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send_computerson Drawpile is a free software collaborative drawing program

What is this built on? I had a quick look at the source without luck!

https://github.com/drawpile/Drawpile

send_computerson We May First Find Aliens on Eyeball Planets

Can you elaborate there? This seems like a very speculative statement to conclude 'completely unlikely'.

send_computerson How to start a Go project in 2018

This seems like a description of NPM in the node ecosystem, they are incrementally solving all these issues.

send_computerson How Strenuous Exercise Affects Our Immune System

Hmmm can't tell if serious or crazy

send_computerson Show HN: A notepad in a link

I wrote this a while ago as I was looking for a little bookmark-able notepad and couldn't find one.

The generated link will let you write/name/download and even bookmark a note with the contents in it!

send_computerson OpenWrt in a WiFi card reader (2017)

Reminds me of these SD cards running Linux

https://hackaday.com/2016/06/30/transcend-wifi-sd-card-is-a-...

Edit also, there was picture frames at one point with bluetooth that ran linux that were hacked, I made a video years ago, funny to look back on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEP0i1zteVM

send_computerson China builds ‘world’s biggest air purifier’ and it seems to be working

I agree

send_computerson What Spectre and Meltdown Mean for WebKit

These are all examples of bugs or badly designed/coded applications. Don't blame JS for bad coding...

send_computerson What Spectre and Meltdown Mean for WebKit

Yeah lets all just use bash commands to browse the web, way more secure and sure you can get the information you need... oh wait wasn't that 20 years ago?

send_computerson Robust Client-Side JavaScript

I got a 502 trying to visit, I suppose having robust JS doesn't mean much if your backend is not robust! lol

send_computerson Web Assembly now supported across all browsers

https://github.com/mbasso/awesome-wasm#projects

send_computerson Web Assembly now supported across all browsers

Looking at the usage relative to browser support, the UC browser for Android is a bigger concern, no doubt it will add support soon unlike IE.

See here and click 'usage relative': https://caniuse.com/#search=WebAssembly

send_computerson Why your programmers just want to code

At the heart of it though there is a good point, the culture of a workplace can determine how developers operate. That's it but the full picture is: The culture of a workplace determines how everyone operates.

Managers do not 'set' the culture and drive workers with amateur psychology, although they might like to think they do. Whenever I see the attempts to control how I operate in the workplace, I play along and go back to work... worked out so far.

In saying that I have worked in places with culture that I liked and places with a culture I disliked, my work has always been the same, but my attitude differs.

send_computerson Amazon Key is a new service that lets couriers unlock your front door

Very similar to an airlock

send_computerson Show HN: Hypewatching – crowdsourced, geolocated trends around the world

Now it's big in Ireland

send_computerson Show HN: Hypewatching – crowdsourced, geolocated trends around the world

Deez nuts is trending big in the US

send_computerson Ask HN: Where do you host your API endpoint?

Firebase - Free for small projects and very nice integration with frontend and node applications