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KukicAdnan··on QA job interview questions for managers to ask
Looks like HN should have used Functionize(r)(tm) to test their software to make sure this doesn't happen.
KukicAdnan··on Google removes over 5M reviews from Play Store to improve TikTok rating
Indian review-bombs.
KukicAdnan··on GitHub Codespaces
Why is that a bad thing? If you found value in Azure and it solved your problem, why is that a negative?
KukicAdnan··on Google inserts links to its Duo video chat app when users text about Zoom
That's exactly what it is. In the Messages app if you enable Assistant Suggestions it'll usually give you quick replies based on the context of the conversation and sometimes offer app suggestions like set a calendar event or make a call. And you can turn it off if you don't want it.
KukicAdnan··on Google inserts links to its Duo video chat app when users text about Zoom
It didn't add a link to the conversation for the other user. It's a Google Assistant suggestion feature in the Messages app that tries to be helpful by providing intentful snippets you can one-click reply with. And if you don't want the suggestions you can turn them off.
KukicAdnan··on We’re working on 1M Covid-19 testing capacity per day
Because scaling medical testing is the same as scaling web services...
KukicAdnan··on Coronavirus Parties?
What? No.
KukicAdnan··on iOS now requires Sign On with Apple alongside other auth providers
Only if they offer other social login options like Facebook and Twitter for example. If the app doesn't support oAuth, then there's no requirement to have sign in with apple.
KukicAdnan··on Chime – A Go Editor for macOS
What is the benefit of this over VS Code w/ the excellent Go extension by MS?
KukicAdnan··on Apple's products are getting harder to use, ignore principles of design (2015)
That's what Undo Typing does...
KukicAdnan··on New Story's first 3D-printed houses are now complete
3D Printers usually have support columns that are easily taken down once the print is complete. Maybe something similar?
KukicAdnan··on Paying £4 a month for use of your own doorbell?
If it provides value, why not?

I have a Nest Hello and pay Nest the monthly fee to have recordings and alerts of people who come to my door. It's worth the $3/mo. If I didn't want to pay them, I could still use the doorbell as a regular dumb doorbell, but the utility it provides for the cost is worth it to me.

KukicAdnan··on Understand JWT in 3 Minutes
Here you go: https://auth0.com/docs/security/store-tokens

Gives various suggestions depending on your use case.

KukicAdnan··on Understand JWT in 3 Minutes
I've implemented JWT's in apps more times than I'd like to think about, and never has it been done without ensuring the tokens are signed, signing keys rotated regularly, tokens having a short lifecycle, etc. and none of these required some deep expert knowledge just a couple of hours of research on best practices.

Again, it's not about the tool, it's how you use it.

KukicAdnan··on Understand JWT in 3 Minutes
So because someone gives bad advice or has a bad understanding on a technology, you should not use it? Seems a little dramatic, don't you think?

JWTs, like most things, work perfectly fine if implemented properly and you understand what you're doing.

KukicAdnan··on Hospitals pledge to fight admin price transparency plan in court
Yep. I don't mind paying the $116, but the disparity in pricing is so ridiculous. It's like throwing darts at a board and saying "Pay us this much"
KukicAdnan··on Hospitals pledge to fight admin price transparency plan in court
We need price transparency!

Went to a quick care the other day because of a flu that would not go away, was seen and diagnosed with bronchitis in less than 5 minutes. The quick care billed my insurance $1,840, which they talked down to $300, and had me pay $115. What?

KukicAdnan··on Tesla Q3 Financial Results
This ain't it chief.
KukicAdnan··on Lambda School is SV big bet on reinventing education but students say is a cult
That 17% is only if you're making above a certain amount (I believe $50k+), and this makes a lot of sense for a lot of lower income people.

My brother is enrolled in Lambda School, and so far is enjoying it. They do move fairly fast and the curriculum is challenging but they are learning a lot of modern architectures and skills like React and NodeJs, skills that will actually help them get a job after graduating.

I went the traditional CS major in undergrad route and most of what I learned in school was not applicable to my day to day work.

Different things work for different people, nothing wrong with options. And Lambda does have the option of paying upfront and then not having to give them any of your paycheck.

