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c17r··on My £4 a month server can handle 4.2M requests a day
I've never heard of django-seal before, thanks!
c17r··on O.mg Cable
https://github.com/blues/note-hardware/blob/master/Notecard/... has the measurements, looks like 35mm x 30mm
c17r··on Sourcegraph: Why we're indexing the OSS universe
There's https://github.com/livegrep/livegrep for your own personal stuff.
c17r··on Automating a Software Company with GitHub Actions
I did a triple-take "...at PostHog we've been avid users of GitHub since its early ARPANET days."
c17r··on Harbormaster: Anti-Kubernetes for your personal server
I use caprover on my DO instance and it works great. Web apps, twitter/reddit bots, even ZNC.
c17r··on Show HN: I developed a native macOS Hacker News client
On my "projects to do when I have lots more free time" list is to make a Hacker News NNTP server. Read only, of course. Few details to work out (edits, polls, making comments, etc) but I think it could work. It would solve the "what's new in this thread" problem.
c17r··on NDA expired, let’s spill the beans on a weird startup
Had a Candidate come in from a recruiter that I had worked with before without incident but from the very first question the guy turned it a pitch for moving all our development to his outsourced team in India. I was so caught off guard that I let the guy talk for a good 5 minutes before cutting him off and ended things. I laughed, the recruiter was thoroughly embarrassed and sent someone else.

Never happened before, hasn’t happened since.

c17r··on New GitHub Issues Beta
Still around, https://fogbugz.com/ but owned by somebody other than Fog Creek.
c17r··on There is no “us” in team
They did say "barely". I'd imagine "we want AWS just because" would be one of those scenarios.

The rest of it doesn't have to be an explicit override, but asking the team for clarification: "You've spec'd out A but we do have B that is similar, is there something missing from B that you need?"

c17r··on HBO Max accidentally sent an integration email test to users
To this day, that is in my top 5 favorite scenes, ever. So much said with a single word.
c17r··on Rqlite 6.0: the evolution of a distributed database design
As I was reading I was thinking "Why doesn't the Follower proxy the request to the Leader?" which I see was covered later on in "Transparent request forwarding". Good stuff!

I remember building a janky version of sqlite+raft for Stripe's 2014 CTF. I'm sure others here have made a similar comment when rqlite gets posted to HN.

c17r··on Althttpd: Simple webserver in a single C file
Nginx’s first public release was Oct 2004, so fits with your theory.
c17r··on Show HN: Monte Carlo simulation for predicting project timelines
Came here to bring up FogBugz having this if someone else didn't already.
c17r··on Show HN: I Built Multiplayer Deathmatch Joust
All I get, no matter how many times I reload is,

Error

--

We encountered an error when trying to load your application and your page could not be served. Check the logs for your application in the App Platform dashboard.

c17r··on The handshake emoji is more complicated than you might think
According to this https://www.imore.com/how-use-new-diverse-emoji-keyboard-iph... if you change it via the globe it remembers.
c17r··on The architecture behind a one-person tech startup
I think you're thinking of https://levels.io/
c17r··on Get Started With Freelancing: A Beginners Guide for Software Developers
>Codementor is relatively new and high paying compared to other platforms. You can charge a task 50$ what clients usually pay 10$ for the same task on other platforms.

Eventually it'll be a race-to-zero like the other platforms

c17r··on How to Build a Web App with and Without Rails Libraries
I'm old enough to remember the good ole days of "telnet whitehouse.gov 25" and sending email to friends.
c17r··on “The best minds of my generation are thinking how to make people click ads”
Was this posted in reaction to the Ubiquiti ad discussion on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26628198?
c17r··on Click
Doesn't seem to recognize the latest Chromium version of IE Edge
c17r··on Tweeting “Memphis” autolocks your Twitter account
Yep, mine at https://twitter.com/hn_frontpage got hit as well
c17r··on Open source projects should run office hours
In my experience, US professors generally were open door as well but it was about catching them being in their office. They could be lecturing, faculty meeting, lunch, etc, etc, etc.

Office Hours is a way of saying I will DEFINITELY be in my office at my desk during this block of time.

c17r··on The Framework Laptop
This is my complaint about the latest iPhones. I’m fine with the move from analog to digital but WHY just one port!?
c17r··on Show HN: ustaxes.org – open-source tax filing webapp
The 1040EZ was eliminated in 2018.

All you want would still be possible under a system where the govt pre-fills forms. It’s just the 99.9% of Americans who DON’T find it to be fun would get a leg up.

c17r··on Nntpit: Minimalist Reddit-to-NNTP gateway
I've been thinking about this for a while now but never got around to starting. Very cool to see it!
c17r··on Rollerball Pens of 2021
My wife has a Waterman that we refill with Pilot G2 refills. Just have to shave a bit off the plastic cap.
c17r··on Rollerball Pens of 2021
My goto is the uni-ball Signo 207 in ultra-micro point. Been using them for probably a decade now. Great pen.
c17r··on Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features
I don’t care that they removed the analog in favor of digital, I'm annoyed that it’s just. One. Port. Give me two lightning ports so I can use headphones and charge without resorting to a dongle and I’ll go along with it. As it is I haven’t bought a new iPhone since my 6S plus.
c17r··on Parents demand academic publisher drop Proctorio surveillance tech
"Change teaching so that they don't need proctoring" sounds a bit like a "draw the rest of the owl".
c17r··on Parents demand academic publisher drop Proctorio surveillance tech
Proctorio’s behavior is certainly appalling. There should be restrictions on how much DMCA abuse is tolerated before sticking them into “timeout”. And if a legitimate need arises while in timeout, too bad so sad.

The court case is particularly disgusting. He should win and get treble his court fees, though dunno if Canada has that.

But having said that, I feel for schools as they have to do SOMETHING and there is just nothing good. Can’t have just the honor system cuz that’s worked so well. But if these systems are over the top (and they are) what do you do?

I’m glad I’m not having to take tests using this kind of software. I tend to look around at other things when deep thinking. Even if no music on, I use N/C headphones to keep sounds out. Hell, if it’s particular hard problem I might start sub vocalizing as I work it through. All habits that would get me dinged left and right.

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