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pdxandi··on Teach Yourself Computer Science
I'm being sincere when I ask: what would you do with a self-taught CS background? I understand many of the larger companies require an understanding of CS principles, but, if not to be a successful developer, how useful is a self-taught CS education? What do you do with it if not software development? In my somewhat limited experience, the more CS-focused folks hold PhDs, and sometimes I feel it's more about the credentials than the education.
pdxandi··on The Return of the 90s Web
I love ️Vercel (formerly nextjs). It's such a great platform and their free tier services do a lot of the heavy lifting of configuring a website and managing deployments.
pdxandi··on T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T phone calls are failing across the US
*On mobile. Please excuse the typos.
pdxandi··on T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T phone calls are failing across the US
The article seems ti suggests calls and texts to T-Mobile are failing so customers from other providers are likely reporting issues unaware of the source.
pdxandi··on Chakra UI – Modular and accessible UI components for React apps
I totally agree with you. I will say though, Tailwind with React hooks and Zustand is my go to lately. Feels quite trivial and flexible to build the functionality you mentioned. I've been quite happy with the output.

Chakra UI looks fantastic, however. I am just personally feeling Styled Component fatigue after a few years of using it. I like being able to create consistent presentation with just CSS classes and leveraging hooks for anything more complicated.

pdxandi··on Understanding JavaScript Execution Context like never before
Just a general note that the grammar in this article could use some help. I wanted to continue reading but found myself tripping up and losing my train of thought. I'd be more specific if I weren't on mobile.
pdxandi··on Trudeau pauses 21 seconds on question about Trump's actions [video]
I wonder if maybe it's in part because he had a bit of an emotional response to the question and was trying to compose himself before responding. It seemed like maybe he kept trying to start but just wasn't ready, which is why he never took his eyes off the camera. Just my thinking.
pdxandi··on Vermont proposes providing broadband internet service to all state residents
I believe $35 is their subsidized rate for students and whatnot. Their standard rate is around $70.
pdxandi··on Vermont proposes providing broadband internet service to all state residents
I moved from Vermont to the Bay Area a couple years ago and the internet service from Burlington Telecom was fast and inexpensive. I think I paid $40 for 150Mbps or something. I'm now basically limited to Xfinity out here and dealing with customer service is the typical Comcast nightmare.

Thanks for sharing the article. I was loosely aware of the issues with the company but not the whole picture.

pdxandi··on Spike mutation pipeline reveals a more transmissible form of SARS-CoV-2: study
Yeah, my understanding is that SARS-CoV-2 has a proofreader enzyme that error corrects, which ensures fidelity during replication. In other words, it mutates a lot slower than say the flu.
pdxandi··on Coronavirus: Santa Clara County has had 50 to 85x more cases than we knew about
Because it's novel and incredibly contagious. Unlike the flu, where many get seasonal flu shots, no one has antibodies for the virus so there's no herd immunity. Meaning it's just spreading like wild fire. And it's all happening at once so healthcare systems are overwhelmed, which affects patient outcomes. I suspect the number of deaths are quite a bit higher because of those dying without getting tested.
pdxandi··on Rome: An experimental JavaScript toolchain
I know they said in the GitHub readme, but I still chuckled. Good chance I'm just losing my mind.
pdxandi··on Tesla Cybertruck
I think part of the problem is that cars are getting bigger and roomier, and loaded with more features and safety equipment. I feel like, in general, larger vehicles are less attractive, and when you design bigger trunks, larger engine bays, thicker doors with higher walls, longer bodies for cabin space, and so on, cars just start looking less sleek. Completely generalizing and spitballing here, though.
pdxandi··on Gödel, Escher, Bach
Same here. Tried reading it, but just couldn't connect the dots.
pdxandi··on Soli
I just spent most of this year rebuilding the engine in my SUV and this would've been an incredible feature. I either greased up my phone when I needed to look something up, or had to take off my latex gloves, which are a pain to get back on when your hands were all sweaty.
pdxandi··on Worldwide cost of living index 2019
Is LA really more expensive than SF?
pdxandi··on A look at an original iPhone prototype
That's really interesting. Whose job is it to actually design and develop the prototype board? It seems like that team would have to know quite a bit, if not nearly everything, about the device.
pdxandi··on Launch HN: Glide (YC W19) – Mobile Apps from Google Sheets
I'm using Chrome 72.0.3626.109 (64-bit) on OS X 10.14.
pdxandi··on Launch HN: Glide (YC W19) – Mobile Apps from Google Sheets
There are worse problems to have. ;)
pdxandi··on Launch HN: Glide (YC W19) – Mobile Apps from Google Sheets
Yeah, I looked through the console. The only log is one analytics script that was blocked:

GET https://cdn.segment.com/analytics.js/v1/s5swIuWdyLEwzdp3HXwc... net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT

pdxandi··on Launch HN: Glide (YC W19) – Mobile Apps from Google Sheets
I believe my issue is different.

I wasn't seeing the normal Google auth screen; I signed-out to see if there was an account sync issue, and I can't seem to sign back in now. I click sign-in, the normal Google auth screen pops-up, I select my account, and the button in the bottom-left corner gets stuck on "Signing in..."

pdxandi··on Launch HN: Glide (YC W19) – Mobile Apps from Google Sheets
Just an FYI that I'm currently getting an error after signing up.

When I click "New App," there's a modal popup that says, "In order to select an item from your online storage, please sign in." I click "Sign in" and another popup opens and closed immediately. I click it again and the same thing happens, but then the center modal is replaced with, "There was an error! Details: The feature you requested is currently unavailable. Please try again later."

pdxandi··on Launch HN: Glide (YC W19) – Mobile Apps from Google Sheets
Congrats on the launch! I like the look and feel of the dashboard and am wondering if you mind sharing the stack of the front-end. Are you using a UI kit? It seems like Material Design but it feels lighter.
pdxandi··on Websocketd
That's what they say on their site: "It's like CGI, twenty years later, for WebSockets"
pdxandi··on SF restaurants are suffocating
I agree. Personally, I was never taught that they were all synonymous. For whatever it's worth, I was a EE major.
pdxandi··on When Too Cute Is Too Much, the Brain Can Get Aggressive
Or they just bite all the time.
pdxandi··on Show HN: CoolQLCool – Turn Websites into GraphQL Accessible APIs
I've been looking for something like this! I'm trying to play around with it but can't seem to get the selector right. How do I grab a table `td` by its nth selector (tried `td:nth-of-type(n)` to no avail)?
pdxandi··on Amazon Prime is getting worse, and it’s making me question the nature of reality
I've noticed too that when returning items, some options make you pay for return shipping (e.g., selecting "No longer needed" for the reason). I don't remember that being a thing in the past. I used to buy items, like clothes perhaps, that I had to see and feel before deciding whether I wanted it and returning was straight-forward and free. At least that's my memory.
pdxandi··on Amazon Web Services in Plain English
I got a kick out of this site and agree with all of these suggestions. As a video guy of sorts, this one was my favorite:

Elastic Transcoder

- Should have been called Amazon Beginning Cut Pro

- Use this to deal with video weirdness (change formats, compress, etc.).

pdxandi··on Show HN: Apify SDK – A scalable web crawling and scraping library for JavaScript
I'm a huge fan of Apify and look forward to exploring this new SDK. Thanks y'all.
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