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17 votes
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Okinawa: Tokyo to overrule referendum on US base
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What Could Kill Testing?
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Prisoner of Time - Flotsam and Jetsam (from new album The End of Chaos)
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Web developers - What is your stack?
As someone who is not mainly a web developer, I can barely grasp the immensity of options when it comes to writing a web application. So far everything I've written has been using PHP and the Slim...
As someone who is not mainly a web developer, I can barely grasp the immensity of options when it comes to writing a web application.
So far everything I've written has been using PHP and the Slim microframework. PHP because I don't use languages like Python/Ruby/JS that much so I didn't have any prior knowledge of those, and I've found myself to be fairly productive with it. Slim because I didn't want a full-blown framework with 200 files to configure.
I've tried Go because I've used it in the past but I don't see it to be very fit when it comes to websites, I think it's fine for small microservices but doing MVC was a chore, maybe there's a framework out there that solves this.
As for the frontend I've been trying to use as little JavaScript as possible, always vanilla. As of HTML and CSS I'm no designer so I kind of get by copying code and tweaking things here and there.
However I've started a slightly bigger project and I don't fancy myself writing everything from scratch (specially security) besides, ORMs can be useful. Symfony4 is what I've been using for a couple of days, but I've had trouble setting up debugging, and the community/docs don't seem that great since this version is fairly new; so I'm considering trying out something more popular like Django.
So this is why I created the post, I know this will differ greatly depending on the use-case. But I would like to do a quick survey and hear some of your recommendations, both on the backend and frontend. Besides I think it's a good topic for discussion.
Cheers!
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Wind Waker graphics analysis
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Homophobic language not linked to rejection of gay athletes, says new study
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After stinging Presidential loss, Popular Vote Movement gains momentum in states
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Dollars on the margins - $15/hr minimum wage as a public health measure
17 votes -
Privacy Attacks to the 4G and 5G Cellular Paging Protocols Using Side Channel Information
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A choir performs neat renditions of Kanye's songs in an event he calls 'Sunday Service'
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Hugo Kant - In The Woods [Live @ Le Poste à Galène 2019-02-16]
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Cubans vote on a constitutional referendum which may reveal growing discontent
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Profiles of a divided country - hostility to the prime minister’s Brexit deal is one thing that unites Britain
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How Spanish got its ñ - the story behind that "n with a tilde"
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Relaxing Twitch Streams?
So I stumbled upon this streamer, KRX_ and he plays Cities Skylines in the evenings, when I have time after work to check it out. And it is relaxing to see someone build a city. He's playing Sims...
So I stumbled upon this streamer, KRX_ and he plays Cities Skylines in the evenings, when I have time after work to check it out. And it is relaxing to see someone build a city. He's playing Sims 4 right now, and it's still, it's like watching Bob Ross.
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Atheists and non-believers could soon receive civil rights protections under Portland law
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What is your weirdest eating/drinking habit you had as a kid?
Inspired by this very fun twitter thread and the very fun metafilter comment thread that came from it, I want to hear people's responses here as well: What is your weirdest eating/drinking habit...
Inspired by this very fun twitter thread and the very fun metafilter comment thread that came from it, I want to hear people's responses here as well:
What is your weirdest eating/drinking habit you had as a kid?
I'll start: I liked to fix myself a bowl of unsweetened whipped cream with a ridiculous amount of nutmeg sprinkled on top, or a bowl of plain yogurt with broken open pills of acidophilus or other probiotic powder scattered over the top of it. This is a texture I still enjoy, a soft cream covered in a dry, unsweetened powder.
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r/Apple is legit?
I am a constant lurker in the Apple subreddit but I always wondered if people defend the company so much because they really are rabid fans or are they shills? Don't get me wrong, I know that some...
I am a constant lurker in the Apple subreddit but I always wondered if people defend the company so much because they really are rabid fans or are they shills?
Don't get me wrong, I know that some people there can be really critical of Apple but it is still surprising to me the attitude of some of its users.
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Do you guys run a home server? If so what do you self host?
Right now I'm only running a raspberry pi 3 b+ for Pihole and Plex (I wish I could run Jellyfin, but no dice on ARM). I also have a VPS where I host Alltube and Zerobin for personal use.
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His Dark Materials | Teaser trailer
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Does anyone here work in infosec? If so, which laptops are you allowed to use?
I’ve recently gotten to speak with a few folks who work at an enterprise security company. I asked what their security researchers set as company rules for allowed laptops. My one datapoint so far...
I’ve recently gotten to speak with a few folks who work at an enterprise security company. I asked what their security researchers set as company rules for allowed laptops. My one datapoint so far is “Dell or Apple.” So for example, no Thinkpad X1 Carbon, which is arguably the best work laptop.
I am curious what other large security companies (or any of you security minded folks) set as rules for trusted laptops. Can anyone share their lists and theories as to why I heard Dell and Apple? BIOS is more trustworthy?
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Poland moves step closer to banning gay conversion therapy
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Message for Maduro? Rubio tweets image of bloody Gaddafi, killed after US intervened
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Worked to death at FedEx
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Who is really a socialist?
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Trump Administration blocks US funds for Planned Parenthood and others over abortion referrals
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Tetris 99 isn’t just a great twist on a classic—it’s a gameplay revolution
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Open-Source, Free Games
For those of you who may be too poor to afford the latest AAA titles, or just don't want to support policies like micro-transactions and "If you're offended, just don't buy it", there are many...
