peter_retief

Joined 10 years ago

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821
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1,124
Member since
Jan 26
Software developer with a special interest in sensors and ML
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Recent submissions

Comment · 5 days ago
Good grief, the level of ignorence is astonishing but add that that was in a science journal...
Comment · 5 days ago
I used to buy a Scientific American as a treat and even subscribed for some time but wow, how bad it has become.

Why oh why destroy something so precious to so many people.

Spewing politcal hate is not the best way to win friends it seems.

Comment · 16 days ago
this is really great, just went through the categories and it is really useful to someone who work like me
Comment · 18 days ago
Cloudflare do a great job, I noticed moving from another VM.
Comment · 18 days ago
I never understood why we abandoned cgi apps rather than fixing them.

Not sure why but it probably had something to do with Microsoft and the browser wars.

Is it time to fix web development?

Comment · 22 days ago
We really need to own our own data and allow it to be used for the common good, unfortunatly people just dont get the concept or the value. We are open source and need good open source laws to protect us.
Comment · 24 days ago
yes and no
Comment · 24 days ago
that is an issue, your anti challenge is a great idea.
Comment · 24 days ago
It is an idea at the moment, more aligned to the internet in the early days when there was more trust.

As for your question there are ways to mitigate that type of problem, joining fee maybe?

Comment · 25 days ago
Lisp is a terrible language, for me at least.
Comment · 1 month ago
Sure, buildings were demolished, is that unusual in a war zone?
Comment · 1 month ago
I also did not know it was a term..

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