justaguyhere

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by justaguyhere 6y ago
I'm running ubuntu, maybe it is time to try Pop OS. Hopefully system76 doesn't pull shenanigans like Canonical.
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
It is not just Facebook and LinkedIn. I've seen this from random small sites. Some other silly shit that come to mind - having the unsubscribe link after half/full page of white space, once you click on unsubscribe "give us 2
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
Not a fan of any of the big tech companies, but Apple needs to be applauded for this feature. Can't wait to see how many such behavior is exposed by iOS 14
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
I was at a mega corp store yesterday to buy some basic necessities. While paying the bill, I was asked to donate money for Covid-19. They do this nearly all year, asking for donations for something or the other. Why should I trust this mega
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
I never said appointed judges are a great idea, especially lifelong ones. I simply said electing judges is a bad idea. I don't know which one is worse. Maybe both are equally bad.
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
So when we get out of this covid jail At the current rate I am wondering if we get out, not when , lol
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
Is there a third option though?
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
The problem isn't that judges are elected This is definitely one of the problems. There was a study that showed judges were handing stricter sentences for the same crime during election years than non election years ("tough on c
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
I do the same, glad to know there are others! I don't read as much as I used to anymore, but I listen to podcasts. Pick a subject of even mild interest to me, add a dozen podcasts on the topic. Listen to a few episodes from each podcas
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
I would rather be remembered as a bad artist than a good programmer Takes a rare person to say this, made me smile :)
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
Other than producing as much as possible - what exercises can one deliberately do to become more creative?
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Ask HN: Anyone built a tiny house by yourself? How was it like?
3 points by justaguyhere 6y ago|3 comments
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
Microsoft can do a much better job than Amazon if they created a competing product. They might take the quicker route and buy AirTable maybe? I can foresee Microsoft and other bigger players entering the no code market seriously in the near
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
This looks similar to Airtable, except Airtable UI seems nicer. Airtable is a Billion dollar company, tons of people are happily using it. I am no fan of Amazon, but I do not think it is as bad as you describe. Even if it is half as good as
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
Nanny states are never a good idea. But lets say we prefer nanny state and lets say it works with FB. There is no guarantee that it will always work with every other shitty FB, or if it works, it might become China like, which is worse. The
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
Maybe future generations will realize how shitty FB is and stop using it (one can hope!) A bigger problem is FB owns much better products like WhatsApp - it is easy to quit FB than WhatsApp in my opinion
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
Nothing can be upgraded on Macs - SSD, memory. Maybe Mac users do not care, but the most annoying thing about this is that others are copying Apple. Even the legendary thinkpads, some of them are soldered and non upgradeable. Even the screw
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
Yeah, that looks weird. I'd like to hear the rationale
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
Not good. What is really depressing is this is going to last a lot longer than I had hoped. Even more depressing is so many people just don't seem to care - all they have to do is wear masks and gloves and take some super simple precau
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Ask HN: Are you a polymath? know of one?
11 points by justaguyhere 6y ago|7 comments
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
I hope they stay this way (or improve more) when future generations take over
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
For me it was their marketing message. Empty, annoying, misleading and filled with pats on the back, Apple style. Except I can't find anything innovative
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
There was a Russian children's book that I read so many times as a kid - I think it was called Happy Family , but my memory is fuzzy. A big part of the book is a story about two boys (and the sister of one of the boys) creating an inc
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
I can vouch for Travels - nice to see someone mention it! It is a great book. Crichton had a fascinating career - he was in medical school, but he was insanely productive writing novels and earning a living. He was a fantastic writer, direc
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
Have you talked to a good immigration attorney? There are tens of thousands of people in this situation - perfectly capable of starting companies (at least, able to be one man business owners instead of wage slaves) except some murky rules
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
The article says she faces upto 10 years in prison plus $250K fine. Doesn't 10 years in prison seem excessive for destroying two cars?
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
What difference is letting users turn off political ads going to make? This is only going to help people who do not care about these in the first place - they will turn it off and FB would be slightly better off for them. These people are
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
Stackshare doesn't let me browse many pages without logging in, Pinterest style :( I checked some random tools, the content is a bit...thin. Overall a good resource, I just wish they had deeper content
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
I guess it all depends on the type of software that one is writing. If there is a bug in NASA's software, it will cost them tons of money and might put them back months or years in schedule. It makes sense to be extremely careful. Same
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by justaguyhere 6y ago
Use each for a week or two. Whatever makes you productive and happy, use it. Most projects aren't going to have special requirements or don't need to scale to millions of users (not at the beginning anyway). So it would make sense

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