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webster23on Stripped-down Kubernetes on the Raspberry Pi

It's been a while since I last used minikube, but it was a bit slow then. There is a new alternative called kind: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind I only tested it briefly (on linux), but it seemed faster than minikube. In contrast to minikube, kind does not use a vm but instead implements a cluster node as a single docker container.

webster23on Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia

Just nitpicking, but I believe it was Hermes, not Bender. edit: https://external-preview.redd.it/QkC-IFnu4weXJdqXPJCgaswRHAy...

webster23on NixOS – Purely Functional Linux Distribution

Learning to build your own packages is a bit of a chore, but once you get there, it could not be easier. I suspect building your own packages for Debian or Redhat would be much more difficult. Let alone getting that package accepted upstream, which is not that hard with Nixos.

webster23on NixOS – Purely Functional Linux Distribution

You don't use Vagrant for your desktop, do you?

webster23on 3D printers have ‘fingerprints,’ which could help trace guns, counterfeit goods

Try buying a barrel for an AR-15 in Germany, you'll have to show a WBK (Waffenbesitzkarte).

webster23on Key Git Concepts Explained the Hard Way

For a newbie I think SVN is definitively easier to learn at first. But then you have to live with the limitations. Git is the better choice in the end, especially if there are more than a few people working on the same codebase.

webster23on New “Android Go” phones show how much you can get for $100

The first Moto G (2013) does not have a replaceable battery. I have one right here.

webster23on Ask HN: What's the recommended method of adding authentication to a REST API?

The api-key does not need to be part of the URL, you can also put it in the Authorization header.

edit: typo

webster23on Show HN: Nerv – A fast React alternative, compatible with IE8 and React 16

I think the reason for the IE8 support is that there are still lots of old windows machines used in china. And if you think IE8 is bad, have you ever had to support IE6? ;-)

webster23on Killing ants with nuclear weapons

But you don't have to have all that, you can have just a single executable in the container, like here for example: https://github.com/containous/traefik-library-image/blob/f24...

webster23on Why we started CoreOS

There are some guys working on a new k8s module for NixOS. https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/25426

webster23on Could toxic air on planes make frequent flyers ill?

Gasoline is only used in smaller propeller planes, kerosene contains no lead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avgas

webster23on Amazon's Tepid Response to Counterfeiters Frustrates Sellers

The problem with the fake replacement batteries isn't new. In 2015 the german computer magazine ct bought 12 "samsung" batteries at amazon and all were fake. https://www.heise.de/ct/ausgabe/2015-10-Amazon-verkauft-nach...