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bnt··on MongoDB Atlas to be terminated for Russians and Belorussians
Remember kids: the Cloud is just someone else’s machine and you’re welcome as long as they like your money.
bnt··on UK says it will back Poland if decides to send jets to Ukraine
Same UK that said it would back Ukraine if Russia invaded? And then 2 days later was like “nope, best we can do is hopes and prayers (and some cheap weapons)”?
bnt··on Nord Stream 2 declares bankruptcy
If history taught me anything, a retreating army will destroy everything around them just to damage their enemy and make their life hell. Imagine if Russian troops just flood Ukraine with land mines, it would take decades to make the country safe again. It’s been 30 years and Croatia is still riddled with land mines.
bnt··on “O, so sorry. I need more time. my country defending Russian invasion”
Valid point, but the lack of empathy among the people I follow is concerning.
bnt··on “O, so sorry. I need more time. my country defending Russian invasion”
The day after the invasion, I was flabbergasted by how much people don’t give a sht. My Twitter feed was (and still is) people announcing their new ventures, doing their usual marketing, posting their vacay pics etc. Social media destroyed humanity. I deleted my Reddit after 14 years after I saw pics of burned bodies from Ukraine on a random SFW sub with folks making fun of people dying. Fuk this war and all who think it’s not their business.
bnt··on The Big Lie that keeps the Uber bezzle alive
Say what you like, but Uber made taxi approachable for regular folks in my country. Before Uber, taxi was THE LAST RESORT where a short (5 km) ride would cost you 10% of minimal wage.

So I say, keep the lie going, because people who can’t afford a car, and towns without good public transport now are mobile.

bnt··on Laravel 9
Correct, Laravel + Octane is now recommended instead of Lumen.
bnt··on Don't make me think, or why I switched to Rails from JavaScript SPAs
Like everything else Google comes up with, just see Android.
bnt··on How I built a date picker
Well, Monday is in most of Europe AFAIK?
bnt··on Microsoft is bigger than its tech rivals but lawmakers treat it as an ally
Well, MS is actively working with US gov in fighting ransomeware, spyware, various attacks on infra and agencies + they already went through all the "let's split them up" saga 20 years ago. Time for another tech giant to feel the heat. Google basically owns the internet, FB has info on everyone in the world, maybe time to see what can be done there?
bnt··on Our Rails test suite runs in 1 minute on Buildkite
Canada is indeed beautiful
bnt··on Our Rails test suite runs in 1 minute on Buildkite
I thought HN crowd was more into Nim or Zig?
bnt··on Djokovic's PCR test was manipulated?
Well, we read C as K, and most people spell English as they pronounce it, hence koronavirus :-)
bnt··on PHP in 2022
Hey, here’s someone who never saw Perl and doesn’t know how PHP evolved.
bnt··on Toyota to remanufacture cars up to three times in UK
More like keeping cars which are intended to be leased/rented in service longer.
bnt··on “I am literally losing sleep” over Java (1996)
You're missing "and extinguish"
bnt··on Apple to Apple Comparison: M1 Max vs. Intel
Is there a reason Intel put that limitation in place?
bnt··on Tell HN: AWS appears to be down again
Isn't it on S3 or something? And a few years ago we had that whole S3 is down situation and the status page was also down? xD
bnt··on EU tech sector fights for a Level Playing Field with Microsoft
Let me rephrase, force Google not to ship Chrome and their apps by default on Android, and completely remove login/registration when first starting the phone.
bnt··on EU tech sector fights for a Level Playing Field with Microsoft
Ok, but then force Android and macOS to unbundle their crap. Why do I have to use Chrome and Gmail as default? Why do I get force fed iMessage, Safari and iCloud?
bnt··on Samsung plans $17B chip plant in Taylor, Texas
So everyone is on the "Let's build a Fab in the USA" train, will that eventually bring down the chip production costs? (not an expert in the field, so asking naively)
bnt··on Ask HN: What is a life changing amount of money for you?
Depends. Some spend that in a weekend.
bnt··on Ask HN: How much time do you lose evaluating tech stack options?
Google “boring tech stack”
bnt··on Fortnite will be blacklisted by Apple until all appeals exhausted
Rich guy complaining about another Rich guy. I don't care. If this was a small app developer complaining, I would care. The more little devs complain, the more can come together and sue the crap out of Apple. 1 big Co suing another big Co = nobody cares. Tim isn't helping the small developers, he just wants to make more money for himself. Small devs will still get screwed.
bnt··on EU states looking for MS Teams/O365 alternatives
Good luck getting 30+ years of experience in writing Office software (and then porting it to the cloud) with an EU startup.
bnt··on Ask HN: Is there a recruiter email blocklist somewhere?
You’d be surprised how dysfunctional recruiting in companies can be. Some have multiple independent departments with different tools, some have no tools whatsoever (aka no ATS), employee turnaround on those teams is nuts etc.
bnt··on Ask HN: Is there a recruiter email blocklist somewhere?
Too many people don’t understand that not everyone has a strong online presence and not everyone is pestered by recruiters. Yes, it can be annoying, but also consider yourself blessed.
bnt··on TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app
Alibaba, Tencent, Didi, all have lots of AI and ML/DS experience
bnt··on An open letter against Apple's new privacy-invasive client-side content scanning
So we force Apple to migrate away from ARM? Or should the next iPhone have a swappable CPU?
bnt··on An open letter against Apple's new privacy-invasive client-side content scanning
So all 12 people in the world who know how to read, modify and install and OS can run their paranoid versions of iOS?
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