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Ask HN: Recommendations for full-blown polyglot web IDEs
I'm looking for full-blown web IDE solutions, with the following features:

1) Polyglot: Support for multiple programming languages and preferably web frameworks (using project templates, base container images, etc.), build and test tools

2) Embedded Shell: CLI shell to interact with the execution environment

Some options I'm aware of include:

1) Eclipse Che on OpenShift (https://che.openshift.io)

2) Repl.it (https://repl.it) - This isn't a full-blown IDE though
He doesn't tell the interviewee they're full of shit, but he does ask pointed questions and won't agree if he doesn't agree.

See his interview with Candace Owens where she tells him he doesn't believe in climate change, he doesn't destroy her, but asks questions that make her look very intellectually lazy.

It feels like people in this thread are confusing "that's interesting" with agreement. Which isn't particularly intellectual on their own part.
Not only - AFAIR the Colombian Steve Jobs had problems with humidity too - 2.1 billion 80s' USD lost to flooding and rotting is what I would call real liquidity :D
And also rats I think.
Scary, I just got mine for vacation purposes but stories like this definitely remind me to not put too much money on that card
I think, from the article, that the reason that Uber would be considered a tech company and not a transportation company is a matter of assets and how it can scale.

Uber is not a bus company. It does not own a gigantic fleet of cars or large depots to store them in, nor does it employ mechanics and cleaners to tend to them, or have long-term contracts for gates at stations around the country.

Uber is a tech company because it really only owns software and lawyers. The cost of bringing 10,000 new vehicles on the road is minimal -- they simply increase the incentives to drivers in that area.

Likewise, Air BnB is a tech company, for the same reason.

WeWork, however, is simply an office real estate company. Its business model is closer to a hotel chain.
1. Point me to where I made the assumption that the author is female. Why do you assume they identify as a male? Maybe your mask is slipping.

2. Just because a venue is 'well known' doesn't mean their content isn't garbage. Ie this article for example.

3. like I said, its fine but people should realize this is essentially an internet social media rant disguised as a formal article.
Nothing I can find indicates that Narrator "supports" WeWork or has WeWork as a client, only that Narrator's founding team all used to work at WeWork [0].

[0] https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/16/y-combinator-backed-narrat...
It depends on the language you're using and how you manage your dependencies.

If you're using Java, see this writeup for how different frameworks can affect startup time:
https://medium.com/google-cloud/java-frameworks-performances...

Similarly, if you're using Node or Python, you might want to see if any of your dependencies are enormous with lots of files and slow startup time -- you can check this locally by timing how long it takes to get to the initial listen() call and just print that wall time as you adjust dependencies.

If you're building Golang and you're seeing slow cold starts... I have no idea how you're doing that. For development, a lot of us on the open source http://knative.dev/ side are using Go http servers that take tens of milliseconds to start up, so there's probably some other initialization that's slowing you down.
Turkey and other economically weak countries have high pop growth and high inflation and high bond yields, so that is not the answer. it has more to do with flight to safety. Countries that are perceived as economically strong and geopolitically stable have low yields, countries that are weak have high yields ,regardless of pop growth.
Le Guin is one of the all time greats. If you like fantasy, the wizard of earthsea is a classic. For sci-fi, my introduction to her was the left hand of darkness, which I devoured.
> such a reversal would not be unheard of

Perhaps not, but your example is not a good one; it doesn't show reversion it shows, if anything, a perspective that was never dominant continuing to not be dominant. (Actually, I suspect communist—particularly from the segments of Western communism that were already at odds with the Leninist/Stalinists—critiques of capitalism from the 1960s resonate more with the popular view today than they did when written, even if 1960s communist prescriptions for resolving the issues raised in those critiques might not, which, come to think of it, I wouldn't count on all that much.)
A recent paper proposes to bring zeppelins back
Are paper votes in the US not anonymous? Like... with two envelopes and stuff? I don't see where it matters if persons or machines count which cross is marked on the ballot there tbh.

Edit: thanks for all these clarifications!
... this is your takeaway? really?
I think lots of countries will stamp your wrist and check for a stamp before allowing a vote to happen. I could be mistaken, but something akin to this is possible.
Ask HN: Is there a CRUD front end for databases (especially SQLite)?
I'm currently looking for a program (a simple executable) that "opens" an SQLite database and (via introspection of the schema) without any further configuration allows simple CRUD operations on the database.

Yes, there is DB Browser and a gazillion other database administration frontends, but it should really be limited to CRUD operations. No changing the table, the schema, the indexes. Simple UI.

For users that have no idea about SQL or databases.