KukicAdnan··on How I Got my $3500 Camera Kit Stolen on KitSplit
But I don't see how it was "voluntary." There must have been some agreed upon contract through KitSplit right that makes this not a voluntary but a business-type transaction where the rules are clearly stated: You paid $X, and you get Y for an agreed amount of time. If you don't pay, you don't get it, if you don't return within the timeframe agreed you're in breach of said contract.
KukicAdnan··on How I Got my $3500 Camera Kit Stolen on KitSplit
"If a renter does not return equipment, and it has not been stolen or lost, it's called voluntary parting."

I just don't understand this line of thinking at all. You rent something out for a specific and agreed upon period of time. The person decides to keep the thing you rented out. And it's not theft? Also how is it not lost?

KukicAdnan··on Vue RFC: Expose logic-related component options via function-based APIs instead
Yeah I'm not saying it's a positive or negative change. Just an observation. Personally, I'd rename the next version to something else and let Vue be Vue, where Vue was founded as a replacement for the bloated SPA frameworks and super easy to just drop in and use.
KukicAdnan··on Vue RFC: Expose logic-related component options via function-based APIs instead
I always saw VueJS as a successor to AngularJS in that it followed a lot of the same concepts/syntax/etc. that made it really easy to jump into.

Now Vue is maturing and becoming more Angular/React like...so it's only a matter of time before another framework comes out that replicates VueJS2/AngularJS in being super easy to jump into and just write code and the cycle repeats.

KukicAdnan··on Stadia Founder's Edition
I have a pretty beefy gaming PC that I almost never game on. 4K isn't a huge deal for me. Convenience is.

I'm tired of updating my GPU drivers and experinece (5-10 minutes), then launching Steam, waiting for it to update and restart (2-3 minutes), then picking the game I want to play, waiting for it to update and install (5-10 minutes), then finally launch the game and have it spend more time connecting to servers before I can game.

The value prop of seeing a game trailer or game video that seems interesting and being able to say "play with stadia" and it just throwing me right into the game is the feature that speaks most to me.

If Stadia does this and it works well enough, i'll gladly get rid of gaming PC.

KukicAdnan··on Stadia Founder's Edition
As opposed to paying $60/yr for PS Plus + $60/game for PS4 or next gen PS5?

The basic version is also free, which is something Sony isn't going to be able to offer me. But with Stadia I can play on my TV, on my desktop, on the go, etc.

I buy most of my games digitally whether or PSN or Steam. If either of those go out of business, I'm pretty much SOL. I don't see Google allowing you to claim your license for local copies as the Stadia hardware is specialized and custom, not something you can emulate easily outside of it's infrastructure, but that's a risk I'm willing to take.

KukicAdnan··on Stadia Founder's Edition
You are getting the hardware at a discount, and besides this is just the founders edition, you won't need a chromecast ultra to use Stadia in 2020. You'll just need Chrome.
KukicAdnan··on Stadia Founder's Edition
I don't see that any different from my current PS4 setup.

Except I had to pay for the console $400, pay for PS Plus to play online $60/yr, and pay for games that I want to play $60/game.

But with PS4 I'm locked in to playing on my 1 TV at home or a small catalog of games I have very little interest in with PS Now.

With Stadia, if I can play the latest AAA games anywhere for $10/mo and the experience is rock solid 99% of the time, I'll be all over this.

KukicAdnan··on Stadia Founder's Edition
I'm pretty sure Xbox Live had something to do with MS's success.
KukicAdnan··on Stadia Founder's Edition
Where do you see $170 base price? It's $130 and includes

Ultra - $60 Controller - $60-70? 3 month Pro Subscription - $30 3 month Pro Sub for a Friend - $30 Destiny 2 Complete Edition - ~$100

So even without taking the game in account you're saving 30% of MSRP

KukicAdnan··on Stadia Founder's Edition
There is a free version that's limited to 1080p/60fps coming in 2020.

Games on the Pro subscription aren't free by the way either. Pro subscription just allows 4k/60fps streaming and some limited free games like Xbox Live and Playstation Plus. Most games whether on the Pro subscription or Free will still have to be bought by individuals.

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