wronghorse

Joined 9 years ago

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20
Member since
Nov 10
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Comment · 2 years ago
I have the paper copy even though I mostly end up using the web version. I like having a well-made book to display, casually browse when I'm bored and to support the author.
Comment · 5 years ago
To be fair, their username does literally have the word troll in it. I wouldn't put much stock in their intellectual integrity.
Comment · 5 years ago
This is really interesting because I recently found the anyhow crate and I was wondering why it's not mentioned anywhere else. Definitely feels like useful information that a newly minted Rust dev could make use of.
Comment · 5 years ago
You're not the only one. Although I was curious to read it since I haven't used Dropbox in a few years and see what users think of the experience these days.
Comment · 6 years ago
Several of the world's largest tech companies are based out of the US. Should they not care about US politics?
Comment · 6 years ago
I'm curious about this too. I'm working on collecting that data for these companies. Hopefully that sheds more insight into this.
Comment · 6 years ago
This is certainly an interesting thought. Ivan Zhao of Notion had some similar thoughts on design. That the early pioneers of computing were able to develop a large amount of amazing insights not just due to the greenfield nature but also because they were less focused on the business aspects.
Comment · 6 years ago
Is this really true? Do you have any sources for this? I'm interested in learning more.
Comment · 6 years ago
I believe Rust's serde library is similar when it comes to JSON. It also gives you the option to choose how strictly you want to enforce the types.
Comment · 6 years ago
Bit paternalistic don't you think?
Comment · 6 years ago
Comment · 6 years ago
Headline makes the monetization sound like a done deal but it only seems like it's a possibility that they're considering.
Comment · 6 years ago
You can also upload from iOS by using the "Copy to Play Books" option in the Share menu.
Comment · 6 years ago
I've found the native Books app on iOS to be very nice to use. Especially with the infinite scroll feature. That would definitely be something that Google should adopt for their app.

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