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marcrosoft

1,027 karma · joined September 17, 2010

Software developer, shipping API expert, systematic trader, father, weight lifter, and wind surfer
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marcrosoft··on Common Lisp, ASDF, and Quicklisp: packaging explained
Last time I checked quicklisp also didn’t support https and doesn’t do any signature checking.
marcrosoft··on A receipt printer cured my procrastination
The problem with methods like this is that there is no priority and rewards you for doing tasks that don’t actually matter. It’s better to do one really important thing per day than 10 meaningless tasks.
marcrosoft··on Ask HN: Where are the good Markdown to PDF tools (that meet these requirements)?
Render to html and then use webkit2pdf which will give you a pdf that looks exactly like the html shown in chrome. This is a million times easier than working with PDF libraries
marcrosoft··on Half My Life with Perl
I always think of Randal shwartz when I think of people saying, “I’m an X language programmer”. You don’t want to be the last guy on earth that’s the expert in a dead language.
marcrosoft··on Plain Text Accounting (PTA)
I just switched off of ledger because multiple accountants and tax preparers didn’t know what to do with it even if I hand generated profit and loss reports.

Quickbooks online has gotten pretty good. I honestly wouldn’t recommend these plain text tools anymore. Quickbooks has become almost a standard.

marcrosoft··on Logbookd – SQLite Backed Syslogd
I did something similar but not open source: centrallogging.com it is surprising how SQLite can scale for smallish amounts of logs (1tb)
marcrosoft··on Show HN: Faktor – The missing 2FA code autocomplete for Chrome
It is called 2 factor or multi-factor authentication. It should be something you know (password) and something you have (device). Storing totp with your password defeats the entire point of it.
marcrosoft··on Show HN: Faktor – The missing 2FA code autocomplete for Chrome
Congrats on launching and building something. Unfortunately I think this is very bad for security. We have seen numerous accounts take overs from iMessage and sms based 2fa. This makes it even easier. I also don’t understand why password managers are starting to support storing totp. It is a terrible idea.
marcrosoft··on OpenSSH introduces options to penalize undesirable behavior
My home IP doesn’t change much so I just open ssh port only to my own IP. If I travel I’ll add another IP if I need to ssh in. I don’t get locked out because I use VPS or cloud provider firewall that can be changed through console after auth/MFA. This way SSH is never exposed to the wider internet.
marcrosoft··on Go: Sentinel errors and errors.Is() slow your code down by 3000%
I’m still using if err == something. I’ve never bothered to use error.Is. Looks like another reason to avoid
marcrosoft··on Redis re-implemented with SQLite
This “SQLite isn’t good for production” mentality really needs to die. It’s a myth.
marcrosoft··on Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' subdomain included
I thought we all quit when they disabled API access and ruined Apollo. People are still using Reddit?
marcrosoft··on I applied for a software role at FedEx and was asked to take a personality test
If their latest “REST” API is an indication of their tech you don’t want to work there anyways.
marcrosoft··on Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards
I clicked the comments section hoping to see sivers response because I remember him mentioning it before. I’m glad I did.
marcrosoft··on Americans are spending billions on stuff they forget to cancel
Use virtual credit cards and privacy.com. It really helps with peace of mind that you can really have a free trial and not worry about it.
marcrosoft··on BCHS software stack: BSD, C, httpd, SQLite
This is close to my stack which is a single Go binary, SQLite db and either OpenBSD or Linux with a side of htmx.
marcrosoft··on I Love Ruby
Take ruby vs go. Ruby can write expressions that resemble a sentence so you can skip commenting and it looks nice. Go is verbose and less English like. Which is easier to understand what the code actually does? Go may take a little extra time to digest but it is infinitely more clear what is going on. If you don’t need to debug the ruby code or optimize it ruby wins because it is easier to digest and reads like English. It is a trade off like many things in software.
marcrosoft··on Telecom Industry Is Mad Because the FCC Might Examine High Broadband Prices
CenturyLink advertises that they don’t raise the rate and they STILL do it. Mine went from $50->$60 with no speed change. I don’t have the energy anymore to fight it. My alternative is xfinity which is far worse.
marcrosoft··on Should you split that file?
In typed languages like go I don’t need to look at module imports linked to files for navigating. With the vim shortcut ‘gd’ I can immediately jump to the definition making this entire discussion about where to put things almost irrelevant. I would still try to organize for reading.
marcrosoft··on Podman Desktop v1.5 with Compose onboarding and enhanced Kubernetes pod data
Yeah it is still happening on fresh podman install as of a month or so. So many of my coworkers ran into the issue there is an internal wiki about it. The hwutil sync command thing works but it’s annoying.
marcrosoft··on Podman Desktop v1.5 with Compose onboarding and enhanced Kubernetes pod data
Have they fixed the macOS time drift issue yet?
marcrosoft··on My website is one binary (2022)
It is Go not golang. Golang is used for search it is not the name of the language.
marcrosoft··on 10-year Treasury yield rises to 5%, highest level for the key rate in 16 years
One effect of this is that stocks historically average about 8% a year. As this gets closer to that number you can expect money from the stock market to start pouring into bonds. Why take risk when you have a guaranteed yield? This will probably drive the market down much further than it has in 2022.
marcrosoft··on Lichess: Block Ads and Trackers
No they are a non profit.
marcrosoft··on Lichess: Block Ads and Trackers
Except if you look at their financials they are paying a huge tax being a French company. Their resources would go further if they left.
marcrosoft··on Harry Browne’s Rules of Financial Safety (1999)
Harry Browne didn’t like TIPs and didn’t think they would protect when things got bad. He preferred holding gold coins in a country outside the one you live in.
marcrosoft··on Spotify looked to ban white noise podcasts to become more profitable
Spotify to me has been crap since they tried to ruin podcasts by making a walled garden
marcrosoft··on NetMaker: Connect Everything with a WireGuard VPN
Scrolling marquee, what year is it?
marcrosoft··on Systemd auto-restarts of units can hide problems from you
This is why OpenBSD’s rc doesn’t have restarts. A crashing application has a bug that needs fixed. A crashing application probably has a security vuln if nothing else it has denial of service.
marcrosoft··on Is technical analysis just stock market astrology?
Just a side note: you can be highly successful with less than 50% win rate. Many trend following strategies are 30/70 but are still profitable due to how much they win when they are right and how little they lose when they are wrong. The expected value is what matters not a high win rate.
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