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Used d3 on two different react projects. Charts weren’t the main feature but quite big still. When the dust settled I got a feeling React+SVG had made d3 obsolete - there’s some va…

why couldn’t it be done on an off-the-shelf 28-byj-48 stepper? The reason is probably explained somewhere in the article, I just can’t find where

The golden era of being a startup is gone FTFY What if general demise of startups (due to funding drought, covid, market saturation, bad timing aka world wasn’t ready for our idea,…

I spent quite some time in FreeCAD, then switched to makerjs. For the last two covid years "code cad" designs for laser cutter have consumed most of my free time. I am also buildin…

There are actually at least two styles that do exactly that. They are called OpenSCAD and JSCAD. The code above would be simple subtract(cube([h,w,t]), translate([h/2,w/2,t], cylin…

I went through is process a couple of times. Usually they ask you to fill an online form and attach any evidence. After that it always felt like a call center employee decided whet…

I simply quoted the original article

Yes, but don't forget that "Ambani family have close ties to the ruling government" and also Jio is "the only firm that won a pan-India 4G license, leveraging the superiority and c…

Are they also building AI cars that drive without accidents?

What if China says “we’re sending you a plane with the four individuals you are after. We insist on their innocence and want to see a fair and public trial” Then DOJ would have to …

Scmp website has way too much fancy JavaScript making my iphone lag and not resulting in a better reading experience

Good read, but AFAICT researches still don’t fully understand how birds fly, yet planes fly at higher altitudes and at faster speeds. Computer vision is probably not going to mimic…

So you also agree that there's no standoff between AWS and K8s, unlike an article titled "'AWS vs. K8s' Is the New 'Win vs Linux'" would suggest? It also talks about building a per…

Software Engineer's fallacy: if all you have is software/programming skills you start to look for an open source linux based solution to holding wooden boards in place, one that do…

thanks, will look into that.

Do you mind sharing what browser/OS were you using? Clicking on the [x] shouldn't do that. (i'm the person who implemented that widget)

Real Hacker News would’ve known to avoid PayPal :) This story only made the front page because of the name confusion. Other comments claim that name choice to be intentional

Awesome list. One point I’d add that changed how I think about UI and UX is being aware when UI reflects internal code structure instead of just doing what a user would want to see…

And also google “best google webfont pairings” pick one, apply it to your bootstrap site with only 10 lines of CSS and voila the page suddenly feels fresh and cool

IMO you need to start loving UI/UX to get anywhere. It’s actually interesting and with modern frameworks is not too hard for a decent programmer to pick up. Getting out of your com…

Did someone pull the strings at Economist to publish this editorial in order to respond/damage control the Guardian piece? (obviously it's just my speculation but coincidence is al…

Putting out two fires simultaneously means fewer resources are spent on each individual one. I could even fantasize about a scenario where Intel: "if you launch an ARM laptop we'll…

Yes, but how many people really need better than netbook performance? Most knowledge workers only need email, excel and web browser. SaaS is eating desktop. Modern smartphone is ca…

Any threats to Intel's (almost?) monopoly on laptops/desktops is a good thing.

Title says 'exploit homeless for sex' - starts with a negative label. Then it proposes filtering out the ads, changing the law to make it illegal, etc. I think it's pretty clear wh…