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boushley··on WebRTC for the Curious (2020)
Really? WebRTC DataChannels seem like they could fulfill your needs. What is it that prevents using something like WebRTC Data Channels and forces you to use TCP based connections?
boushley··on WebRTC for the Curious (2020)
An interesting take for sure. Having worked with libwebrtc on multiple occasions I've found it pretty hard to separate from the Chrome build toolchain. Especially if you're doing server work there are pure Go and pure Rust implementations that work great.
boushley··on Quicker and easier ways to get more light
There's been further research in this area that shows it's light exposure in general[1], not just outdoor time. There's also an interesting ongoing study to help determine the effectiveness of using bright artificial light as a treatment[2]

[1] https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2684235 [2] https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04923841

boushley··on Quicker and easier ways to get more light
It'll be interesting to see where the research around this stuff shakes out. There's research about nearsightedness[1] being linked to the amount of time spent with bright light, and some stronger research being done to dig into that further[2]. However there's also research showing that the blue light from LEDs could be damaging[3] (the fact that the human stand in is flies definitely means more research is needed). I wonder what a good balance will end up being.

[1] https://www.uab.edu/news/research/item/2412-future-treatment... [2] https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04923841 [3] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41514-019-0038-6

boushley··on EFF's HTTPS Everywhere removed from Chrome app store
Ya, the plugin causes lots of problems. It can mangle headers on XHR to sites that aren't using https. Spent a day debugging problems that turned out to just be https everywhere.
boushley··on Snake Vim Trainer
This is awesome! You should add ctrl+[ as an alias for escape as vim does. I've used that for a while now, and actually reaching up for escape feels unnatural now.
boushley··on AT&T Will Force Your Data Plan For Your Unlocked Out-of-Contract "Smart" Phone
Have you looked into ting? (ting.com) They currently only have android, and they are just using Sprint's network but they are month to month and it is super easy to turn off data.
boushley··on AIG considers suing government for bailing it out
Doesn't the government own 92% of the company? How can the company make any decision they don't approve of? Did they buy 92% and have no voting power?
boushley··on Ask HN:Review My Updated Side Project - ShelfLuv.com (250 invite codes)
You might also try adjusting the number of books that load at one time from 10 to 12 or something divisible by 4 so that you load complete shelves and don't have half a shelf loaded.
boushley··on Ask HN:Review My Updated Side Project - ShelfLuv.com (250 invite codes)
I really like the design, and the idea is nice. One suggestion I have is making some way to add books from your My Shelf page. I didn't see a way easily, and ended up just going to the browse page. I'm assuming that's probably the flow you want, but you may want to have a plus button or something on the shelf UI that links to the browse page for books.