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This sounds just like something my brother-in-law said. I think they are both technically correct and both missing the point. Does a calculator truly understand math when it spits out a correct answer? Of course not. And it doesn't matter. I have been really impressed with chatgpt, and when it comes to shiny new tech I am usually in the poo poo camp. If tech does something useful then it is useful tech. The fact that it is not true intelligence doesn't matter at all. Besides, what's intelligence anyway? Aren't we still debating that ourselves'?

My journals are net yet that old, 3 to 4 years, so probably too early to say. Thus far, they look good, and with a really dark pencil, even with a bit of fading it doesn't really matter.

I really like pencils as well. A few years ago I started a development journal mainly to stay motivated and so that I could look back to see how far I had come. I quickly found out that the whole process was a lot more enjoyable with nice paper and pencils.

I use several pencils and like them all really. I currently use all four Blackwings (black, pearl, natural and 602) as well as as a Tombow MONO 2H if I want fine lines, and I occassionally use the Mitsubishi k9800HB which is nice but not my favorite.

Now I am going to try the Mitsubishi Hi-Uni 10B and even the KH-20 pencil sharpener. I like the manual long point sharpener from Blackwing and it is what I use daily. Overall, for general use, I like either the blackwing natural or the 602. The Black is very dark and makes normal pencil look anemic but you do have to sharpen frequently, although sometimes pausing to sharpen helps me clarify my thoughts, so I don't really mind. The pearl gives you similar quality, but is slightly harder so it last longer between sharpenings. Also a very good choice.

I have never used Django, so I cannot say but if Channels handles the websocket connection back to the client, then I assume you could send back a quick 200 notification as the http response to the user and then send the real results later over the socket. I think these would be equivalent.

I have also never used Go, but I am comfortable saying that Python async is much easier to user than JS async. I find JS to be as frustrating as it is unavoidable.

Using aiohttp as on api is not bad at all. Once you have the event loop up and running, its a lot like writing sync code. Someone else made a comment about the fact that Python has too many ways to do async because everything keeps evolving so fast. I this this is true. The first time I ever looked at async on Python it was so nasty I basically gave up and reconsided Flask but came back around later because I so despised the idea of blocking by server that I was compelled to give it another go. The next time around was a lot easier because the libraries were so much improved.

I think a lot of people think that async Python is harder than it is (now).

I have used asyncio through aiohttp, and I have been pretty happy with it, but I also started with it from the beginning, so that probably made things a little easier.

My setup is a bunch of microservices that each run an aiohttp web server based api for calls from the browser where communications between services are done async using rabbitmq and a hand rolled pub/sub setup. Almost all calls are non-blocking, except for calls to Neo4j (sadly, they block, but Neo4j is fast, so its not really a problem.)

With an async api I like the fact that I can make very fast https replies to the browser while queing the resulting long running job and then responding back to the Vue based SPA client over a web socket connection. This gives the interface a really snappy feel.

But Complex? Oh yes.

But the upside is that it is also a very flexible architecture, and I like the code isolation that you get with microservices. Nevertheless, more than once I have thought about whether I would choose it all again knowing what I know now. Maybe a monolithic flask app would have been a lot easier if less sexy. But where's the fun in that?

This and the fact that they have your cc and shipping already on file, which makes things a lot easier. More than once I have found a product on some site and then purchased it from Amazon just because it is so much easier.

I read your comment and immediately thought 'uh-oh'. If there is some new mosquito in California, they'll be in the southeast in no time. Too late it appears. It's already old news. I guess no one noticed around here as we have so many insects anyways. No point in complaining to the authorities.

https://us.biogents.com/aedes-albopictus-asian-tiger-mosquit...

I think the point was that quite a bit of technolgical progess happened in the world prior to diversity initiatives. The reference to white nerds likely places the comment in an historical US perspective, possibly western European. Advanced technologies developed in other non-diverse cultures as well. China comes to mind in particular. But I feel like you knew that already. "Feel free to let us know what that might be." If we have sarcasm tags, maybe we should have snark tags as well?

Back to the Future?

I have lots of guns of every sort, but I collect old Marlins. I especially like the ones from the 50s in particular. They were never perfect, but the difference in factory quality from the old days vs modern stuff (especially the 70s and afterward) is amazing.

I didn't know there were so many firearms enthusiasts on HN. I had always (wrongly) assumed I was alone. Cheers to you all.

I now use aws to register my domains. I started with GoDaddy. I remember searching for some names (on GoDaddy) and found something that was reported as available. I went to register it and GoDaddy tells me that it is no longer available, but that they have some service that I can pay for where they will help me to negotiate/handle the purchase from the owner. I called the customer service to ask about this. I found out that it was GoDaddy itself that had purchased it right up from under me. That was the last time I ever dealt with GoDaddy.

