approxim8ion's comments

On: Using static websites for tiny archives

[approxim8ion]

HTML supports video just fine and has for years. Can't imagine why it would be an issue.

On: Using static websites for tiny archives

[approxim8ion]

Facebook does (or at least used to when I left it a few years ago) this too. They give you a huge dump of your data and photos, with an html file to help you navigate it better.

On: U.S. court orders LibGen to pay $30M to publishers...

[approxim8ion]

The majority of these "mom and pop e-commerce stores here in the states" are dropshipping enterprises that deserve to die.

On: Ask HN: What are some must-read books about video ...

[approxim8ion]

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made, by Jason Schreier

Not particularly deep, but a pretty good read about more modern AAA games and crunch in the industry.

On: Google: Angular and Wiz Are Merging

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To offer a differing experience, I've been working in Angular for a couple of years now and personally like it quite a bit. I don't like frontend frameworks in general, but given the choice I prefer Angular over React.

[Andrex → approxim8ion]

Angular was made for you, basically. I've always seen that as the use case.

It never seemed suitable for mostly-frontend devs, but it's probably perfect for mostly-backend ones.

[approxim8ion → Andrex]

Yeah, that makes sense I suppose. My Java background also means the verbosity and structure doesn't bother me much.

On: The Case Against Homework

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I'm glad it worked out for you, but this is also survivorship bias.

On: Things you're allowed to do (2020)

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Bob and Brad ("the two most famous physical therapists on the internet") are an absolute treasure. Always good to see them get some appreciation online.

On: Ask HN: What's the book that people in your field ...

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CLRS or some Algorithm Design Book, but you could easily be talking about TAOCP or SICP or Clean Code or any of 1000 other books.

On: Java 21 makes me like Java again

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We made the jump from 8 to 17 this year! Some of our developers of course still write 1.6 level code, of course

On: Sweden brings more books and handwriting practice ...

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Where I studied, every classroom had a blackboard and a projector, with the rollable white screen just above the board. When you show slides, roll out the screen. When you need the board, either use the portion beside the screen or roll up the screen if you don't need it at all.