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I wanted to learn GraphQL recently and I wrote a small library to automagically generate GraphQL schemas from SQLAlchemy models. [1]

It's inspired by Hasura, the schema is almost the same. It's not optimized at all, but it's a nice way to quickly get started with GraphQL and expose your existing models.

[1] https://github.com/gzzo/graphql-sqlalchemy

> In short, a closure is like a semi-permeable box, letting information from the outside get in but never leaking anything out.

This is just wrong. For example:

const counter = () => { let count = 1; return () => count++ }

Not health insurance though, they could be in for massive liabilities should a lot of people start contracting.

Doesn't almost every multinational use this arrangement, commonly known as the Double Irish? Why is Facebook getting called out specifically?

Surprised the article doesn't mention this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Irish_arrangement#Multi...

Speaking as a college dropout, the grass is always greener.

On the one hand, I've never had my lack of a degree be an issue in tech, especially startups. Some founders even place a weird bonus on being a dropout and see you as more of a hustler than degree-holding employees.

On the other hand, there are some opportunities that are closed off to me unless I decide to finish my degree. For example, I would have liked to get an MBA or go to law school for fun, but those options are completely closed off. You absolutely must have a four-year degree.

Another one that came up recently, I've been thinking of taking a break from tech and going into public service, all the jobs I saw in the three-letter agency I was interested in also had a hard requirement on a four-year degree.

A degree isn't necessary for everyone, it certainly wasn't for me and it's nice that I had almost two years as a head start on my career in tech. However, I wouldn't encourage people to drop out.

Having a degree gives you options. You're better off with those options than without. You don't _have_ to take out 200k in loans. There's fantastic public education systems like CUNY that you can take advantage of.

They probably have a significant investment from Chinese LPs. It could put those investors in a very awkward situation if YC was more explicit with their statement -- we've all seen how childishly defensive the Chinese government can get.

For the rest of us on the spectrum, which organization has helped you so much? If you're not going to share, then what's the point of even commenting at all?

As a kid I adored Lego. I think fondly of all the time I spent playing with my collection and all the creations I made.

As I entered my early teen years my collection had grown considerably and it was taking up a lot of space, and I was spending less and less time with Lego. I knew a younger kid down the block who was in the peak of his Lego phase and I donated my entire collection -- around five or so 30 gallon trash bags.

A couple of years after that, when I was just shy of 17 years old, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma and had to take some time off of school to go through chemotherapy. Naturally I had a lot of time on my hands. For some reason I _really_ wanted to play with my old Lego, but I didn't have any around anymore.

I found some of my favorite sets on eBay and was able to purchase them albeit for quite the markup. It was great to get to experience those older sets and fulfill that spat of nostalgia. On the other hand, it was a huge bummer. I was obviously on a limited budget and every set was 2-4x what they were originally.

I understand Lego can't possibly keep producing every set forever, but this kind of speculation described in the article seriously ruins the experience for a lot of people. It's not a simple supply and demand situation if people are hoarding sets and creating artificial scarcity.

Lego is big enough as a company to put these people out of business, they would just have to occasionally re-release older sets that are ludicrously overpriced in the second-hand market.

Lego holds a really special place in my heart as I'm sure it does for a lot of the people mentioned in the article, I'm just not sure if they are aware of the consequences of their behavior on some of the less fortunate that want to experience Lego for what it is meant for -- playing.

There is huge value in documenting the history of the internet in articles like this. I would love to see an article like this on other technologies like BGP, SSL, and Wifi for example.

I wonder how much metal is spent making door locks. Eh, probably better leaving all doors unlocked.

I wonder how much steel is in a banks safe. Eh, better leave the safe open.

I wonder how much time people spend typing in their passwords. Eh, better remove passwords from all sites.

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Thanks for sharing, that's very interesting. Does that decision have anything to do with Switzerland's reputation for neutrality?

Highly recommend watching Powaqqatsi, sequel to Koyaanisqatsi. The opening scene is filmed in Serra Pelada. Does a much better job of capturing the atmosphere than these photos.

From the status page: We are currently experiencing an issue with authentication to Google App Engine sites, the Google Cloud Console, Identity Aware Proxy, and Google OAuth 2.0 endpoints.

Who is responsible from a liability perspective: Boeing, Rolls Royce, or Norwegian?

Why do bad actors spoof transmissions? Smuggling?

My guess: Walmart.

OT, but I love this sentence juxtaposed with the motto for your blog: "brevity is for the weak"

> I dislike the rationale of "CloudFlare is a private company. They can do whatever they want" ... like wut?

Doesn't CloudFlare have the same free speech rights to express their own views towards hate speech (i.e., by not providing service to white supremacists)?

Even CP? I don't think you've thought this all the way through.

Now up almost 4% after-hours on earnings :)

Take a look at NASDAQ: FB. <0.5% change. This means nothing.

If you're interested in learning more about Pakistani Intelligence, I can highly recommend Steve Coll's Directorate S. It's the sequel to the pulitzer-prize winning Ghost Wars, but it can be read on its own.

> Very much not true.

> was a core tenet of the Obama administration’s response

Quantitative easing is a monetary policy, not fiscal policy. A central bank dictates monetary policy. An administration dictates fiscal policy.

Would recommend you read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative_easing

Seems like a big miss on their part. I love Netlify and I use them for my personal site. When I got their newsletter email announcing this, the first thought that entered my head was: "Finally! I can take Google Analytics off my site. About time a serious contender took on GA."

Unfortunately this costs $108/year more than GA. And while there are a couple of GA alternatives out there, having the financial backing of someone like Netlify makes a big difference. I don't want to think about analytics, I just want to know roughly how much traffic my site is getting, not having to worry about an open source project dying in the next year and having to find yet another replacement.

Who is now responsible for unblocking the users Trump blocked? Twitter or the US Government?

Previous discussion, 5 Whys: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11656575

I like your idea. It could be a platform on its own, like a GoFundMe but exclusively for pro-bono legal cases.

> We have 6 different FAQs that warn KitSplit users about the risk of voluntary parting.

Ouch, so this isn't the first person to get bit by this on KitSplit, just the first one to get traction. These companies need to get called out way more.

So if KitSplit explicitly absolves itself from liability, what is the benefit of that platform over Craigslist? At least with CL you wouldn't have to pay KitSplit a fee.

Their fees certainly aren't going towards liability insurance or fraud detection, so what are they doing with those fees?

I bet the fraud rate at KitSplit is going to go up after this post. Now you have a list of people that will wake up at 7am to hand over $4k of gear to you, knowing that KitSplit won't do anything and neither will law enforcement. Just remember to cancel your credit card and you'll make a quick $2k!

In all seriousness, if KitSplit wanted to stop this just charge renters a hefty deposit (the approximate cost of resell) and it should nip this in the bud. Obviously, someone in their "Growth" team will point out that this will hurt their KPIs and their VCs might not like it, so they won't do it.