brtkdotse

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by brtkdotse 2y ago
Three times I tried switching from Windows to Mac and each time I bounced because of how janky basic window ergonomics were. I shouldn't have to buy single-dollar-programs to fix core OS functionality.
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
> I wish such platforms didn't exist at all, and people just went to small websites. I wish it too but at this point this is basically pining for Usenet while everyone is on PhpBB-boards. The world has moved on and won’t be coming b
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
At this point I’m not even sure there is anything to find. The web as we remember seem to have withered away, suffocated by SEO optimized content farms
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Ask HN: How much vacation do you have/take?
2 points by brtkdotse 2y ago|2 comments
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
> power, torque, speed Unless you’re planning on driving on a course, or being an asshole in traffic, these matter a lot less than people think in day-to-day driving
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
At least with a monolith, all of your ball of mud is in-process.
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
Perhaps I’ve been in tech for too long but isn’t $75M peanuts in the scheme of things?
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
> Official records of real estate transactions have a data point for "closest shopping mall" for a reason. It baffles me that anyone, let alone a bunch of people, would look at this and say “ah, yes, this seems like a good plac
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
Yeah, sorry. I got contractor and freelancer mixed up. It doesn't help that in Sweden freelancer/contractor/consultant are used interchangably for someone who invoices for their time instead of getting a salary. The contracti
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
Contacted a few brokers and had a 6 month assignment within a week. They took 10% of all my invoicing
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by brtkdotse 3y ago
I chose a Kia eNiro because it had ”bad” but predictable controls/UX. Basically a normal, boring car with dedicated buttons for most things, but with a EV drivetrain.
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by brtkdotse 3y ago
> We had 50 years of freedom More “Wild West gold rush” than “freedom”
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by brtkdotse 3y ago
Windows 2k was the pinnacle of Windows. Basically same OS as XP, but with a spruced up Win 98 design.
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by brtkdotse 3y ago
> I already feel that I'm not as fast as I was in my 20s; I’ve also observed this but there’s another way to frame it - you’re doing a lot less thrashing around. Instead of brute force testing 5 approaches to a problem, experience a
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by brtkdotse 3y ago
Sorely disappointed this wasn’t about Gravis UltraSound
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by brtkdotse 3y ago
> He's just mad This seems to be his natural resting state these days
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by brtkdotse 3y ago
I’m guessing it’s because AFAIK most people don’t have a separate set of winter tyres which means you automatically rotate them twice a year.
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by brtkdotse 3y ago
> they're basically boring, kind of ugly and utilitarian. Good, it’s what cars should be. “Car culture” is a plight on society and the sooner we break free of tying our self worth to our cars the better.
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by brtkdotse 3y ago
So money is the objective, but with extra steps ;)
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by brtkdotse 3y ago
> money is not the objective What is the objective in your opinion?
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by brtkdotse 3y ago
I won’t. “Making money online” is a MLM/cult that thrives on survivor bias. Learning a new skill and changing jobs/getting promoted and (this is the tricky part) not getting on the hedonic treadmill but rather putting the surplus
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by brtkdotse 3y ago
> There's two primary reasons- zoning, and speculative investment that keeps good land off of the market. While I agree with the second point, I’m having a hard time understanding how zoning can affect pricing. Isn’t it just “you ca
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by brtkdotse 3y ago
> I just want macOS to support variable scaling like Windows has for, what, 15 years at least? I’ve tried to adopt MacBooks twice over the last three years and both times this has been the dealbreaker for me. I was flabbergasted that Mac
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by brtkdotse 3y ago
To be fair, generating stock images and videos and writing listicle blog post is pretty menial labour.
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by brtkdotse 3y ago
> what actual publicly available product has he ever produced? oh, i remember - a not very good smalltalk test framework. See also, Bob Martin.
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by brtkdotse 3y ago
This has been my main gripe with the “indie hacker” flavour of entrepreneur-porn. If you’re doing international sales and not trusting a MoR service you’re 100% committing tax fraud in multiple jurisdictions.
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by brtkdotse 3y ago
> The eye tracking driven input method which was seen as holy grail turns out to be annoying after a while because people don't naturally always look at what they want to click on. This has been know for at least 30 years in the eye
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by brtkdotse 3y ago
No sweat! First time I’ve read those words on HN, kudos :)
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by brtkdotse 3y ago
> Is not disposable income what's left over after you pay your mandatory expenses, like housing? No, it’s what’s left after taxes, before any actual spending on things like housing occurs. > Gross disposable household income is
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by brtkdotse 3y ago
Green is disposable income, orange is cost of apartment housing: https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tonEuOE0IXE/WfpBpIzy8rI/AAAAAAAAF...

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