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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Laptop or Desktop?

Ask HN: Laptop or Desktop? 5 by Gecko4072 | 3 comments on Hacker News. What portion of you all use a laptop versus a desktop and why? Ever since I got a laptop I've had recurring neck pain and issues from not being strict with desk setups and using laptops here and there instead of at a table. There is no good way to use a laptop without a stand and external peripherals. It makes sense for students and traveling professionals but not really for most people I think. Thinking I will go back to a full desktop now. Bonus: Mac or PC or GNU/Linux or BSD.

New ask Hacker News story: Both recent GCP outages caused by fiber optic maintenance

Both recent GCP outages caused by fiber optic maintenance 2 by fastest963 | 0 comments on Hacker News. Both of GCP's recent outages were caused by "fiber optic maintenance". On August 20th when us-west1 went down they said [1]: > The disruption originated during scheduled fiber optic maintenance, which unexpectedly compromised network capacity between data centers within the us-west1 region. Then on September 1st when us-central1-b (and collateral affects in other zones) went down they said [2]: > The immediate technical trigger for this event was the inadvertent physical disconnection of network fiber-optic cables during a routine hardware maintenance procedure. Not sure if they're related but apparently procedures we're significantly changed after the first incident to prevent the second incident. [1] https://ift.tt/sJ8GLWC [2] https://ift.tt/WEjkybN

New ask Hacker News story: Are others seeing Google's ReCAPCHA rejecting Firefox users?

Are others seeing Google's ReCAPCHA rejecting Firefox users? 3 by Animats | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Who is using MCP in production?

Ask HN: Who is using MCP in production? 4 by sukit | 1 comments on Hacker News. I’ve been following MCP since it first came out. It got a lot of attention early on, but I haven’t come across many people using it in production. I may simply have missed them. If you’re using MCP in production, what are you using it for? What advantages have you found over a normal API or direct tool integration or just CLI?

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Are Technical Blogs Dead?

Ask HN: Are Technical Blogs Dead? 4 by quaintdev | 6 comments on Hacker News. I think the traffic for technical blogs has plummeted. Why would anyone searh for technical blog when they can just ask their agent about it? Also I am seeing less and less of them here on hacker news.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?

Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password? 3 by 0xbadcafebee | 1 comments on Hacker News. I just found out that 1Password is donating $300,000 to a project founded by a very controversial person, and I'm looking to move to a different password manager. Has anyone migrated from 1Password recently to another tool/platform? Have you had a good experience with any tools in particular? Any advice, tips? I'm also interested in the corporate-use context; if I can convince my company to switch to an alternative with business controls, I'll surely try.

New ask Hacker News story: Resources to Get Good at Soldering?

Resources to Get Good at Soldering? 4 by tosmatos | 1 comments on Hacker News. Hello. I've recently started soldering, specifically wanting to repair the joysticks on several Playstation 4 controllers I have, but I also want to get good at electronic repair in general. Right now I've busted a board, and managed to desolder and resolder a stick but the controller doesn't turn on anymore. I'm doing this all by myself, and I think I'm following good advice (ventilation, good iron tip, using flux etc...). But there are many variables, and a lot of experts have different opinions on stuff. Does anyone know good resources that I could use for getting good and making less mistakes ? Thanks.