cpach

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   by cpach 2y ago

   I think that’s commendable! Out of curiosity, did you find a tech job again?
2. 332.▲
   by cpach 2y ago

   discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42319286
3. 333.▲
   by cpach 2y ago

   ChatGPT is very useful as it is, haven’t felt the need to explore alternatives.
4. 334.▲
   by cpach 2y ago

   Yeah, it really increases the cost of abusing the CA system, a lot .
5. 335.▲
   by cpach 2y ago

   Which is probably why we have more McDonald’s than computer museums.
6. 336.▲
   by cpach 2y ago

   dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42307524
7. 337.▲
   by cpach 2y ago

   Why not do both?
8. 338.▲
   by cpach 2y ago

   I generally hang out with people who don’t give a crap about my occupation. They wouldn’t care if I was a janitor or a physician. Some of them are friends from middle school, some are newer friends. We generally don’t talk about work, we bo
9. 339.▲
   by cpach 2y ago

   Main thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42284202
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    by cpach 2y ago

    If you get the chance, it can be quite the experience to watch a screening of a silent movie where the music is played live, like they did back in the day. Sometimes they are played with newly-composed scores. Some directors/movies tha
11. 341.▲
    by cpach 2y ago

    I’m afraid there’s no silver bullet. Marginalia can be useful, even if the index is quite small compared to other search engines: https://search.marginalia.nu/
12. 342.▲
    by cpach 2y ago

    Nitpick: AFAIK, revealing a phone number is required for registration. But it’s no longer required in order to communicate with other Signal users.
13. 343.▲
    by cpach 2y ago

    May I ask why you’re bothered by this fact?
14. 344.▲
    by cpach 2y ago

    What kind of threat model do you operate under where Signal Technology Foundation knowing (one of) your phone numbers is a large risk?
15. 345.▲
    by cpach 2y ago

    For truly sensitive communication, it’s better to use Signal: https://soatok.blog/2024/11/15/what-to-use-instead-of-pgp/
16. 346.▲
    by cpach 2y ago

    I gave Matrix a try but I found the whole system to be immature and confusing (i.e. Element vs Element X, what’s up with that?). So now I use Slack and Mattermost instead. (And IRC, but very seldom these days.)
17. 347.▲
    by cpach 2y ago

    dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42173468
18. 348.▲
    by cpach 2y ago

    You’re welcome. Cheers!
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    by cpach 2y ago

    Throw a dart ;-) import random platform = random.SystemRandom().choice(["Astro", "Blogger", "Ghost", "Hugo"]) print(platform) Hugo doesn’t include hosting but you can host on AWS Amplify, G
20. 350.▲
    by cpach 2y ago

    Haven’t seen that for years.
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    by cpach 2y ago

    Will we really move the needle on reducing greenhouse gas emissions with advice like this…? “Since the advent of the modern web, the ability to include embedded fonts and provide a more customized experience has seen their use explode. The
22. 352.▲
    by cpach 2y ago

    Dunno. IMHO, it feels a lot more practical than Urbit.
23. 353.▲
    by cpach 2y ago

    https://book.webtypography.net/
24. 354.▲
    by cpach 2y ago

    Indeed! You might want to consider starting a “brag document”: https://jvns.ca/blog/brag-documents/
25. 355.▲
    by cpach 2y ago

    Trials started in 2008 AFAICT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaglutide#History
26. 356.▲
    by cpach 2y ago

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41927518
27. 357.▲
    by cpach 2y ago

    I sure hope they won’t take down old.reddit.com. IMHO, Reddit would be unusable without it.
28. 358.▲
    by cpach 2y ago

    Obsidian is not perfect, but IMHO it’s the best note-taking application out there.
29. 359.▲
    by cpach 2y ago

    Anyone tried this?
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    by cpach 2y ago

    This repo still has AGPL… and another license… Not sure if AGPL covers all areas of the codebase? https://github.com/gravitational/teleport