Hacker News: _lbaq

New comment by _lbaq in "New Model M Is an American-Made Keyboard That Puts a Spring Back in Your Typing"

_lbaq — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:03:01 +0000

In our business where everything is evolving so fast, its interesting to see that most use a keyboard today that was created not because they where great to type on, but because type writers looked like that....

New comment by _lbaq in "Distribution of JVM Desktop Applications"

_lbaq — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 21:08:59 +0000

Scala.JS is an alternative if you write Scala, a compile target for the browser (or Node of course) that also can use most Typescript libraries via the Scalablytyped plugin

New comment by _lbaq in "Bitcoin consumes more electricity than Argentina"

_lbaq — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 12:39:20 +0000

Do people "use" bitcoins? Right now it seems like something your betting on will eventually be useful.

New comment by _lbaq in "ZX Spectrum Next: The Evolution of the Speccy"

_lbaq — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 08:26:58 +0000

A Kickstarter is not the same thing as ordering it on Amazon, this is a highly complex project that takes a lot of choreography to get right, even if they shipped units before.

New comment by _lbaq in "Java 1.0 Turns 25"

_lbaq — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 16:22:59 +0000

That stability comes with a huge cost, for example, Value types, desperately needed, has been going on FOREVER (7 years and counting) with no end in sight ..

New comment by _lbaq in "Fastmail was down"

_lbaq — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 21:01:24 +0000

I second this, highly recommended!

How Akka Cluster Works: Actors Living in a Cluster

_lbaq — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 20:17:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lightbend.com/blog/how-akka-cluster-works-actors-living-in-a-cluster

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25805112

Points: 109

# Comments: 62

New comment by _lbaq in "Have the Tables Turned on NoSQL?"

_lbaq — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 15:00:40 +0000

Atlas is a fully managed instance. Whats being referenced to here is running your own Cassandra cluster, which is by all accounts, heck of a lot harder than running a Postgres instance.

New comment by _lbaq in "How WhatsApp works with other Facebook products"

_lbaq — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 19:07:45 +0000

Signal (signal.org) is a good replacement!

New comment by _lbaq in "A half-hour to learn Rust"

_lbaq — Sat, 02 Jan 2021 19:09:00 +0000

Comments like this are to far in-between on the internet, kudos!

New comment by _lbaq in "Starship / Super Heavy"

_lbaq — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 10:02:40 +0000

Thanks!

New comment by _lbaq in "Starship / Super Heavy"

_lbaq — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 08:24:05 +0000

400 feet = 121.9 meters, 30 feet = 9.1 meters

New comment by _lbaq in "Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?"

_lbaq — Fri, 25 Dec 2020 22:30:35 +0000

Not only that, but he revealed while on the Joe Rogan, he also was the brain behind some of the core ideas of the show.

New comment by _lbaq in "MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, says she gave $4.2B to charity"

_lbaq — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 05:21:01 +0000

What is he sacrificing? He makes a huge difference for a number of people.

New comment by _lbaq in "First person receives Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in UK"

_lbaq — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 12:00:42 +0000

Helps to have no land borders, not saying Australia didn’t do a great job curbing it ..

New comment by _lbaq in "Asteroid capsule located in Australian desert"

_lbaq — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 14:38:11 +0000

No, the Stardust mission collected interstellar dust.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust_(spacecraft)

A 352 Megapixel image of Starship Serial Number 8

_lbaq — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 14:41:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.easyzoom.com/imageaccess/c7d70c3d47d9482ea875f91eefbc03dc

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25302688

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by _lbaq in "Amazon hires 427,000 people in 10 months"

_lbaq — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 14:35:57 +0000

Cars are not free, one of the biggest household budget posts.

New comment by _lbaq in "Amazon hires 427,000 people in 10 months"

_lbaq — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 14:33:48 +0000

2-3 times per day? Until transports are carbon neutral, free shipping should be made illegal....

Neanderthals may have used their hands differently from humans

_lbaq — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 10:40:43 +0000

Article URL: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/27/world/neanderthal-human-hands-thumb-grip-scn/index.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25227441

Points: 1

# Comments: 0