Is there anything like that already done and ready to use?
Keep a record that I voted. Don't attach it to my vote.
This appears to be an amazing advancement. Any comments?
I think there is an expectation that with the money they will make from IPO, they will build a tech company about, well, “something”, like how AWS sprung from amazons core business. This is really a “fake it till u make it” Tech company
I used to be against having any significant amount of gold in a portfolio because it's not a "productive" asset. Companies earn profit, bonds pay interest, and real estate gets rent checks, but gold costs money to store. "Productive" assets get you price appreciation + income. Even companies that don't pay a dividend are investing trying to grow, hence your profit comes partly from economic activity, not just a bet that people will pay more money for the exact same thing tomorrow.

Now that many bonds aren't necessarily meeting my definition of a productive asset (small or negative yields for the safest bonds in Europe), I'm backtracking on my stance. The zero-interest rate world is weird.
Make it the responsibility of the Federal Election Commission to track down every last citizen and issue them a voting ID card. Then, I agree. Right now the laws are not intended to improve election fairness, but rather exactly the opposite.
Because the average activist has absolutely no way of forcing state legislatures to allocate funds and draw up plans for something they have no interest in. Voter ID laws do not currently solve a big problem, are not implemented in good faith, and fighting them is much more effective and realistic than asking for something that will not happen.

If we want voter ID laws, why not make it easier for everyone to get an ID first, and then enforce voter ID once that effort has succeeded?
It's different because according to the filing, the founder's relationship with the business - and its finances - is best described as "very unusual."
I was sad when I realized that the companies I've worked for, who make things like avionics and fiber optics and sattelite communications equipment were no longer considered "tech".

Oh well, language changes.
Assuming the sovereign debt is actually still good. Countries do default on their debts
I've been working on this issue in North Carolina over the past several weeks.

North Carolina currently is facing two issues:

1) the state Board of Elections will vote on Thursday to increase the standards for certification which will hopefully lead to hand-marked paper ballots for all (except those with disabilities).

2) HB 19, which will delay decertification for insecure voting machines that roughly 1/3 North Carolinians use. This bill passed unanimously in the House.

If you live in North Carolina and care about this issue, please email Damon Circosta (damon.circosta.board@ncsbe.gov) with your viewpoints as he is the new, tie-braking vote on the board.

Additionally, call your state Senator and tell them to oppose HB 19. The bittersweet news is that it doesn't look like it will get taken up this year because of the budget standoff, but it's better to start fighting this battle now.
Rust async_await has been stabilized in 1.39.0
>What stops WeWork from embracing the Uber model? Maybe you have an empty flat, you can turn it into WeWork location by furnishing the place according to the WeWork standarts and install some kind of kiosk and smart lock system. Uber makes the driver to use cars that obey certain standarts, why wouldn't WeWork do the same and "scale overnight"?

Everything is possible but that's worthless until someone actually does it. Uber, AirBnB, etc. have already done those things. WeWork hasn't. Until it does, it's perfectly valid to say it hasn't proven it can and to assume it can't.
> If a proposal is boosted, the total voting token supply doesn’t matter at all, only the tokens involved in the vote are counted. That is, if merely three tokens out of a total supply of 1000 were involved in the vote, and two support the proposal—66% support—that’s enough to approve the proposal! So, stakers are not only betting on which proposals will eventually be supported and signaling voters towards them, but they are actually catalyzing the decision making process dramatically.

TLDR, a small amount of voters can basically hijack quorums by throwing tokens at the problem.

Also, what is with these "decentralized networks" which seem to have amazing amounts of money to throw at vaguely described problems, but can't seem to actually indicate where their money comes from or how they intend to profit? Aragon is yet another "we'll give you large sums of money if you use our platform" without clearly indicating the why or how of where the money comes from, and how they intend to profit.
It's a startup though. The same way that GAP (the sweatshirts) wasn't a tech company but was a startup that raised Venture Capital before going public.
I don't, but maybe other people do.

I want the browser to let me make my own decisions regarding who I share my encrypted data with.
GitHub Repo: Google Open-sources Live Transcribe’s Speech Engine
I can understand that, but then why is a post about canine health ranked 10 times higher when it was posted roughly the same time and received 1/3 the votes?

I'm wondering if there's some sort of artificial manipulation going on, as it's a story that's heavily embarrassing to one of the world's most powerful and influential industries.
I use it together with jenv so I can switch between versions easily. Jenv does not allow you to install versions. Sdkman makes it hard to switch between versions but together they solve the problem.
Ok I can concede that if 99% of the global population disappears or we have to evacuate the planet, this would be reasonable
The problem is that it isn't mutually beneficial in terms of the next election cycle.
Relying on randomness is not good enough, not for voting. A chance, no matter how small, of a different candidate than the one actually voted in by the people getting in to office is not worth the risk.
Other than the largish rockpile at the end, most material for pyramids was moved relatively short distances and largely via water (boats/barges). Probably on rollers on dry land, AFAIU.

