Readit Newsdpeck commented on Notcurses: Blingful character graphics/TUI library github.com/dankamongmen/n... · Posted by u/tosh
Yeah bro you affiliate linked it.
That’s my bad! Will expand those out and remove going forward. I shouldn’t be surprised that Amazon app does by default now.
dpeck commented on Notcurses: Blingful character graphics/TUI library github.com/dankamongmen/n... · Posted by u/tosh
Posting an affiliate link is frowned upon, btw.
No affiliate link there (at least not intentionally) that’s the link that Amazon app brings up with share/copy link functionality.
Mods feel free to alter/delete as needed.
dpeck commented on Notcurses: Blingful character graphics/TUI library github.com/dankamongmen/n... · Posted by u/tosh
The same primary author just recently published a novel as well. If you enjoy the writing style of the readme/faq you may enjoy it too. Feels like it might be a good vacation read.
midnight's simulacra https://a.co/d/8tcx82V
dpeck commented on Rethinking Diabetes – interview with Gary Taubes theguardian.com/society/2... · Posted by u/prmph
> ). But it takes 3 months to see if my A1C goes down (a measure of the past 3 months of blood sugar), so I won't know for a couple more months.
Yes, though depending on what your diagnosis is, you may be able to get a monitor which allows you to track your blood sugar in near-realtime. The technology has advanced a lot in the last 20 years.
For anyone new to it, the words you’re looking for are “continuous glucose monitor” (GCM), and “flash glucose monitor”.
Popular brands of it in the US are Freestyle Libre and Dexcom.
Their final cost to you will vary hugely by your insurance provider. Some with little to no cost, and others several dollars per day.
If you like data and are analytical by nature, and since you’re on HN that’s fairly likely, I’d highly recommend using them for a little while if you can afford it. They’re great for newly diagnosed people to understand in near real time without repeated finger pricking. But those are no terrible either and much better than not managing and monitoring! Slightly annoying at first but it is something that most people can get used to fairly easily.
dpeck commented on Why you should probably be using SQLite epicweb.dev/why-you-shoul... · Posted by u/rrampage
One thing I don't get ... are people really having problems getting PostgreSQL, or even MySQL, up and running? Is this REALLY a dev/devops/ops hurdle for people?
Just seems strange that is actually a problem.
Don't get me wrong, I use SQLite ... it's just not the database for my company's management web portal.
It likely has more to do with the “data” team being different than the “application” team at a lot of big companies. It leads to many handoffs and inefficiencies and so people do a lot of things to route around it.
Not a knock against SQLite at all, I use it in production for my own projects and some professionally as well.
dpeck commented on Why you shouldn't join Y Combinator newsletter.smallbets.co/p... · Posted by u/georgehill
For an anecdotal story Bingo Card Creator was a lifestyle business having a large amount of customers and a stable cash flow. Then he moved forward an SEO consultant like business model which was rather successful after making Bingo Card Creator and eventually tried to do a startup with Y combinator trying to gamify hiring but then failing (and IIRC he downsized his lifestyle during the startup) but I think he moved forward and is doing well.
By most measures https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=patio11 seems to be doing alright. But given the trajectory I’m not sure the anecdote holds.
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But it looks like they’ve change their stance to have the source code be closed since I last looked at it.