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gime_tree_fiddy··on Supabase Storage now supports the S3 protocol
Shouldn't it be API rather than protocol?

Also my sympathies for having to support the so-called "S3 standard/protocol".

gime_tree_fiddy··on App Store doesn't accept “too simple” apps
As past threads on this topic have shown, iPhone users prefer Apple be the controller of the device than the device owner itself. It is somehow understandable, but it is position I've often seen espoused.
gime_tree_fiddy··on Some notes on DynamoDB 2022 paper
> because it doesn't need to, Shared Nothing systems look similar, and the authors know exactly who the readers of this paper are ^_^)

I didn't understand this. Who is the author referring to, and what is he implying?

gime_tree_fiddy··on Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security
Not sure average individual can take webkit source and turn it into a browser.

Forcing users to a prebuilt Webkit, that they cannot change is definitely not the same.

gime_tree_fiddy··on Apple starts manufacturing iPhone 13 in India
I think this will be an interesting development. Give the high $-to-INR rate, and prices of apple products, it will always be a hard sell. Indian consumers won't be eager to spend multiple paychecks on iPhones and don't see Apple dropping prices. Unstoppable force, meet immovable object.

I am not sure why they are making this move, what are their goals for doing so.

gime_tree_fiddy··on Tell HN: My kid's school installed spyware and I can't remove it
Can't speak for OP, but generally this is mentioned during the sign in process, so it should be laid out. It is effectively all or nothing.
gime_tree_fiddy··on Tell HN: My kid's school installed spyware and I can't remove it
I think it works similarly on Android phones. Google policy for the Android Corp devices requires you to set it up using corp account, then add secondary personal accounts(if needed).
gime_tree_fiddy··on Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles
I am not sure how it compares but India suffers through the same problem. It is essentially a rat race. A lot of those problems could be trick questions, but to be able to identify it, especially on a regular basis takes longer(when the question has less than a minute dedicated to it).
gime_tree_fiddy··on California Sheriff Free to Rob Armored Cars Money of Legal Marijuana Businesses
I feel like a much needed accountability reset of police departments across the country got sidelined, after the BLM protests(George Floyd) that erupted turned into a call for abolishing them. I don't want to abolish them, and would be willing to fund them even more with better trainings in exchange for better accountability. The subsequent actions would've even fulfilled some of the asks of the protestors. The ideological asks kinda ruined it.
gime_tree_fiddy··on Dark Web – Justice League
I thought NJ legalized to the level of CA, where you can there are dispensaries and stuff, no?
gime_tree_fiddy··on Ask HN: Would you pass an interview for your current position?
I think the take home exercises are a good middle ground.

I'd still prefer the whiteboard interviews, over what are sometimes knowledge-based questions that are a search away. Not the common stuff that you should anyways, but something obscure that if you spent 5-10 mins on its man page, you will get it.

gime_tree_fiddy··on Ask HN: Would you pass an interview for your current position?
Any focus on Dynamic Programming stuff? I myself prefer Python(as it very closely resembles pseudocode)
gime_tree_fiddy··on Power, frequency, management: how M1 E cores win
I think it is their software philosophy that I find objectionable, mainly in iOS and OSX. But their design and hardware is great enough to for someone like me to own a MB Pro, and iPad Pro.
gime_tree_fiddy··on You don't need that CORS request
Unfortunately, this kind of discussion ends up turning into a knife fight these days here.

I tried using HTMX recently for mainly a CRUD app for personal use, with limited dynamic loading. Still felt the need to rely on JS(Jquery) for loading images and triggering refresh on list of items without full page reload[1].