And gathering up large teams when you're the world's largest^WONLY civilisation, in the most fertile river valley the world has ever known, is somewhat easier than above 4200 metres.

It wouldn't have taken much doing to accumulate a few hundred corpses, mind. Though having them walk under their own power would be easier.
Well, for one, we are 80% Mac here.
Ask HN: As a freelance dev how do I get back on top after hitting rock bottom?
TLDR; My main question if you needed emergency dev work to pay the bills how would you find it? Sob story alert below...

I had a decent client back in May/June but on June 1st rent was due and the client hadn't paid so I let them know development would cease till I received payment. I then got an email I was removed from bit bucket and slack and then ghosted.

I've been trying to find a new client ever since but for some reason it's been hard going. Usually they find me and I've had to turn them down.

I've reached out to all previous leads and clients and nobody has any work right now.

We just moved into a cheaper apartment but spent all our savings on deposit, first and last months rent, one month of storage and a uhaul, and groceries and gas.

Today my Internet bill came due $247 for August and July plus a moving fee.

I'm flat broke, our credit isn't great. I don't have anyone to borrow money from. I even tried r/borrow on Reddit.

Without internet I can't even work on my side project I'm trying to build (a Reddit tool for scheduling across multiple accounts, view all inbox messages across multiple accounts, view all slack/twitter DM's, and a scrumboard that I can add leads to via one click and autofollowup with them in a few months. Basically it'll make managing job and freelance on slack and Reddit much easier.)

I just need one good client my hourly is $80 but I've even tried dropping back down to $50 and no takers. I'm almost 40 with two boys under 3 years old and at the end of my rope. I'm trying to fight back depression but it's getting harder each day. Imposter syndrome is starting to set in even though I know I'm a solid developer.

I know react, Vue, express, ionic, node and laravel. I can also get around in a rails app. What I don't know I can learn.

Willing to do weekly pay where I might work an average of 50-60 hours per week for 1800/week.
People who bought the Nikkei index in the early 1990s are still waiting for the correction to end...
> In principle, how it is different than AirBnB or Uber in regard of being a tech company? It's not like Uber or AirBnB's core compentancies are tech, I'm sure WeWork can also build a dev team making frameworks and research that some day might be used in their core business.

Some day, maybe they could?! But their current business is selling short term office space leases. They have massive liabilities in their long-term leases. If Uber (an absurd business in its own right) bought all the cars and paid their drivers salaries, that'd be a closer approximation to what WeWork is doing. It would be just another taxi company, and worth at least an order of magnitude less than it is today.
They had this in Heroku for years, just that it wasn't cheap.

https://elements.heroku.com/buttons
Not very, at 2kW per 100sqm of material, covering an attack sub in this material would give you the power of a compact car's motor: approximated to a cylinder 12m by 110, USS Seawolf has a lateral surface of under 4200sqm, 42 panes, 84kW.

The 2018-2019 Kia Soul EV has a 81.4kW engine.
It would be counter productive to society. Put money in a bank, the bank lends it out, the money serves society buy financing a new business or perhaps consumption but either way it is doing something. Lend it to the government in the form of bonds and they'll spend it on something.

If it just goes into the cash account you're describing, it does nothing but exist, in the event of recessions this would be severely dangerous to a countries financial system because it would be the safest place to store your money, safer even than bonds, so at the exact time when the economy needs cheap credit, interest rates would rise as money drains into these electronic cash accounts.
I don't doubt that the ubiquity of WASM environments will result in more software targeting the environment. My contention is with the notion that we'll all be seamlessly mixing different languages.

Far more likely is that WASM influences the evolution of various languages, resulting in homogenization of semantics. C++ is already going in this direction--preferring some proposals over others because of easier interoperability with WASM's constraints. Other languages with irreconcilably distinct semantics, such as Go's goroutines, are likely doomed to be second-class citizens as compared to Rust or C++. Languages like Python and PHP are likely to see either major refactoring of their engines, or else see the rise of alternative implementations that are more performant in WASM environments and offer more seamless data interchange.
I'd like to see them made available via a prescription for smoking cessation.
As they cannibalized the browser market they eliminated this cost or gained significant negotiating power.

They still pay Apple a reported $12 billion a year and they have no negotiating power on iOS.
Tech companies get way higher and much more generous valuations than boring old real estate companies so it's advantageous to brand yourself as a tech company. No one really knows how to properly value a technology so it becomes more about the hype a company can produce about just how much of the world they say can eat. Real estate though should be easier to evaluate, there's a market rate for office space in an area and you can know exactly how much space the company owns.
> would produce about 85kW

It's not meant to produce energy in this case. That's what I'm saying.
I don't really buy that, WeWork is benefiting off of a demand that is constantly shifting hands - people who are using the workspace should be using it temporarily - maybe they're a contractor on sabbatical, maybe they're starting a company and don't have the momentum and size to consider a lease... but those needs will change. Airlines live an entirely different business, nobody but the super ridiculously rich will ever own their own plane - and AWS benefits from economy of scale, they can deliver computational power below the cost of inhousing the ops cost in all but the most extreme circumstances, running a room full of servers has a lot of costs that don't scale down gracefully.