The situation is SC is similar. Many insurers have packed up for the same reasons they left Florida. The same roof repair scams have been running here as well. What I don't understand about the scam is how the insurance adjuster comes out and agrees that a new roof is warranted when so frequently that is not the case. If the adjusters kept the lid on things none of this would be possible I think. It's baffling, but in the end is bad for everyone (with the possible exceptions of the roofing companies) My house is not in a flood zone, but we definitely need insurance. (we actually have flood insurance despite not being in a flood zone.)

The basic idea is that rights are given by God, as opposed to privileges granted by the legislator. A legislator may grant or revoke privileges at any time. A legislator may not lawfully take away a right which it did not grant in the first place. At least that is the theory. In real life, the water gets pretty muddy. This is a very US perspective of course.

Same here. I had 2 or 3 ipods back in the day and loved it although they had a tendency to fail on me. Eventually, I decided to remove my paid-for downloads off of my ipod. That is when I discovered Apple's DRM and the fact that iTunes was a totally closed universe. I had to abandon all my tunes and I was very mad. That was maybe 2007ish? I have not owned another Apple product of any kind since. They lost me for life not that it seems to have hurt them any.

I'm so jealous. I tried to learn French a few years ago. I went after it pretty hard with Pimsleur for at least a year and then eventually hired an in person French tutor but we did not click. Things basically collapsed after that.

It was nice to hear about your success with online tutors. Finding speakers was essentially impossible for me. South Carolina is not exactly a hot bed of French speakers.

You may have inspired me to pick up the torch again. Look out Chamonix, here I come!

> Except, web designers don't adjust web pages for mobile or web. They adjust pages for mobile, and then what you end up in a desktop web browser is acres of white space and buttons that are the size of your head.

I had to laugh at this.

I am writing a PWA now and this is definitely an issue in "desktop mode".

The thing is though, with giant monitors (I develop on a pair of 4k curved ultra-wides) there is so much room that most non-game apps just don't need all that much space. If you do use it all, it becomes cumbersome to move the mouse all the way to the corners because it is so far away. And even if you did use it, there would still be acres of unused space most likely, white or some other color.

I suppose you could do a true re-write and put multiple mobile screen onto one desktop screen, but that would be a very heavy lift and in the case of a saas app that will largely be used on mobile, it is pretty easy to understand why it never gets done. Bad cost-benefit and it would delay your launch.

The freelancer's story seems a little suspicious to me.

"Let me translate this. Robin has been using someone else’s credit card for two years..." followed by "I’m on very good terms with Robin."

Clearly, 'Robin' is a thief and it is entirely possible that Robin and the freelancer are one and the same. That the freelancer is not asking Robin for the money even though he knows him personally is telling. Does the freelancer wonder what his good client Robin thinks about the fact that Robin ran up a 12K credit card bill(payable to the freelancer, ultimately) that Robin never paid?(And we know the bill was never paid or there would be no need for the claw-back)

And I did not see any mention of where Upwork contacted Robin. Strange considering he was the one with “a credit card connected in his account that wasn’t actually his”. Is he still on the platform?

And then he sent two years worth of work to Upwork to substantiate his claim to the money. But how could Upwork know that the work he sent was legitimately related to the transaction? Could he not have created a project request for something he had already built?

Then he apparently logs ALL of his 'time' outside of the system. He said that this time was for "a brainstorming session and a few meetings" with Robin. 230 hours worth!? I notice that dates of the charge-back transactions were not provided. Was this 230 hours the entirety of the project or just a very small slice. He wrote that he had made more that 100K on Upwork and that he had other clients. That leads me to think that this 12K represented all or most of the billing on Robin's project. Was there any billing for actual implementation, or is it all brainstorming and meetings?

This story does not add up to me.

edit: I see in the graphic that apparently the work on Robin's project was for 1533 hours, so the 230 hours would have been just a portion. It makes me wonder what/how many other credit cards were used to pay for those other hours. Hard to believe Robin was above board for the first 1303 hours and then started paying with a stolen credit card.

"The trick is making it the same day you sign the deal and making it all inclusive."

I think the original contract is enforceable at the time it was originally agreed to. Coming up with additional terms, even if they were on the same day, wouldn't not change the original contract. Imagine signing up for a credit card offer and then sending a certified letter to the bank informing them that you will only pay a lower interest rate that you designate.

I think the stronger argument is the "incorporated by reference" argument, given the fact that those could be changed at a later time. The terms of a contract need to be clear, and any ambiguity would likely be settled in favor of the party to be charged.

I have always been suspicious of the "Click to Agree" box at then end of a long contract that no one, including the company offering it, has ever read. The problem is that there are so many (generally unlikely) contingencies that have to be accounted for. What other choice is there when there may be substantial liability in question?

I am thinking the argument against would be that the company's contract with you was supported by consideration: they provide the software in exchange for your payment. You are then sending what is intended as an addendum to the original contract, but the company never agreed to the additional terms. In effect, it is an offer of a second contract that is not supported by consideration and likely never accepted by the company. In such a case it would not be enforceable I think.