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scoates

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About scoates

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[ my public key: https://keybase.io/scoates; my proof: https://keybase.io/scoates/sigs/KCGmQiOW3iWGlvW-6V0CfTHU3SjZaklsipvml6JLguA ]

Recent public activity

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    Comment #39857852

    Hello. Agreed that we need comprehensive privacy reform. You should probably read the article, though. (-; I have access to everything (on the tech side) at Matter, and if you put …

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    Comment #39857813

    Hello. Thanks! This old blog design is showing its age, certainly, but I appreciate the nod to URL Sentences: https://shiflett.org/blog/2010/url-sentences

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    Comment #32693812

    It's because builds are completely reproducible, and therefore they have to be built in the same place (in `/nix`), and you can't create directories off of `/` on modern Mac setups…

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    Comment #30389079

    (I should have marked this Show HN; my mistake)

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    Comment #30387593

    Thanks. Probably useful to remember that this isn't a production run of thousands of units, and I already had the WROOM board on hand…

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    Comment #26480023

    The reasonably-priced response to this is the CAMEO from Silhouette.

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    Comment #24267576

    The disturbing part is the domain name not the status code.

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    Comment #24266705

    The PR I submitted to the backend (that was not needed after a bit of discussion) was Go. https://github.com/cds-snc/covid-alert-server/pull/241 (I don't know Go (-: )

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    Comment #24264023

    Yeah, my interactions with them were all great. Really refreshing.

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    Comment #16903109

    This is the link you want: https://github.com/Miserlou/Zappa yeah. The other thing is probably dead.

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    Comment #16899273

    Indeed. (Zappa contributor here.) It especially aligns with the (below) concern of "why should I write code twice?". For the most part, your code will work in both places the same,…

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    Comment #16301138

    apple.com: PasswordGenerationDisallowed Hmmmm.

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    Comment #16244897

    FWIW, I have this in my userChrome.css to fix that horizontal tabs annoyance: `#TabsToolbar{ visibility: collapse !important;}`. Not ideal, but a workaround I can forget about most…

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    Comment #16053104

    Thanks. Yeah; that's the idea for bootstrapping. At some point, I'd love it if sites themselves published APIs or at least manifests (similar to /robots.txt or favicon or a URL in …

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    Comment #16052012

    I have been working on-and-(mostly-)off on something like this for a while: https://github.com/scoates/celobox Wish I had more time to spend on it.

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    Comment #15813671

    Can help avoid that with the even-newer t2.unlimited [1] instances, it seems. [1] https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-t2-unlimited-going-beyo...

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    Comment #15139998

    …not if they're moving faster.

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    Comment #14980972

    I had the pleasure of tasting a Tonka Bean IPA I brought back from Brazil a couple years ago. Immediately ordered some of the beans (thanks to my freedom as a Canadian (-: ). They'…

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    Comment #14291645

    The HTML of the page doesn't contain "888". This makes it impossible for some disabled people to get the number at all. This makes it a practical concern in addition to bad taste.

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    Comment #14234628

    That's also age.

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    Comment #13886896

    In case you haven't seen it (didn't notice it linked in the replies): http://codepen.io/gunderson/full/GJJPpV/

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    Comment #13775381

    FWIW, I recently wrote up my Vermont hit list: https://seancoates.com/blogs/vermont/ Need to make a trip down there as soon as possible. I'm getting thirsty.

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    Comment #13604931

    I see. Good point.