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RedShift1··on Against SQL (2021)
I love GraphQL, it's great. It takes away the ambiguous way to organize REST APIs (don't we all love the endless discussion about which HTTP status code to use...), and at the top level separates operations into query/mutation/subscription instead of trying to segment everything into HTTP keywords. It takes a bunch of decision layers away and that means faster development.
RedShift1··on TigerBeetle and Synadia pledge $512k to the Zig Software Foundation
2007 is way back when territory? :utf8_shocked_emoji:
RedShift1··on JMAP for Calendars, Contacts and Files Now in Stalwart
Much easier would just be native decimal support in JS and we can represent a decimal using d as the decimal point, for example 15d0 (15.0) or 384d25 (384.25).

Using cents instead of dollars sounds fine until you have to do math like VAT, you really need decimal math for that.

RedShift1··on Replacing a $3000/mo Heroku bill with a $55/mo server
And you get the stripped out bolt hole for free too.
RedShift1··on Building a message queue with only two UNIX signals
That's easily solved, just create a queue for your signals.
RedShift1··on Building a message queue with only two UNIX signals
How does it work? Can you have multiple workers on the same payload? Do you archive the events afterwards?
RedShift1··on AWS multiple services outage in us-east-1
I've never heard tour of duty being used outside of the military, is it really that bad over at AWS it has to be called that?
RedShift1··on Comparing the power consumption of a 30 year old refrigerator to a new one
You need to smell your food before you eat it. Trust your senses.
RedShift1··on How to turn liquid glass into a solid interface
Bloody hell that google design webpage is terrible to read. And it changed my mouse cursor and made it lag too?

It looks to me that the research they did only showed them mockups, not actually using this new design. And why are all color choices so bad right now? They just scream, it puts you on edge just looking at it.

RedShift1··on Ultrasound is ushering a new era of surgery-free cancer treatment
Once you've destroyed the tumor, how do you get it out of the body?
RedShift1··on Jeep pushed software update that bricked all 2024 Wrangler 4xe models
Which are because the developers themselves don't use the software.
RedShift1··on Jeep pushed software update that bricked all 2024 Wrangler 4xe models
I think the biggest problem with cars these days is that the software has been written by people who have never driven a car.
RedShift1··on Windows Subsystem for FreeBSD
That's a good thing. The kernel is supposed to be the most stable thing.
RedShift1··on AMD and Sony's PS6 chipset aims to rethink the current graphics pipeline
What's wrong with hardware raytracing?
RedShift1··on Synology reverses policy banning third-party HDDs
I bought a small ASUSTOR NAS at work to check it out and I like it, it's definitely faster than comparable Synology units, however the camera system is quite underdeveloped compared to Synology. Synology's surveillance station rocks and ASUSTOR has a long way to go in that niche.
RedShift1··on Synology reverses policy banning third-party HDDs
You are correct that the software should perform better, but I don't think the average buyer understands this - they buy a new (and sometimes quite expensive) device, yet it feels sluggish for them, so they feel like they bought a bad product.

But even in the more business/enterprise segment you're getting screwed over. Let's go to the product selector here: https://www.synology.com/en-uk/products?product_line=rs_plus... and look at XS+/XS Series subtitled "High performance storage solutions for businesses, engineered for reliability." Let's pick the second choice, RS3621xs+. According to the Tweakers pricewatch (https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/1656552/synology-rackstation...) this thing went on sale the 8th of February 2021 (4 years ago). The specsheet says it has an Intel Xeon D-1541, let's look at what ARC (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/91199/i...) has to say about this CPU:

Marketing Status: Discontinued

Launch Date: Q4'15

Servicing Status: End of Servicing Updates

End of Servicing Updates Date: Saturday, December 31, 2022

I'll let you make your own conclusions if that's an OK purchase these days.

RedShift1··on Synology reverses policy banning third-party HDDs
I don't know why you got downvoted, you're right. Many models that are currently on sale as new models have CPUs that are 10 years old.
RedShift1··on Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without MS account
Office on the web sucks though. Slow AF and can't handle large documents.
RedShift1··on Battering RAM – Low-cost interposer attacks on confidential computing
Pretty sure you can turn off SGX in the BIOS?
RedShift1··on YAML document from hell (2023)
Not gonna lie, I use Google and copy paste the stanzas that do the thing I want it to do. Same for Maven, someone somewhere has already solved the same problem I have, all I need to do is copy paste and adjust to my situation.
RedShift1··on Show HN: The text disappears when you screenshot it
Heh my eyes felt like they started bleeding
RedShift1··on Hosting a website on a disposable vape
> It’s really hard to quite vaping btw.

They put addictive stuff in vapes, because of course they do.

RedShift1··on Hosting a website on a disposable vape
We need to reduce microplastics.

Let's put microcontrollers into disposable vapes.

I don't know if I'm sad or happy.

RedShift1··on WhoBIRD is now deprecated on certified Android devices
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck Google. I bought my device and I want to do with it what I want!
RedShift1··on RIP pthread_cancel
I'm betting this code is so old and its behavior so ingrained everywhere else that nobody dares touching it.
RedShift1··on Performance-focused forks of styled-components
Maybe CSS in JS was the wrong thing to begin with. Your developers were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
RedShift1··on We all dodged a bullet
I'll reply to you tomorrow
RedShift1··on Creative Technology: The Sound Blaster
Back when I was playing with my Aureal Vortex 2 card, locating enemies via sound was easy peasy through footsteps. That system (and card unfortunately) is now long gone. On my current day system, sound location doesn't work nearly as well, I can't tell if something is in front or behind me, I have to move my head (in-game) to figure that out. I really miss my Vortex 2 :-(.
RedShift1··on Windows 11 Update KB5063878 Causing SSD Failures
Failing to read-only is only an Intel thing, I've not seen any other SSD do that...
RedShift1··on Windows 11 Update KB5063878 Causing SSD Failures
Is it actually killing the SSD (SSD can no longer be used) or just corrupting the data on the SSD? It's hard to make out from all the comments and news articles.
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