ergo about a year ago. My main contenders ended up being: - Glove80 - Advantage360 - ZSA Moonlander - ZSA Ergodox - Various alice la…
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Comment #38928625
This is really cool! I love pet projects like this. Although, I can't help but wonder why OP didn't put a frame around an ancient Fire tablet or something else with an LCD screen a…
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Comment #38635772
What technology did you use to build the scraper and how did you get around the usual challenges (anti bot, ip banning, etc) with scraping large amounts of data?
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Comment #38547190
I also find that tone a bit annoying but I'm OK with it because it highlights how these types of bets, without an immediate benefit, can pay off very well in the long term, even fo…
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Comment #38354326
I mean, there's his Media Matters lawsuit for one: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/18/elon-musk...
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Comment #37421353
Very much agree with you. C# is a great language and the .net runtime(s) are really productive. I'm speaking specifically about Web Parts which is a pretty old toolset a la legacy …
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Comment #37421018
Agree, this site looks like it is tailored closely to its users' needs. However, I don't envy the developers that need to keep this ASP.NET web parts site up to date.
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Comment #37410237
The difference is that the contents of this website can be crafted by the attacker directly via the URL without having to do anything to the host.
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Comment #36397222
If you squint a bit, the "original" MVC looks eerily similar to the one-way data flow pattern popularized by flux/redux. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/React_(software)#Unidirection…
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Comment #34984826
TLDR Addendum for people like me who aren't immediately familiar with these terms High - Distributed practice: Implementing a schedule of practice that spreads out study activities…
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Comment #34780189
After this TP gets released, it looks like FF will be the only outlier[1] [1] https://caniuse.com/declarative-shadow-dom
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Comment #34730289
This is pure clickbait and really doesn't leave a good impression of this team. Writing a whole article implying they're not being indexed because they are a Github Copilot competi…
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Comment #34536052
Reading these comments reminds me of how old (and jaded?) I am. We saw the same thing in previous recession-type environments (2000, 2008, etc). Layoffs suck-they hurt everyone inv…
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Comment #34375622
Seems like the crux of this ruling isn't the time tracking software per se, but the fact that she charged against files (i.e. clients) that she didn't work on. FTA: "I've plugged t…
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Comment #34335707
Web components have their place but they're no panacea and the ecosystem is still pretty young. This is coming from someone that has been leading a decently large StencilJS web com…
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Comment #33897288
Agree. Having been on the other side and having to execute a few rounds as a manager, this announcement seems like they're doing the best they could in a bad situation. Layoff suck…