WeWork might be able to survive long term on two factors

1. Prestige & Environs - working in this sort of shared space may be viewed as luxurious in the long term due to rubbing elbows with other well-to-do folks, sorta like going to the opera.

2. Reliability of cost - Owning a condo is a strictly better decision than renting an apartment, but there are spikes in costs when appliances break down and building work needs to be done... though I think to properly reap the benefit of this WeWork needs to be and remain extremely proactive in maintenance, if some vulture capitalists get into the decision making process and let maintenance slip for a bit it'll erase all of this value by forcing the cost (in terms of inconvenience and unavailability) onto the consumer - it's possible this could also be lost if they fail to keep a nice margin of capacity above usage... again, as soon as someone wants to go to work and is unable to secure the space and is forced to either rent or lease conventional office space their competitive edge will dissolve.

I am highly skeptical of the long term prospects if WeWork fails to maintain their prestige and banking your company on prestige is an inherently risky approach IMO.
I've been trimming positions to increase cash on hand, as much as possible these past three months. I'll likely put it in some of the more stable industry ETFs moving forward, and won't bother with shorting index funds since we don't know exactly when/where the major hits will come.

My take is that this trade war is irrationally based on animosity (even if the sentiment behind it is rational) so my hypothesis is when the tariffs are finally enacted you'll start to see a bigger shift as fund managers figure out that yes, the trade war is here.
PTSD in Maltreated Children Grown Up: Influence of Neighborhood
I kinda don't like 3:2 as it is "neither meat, neither fish"

Software adapted for 16:9 ration with huge side toolbars get near no usable work space (photoshop, gimp) and you don't get so much space for documents as proper 4:3 or 16:9 turned vertical

And god forbid you break the screen, nothing but the original panel will fit as all 3:2 panels are custom order
Show HN: Exploro – Organisation service directory managed by VCS
I read HN also during work time, so yes.

My job is general IT with outsourcing partners usually doing the heavy lifting. I need some understanding in many subfields. That said, I rarely search in HN for old information that I didn’t read before. I do go back into my upvotes when I remember I read something useful a month ago that becomes relevant now.
Hey all,

A common problem I’ve experienced in previous companies is finding out about the systems/services other teams are building/running. What is their support process? Do they have any scheduled maintenance coming up? Who do I contact if I have some questions? Where can I find their documentation?

This spawned the idea for Exploro. A service directory where the information lives in the services VCS repository and is updated as part of the CI pipeline.

Services can then be explored via the website which would display the information in a consistent and familiar way.

I’m still at the validation stage (website is a quick MVP mockup) and so it would be great to get some feedback.

https://exploro.dev

Do you think this would be useful?
>Paper ballot tied to a voter

Nope. Ballots need to be anonymous. Otherwise you can be coerced into voting a particular way.
Why is the "speed of automation" important? Just hire more people to count if it's too slow.

Voter ID is entirely orthogonal to this issue. Tying ballots to a voter is not desirable, since it opens the door for voter intimidation.

Edit to respond to the "hey we just found this box of filled in ballots" comment: anonymous voting means you don't know how someone voted, but whether or not they voted is still public record. The number of ballots counted still needs to match up with the number of votes cast.
Hi, thanks for the clarification, I'll give it a try then!
Uber is probably more of a contract labor firm
Electronic voting is simulated voting. It's that simple.
I designed, prototyped, and tested a co-op tabletop game where players take part in a bar crawl on a randomly generated main street. There are player abilities, random events, and no two games are the same in terms of layout, bartenders, bouncers, etc. The goal is for everyone to drink from each bar and make it back before sunrise. Currently 3D printing the last version of the prototype and sending out copies to interested playtesters who I previously connected with.

I'm also actively developing a social web game where players work together to build a story by submitting words and voting in a common word bank. One of my servers is down right now so I don't have a playable link, but the game (and domain) is Rauk.us and is connected to an associated Twitter account that shares completed "stories" (@Rauk_us). I'm aiming to have the game back up next week. Developed in Node.js with Socket.io for real-time gameplay.

I've also designed & developed multiple commercial releases in the digital space (i.e. Steam + Itch.io), but since those are past projects I'll leave them out.
They are anonymous, and I'm saying I like that. I'm only responding to the "ballot tied to a voter" aspect of the comment to which I replied.
It should also be clear that not using electronic cigarettes is better than using them.
No, its absolutely not "worth" it to "wait and see" unless you have proven clairvoyance. Just invest for the future when you have the money to invest - stock market should be for the long term.