Did a small A/B test from dev POV using Vue.js, as it is one of the more lighter frameworks. Ended up leaning more towards Vue.js, as had to do some non-conventional(from HTMX POV)[1] things for a simple CRUD app not relying on full page loads/refreshes. Hopefully there is another step in this evolution.

gime_tree_fiddy··on Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total during 2021
A slightly tangential question, in regards to Bitcoin and Blockchain, that I (surprisingly?) haven't seen answered/asked: Blockchain is computationally intensive, but why does it has to be used for Bitcoin. There could be another solution, which achieves all its objectives, but isn't necessarily as convoluted. What am I missing? Why not just use SQL databases?
gime_tree_fiddy··on Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card slot in 2022
The full portability won't be the same across multiple regions, especially internationally. Also, there is a good chance it gets tied to the device/contract you are on, similar to how the phone contracts in the US were a few years ago.
gime_tree_fiddy··on A Survey of Programmers' Cannabis Usage, Perception, and Motivation
Yeah, I've gone for 1-2 months long period of everyday, to cold turkey and haven't found much issues(even when going cold turkey, like no jonesing).

How do you define being addicted to it, what is your benchmark?

gime_tree_fiddy··on A Survey of Programmers' Cannabis Usage, Perception, and Motivation
The efficiency, the dosage limitation and convenience is amazing, and its been a a few months when I smoked a joint. But I still find the joint to be better experience, not sure why, maybe the trace amounts of CBD.
gime_tree_fiddy··on Tell HN: AWS appears to be down again
This is not a reliable mechanism btw. There will be times when they won't be able to restore the data for you. Their product has options to avoid this situation like object versioning.
gime_tree_fiddy··on Power imbalances and sex
Can you name some of these cultures/sources. I have found references in pop culture references, and would like to read up on it.
gime_tree_fiddy··on Power imbalances and sex
The Tinder distribution comes to mind about top 80% competing for 10-20% of males.
gime_tree_fiddy··on Tell HN: GitHub is down again
Is it possible for GitHub to mirror the releases in multiple different places(they likely do that, but I mean complete isolation where an outage like this doesn't break the downloads). Maybe like a proxy to object store, so it is a little more reliable(a setup such as this, should have less moving and custom parts).

So in a moment like this, you can convert https://github.com/opencv/opencv/archive/4.5.3.zip to https://archive.github.com/opencv/opencv/archive/4.5.3.zip. Maybe an implicit agreement of somewhat stale data by add the sub-domain "archive.". They'll try to maintain low sync times on a "best effort basis".)

gime_tree_fiddy··on Tell HN: GitHub is down again
This seems to be a big one. Even the pulls are failing. I just discovered there isn't not Github mirror for OpenCV code.
gime_tree_fiddy··on Google Drive of historical footage locked and flagged as terrorist activity
Is there a way to get a complete download of your data from Google? Maybe an online guide or something.

Drive alternative is simple enough with "cp -r" and your own bucket. For something like, Gmail and other services, it gets complicated.

gime_tree_fiddy··on A walk in nature is better than microdosing
> With bare eyes I see them, but diffuse. With polarized sunglasses I can see every single one of them, their movement in the wind, and even their structure. Similar boost for seeing waves on the river.

This is eerily similar to what I have experienced. I seem to notice the color of flowers, movement of the leaves whilst wearing polarized sunglasses and some infusion of THC.

gime_tree_fiddy··on The Unparalleled Genius of John von Neumann (2019)
Is it just me, or anyone else feel a good bit of insecurity wash over them when they encounter such tales of genius.
gime_tree_fiddy··on Autism and Invention Are Connected
What is this service you are talking about?
gime_tree_fiddy··on Key differences between Python 2.7.x and Python 3.x (2014)
Multicore in the sense that the underlying runtime (for the lack of a better word) scales to multiple cores. Like two threads in python cannot run in parallel (like at the same time, not like second one gets scheduled if first one waits for IO or network), the way a goroutine in Golang does.
gime_tree_fiddy··on Key differences between Python 2.7.x and Python 3.x (2014)
Is it just me, or comparing Python's async/await to Go is misleading. As far as I know, even with async/await, Python is still not multicore.
gime_tree_fiddy··on How Hibernate Almost Ruined My Career
Maybe this is out of inexperience, but having worked with Rails' and Django's respective ORMs, some of the things, about Hibernate, from this article like, lacking migration support seem a bit strange. And never having used it, feel like I am not seeing the complete picture.

Anyone with having worked with both, care commenting ?

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