marvel_boy

1,074 karma · joined January 8, 2014

marvel_boyon Half of Black High School Students in the Bay Area Can Barely Read

All of them.

marvel_boyon An Introduction to Computer Networks (2020)

Any other interesting books or tutorials about Networks?

marvel_boyon SVB collapse: Peter Thiel’s role scrutinized as spark of bank run

Some context: "According to @FastCompany, it was Republican billionaire Peter Thiel who started the #SVB withdrawal frenzy, with little basis. Then it snowballed."

Meanwhile Sacks was crying for an "intervention". Pathetic.

marvel_boyon Philips and the death of Europe's last electronics giant [video]

Ericsson (with two 's'): just a integrator of third party equipment, European cars: they will not outlive the EV paradigm. Yes, Europe is dying.

marvel_boyon New cognitive skills in the age of AI tailored information

Like most of blogspams that one can find on the Internet.

marvel_boyon The words you choose within an app are an essential part of its user experience

Exactly.

marvel_boyon Zag Smalltalk [video]

I miss Smalltak so much ! Was the first serious language I learnt, playing with it was incredible.

marvel_boyon Why I stopped using an external monitor

I can't agree more. Sure, there are legit uses for a huge screen (displaying several windows at the same time), but the developer need to focus, focus , focus.

marvel_boyon My class required AI

Not sure if you are joking.

marvel_boyon Portugal proposes to end Golden Visas, curtail Airbnb rentals

Exactly, Lisbon is destroyed beyond repair due to this madness.

marvel_boyon Salesforce will lay off 10% of staff as part of restructuring

Absolutely, in Roman times 'decimatio' was the punishment for a poor result in battle. The soldiers were obliged to choose one of ten, and kill him.

marvel_boyon Smalltalk-80 on Raspberry Pi: A bare metal implementation

Really it is a shame that lots of people on tech have never hear of Smalltak. It is in my humble opinion the most influential language ever created. Ask anyone who played with Smalltak in the 80's and they will say the same: "I never ever will have the sensation of power and confidence that Smalltak provided".

marvel_boyon Safari's date-picker is the cause of 1/3 of our customer support issues

Absolutely. I would suggest another kind of job for this kind of "designers".

marvel_boyon Meta Earning Results Q3 2022 [pdf]

Not a good sign, even they live on a mountain of cash the trend is no good.

marvel_boyon Hosting SQLite databases on any static file hoster (2021)

Amazing. Runs smoothly. Elon could not like the real state example :). By the way, R2 service is in beta, right?

marvel_boyon After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel

Apple supports encryption on Mail:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mail/mlhlp1180/mac

marvel_boyon Twitter Auth / Login – Does someone have any issues?

Same here in UK. This is a serious issue. iPhone works.

marvel_boyon iOS TouchType Typography Tool

Nice interface indeed. It is build in SwiftUI or UIKIt?

marvel_boyon Async framework for Obj-C: parallel processing, advanced notifications and more

Is this a port of Swift concurrent programming to Objective-C ?

marvel_boyon Phoenix LiveView reimplementations for other languages

Somebody working with this server-side way, what is your opinion? It makes development easier? faster?

marvel_boyon Ask HN: Where Is the Silicon Valley of Europe?

I can only think of London.

marvel_boyon Ask HN: Any software service providers, that position themselves well?

We Transfer.Their products are second to none.

[1]https://about.wetransfer.com

marvel_boyon Vitalik Buterin Talks Georgism, Crypto, Voting Systems

Wait, you have invented Web4? Tell us more.

marvel_boyon Henan: China Covid app restricts residents after banking protests

"The banks froze deposits, prompting angry demonstrations last month."

    Seems like an Argentinian "corralito"(bank froze deposits) at scale.

marvel_boyon Svelte is definitely still a thing

To be a successor of WebObjects is not an easy feat !

marvel_boyon Mystery Object Found in Sea Near British Submarine Base

By the picture the object does not appear to have been in the water very long.

marvel_boyon Why the GPL is great for business

Yes, it seems just a talk announce. Here is an explanation of GPL3: https://fossa.com/blog/open-source-software-licenses-101-gpl....

Yes, we have.

marvel_boyon [dead]

Finally Intel has some competition, this time a mighty rival.

marvel_boyon How to Build Your Own Quantum Entanglement Experiment (2013)

Should not have (2013) in the title?