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Stormwalker··on Show HN: I may have created a new type of puzzle
This is not new type of puzzle, the most basic version of is defined like this:

The man needs to cross the river with a wolf, goat and a cabbage. Wolf would eat goat, goat would eat cabbage, boat has only room for two.

Every kid in Russia knows that puzzle, although your implementation is quite good.

Stormwalker··on My New Sony NW-A55 Walkman
This is cool, but how do you obtain music as files legally? The only platform that allows that is Bandcamp, but if artist is not presented here, torrents is your only option I can think of.
Stormwalker··on Kubernetes is a red flag signalling premature optimisation
You just showcased my point! People would spend weeks in search for solutions that implement part of required functionality, instead of using whatever they're most familiar with and move on.
Stormwalker··on My New Sony NW-A55 Walkman
Poweramp is what you're looking for. It is paid player, but it's worth every penny
Stormwalker··on Kubernetes is a red flag signalling premature optimisation
I have read that this article isn't about k8s, but in my experience, companies that try to avoid k8s in favor of other specialized solutions are leaning more into premature optimisations. The company that used Nomad spent weeks in analisys of simple auth service, but every company that used k8s, went with whatever and moved on.
Stormwalker··on No-op statements syntactically valid only since Python X.Y
Not so known fact: Zen of Python refers to internal CPython design, and not to external application of the language itself. So, any new syntax is fine while one can wrap their head around implementation.
Stormwalker··on Ask HN: Firefox connection problems after enabling DoH?
Firefox guys just released a fix
Stormwalker··on F# is the best coding language today
This totally true. I am Python developer by day, I took OCaml course, and it has improved my way of thinking about problems. I do not write OCaml for money, but it feels in every line I write.
Stormwalker··on Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?
Are you the guy who tried to apply for a job for Unfortunate Spaceman?

Terrible emails at: https://twitter.com/geoffkeene/status/1337634779559129088

Stormwalker··on Suez Canal says traffic in channel resumes after stranded ship refloated
Any info how it was freed? Article does not mention any solutions.
Stormwalker··on Show HN: I made a site where you practice typing by retyping entire novels
Looking forward for Crime and Punishment in Russian. Great idea through, app looks good and seem to work!
Stormwalker··on Pattern Matching in Ruby 2.7 (2019)
This project is just someone wrote a proposal or something. Here is actually implemented pattern matching as a library https://github.com/santinic/pampy
Stormwalker··on Ask HN: Best Talks of 2019?
My favorite talk of this year is Raymond Hettinger talking about mental gymnastics which helps you to structure your problems into ones that which you can solve. The mental game of Python: youtu.be/UANN2Eu6ZnM
Stormwalker··on Ask HN: Best Talks of 2019?
WASM interpreter from scratch is great not only because "omg livecoding interpreter from scratch", but also it is a lot of inspiration for hacking and exploring things.
Stormwalker··on The Classic Tetris World Championships Explained (2018) [video]
Joseph, the latest champion is also incredible. He is capable of tracking opponent's screen and reacting to commentary while maintaining the game. Also, hyper-tapping.
Stormwalker··on Firefox 70
The onty thing I am missing is Lockwise quick access button plugin. Now if I have to search for password, I have to open separate tab.
Stormwalker··on Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (1996) [pdf]
Does it make sense to use Clojure while reading the book?
Stormwalker··on Fast Way to Load Data into PostgreSQL Using Python
Asyncpg is not future, it is present. We use it in production and quite happy with it.
Stormwalker··on Switch from Chrome to Firefox
You're good to go! Just enable it in settings!