Hacker News: cag_ii

New comment by cag_ii in "Hello wasm-pack"

cag_ii — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 16:30:31 +0000

> End-users don't care about executing "non optimal code."

I seem to remember Java Applets & Java "Web start" (or pretty much any browser "plug-in" runtime) causing a fair bit of grief for end-users...

New comment by cag_ii in "Running Lisp in Production (2015)"

cag_ii — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 19:10:10 +0000

I don't necessarily disagree with you, but provisioning 16-32gb for a production server doesn't seem to be unusual these days and the cost negligible...

New comment by cag_ii in "Running Lisp in Production (2015)"

cag_ii — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 18:45:49 +0000

Presumably "the industry" ≠ "lisp programmers"...

New comment by cag_ii in "What Data Does Facebook Collect When I’m Not Using Facebook, and Why?"

cag_ii — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 20:55:29 +0000

I think the technical term for this is "Passing the buck"...

New comment by cag_ii in "What Data Does Facebook Collect When I’m Not Using Facebook, and Why?"

cag_ii — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 20:54:29 +0000

It's interesting that the "Privacy Controls" seem to only change how you see the data they've collected about you, but doesn't seem to change how or when they collect data about you. That doesn't sound like privacy control at all!

New comment by cag_ii in "What Data Does Facebook Collect When I’m Not Using Facebook, and Why?"

cag_ii — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 20:50:35 +0000

How so?

New comment by cag_ii in "OLPC’s $100 laptop was going to change the world"

cag_ii — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 18:21:00 +0000

You're conflating two different problems. OLPC was never meant to replace food (or other necessities).

Additionally, having a dictionary, spell checker and encyclopedia at your fingertips make a laptop a great addition to a classroom.

‘King of Kong’ Champion Billy Mitchell Stripped of ‘Donkey Kong’ World Record

cag_ii — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 23:50:52 +0000

Article URL: http://www.slashfilm.com/king-of-kong-cheating/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16825963

Points: 1

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New comment by cag_ii in "Judge rules Seattle homeless man’s truck is a home"

cag_ii — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 17:48:23 +0000

I'm not sure I understand your question.

The submission links to an article at fox13memphis.com. The user I'm replying to suggests a "much better" article at seattletimes.com because it includes content which I'm pointing out is already contained at the submission link.

New comment by cag_ii in "Judge rules Seattle homeless man’s truck is a home"

cag_ii — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 17:44:52 +0000

That's in the article linked.

New comment by cag_ii in "The Exeter Book was used as a cutting board"

cag_ii — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 23:43:30 +0000

According to the wikipedia page, Very similar actually!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English_Latin_alphabet

The images in the article had me thinking otherwise.

New comment by cag_ii in "The Impact of Zoning on Housing Affordability (2002)"

cag_ii — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 00:52:31 +0000

It's definitely a "marketing page" in that it's only purpose is to convince people to support sb-827.

New comment by cag_ii in "Show HN: A CSS Keylogger"

cag_ii — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 01:20:31 +0000

I was replying to the comment above which pointed out correctly that the order in which the server receives the requests may differ from the order in which they were sent.

New comment by cag_ii in "Show HN: A CSS Keylogger"

cag_ii — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 20:13:41 +0000

My mistake, I guess I didn't really think that through...

New comment by cag_ii in "JupyterLab is ready for users"

cag_ii — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 20:09:11 +0000

What does "SKU" mean in this context?

New comment by cag_ii in "Show HN: A CSS Keylogger"

cag_ii — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 19:42:33 +0000

It'd be simple enough to add an 'order' identifier (request timestamp, etc) to the requests.

Edit: nm. My mistake, not as easy as that using only css!

New comment by cag_ii in "Merrell Trail Glove Failures and Minimal Running in a Communist Shoe"

cag_ii — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 23:01:06 +0000

Cool! After reading this article I clearly remember buying "Kung-fu shoes" in DTLA/Chinatown as a kid, they were a couple of bucks a piece and probably my favorite shoes at the time.

I also clearly remember they did very little to protect your feet from the black asphalt playground heat in the middle of summer, lol.

New comment by cag_ii in "Boosting teeth’s healing ability by mobilizing stem cells in dental pulp"

cag_ii — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 19:19:23 +0000

I'd expect preventive care is a lot more about ones own routine vs. what the dentist does.

New comment by cag_ii in "Keurig to Acquire Dr Pepper Snapple in Largest Soft-Drink Deal Ever"

cag_ii — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 00:32:22 +0000

From the wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Pepper#Marketing):

    In the early 1960s, Dr Pepper promoted the idea of
    serving the drink hot with lemon slices in winter. 
    This idea appeared in the film Blast from the Past
    initially set in the early 1960s.

New comment by cag_ii in "Ask HN: Which programming language has the best documentation?"

cag_ii — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 23:49:27 +0000

I would have to say Java. Between the tutorials, Language/VM specification & library Javadocs, it's the most thorough I've seen to date...