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dark_ph0enix

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software engineer [at] arondite.com
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dark_ph0enix··on Show HN: PG-Capture – a better way to sync Postgres with Algolia (or Elastic)
Looks pretty promising, would be great to see some more documentation around pushing data out to elastic, etc.

Small nit, the GitHub link at the bottom of the page leads to docusaurus' GitHub, not the project. It took me more than one attempt to realise the project's gh was in the sidebar.

dark_ph0enix··on Indent.com Is Shutting Down
With indent.com sunsetting in 2 months time (July 15th 2024), does anyone have any suggestions for access control systems?
dark_ph0enix··on Show HN: Causal 2.0 – Modern Financial Planning for Startups
Curious to hear what issues you faced (please!). I use FF (on Linux) as my main daily driver and I haven't had any issues with Causal (disclaimer, I work for Causal).

(granted, the experience is optimised for Chromium based browsers, but FF is not forgotten).

dark_ph0enix··on Show HN: Causal 2.0 – Modern Financial Planning for Startups
We've had a number of very interesting technical challenges along the way to this 2.0 release:

- traffic tiering and balancing based on request's perceived amount of work

- low latency data loading during our calc loop

- implementing a selector framework to unify all the stores used by the application

- redesigning the formula editor to make human friendly yet expressive enough for the most hardcore user (fun UX challenge)

We really ought to start blogging more about these things :D.

dark_ph0enix··on I analyzed Stack Overflow for secrets
What did you write? All I see is ****
dark_ph0enix··on Google outage – resolved
Same in the UK.
dark_ph0enix··on Mariana Trench: Deepest-ever sub dive finds plastic bag
George Carlin had some great quotes indeed (this specific one comes from his take on the environment [1]).

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjmtSkl53h4

dark_ph0enix··on I forgot how to manage a server
S/He means writing his/her own video games/software for old consoles [1]

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebrew_(video_games)

dark_ph0enix··on The Zipper Rule on German Roads
Interesting, cause living in the South East I mostly find drivers that are quite polite on the roads (giving way, respecting crossings, stopping traffic to allow you to merge into the main road, etc).

I suppose it's a matter of expectations. Originally from Portugal so I'm used to seeing far worse people driving on the road.

dark_ph0enix··on The Zipper Rule on German Roads
Exactly the same problem in Portugal.

People tend to stick to the outside lane as they feel that if they go on the inside lanes they won't have the opportunity to move to the outer lane when they are near their intended exit due to other cars being on the outer lane.

IMO this stems from lack of education (driving lessons are not adequate) and the fact that everyone's looking after themselves (i.e not respect for other road users (which also explains the ludicrous speeds on the roads, road rage, queues, etc))

dark_ph0enix··on Firefox 61.0 Released
Or if you happen to run Firefox between multiple devices. It's been a pain maintaining a couple of instances' synced when it comes to containers (again, such a shame).

There's an open issue [1], but no resolution yet as it seems.

[1] https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/3...

dark_ph0enix··on Firefox 61.0 Released
Still seems like there's no first party support for container sync.
dark_ph0enix··on Reports from Nest Secure customers who are unable to arm/disarm or lock/unlock
Who monitors the monitors?
dark_ph0enix··on How to avoid getting stuck with the middle seat on a Ryanair flight
Beat me to it.
dark_ph0enix··on Firefox Product Roadmap
Yup, just came to edit my comment after reading the Web Authentication bit, guess will leave it if anyone has the same question.
dark_ph0enix··on Firefox Product Roadmap
Uhmm while not on the roadmap, according to their wiki[1] they are still working on it.

[1]https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/CryptoEngineering

dark_ph0enix··on Firefox Product Roadmap
No mention of u2f. Is it because it's already available on the build (via about:config) or because they are not focusing on it at all this year?
dark_ph0enix··on Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two words for tea
Well that and the spices
dark_ph0enix··on Fewer toys at once may help toddlers to focus better and play more creatively
I have a few nephews who got showered with gifts every bday/Christmas/etc, to the point where they no longer knew which toys they owned and no longer cared about the new ones they got for more than 5 minutes.

So we (wife and I) had an idea. Instead of gifting them toys, take that money and put it in their savings account (one account per kid). We slowly managed to convince the rest of the immediate family (grandmas resisted a bit) to follow the example and now the kids have a growing savings account (which hopefully they'll appreciate later in life).

With that said, we didn't stop giving them toys altogether, they just get a lot less toys which makes the ones they get that much more special.

dark_ph0enix··on Portugal Bans Use of DRM to Limit Access to Public Domain Works
Fun fact: current governmental situation has been dubbed `Geringonça` (something akin to a Rube Goldberg machine) due to its complicated and convoluted structure.
dark_ph0enix··on Why Do We Procrastinate? What Can You Do About It?
Uhmm, I'll watch the video tomorrow
dark_ph0enix··on Watch a Delta Flight Race Hurricane Irma into and Out of Puerto Rico
::pilot in his/her best Duke Nukem: "I've got balls of steel".

The whole trip is quite impressive.

dark_ph0enix··on MoviePass wants to let you go to the theater once a day for $10 a month
Difference is, "any theater in the U.S. that accepts debit cards". If you're unfortunate enough to only have a Vue around, your Cineworld pass won't do much.
dark_ph0enix··on Why Genghis Khan’s tomb can’t be found
"Western shores of Portugal", FTFY
dark_ph0enix··on Here be dragons: the same 3D scene implemented with 10 different 3D APIs
It's worth noting that the author just added a license (MIT) to the repo.
dark_ph0enix··on Ask HN: Whats your favorite Sci-Fi short story?
The Crystal Spheres[0] by David Brin

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Spheres

dark_ph0enix··on Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?
Ever considered moving to a more wine friendly country?
dark_ph0enix··on Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?
Sounds like you'd enjoy Firewatch[1].

[1]http://store.steampowered.com/app/383870/

dark_ph0enix··on Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?
Looks great, a very nice rise to it (although a bit too blackened for my taste eheh).

How did you manage to get those bubbles? Double kneading? Wood-fired oven gives a nice taste to the bread (to whatever you cook in it anyway) but controlling the temperature is a challenge.

With all of that said, when I said baking, I meant cake baking. (although I dab a bit with bread (and can make a nice loaf)). I specially enjoy taking recipes and iterate over them adding twists in terms of flavour to them (last year I went through my vanilla pods phase, currently on a nuts phase[1]).

[1]http://imgur.com/W5oXz67

dark_ph0enix··on Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?
Baker. Been baking as a hobby for a few years now and it's the one thing that I keep coming back to, no matter how much life changes.
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