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1 year ago
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on: Did pizza exist in the Soviet Union?
The pizzeria opened in the early 80s, it wasn't a cooperative. Even before perestroika started, there were plenty of state-owned restaurants. I think that pizzeria was the same, just a state-owned restaurant with a twist.
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1 year ago
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on: Did pizza exist in the Soviet Union?
Haha. I lived in Simferopol, Crimea and fondly remember the pizzeria there. It was hugely popular; the queue would often spill over into the street outside. The pizzas were different from classic Italian pizza; they would bake them in an electric oven on trays of twenty or so. Still, they tasted very good.
ak1394
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7 years ago
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on: Snark Barker: A 100% compatible replica of the famed SB 1.0 soundcard
Now, where these days would you get a parallel port to plug it into?
ak1394
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9 years ago
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on: Inkscape Version 0.92 is Released
They didn't release new 0.92 packages for Mac and apparently don't plan to.
ak1394
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9 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Is Xamarin worth learning?
Small to medium sized apps (not games) where you can sacrifice some UI polish to get them delivered quicker and on both platforms. Have a look here
https://facebook.github.io/react-native/showcase.html If you know React, learning React Native would be pretty easy, plus you can use many of react libraries like redux, etc.
ak1394
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9 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Is Xamarin worth learning?
I've several React Native apps in both appstores. I think while React Native is not suited for all types of apps, there is a sweet spot for certain projects where it really shines. The development speed is really unparalleled, with hot reloading you can see your app changes as soon as you hit 'save' in your editor.
ak1394
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9 years ago
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on: Firebase gets better analytics, crash reporting and more
ak1394
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9 years ago
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on: Realm Mobile Platform – Realtime Sync Plus Fully Open Source Database
I'm using it in my React Native app. Pretty happy with it so far. Haven't tried anything else, as Realm looked like the best choice at when I was selecting the data store for the app.
ak1394
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9 years ago
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on: Exponent – Build native apps in JS that work across both iOS and Android
I'm using react-redux 4.4.5 in React Native app, no problems at all.
ak1394
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9 years ago
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on: Fasting triggers stem cell regeneration of damaged, old immune system (2014)
I had the same experience. I've been doing intermittent fasting for several months, and after a while I felt that hunger doesn't bother me that much anymore, so I decided to go for a three day fast. I do get slightly elevated blood pressure from time to time, but on the third day of fast I noticed that it dropped to lower than 120. I did a bit of googling, and found that there even were some medical studies looking into effect of fasting and lowering of blood pressure.
ak1394
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9 years ago
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on: Emacs 25.1 RC1
Spacemacs is great! What like the most, is that it's very easy on your hands. No more emacs pinky!
ak1394
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9 years ago
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on: Emacs 25.1 RC1
Yes. I recommend running it off master branch instead of release, for better es6 support.
ak1394
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9 years ago
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on: iTerm2 version 3 beta released
Worked for me as well.
ak1394
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10 years ago
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on: Estonia Embraces Uber and Taxify
Few days ago I had a chat with a taxi driver in Tallin, very nice Estonian fellow in his 50s. On average he ends up working 80/hrs per week and he gets to keep (after tax, etc.) about 1/3rd of a fare paid by a customer.
ak1394
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10 years ago
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on: Spacemacs 0.105.0 released
I switched to spacemacs because its key bindings don't use ctrl key as much as normal emacs does.
ak1394
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10 years ago
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on: Build your own Twitch using MPEG-DASH and HLS live streaming
ak1394
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10 years ago
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on: MongooseIM version 1.6: Riak, DevOps and more
MongooseIM is a fork of Ejabberd. One feature I liked about it when I had a look at it (that was while ago) that it had websockets support which Ejabberd didn't have back then.
ak1394
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10 years ago
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on: How New Long-Range Radios Will Change the Internet of Things
ak1394
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10 years ago
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on: Show HN: A Platform For Self-Experimentation
And it's been banned in EU in 2011.
ak1394
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10 years ago
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on: Building a hut with a tiled roof, underfloor heating and mud and stone walls
