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atrilumenon Ask HN: What Is the Value of CockroachDB?

I think the name is probably hurting adoption.

The creature it refers to pretty universally considered repulsive. I'm no psychologist or anything, but I would expect that to have an undue influence on even the most rational person.

atrilumenon The Segway S-Pod

OMG they went full·on WALL·E

Where do I put my 50 ounce soda?

atrilumenon Is It Possible to Create a Decentralized Internet?

I don't know; do you want to build services that depend on random hardware on residential internet connections, hoping they stay online, while exposing metadata to the entire WAN or slowing it down with some kind of mixnet protocol?

To me, edge networks make more sense. Distribute your services across datacenters close to your users.

atrilumenon Ask HN: What to do when a botnet is requesting password resets?

Stop implementing them, and move to key & pin. Use backup keys instead of resets. Stop depending on email and SMS.

atrilumenon Pioneers of web cryptography on the future of authentication

[Meta] god damn it why is scrolljacking still a thing?

( And if they fail at this, why would I trust them with anything else? )

Shame!

atrilumenon Snowpack 2.0

You'll likely still want to bundle for production, though, for the optimizations like minification, dead code elimination, module splitting, etc.

But yeah, JS is Crazy Town. It can be very frustrating.

( Be wary of dependencies. )

atrilumenon Scunthorpe Sans – a self-censoring font

Chimba.

atrilumenon Client-side content encryption

The web is Google's platform now, and they're locking it down.

It's time for a new web, and a new user agent with a minimal core so it isn't impossible to implement.

atrilumenon Why P2P deserves another chance

What I don't like about P2P is that it depends on peers being online at the same time, and it exposes metadata to the whole network instead of only law enforcement and sophisticated / well-funded attackers.

atrilumenon OrbitDB: Peer-to-peer databases for the decentralized web

Have you tried reading it?

( Not sure "obfuscated" is the word I'd use, though. )

atrilumenon Do We Need Specificity in CSS? (2015)

I really admire http://tachyons.io, with its principles of shallow cascade and low specificity.

( It really sucks to have to jump in and work with some project's massive blob of vestigial, conflicting styles. )

atrilumenon GitHub’s new offer closely matches that from GitLab

Is anyone working on an alternative to NPM?

atrilumenon Build a new project in a day without the steep learning curve

Maybe the title should indicate what kind of project?

atrilumenon mdBook – A utility to create modern online books from Markdown files

Is it still connecting to Google Fonts?

Open Issue:

Remove Google surveillance #847

https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/issues/847

atrilumenon Nitric oxide inhibits the replication cycle of SARS coronavirus (2004)

Noni?

atrilumenon [dead]

What are you demoing, and to whom?

( My guess is some kind of spam / astroturfing product. )

atrilumenon Ask HN: Smallest laptop that is decent for coding?

I'm using a Pixelbook, and I like it, but it does feel large and heavy coming from a 12" Macbook.

atrilumenon Ask HN: Smallest laptop that is decent for coding?

I loved mine (the original 12"), keyboard and all. Kept it with me all the time in a little sling bag... like a gun in holster. BANG! BANG!

Rocked it til it broke, and I'm still missing it 3 years later. I guess I need a new one.

atrilumenon Ask HN: Why isn't everyone wearing face masks?

https://youtu.be/Fqw-9yMV0sI?t=848

In this clip the speaker argues that masks should be saved for health workers and those with symptoms.

atrilumenon LightSpeed: Rewriting Messenger’s codebase for a faster, smaller, simpler app

( It's not an open source project; just a codename for the rewrite. )

atrilumenon The web as a GUI toolkit

Try Choo (4kb ninja sword).

I think the design really nails it: just enough architecture, tagged template literal rendering, functional DOM tree composition with an optional component system.

I prefer to avoid stateful components in favor of pure rendering functions, as much as possible.

Choo's renderer is based on morphdom, which is interesting because it diffs against the real DOM rather than maintaining a virtual one.

I use monoapp, which is a fork of Choo allowing you to bring your own renderer (such as lit-html).

https://github.com/choojs/choo

https://github.com/jongacnik/monoapp

atrilumenon Ask HN: Should I change name of Clippopo?

I don't think "popo" is really a problem, but the name just doesn't sound good to me. It feels awkward to a native English speaker.

If it were my project, I would first look to the generic TLDs, and choose one that pairs nicely with the word "clip" or "clips", or something similar (but not Clippy LOL).

I would look through https://domcomp.com, filter by "gTLDs" (and maybe ccTLDs also).

Here are a few I see at a glance (not checking whois):

    clip.stream
    clip.link
    clip.dog (with a dog mascot / logo maybe)
    clip.show
    clip.watch
    clip.zone
    clip.rip
    clip.it / clips.it
    clips.lol

Good luck with your project :)

atrilumenon The Pacific Ocean is so acidic that it's dissolving Dungeness crabs' shells

But this reduced alkalinity is caused directly by the ocean's CO2 absorption, not temperature, right?

atrilumenon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2020)

Hey, I'm Corey

Location: Colombia (US Expat)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: JS, Node, Choo, Elm, Tachyons, Rasa (Vue is okay; React makes me feel icky; Angular makes me angry.)

Email: gmail, corey.trampe

Twitter: https://twitter.com/coreytrampe

I've been struggling as an independent developer / producer for like 15 years, consulting / freelancing intermittently when desperate. I need some stability for a change.

My focus for the past several years has been on conversational interfaces and "Messaging 2.0". But I've been struggling with no funding, and need to get a real job and work on Slater as a side project.

I am bright and passionate, and I'm looking for a family / gang to be loyal to, and for work that is meaningful and humane.

atrilumenon A private social network. 75k to signup

Hey, keep us updated about traction.

I'm building a messaging app where users can set the subscription price of their own private group.

I agree that the barrier to entry / exclusivity of paid memberships is a value proposition in itself, and I'm curious to see where it goes.

atrilumenon Scatter is open-source and free. Come join us

Ohh, okay; not Elias Naur's Scatter (Axolotl double ratchet over SMTP).

https://git.sr.ht/~eliasnaur/scatter

atrilumenon Age limit now 21 across US for cigarettes, tobacco products

Isn't it true that the prefrontal cortex doesn't fully develop until around age 25?

If so, when will our laws reflect the fact that before that age, a person is not fully capable of considering the consequences of their choices?

Lending institutions, pornographers, and the military are still being allowed to exploit this incapacity of "young adults" in ways that may affect their entire lives.

How many of us are in debt, or injured, or killed because of this predation?

An 18 year old kid can choose to participate in pornography. Should we not consider this child abuse?