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drunkenazion MacBook Pro

For sure, I regularly sit between 12-16GB used (mainly doing web development + docker work, large systems, many services), but frequently will be above that when running a lot inside of VMs.

You are also up against a loosing battle of programs using more RAM to do the same job. You get a better experience now, but you can also expect normal PC usage to result in big RAM usage.

drunkenazion Reasons not to use Firebase

Is no one else a little alarmed by the language used on their home page? Does anyone know whether or not this is a legal privacy concern?

"Crisp discovers every tiny detail on each visitor you chat with. From geolocation to device information, to full name and social profiles (LinkedIn and more). Crisp also discovers the company of the visitor. Are my visitors aware of this feature? Your visitors cannot see that you know so much about them."

"MagicType lets you view messages as they are typed. ... Visitors are not aware of MagicType, and cannot see what you type in response. Only you can see this."

drunkenazion iPhone, iPad and Mac sales are down, but Apple only cares about services now

I got one for work use, and it slowly turned in to my at home laptop replacement. Definitely shines at casual consumption, the only time I use it productively is when it acts as a second display (meaning my laptop is productive).

Regular uses: - Streaming video, cool and quiet, unlike my laptop (especially if it is sitting on fabric, like a lap or bed) - Dual monitors on the go using duet - Quickly looking things up with someone else (instead of sharing a phone screen, or starting a computer) - Playing games in places where a laptop would be uncomfortable (heat and noise) or overkill: human resource machine, worm.is, hearthstone - Skype (including conference calls)

Less commonly: - Insanely long battery life for replaying downloaded videos on flights (last flight was ~15 hours, ~8 hours watching iPad video, <10% battery used)

drunkenazion Show HN: S3io.com – using Amazon S3 for personal storage

http://i.imgur.com/2rk7uhU.png

y u do dis? Does S3 not also have the ability to store complex data bits like filenames? Is the server open source? Will the client work without the server? What if your server actually keeps a transaction log along with my IP and other identifying information (seems like logging in would make this readily available). WHAT IF YOU ONLY LOVE ME TO HARVEST MY METADATA?!

drunkenazion Kill Your Dependencies

Couldn't agree more. I think the title is unreasonably one sided, and saying "be part of the solution" is equally one sided.

Dependencies are great for the reasons you specified, and I saw nothing in that article suggesting otherwise. The part that feels the worst to read is:

> Can I implement the required minimal functionality myself? Own it.

This is largely a judgement call; "can I" and "minimal functionality" are subject to change based on many external circumstances. "Own it" also seems to imply owning it not as a dependency, based on the context, but rather as a part of a monolithic whole.

It is also interesting that the sidekiq product makes use of gem dependencies. At top level 5 without platform dependencies, which (mostly due to rails) expands out to many more. The message should not be to "kill your dependencies", because that mindset is outdated and slow.

So tired of hearing about how bad dependencies or scripting languages are. Would be much more excited to hear about how to contribute to open source dependencies, and how to write efficient scripts.