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GNU Terry!

> For years, consumers griped about cable bundling and having to pay high prices for hundreds of channels they never watched in order to get the handful they enjoyed. Despite the growing availability of legal streaming options since then, piracy statistics show that infringement has remained a real concern.

That's the thing isn't it? It was convenient when streaming first came on the scene. Everything in one place. "I'll gladly pay for the convenience". After roughly a decade it's approaching the state where it's as fractured as before, but now you pay a lot more - all services combined. So I'm not surprised it's growing again.

> "total cholesterol is a terrible health metric on its own"

Yeah you've got HDL, LDL and Triglycerides, LDL should be low (L) and HDL high (H) - that's my mental shortcut for it. Triglycerides should be low as well, but not too low. That's the one that has a specific bandwidth. A high HDL and low LDL could have the same TC as a low HDL and high LDL.

I have no idea why anyone worth their salt would look at the total cholesterol value without a breakdown of the _types_ of cholesterol. It's a meaningless number.

Now I know where Terry Pratchett got the name from :D https://wiki.lspace.org/Sator_Square

From my limited experience on the German rails (Amsterdam - Berlin 5/6 times in the last 4 years) the mobile 4G/5G connection was pretty good. Only dropping off when travelling through very remote rural areas. In the Netherlands we have unlimited data subscriptions, I assume Germany has something similar? That should be enough to get some work done in the train :)

Looks nice! Congrats :)

Well it's sorta true, but the important difference is that the bottom poverty line is higher than in the US, and we do have better social security. Still, the gap is growing. Though recent changes in real-estate legislation are putting a stop to that. Yes, there are the mega rich, entrepreneurs and whatnot. Like it or not, they do participate in society in a way that moves the needle.

Means for the slightly-better-off middle class to exploit the lower class through rent are being thwarted, thankfully. They just allow one half of the population to exploit the other half without providing any tangible benefit in return.

Source: I'm born in, and living in, the Netherlands.

My guess would be with a binary ruler

So.. you moved the software to a server that runs in the cloud. So sorta-SaaS? ;-)

Here’s a fun related story on how they wanted to get it out to open sea: https://nltimes.nl/2022/06/30/historic-rotterdam-bridge-wont...

Same here. In fact, I took it one step further and drafted a document that outlines all the important business contacts I have the she would need to contact in case of my death. To liquidate assets, and/or help with keeping the businesses I have running. Online services, hosting providers, etc.

To be trained as a carpenter while being paid, more likely. Like the coding bootcamps that “graduate” you and then rent you out. If there’s no skilled labour. You have to create your own.

Speaking purely about web software / web APIs, most software is 90% CRUD. It absolutely makes sense to use a framework to save new hires from grokking 90% of it's capabilities. You can have a new developer do stuff right out of the gate.

Seeing as you're going to need an outside man any way, I'd opt for the friend route :D

I'm torn between "that's the best job in the world" and "worst job in the world"

Interesting. Does that help with all forms of caloric intake? Alcoholic / sugar beverages included?

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It’s infuriatingly annoying ;-)

Out of curiosity, what do you find clunky about Vue's variables vs Svelte?

I've been working exclusively with Vue for the last... 6 years. Since the launch of v2. So my mind is already conditioned ;-)

I know this isn't Reddit, but this comment deserves an award ;-)

Some sympathy is in order because house pricing can definitely have a big impact on the amount of “choice” you have.

Since you asked nicely: downvoted for using a specific type of language.

It’s the first part in the HN guidelines for comments:

“Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.”

True but from a practical standpoint they risk a full $500.000 upfront:

“Both investments happen at the same time; they are not contingent on any milestones.”

So from a founder perspective, that’s very friendly.

Discworld MUD plug

http://discworld.starturtle.net/lpc/

Ok let me geek out a little. Terry Pratchett was a god among man. A truly special human being whose works are on par with the likes of Shakespeare and Wagner in describing and exploring human nature.

He's well known for his fantasy novels, but he was also a humanist and an advocate for the right to die. Here's a great documentary by him, on that subject:

https://vimeo.com/229120539

GNU Terry!

On a more Hackernews note, there's a special HTTP response header that is secretly used worldwide to honor Terry. X-Clacks-Overhead. A reference to the books in which it is said that a person never dies as long as his name is sent over Clacks (the Discworld internet / telegram).

There are lots of big sites doing it, because some developer snuck it in: https://webtechsurvey.com/response-header/x-clacks-overhead

Mozilla, Debian, XML, Python, VLC - it's heartwarming.

Good question, I'd like to know this too.

I'll just drop this here, my favorite Ultima Online comic ImaNewbie: https://www.imanewbie.com/main/mainframes.html

So many fond memories...

Factorio, for 5 minutes? HahahHAHAHAmuhabahHaAha

I’m envious of your discipline ;-)

Yeah I never got that whole "a function can never be longer than X lines". Screw that. Put everything that's relevant in that context in the function and only start breaking things up once it has to be re-used. Which happens a lot less often than many books and guides make out to be.

"In the fragile reality of Discworld, and with the gods who like to play games, a million-to-one chance succeeds nine times out of ten."

https://wiki.lspace.org/Million-to-one_chance

Get the iPhone Mini, you won't regret it. I've used up 5 of the original SEs. The iPhone Mini's design is perfect and the actual SE in terms of usability. This SE has those round edges again which significantly lessens the grip.