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Re: Ask HN: Which boring technology do you still use?

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Post by yread »

azangru wrote: post #42
yread wrote: post #9

jquery. It just works. It has all the polyfills I've needed

Polyfills? In jQuery? Even gov.uk has removed jQuery from its dependencies; and their browser support requirements would make a frontend developer cry.

Well they don't call it polyfills but they implement e.g. Promise in their own way. And I've used it in the past so to get rid of jquery I would have to rewrite that code to use the native one now. For approx. 0 benefit to the end user.

Re: Ask HN: Which boring technology do you still use?

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Post by teeray »

Ham Radio? With a cheap handheld transceiver, I can communicate over a large portion of New England through various repeaters and repeater systems. In a dead zone, I can still likely get in touch with someone if I need help. Yes, people are still active on them.

Re: Ask HN: Which boring technology do you still use?

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Post by neuronsong »

SanjayMehta wrote: post #77
neuronsong wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Analog watch... but auto-wound. Just have to wear it and it winds itself.

I have one of those too, but I just enjoy winding it up.

Ha. I have to admit while I don't technically have to wind it (at all) I still find myself doing that as well. Pick it up... wind it a prime number of times... put it on for the day.

Re: Ask HN: Which boring technology do you still use?

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Post by bilekas »

JeanMarcS wrote: post #66
bilekas wrote: post #47

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Well I went from MC in the old days that was what I got used to and so when moving to Windows enviornments I found TotalCommander - But after a few years it was a little bit annoying having to extend it myself for things like sftp support, while looking for a better solution I came across SpeedCommander and haven't looked since.. FAR is new to me though - I'll check it out though ! Thanks, might be my new favorite af…

If it was on DOS, may be you are referencing to Norton Commander ?

Nah, this was on my centos days, my old man was working with them so I used to always be playing with linux distros, used to get the odd linux magazines that would come with a fedora release and the odd redHat IIRC. They would have a whole section on how to install them too.. Slackware was something of a challenge for me as a kid..

If I'm not mistaken though NC was the predecessor of MC!

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