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volgar1x

38 karma · joined April 29, 2019

Passionate developer enjoying front-end stuff but still prefers back-end side. Not particularly a fan of any language though I find myself doing lots of Python, have curiosities about C++, and a weakness for Erlang and OCaml !
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volgar1x··on Apple, Google, Facebook's AV1 standards group under EU antitrust investigation
Europeans do innovate, they just sell to GAFAM afterwards. (-:
volgar1x··on Natto.dev – A Canvas for JavaScript
Firefox 78.9.0esr on Debian Buster has the same problem
volgar1x··on Show HN: Skruv – No-dependency, no-build, small JavaScript framework
If you are building a documentation website, sure. Go implement a video-streaming platform using HTML/CSS only, that would be a real treat! :)
volgar1x··on TikTok hit with consumer law breaches complaints across Europe
Or developers can stop using cookies on their website
volgar1x··on Undici – an HTTP/1.1 client, written from scratch for Node.js
It seems to be a faster replacement of `http`.
volgar1x··on Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index
Deutsche Marks do not exist anymore.
volgar1x··on Atkinson Hyperlegible Font
Why don't you use a T9 keyboard anymore ?
volgar1x··on GameStop appoints chief technology officer and two additional executive hires
Isn't current market already saturated and kind of underperforming commercially ?
volgar1x··on The effect of switching to TCMalloc on RocksDB memory use
Why try to optimize for every cases possible ? Use the right tool for the right job.
volgar1x··on I'm tired of this anti-Wayland horseshit
Rule of thumb: do not listen to the vocal minority, code for all the satisfied and silent customers.

Edit: unless there is a majority of unsatisfied customers (:

volgar1x··on Threema – Secure and Private Messenger
I think it's hilarious while staying on point (almost, ending tissue might be too much)
volgar1x··on An internal team 'hoodwinked' Bill Gates into launching the Xbox project
It is time to take some vacations pal.
volgar1x··on A look at /e/OS on the FairPhone 3 – a FOSS OS for phones [video]
This is more a problem of man-time/funding than willingness.
volgar1x··on New things in Android 11
It becomes a problem when Google decides to keep those security fixes to themselves. I can very much see microG (a GMS reimplementation) provide the same service using their own compiled patches, kind of like Linux distributions provide packages and kernel updates developed by Intel, Microsoft, Red Hat, etc, which end up publicly available.
volgar1x··on Show HN: Jet – in-memory, fault-tolerant, distributed stream processing
Uber?
volgar1x··on Every software system used at Gitlab
fault confessed is half redressed
volgar1x··on Stripe records user movements on its customers' websites
Does that kind of data even have value for advertisers ?

Beside the user tracking cookie I personally think the rest is fine if Stripe cannot tell some kind of buyer pattern (and sell it).

volgar1x··on Mining my mailbox for top email service providers
So what ? You care too much about these things.
volgar1x··on Sweden’s central bank says it has begun testing an e-krona
That's actually his whole point!
volgar1x··on Sweden’s central bank says it has begun testing an e-krona
Is it just pure hatred ? There don't seem to be much arguing going on...
volgar1x··on Sweden’s central bank says it has begun testing an e-krona
Why is this getting downvoted?
volgar1x··on Sweden’s central bank says it has begun testing an e-krona
Without proof of work
volgar1x··on Telecoms say they have a First Amendment right to sell private data
I don't know if they are evil or just trying it anyway and seeing what happens. French people have a saying for this

    You never know, on a misunderstanding it might actually work!
volgar1x··on Mining my mailbox for top email service providers
who cares, it's just a 100-line long script that probably won't be maintained or used anymore
volgar1x··on Kotlin vs. Java
Kotlin really shines when it comes to async programming. This is some code I wrote using Vert.x with Kotlin extensions :

    router.get("/api/article/:id").coroutineHandler { ctx ->
        val news = newsRepository.get(ctx.pathParam("id")) // no need for await
             ?: return ctx.respondText(404, "Not Found") // can still use basic code constructs
        ctx.respondJson(200, jsonObjectOf("news" to news)) // actually an extension method i wrote
    }
volgar1x··on Darling – macOS Translation Layer for Linux
Will this enable Linux servers to build iOS apps?