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Ask HN: What is your system for backing up family photos and video?
Original EnglishThe principle is not "could it fail" but " when it fails, how do we ensure the plane won't crash?" It's a completely different mindset.
Gpu.js – GPU Accelerated JavaScript
Original Englishbut not a hacker [edit] of the modern mold and his glory days are from 40 years ago banging out mainframe clients. …
Lost Diamonds: How our current system is failing underprivileged talent
Original EnglishI used it to try to start a business, but it failed.
A lighter headless browser: check your pages before benchmarks
Lightpanda’s early release explored reducing rendering overhead while acknowledging limited Web API coverage.
Assess performance together with success on the target workload.
Pushing back against contract demands is scary but please try anyway
Original EnglishWhen he did, it was $150 short of the reduced amount that I had expected.
Want to found a startup? Work at one first
Original EnglishBut I'm biased, as I started my first startup at 16 and failed, and proceeded to re-try at 18, and succeeded.
How I came to find Linux
Original EnglishAnd for the software that no one but I use, creating my own package was so incredibly trivial that it was almost easier than manually …
San Francisco Is Requiring Solar Panels on All New Buildings
Original EnglishAs I've stated previously this is not a market failure because this example depends on the idea of the commons.
Why does part of the Windows 98 Setup program look older than the rest? (2020)
Original EnglishNT changed significantly over its lifetime. I deployed and supported all versions in production.