nicwest
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Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 3 years ago
then when they back down we could have "UK threats to end end-to-end encryption end"
Comment · 5 years ago
your website appears to have a bunch of meta data on it from something called soapbox. If I link to your website in slack it comes up with a "That looks like a Soapbox link. Would you like to install the Soapbox app" message. I assume a recent-ish rebrand?
What was the thought process there?
Comment · 5 years ago
There was an awesome project a while back to recreate a new buckling spring keyboard:
Comment · 5 years ago
Have you tried the trackballs formerly known as "Clearly Superior" now "Xtrac" apparently[1]. I like the physical scroll wheel and dedicated middle mouse button, the internals are mechanical not optical (I have had problems with kensingtons in this regard), and there are some fairly alluring foot peddle expansion ports on the back that I've not played with yet.
if you do go down this route, I would suggest avoiding a model with an LED in it. while it looks cool for sure the LED is positioned so that shines right in your eyes if you put the device front and center (like in between a split keyboard).
Comment · 6 years ago
Consumer centric API design
Comment · 6 years ago
I think it's interesting that out of all the news articles about famous people that have died, Ursla le Guin is the one that turns up in this list.
Comment · 6 years ago
Go helped me learn about designing good interfaces, and how to write tests using dependency injection rather than just patching stuff out.
Comment · 6 years ago
I found that learning and writing some Clojure and Go made me think better about the code I was writing in my main language (python).
I enjoyed working through Clojure for the brave and true: https://www.braveclojure.com/clojure-for-the-brave-and-true/
and the go tour is probably the best introduction I've ever had to a language: https://tour.golang.org/welcome/1
Comment · 6 years ago
I'm investigating the way that encounter difficulty is estimated in Dungeons and Dragons. I've felt for a long time that the influence the number of opposing monsters have is somewhat exaggerated.
Comment · 6 years ago
- Post-mortem
- Incident report
- Scheduled down time
Comment · 6 years ago
Also I imagine that depth would be a significant factor
Comment · 6 years ago
Mileage may vary depending on language support, but vim does have a go to definition feature[1][2]. I believe there is also out box error checking for some languages, and if that is not enough for you (and at the risk of offending a large number of vim purists), there is a fantastic plugin called ALE[3] that will likely provide you with what you want.
1: https://vimhelp.org/pattern.txt.html#gd
Comment · 7 years ago
> Are taxes and maintenance costs shared proportionally?
Day-to-day maintenance (replacing lightbulbs, shelf falling down etc) is your responsibility. Plus you get to decorate however you want (at your cost). All other taxes and maintenance costs are shared proportionally.
> Who gets to decide when to call the plumber?
You do. There's a home emergency cover plan in place (costs shared proportionally) so you can get someone round 24/7, 365 days / year.
> If you fail to pay your rent, can they evict you?
Yes, but if you just need a couple of months to get back on your feet, we won't.
> What happens to your share then?
You still own it, but any rent arrears would be netted off.
> Can you sublet?
Not at the moment.
> Can you sell your share on the open market, or only back to the company, at whatever price they decide is fair market value?
The latter, but there is an option to go to the open market together. Price is determined by a regulated independent surveyor, not by Unmortgage.
https://www.unmortgage.com/faqs
https://www.unmortgage.com/how-it-works
source: I am an unmortgage employee.
It's hard for me to read this any other way.