Nathanael

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by Nathanael 5y ago
Author here! Hope you enjoy this piece & happy to answer questions and receive feedback.
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by Nathanael 5y ago
Hello hacker friends! I wrote this. I hope you'll find it a little helpful and a little funny. Looking forward to reading your thoughts on the topic. Cheers.
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Illness, Age and Death: The Divine Messengers of Programming(nathanaelsilverman.medium.com)
2 points by Nathanael 5y ago|1 comments
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by Nathanael 6y ago
Hi friends! Author here, happy to answer questions and comments. :-)
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Don’t Run Benchmarks on a Debuggable Android App (Like I Did)(medium.com)
1 points by Nathanael 6y ago|1 comments
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by Nathanael 6y ago
Author here! Happy to answer questions/comments. :-)
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Android Startup Tip: Don’t Use Kotlin Coroutines(medium.com)
2 points by Nathanael 6y ago|1 comments
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by Nathanael 6y ago
I assure you they are not empty words. I mean them, and I suspect those who choose to use the badges do too.
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by Nathanael 6y ago
While I am wary of the messages coming out of corporations, I do believe it’s possible for them to be nice, at least in some cases. In my view the intention behind the gesture is an important consideration. Did the person or group responsib
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by Nathanael 6y ago
Thanks Jay! I strongly suspected some people would find the gesture meaningful but it’s nice to get confirmation on here. :-)
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by Nathanael 6y ago
Hey Tim! Thank you for your comment. I did talk about brightening people’s day as a possible benefit on this thread, however there is a deeper aspiration behind the project which informs the choice of content. My goal is to express (and mak
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by Nathanael 6y ago
You say seeing a badge like this on a website is just noise for you, fair enough. I simply have a different experience with this sort of thing. One example I used in another comment on this thread is random graffiti with a kind message. Tho
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by Nathanael 6y ago
I see your point, thanks for the feedback. :)
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by Nathanael 6y ago
You’re most welcome! Thank you for your comment, it made my day. :)
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by Nathanael 6y ago
Can it mean more when someone who knows us intimately gives us a compliment? Absolutely. Can it mean less when it’s coming from a corporation whose primary intention is to receive your money? Yes, I think so too. Is knowledge a requisite fo
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by Nathanael 6y ago
Sent!
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by Nathanael 6y ago
I agree that’s not always a wise thing to say. I disagree with the implication that it’s what I’m doing. I don’t believe @aflag was requesting an apology or that I’ve done something that would require one here. Context matters, sometimes “I
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by Nathanael 6y ago
Yay, I'm glad you like it!
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by Nathanael 6y ago
Hey Razengan! I agree a message like "You got this!" may not always be well received, especially by people suffering from a deep depression. Most of them are more neutral, or at least they seem so to me, like "May you be happ
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by Nathanael 6y ago
Yes, in part, the API is but not the underlying data (at this time): https://github.com/kindspeech/api
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by Nathanael 6y ago
That's awesome! I'm going to reach out about getting my hands on some of those stickers if the offer is open. ;)
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by Nathanael 6y ago
Hey DoreenMichele, thank you for sharing your story, helping that woman was indeed a very kind act in my book. However, I do believe there are other ways to express kindness as well, even if they are not as effortful or if the results aren&
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by Nathanael 6y ago
Hey FruityCoconut, I'm sorry this offended you. It was not my intention.
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by Nathanael 6y ago
I'm sorry if the words sound empty to you. All I can say is when I place this badge in a GitHub repo's README or in my email signature, it's my way to wish well on the people who come in contact with that repo, or with my ema
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by Nathanael 6y ago
Yeah that's completely fair. I've been thinking about making the database available for download, so that could help anyone who wants to use the messages. The backend code is already open source: https://github.com&#x2F
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by Nathanael 6y ago
Hey WaitWaitWha, that's great feedback. You mentioned domain registration information and I can certainly edit that. I could also add information to the website where I explain who I am, say with my name and picture. Would that help? A
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by Nathanael 6y ago
I agree, it's present in comment sections as well, and probably a lot of other places too unfortunately. I think the best explanation I can offer for how advertising does it in my view is the manifesto I wrote for the website's ho
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by Nathanael 6y ago
Hello HN, I've been working on these badges and other simple ways to spread kindness in my spare time. My main motivation is counterbalancing the large amount of covert unkind speech we are subjected to through advertising and various
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Show HN: Badges of kindness for your website footers, repos, and more(kindspeech.org)
32 points by Nathanael 6y ago|49 comments
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Belay: Robust Error-Handling for Kotlin and Android(medium.com)
9 points by Nathanael 6y ago|0 comments

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