For those of you who may be too poor to afford the latest AAA titles, or just don't want to support policies like micro-transactions and "If you're offended, just don't buy it", there are many open-source and/or free games that can tide you over. Some of my favorites are:
- FreeCiv: A civilization building game based on Sid Meier's Civilization 1 and 2
- OpenTTD: A transport network building game based off of Chris Sawyer's Transport Tycoon Deluxe
- Dwarf Fortress: Not Open-Source - fortress colony management simulator with an additional RPG gamemode
Do you guys have any other free, possibly open-source games that you would recommend?
48 votes -
The super-fast logistics of delivering blood by drone
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What software will you trust when you get senile?
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Andrew Yang: The 2020 candidate warning of the rise of robots. The entrepreneur says Trump won in 2016 because the US automated away jobs – so he wants to become president to do something about it.
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By summer 2019, the Firefox browser will also block, by default, all cross-site third-party trackers
@jensimmons: By summer 2019, the Firefox browser will also block, by default, all cross-site third-party trackers, strengthening privacy without your having to do a thing." https://t.co/cqpQbSe9Ko
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Venezuela aid: Genuine help or Trojan horse?
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Stone posted a picture of the Federal judge on his case with crosshairs
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Where do you purchase your books online?
This is kind of a meta question I suppose, but I was wondering: where do folks here purchase books online? (As an aside, I check out books from the library often and I would highly recommend that...
This is kind of a meta question I suppose, but I was wondering: where do folks here purchase books online?
(As an aside, I check out books from the library often and I would highly recommend that you do too, but there are certain books that I want to keep, highlight, and write on. The library usually doesn’t sell these.)
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Wikipedia editors have been fighting over corn for at least a decade
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Euraf Yard Sound Groove Systim – Cannibals Dub
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Building the Perfect Box: How to Design Your Linux Workstation (1996)
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Vote box should be on the left-hand side
Why? My mouse, as well as my vision, are focused on the left. The vote box feels like its light years away on a 16:9 screen. It's on the opposite side of the screen from everything else I might...
Why? My mouse, as well as my vision, are focused on the left. The vote box feels like its light years away on a 16:9 screen. It's on the opposite side of the screen from everything else I might click in the GUI. Its a waste of time/movement.
HTH!
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How an investigation of fake FCC comments snared a prominent DC media firm
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NASA gives go-ahead for SpaceX commercial crew test flight
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Venezuelan soldiers set fire to aid convoys at Colombia border as two protesters killed in clashes
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Comparing Textile vs. Markdown for mobile use
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What are the essential dos and don'ts of digital security for the average person?
Thanks to all of you who gave me guidance in the thread about password managers. It got me thinking I should expand the question to overall best practices regarding security, just in case I have...
Thanks to all of you who gave me guidance in the thread about password managers. It got me thinking I should expand the question to overall best practices regarding security, just in case I have any other important blind spots.
What are the essential do's and don'ts of digital security for the average person?
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Is there a book that you'd like to see made into a movie or series?
This is a general, "what books have themes or content that would make for great movies" question. Graphic novels are included here. Could have posted in ~talk or ~movies, but I'm seeking the...
This is a general, "what books have themes or content that would make for great movies" question. Graphic novels are included here.
Could have posted in ~talk or ~movies, but I'm seeking the opinions of dedicated readers, who've had the thought in considering a story, "I'd really like to see the visuals for this", or "a movie/series adaptation could expand on these themes".
Also, what were your biggest disappointments in the rendering of a book into a movie/TV series?
My picks:
Ursula Le Guin, The Dispossessed. Can't say that it's likely to get the nuanced treatment it deserves, but an even-handed visualization of socialist vs. capitalist societies is overdue, and it's got spaceflight and FTL information transfer.
Warren Ellis, Transmetropolitan. Not that he's ever going to grant the rights, but this one's a no-brainer for American cinema - brash, loud, splashy, violent, with bigger-than-life characters and themes.
James Tiptree, Jr. (a/k/a Alice Sheldon), Her Smoke Rose Up Forever. I'd love to see a short series based on this collection.
China Mieville - anything from the New Crobuzon books. The baroque ruin backgrounding the scenes, and the panoply of characters, should make for amazing cinema; a little judicious editing will be needed to make the stories work for the screen.
[Obscure] Norman Spinrad's Bug Jack Barron, subject to timely and relevant updates for 21st Century media. There's a great theme about how selective presentation of video clips and the editor's viewpoint influences the story being told.
K.W. Jeter, Farewell Horizontal, this one's gonna have great visuals, trust me.
John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, remade as a story about border migration.
Joe Haldeman, The Forever War - man, is it ever time for this one in the U.S.
Dan Simmons, Hyperion - the World Tree, the Shrike, and plenty of other opportunities for fine visuals.
Salman Rushdie, Haroun and the Sea of Stories. Another candidate for an anthology series; perfect for animation.
Tibor Fischer, The Thought Gang - it's a heist story, but also a comedy and a satire. Kind of amazed no one has made it into a movie before.Biggest recent disappointment - The adaptation of Richard Morgan's Altered Carbon. Edited to completely discard the political messaging and amplify the sex/violence. Turgid, poor special effects, and gruesome acting.
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YouTube just demonetized anti-vaccination channels
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Despite Massive Fundraising Campaign, Bennett College Accreditation Has Been Pulled
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On YouTube, a network of paedophiles is hiding in plain sight
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'Somebody is going to be shot': Top bureaucrat says partisan mudslinging has gone too far
15 votes