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foreigner··on Choose Postgres queue technology
Thank you!
foreigner··on Choose Postgres queue technology
I'm in the market for a Postgres-backed queue system with client libraries in NodeJS _and_ Python. Clients in both languages need to be able to read and write from the queue. Can anybody suggest one?
foreigner··on It's okay to make something nobody wants
Cute sentiments, but I also like to eat.
foreigner··on Single-bladed floating wind turbine promises half the cost, more power
Sorry I meant 70 m/sec. Current designs feather the blades and stop spinning when they exceed their maximum safe wind speed. The article says that this design can handle a much higher safe maximum wind speed, but there must still be a limit, and what then? If I understand correctly they can not feather the blade to stop.

It seems an obvious question so they've probably got a good answer, but I couldn't find it in the article.

foreigner··on Single-bladed floating wind turbine promises half the cost, more power
What happens when the wind exceeds 70km/hr?
foreigner··on Ancient culture torched its own homes every 60 years
Don't be ridiculous, this was clearly dragons.
foreigner··on Awesome AI-powered developer tools
Does anybody know of a tool that can produce HTML & CSS from a hand-drawn mock-up as input? I would totally use that.
foreigner··on Rejected GitHub profile achievements
I've been known to do this from time to time. Are such contributions unwelcome?
foreigner··on Ask HN: How to do market research for product?
Just start selling it, even though you haven't built it yet. If it's successful then your first few customers will be disappointed because you don't deliver well, but by definition if the market demand exists there will be lots of other customers you can delight in the future. If the market demand doesn't exist (or you are bad at selling, etc...) this is the fastest way to find out.
foreigner··on Ask HN: Best Resources and Books for a Soon-to-Be-Dad?
Happiest Baby on the Block
foreigner··on Web-based cryptography is snake oil
Could this issue not be solved by a third party browser plugin to do the crypto?
foreigner··on Camera Restricta (2015)
It would actually be useful to make a camera that does the opposite. When you snap a crappy photo, it searches the web for a better photo taken in the same spot, perhaps by a professional photographer with a better camera!
foreigner··on The next generation of serverless
But cold start time. This article claims their cold start time is only one or two milliseconds. Lambda's cold start time is orders of magnitude slower.
foreigner··on US urged to reveal UFO evidence after claim that it has intact alien vehicles
The universe is big.
foreigner··on Creating a sperm or egg from any cell?
Nevermind the human applications, use this to bring back Dodos!
foreigner··on Linux tool to show progress for cp, mv, dd
I use pv all the time and didn't know you could use it to watch an existing process. Thanks for the tip!
foreigner··on Windmill: Open-source developer platform to turn scripts into workflows and UIs
That looks perfect thank you! This is a big thing I miss with Retool.
foreigner··on Windmill: Open-source developer platform to turn scripts into workflows and UIs
If I use your cloud hosted version, can I sync everything (scripts, config, and UI) to a Git repo at e.g. GitHub?
foreigner··on Ask HN: What is the best product documentation you’ve ever seen?
Stripe
foreigner··on My product is my garden (2020)
Nice if you can afford it.
foreigner··on POSSE: Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere
I like it in theory but if only some of my friends are doing it, or they're not all posting to the same silo, how can I consume their posts without seeing duplicates?
foreigner··on Dbdev – A database package manager for PostgreSQL trusted language extensions
Can I use this on AWS RDS?
foreigner··on UK sets up fake booter sites to muddy DDoS market
If they take it just a little bit farther and collect payment before revealing they're fake, the service would be self-funding!
foreigner··on Saving 4M books from landfill
Does anybody know of a library service that will ship you paper books when you check them out, and then you ship them back to check them back in? Sort of a ghost library, like the way Netflix originally worked with DVDs.
foreigner··on FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank
That is what all banks do.
foreigner··on Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl's books
Reminds me of Curious George. In the original The Man in the Yellow Hat is a hunter that captures George after shooting his mother for sport.
foreigner··on Modern Mono
No, those people went out of their way to choose a font. They're not members.
foreigner··on Modern Mono
Is there some sort of organisation or society for people who just don't care about fonts? I think we need a secret handshake or a bumper sticker or something.
foreigner··on How to live near your friends
It's easy in your 20s and early 30s, but breaks down in your late 30s and 40s. Couples get married, have kids, want to live somewhere with more space and/or move away to pursue their careers.

I'm curious what happens in the 50s and 60s. Once kids leave home and careers are established or winding down towards retirement, what happens to the social circle?

foreigner··on Ask HN: Advice from people who strength train from home
Something that helps motivate me is tracking my progress. It also helps satisfy your inner geek . I use the FitNotes and Regularly apps on Android, both free (donation supported) and fantastic.
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