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Not a xkcd, but quite relevant: https://web.archive.org/web/20091015091833/http://www.hackle...

I work with and contribute to a QGIS plugin that manage water and sewage network data. Together with PostGIS, it's a powerful tool. https://github.com/giswater

I don't know about Blender, but for QGIS I think open or at least well known formats are what gave it a chance to compete against ArcGIS. For CAD, I think that an strong open forma…

There is an interesting pattern emerging in this thread. There are a lot of 'same here' and 'opposite for me' comments, but both sides are converging on the same point: people deve…

Yeah, but I think there is a space in the market for people who don't want/know how to manage their own API keys. Anyway, IMO Tweeks is not for most of the HN audience [EDIT: becau…

I believe the best scenario is a language that gives an AI the best environment to train itself in a manner similar to the way a game like Go gave AlphaGo the opportunity to play i…

That's telling about CSS design. Folks here on HN are talking about how they purposely ask LLMs about APIs that don't exist, and they hallucinate with a better and more intuitive d…

Fun fact: In Portuguese, the em dash is often used to introduce direct discourse, much like double quotes are used in English, but only when the direct discourse opens the paragrap…

Awesome idea! Just a thought, but a century version would be spot-on!

How is the strategy for backups and redundancy in a setup like this?

People treat SPA and MPA as oposing teams, one is the right way and the other is garbage. But this is not how it must be seen. What we have is the natural way to do things with web…

In fact, the most valuable resource on the internet is finite: atention with the possibility of influence those who give it to you. This is already a question of national security.…

Rust (the language) is rolling off the Volvo assembly (not the language) line

Even ignoring opinions not related to software, Stallman is still controversial; he's a radical advocate for software freedom. And FSF is a radical organization, too. People and in…

Maybe this entry is fake, just thrown in there to catch any future copycats. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictitious_entry

It would be incredibly ironic if Linux were to win the desktop, and Microsoft were to become the biggest vendor.

What are the best alternatives to Python then?

I had to look at your comment history to see if you always comment in parentheses.

I really like how Pico has a classless base and builds responsive layouts from there.