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gchaincl··on My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback
Is the code available?
gchaincl··on Nextcloud: Open-Source Cloud Apps
The idea of using a private cloud sounded wonderful, ran an instance of Next Cloud using encrypted storage, it didn't take long when my files disappeared due to a bug on the encryption and los my files for ever. Never went back to it
gchaincl··on Programming Zero Knowledge Proofs: From Zero to Hero
I think the goal of this is that you can prove, so that your counter party does not need to rely on trust
gchaincl··on Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?
Congrats, pretty amazing work! Loved it!!
gchaincl··on Assange plea came after warning that U.S. would lose extradition fight
https://archive.is/KDsYW
gchaincl··on How to test without mocking
> This often happens with an in-memory database, which is compatible to your main database you do use in production, but is faster.

Not sure how this will solve edge cases problems described at the beginning of the article

gchaincl··on Just Enough Software Architecture (2010)
Great book, I've learnt a lot from it
gchaincl··on Secure Randomness in Go 1.22
I had a similar goimport issue importing the wrong pkg. I've added a forbidigo linter rule to fail when certain packages were imported.
gchaincl··on SQLite Schema Diagram Generator
curious to know what are you using it for? do you upload a diagram on every push?
gchaincl··on 1D Pac-Man
It seems that perfection is attained, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to take away.
gchaincl··on Fossil Fuel Use Increasing, Not Decreasing
> I'm guessing it's this at work: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox

But prices haven't dropped isn't?

gchaincl··on Ask HN: Why do open source projects use discord?
This is really cool
gchaincl··on Learn COBOL in a day
I'm a native spanish speaker. When I hear Italian or Portuguese I can understand most of it, butnI wouldn't be able to formulate a proper sentence. The same happens with programming language, you can get the semantic without knowing the syntax just because you know how to program, and of course, you can read specific syntax documentation (the dictionary) when something is not clear.
gchaincl··on Ask HN: Why do open source projects use discord?
I didn't know matrix had that many users! Despite of that, I still believe that the ethos is important, I tend to think that people choose the open source model for a variety of reasons, including principles.
gchaincl··on Show HN: Mu – A Micro App Platform
I see a big potential for unbanked people wanting to make a simple website to perhaps sell their products
gchaincl··on Learn COBOL in a day
> There are 800 billion lines of COBOL code out there supporting today’s mission critical business applications. That means one terrific opportunity for you.

yes, rewrite them on a modern language!

gchaincl··on Show HN: Mu – A Micro App Platform
Definitively a deal breaker considering that there are no way to test the site. A test/sandbox environment could be a good first step
gchaincl··on Show HN: Mu – A Micro App Platform
Bitcoin payments can be non trivial if done via Lightning network (liquidity management is not easy). I can imagine mu.app being a LN payment processor.
gchaincl··on A Syntax for Self-Tracking (2020)
I loved the pragmatism, even if you don't log your life, I think this article is very valuable for everyone that need to be pragmatic
gchaincl··on Try: run a command and inspect its effects before changing your live system
This is awesome! I wonder if using the same techinque you could even even create a pseudo package manager. Once a pkg is installed via 'try', it keeps track of its filea ans remove or update such a pkg.
gchaincl··on Vast new stores of water reported on the moon
water does not always mean life then?
gchaincl··on Ask HN: What's your proudest hack?
This is awesome, i had to do the same, ended up writing a .h file that redefined malloc/free with macros, and then reported the missing and double frees.

https://github.com/qustavo/smc/blob/master/smc.h#L191

gchaincl··on My dad's resume and skills from 1980
love the format!
gchaincl··on Jack Dorsey-endorsed “decentralized Twitter” protocol specified
this a good question, I'd like to know that too
gchaincl··on Pfizer plans to sell its Covid vaccine at a 10k% markup
I wonder if that production cost covers the initial R&D costs
gchaincl··on Censored Ethereum Blocks Hit the 51% Threshold over the Past 24 Hours
some of them are, this is why there's a censorship threshold ( > 51%). Meaning that mixed transactions will take longer to make it to the chain
gchaincl··on On the Proper Use of Post-Its
same, thanks!
gchaincl··on Ask HN: How are you, a dev/programmer, preparing for the probable recession?
> few ventures which would continue to exist if the worlds economy would go south.

What kind of venture is profitable (enough to beat inflation) and economy-going-south resistant?

gchaincl··on Nextcloud Hub 3 – Brand New Design and Photos 2.0 with Editor and AI
Any recommended NC provider?
gchaincl··on Lychee – Self-hosted photo-management done right
try photoprism
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