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MentallyRetired··on The “Developer Experience” Bait-And-Switch
This argument comes up frequently though. As computing power increases, the complexity of applications (no matter what machine they're running on) will increase. What's the point of having faster hardware if the experience is only the same but faster? People want more capabilities, and JavaScript provides that.
MentallyRetired··on Trout Tickling
The fact that you knew that really tickles my trout.

edit: that sounds dirtier than I intended, but I still like it as a cliche.

MentallyRetired··on Insomnia GraphQL Support
Die already, graphql.
MentallyRetired··on Weirdstuff Warehouse is closed
Who?
MentallyRetired··on Backpage.com seized by U.S. justice authorities
They'll have to pry it from my cold, dead, sticky hands!
MentallyRetired··on Backpage.com seized by U.S. justice authorities
This is akin to seizing a house in which trafficking occurs.
MentallyRetired··on IIHS: Model S has higher collision claim frequencies than comparable luxury cars
What's up with the hatchet job? Is that normal for IIHS?
MentallyRetired··on Kim Dotcom wins battle in ongoing fight against U.S. extradition
Agreed, but I will admit I chuckled when I read "loss of dignity" and "injury to feelings". They could at least call it emotional damages. I don't think he was laughing at the amount or at Kim but at the legal title of the relief.
MentallyRetired··on Taco Bell Programming
This man has clearly driven himself insane staring at code.
MentallyRetired··on In field tests, device harvests water from desert air
Now, can they make one that harvests drinkable water from the ocean?
MentallyRetired··on Facebook Really Is Spying on You, Just Not Through Your Phone's Mic
Well, if you had known what you were looking for you would have seen it written on my dorm room window.
MentallyRetired··on Facebook Really Is Spying on You, Just Not Through Your Phone's Mic
Drove by a scion iM in a parking lot one time.. and I said out loud "Scion iM? What the heck is that?" -- ads on IG and FB for Scion iM when I got home 20 minutes later. No search, no associative info, no dealer info... I simply said it.

I've had quite a few of those, and usually I can trace it back to me googling something, etc. But this time, nada.

MentallyRetired··on Updated Request for Startups
Hmm. Just started something in the creator space over Christmas vacation, and its already profitable with over 180 brands signed on... the standard deal fits my budget and needs... but SF is a problem for my cofounder.
MentallyRetired··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2018)
<3 DDG
MentallyRetired··on Status.im Invests $5M in Riot.im
Who will I message?
MentallyRetired··on Twirp: A new RPC framework for Go
I've been saying for years and years that JSON RPC is the way to go. Glad to see at least someone agrees. http://www.jsonrpc.org/
MentallyRetired··on New DHS policy on demands for passwords to travelers’ electronic devices
https://xkcd.com/538/
MentallyRetired··on New DHS policy on demands for passwords to travelers’ electronic devices
wait, so you're actually a spy? What kind of user are you if not a normal one?
MentallyRetired··on GOP net neutrality bill would allow paid fast lanes and preempt state laws
“(3) SPECIALIZED SERVICES.—The term ‘specialized services’ means services other than broadband internet access service that are offered over the same network as, and that may share network capacity with, broadband internet access service.”.

So, fast lanes/bundled packages?

MentallyRetired··on REST is the new SOAP
I miss JSONRPC, and have no idea why it didn't take off the way REST did. It seems RPC and Lambda would play nicely together.
MentallyRetired··on Cinemark announces $8.99/mo. subscription to fill more seats, take on MoviePass
The Cinemark on International Drive in Orlando is fantastic. Cheap prices and big comfy reserved seating. Can't comment on the food but the snacks and drinks are much lower priced than anywhere else I've been recently.
MentallyRetired··on C9.io is now part of AWS
I've been blasting PeteJKim with DMs and @'s anywhere I can find him but I don't think he's going to open source it. It's a shame -- I had only just discovered Nitrous and switched to it when they shut it down. It really was the best solution.

Open sourcing the tech would probably take a ton of work, though. Probably a lot of proprietary tech. I wish they'd at least open source Nitrogen, the Atom plugin, even with missing bits.

MentallyRetired··on AWS Cloud9 – Cloud Developer Environments
The only issue, from my understanding, is the arrow keys not working. Ace editor just pushed an update that fixes the issue, though it's not yet integrated into C9.

I use a note 8 with a Dex dock, and I'm kinda dying for full mobile support on C9.

MentallyRetired··on AWS Cloud9 – Cloud Developer Environments
What are you doing on hacker news? Go add a mobile breakpoint so I can ditch my laptop altogether. ;)

(Fully converted to C9 6 months ago)

MentallyRetired··on AWS Cloud9 – Cloud Developer Environments
I've been using c9.io for about 6 months now as my sole IDE for my own projects (I'm 100% node/react/etc). It's been fantastic. I really wish they added some breakpoints and mobile support, because coding on the go isn't amazing, but I can see the potential.
MentallyRetired··on AWS AppSync – Build data-driven apps with real-time and off-line capabilities
Also, the slack link at the end of your "request access" page is expired. :)
MentallyRetired··on AWS AppSync – Build data-driven apps with real-time and off-line capabilities
Very nice. Tipe is almost a direct featureset clone of a CMS I built in 2006, just done much better. And with todays tech its probably a lot easier to develop. No disrespect to what you're doing, you're still putting in insane amounts of work to have this function. Definitely my new favorite CMS approach. Power anything from websites to electronic billboards... love it. Mine was called Calypso.io :)
MentallyRetired··on What is a Dog?
I couldn't even get through two paragraphs of this guys writing style. It reads like he has a word count on a school paper.
MentallyRetired··on AWS AppSync – Build data-driven apps with real-time and off-line capabilities
Graph.cool has been great for me, and good customer service.

That said, and I'll just say it... GraphQL as a standard is total garbage. What was wrong with existing transport formats (JSON)? Why must I now learn YET ANOTHER query language and schema definition format, much less one with the frailty of a toothpick house with no glue?

MentallyRetired··on macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty password
Hypocrisy is a reason to keep snark at a minimum?
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