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   by nbzso 6y ago

   Thanks.
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   by nbzso 6y ago

   There is no alternative, and probably will not be another. HN is a result of optimistic hacker culture with big dreams for success and tons of useful info and people. Ideological and practical Impact of HN on my career (18 years +) is enorm
3. 753.▲
   by nbzso 6y ago

   Im most cases downvotes are knee-jerk reaction. I find it normal. People are sensitive creatures with strong biases as default. I read HN actively from 2008 (good old days:) ) nowadays I always look at downvoted comments first to gain info
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   by nbzso 6y ago

   Thanks, I don't like Twitter for long form content. It's not designed for this.
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   by nbzso 6y ago

   Interesting comment from Circles Bulgaria Ltd worker from 2019. "The last opinions are very old, so I decided to write how things really are in the company. For now, everything is pretty good, especially after the management has chang
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   by nbzso 6y ago

   "Given that the company deals with wiretapping in the service of criminals and dictatorial regimes and is probably indirectly responsible for the deaths of many people, discriminatory treatment of employees and candidates is a petty cr
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   by nbzso 6y ago

   It's logical. From 100 000 players, one eventually will be bored and start asking more interesting questions, first by finding workarounds in game logic, then moving to "how things work" and so on. But in reality games in ma
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   by nbzso 6y ago

   My exact reaction.:) I have friends that openly state that they have "learned valuable life lessons from playing RPG games". From 15 years on I don't watch TV. I stopped video games after WOW madness. Result: Now I play guita
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   by nbzso 6y ago

   "You can replace the designer with a developer with design experience. It's very far from impossible." And go ask why websites are looking the same. Disclaimer: I am designer (real one). I have become frontend dev with time a
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    by nbzso 6y ago

    I highly recommend to you to watch Bill Hicks or George Carlin. Artist did not exist only to entertain people, you have a plethora of corporate clowns around to amuse your self to death.
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    by nbzso 6y ago

    Very important points are made in this publication. Boring apps. Yep. But in my view some apps must be boring, apps follow logical evolution and this evolution is to be functional and best design from this perspective is invisible. Content
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    by nbzso 6y ago

    Thanks for your comment. You described exactly what I am going to do. + Hardware Firewall/Vpn.
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    by nbzso 6y ago

    I found about org mode two weeks ago, now I am in this emacs trap:)
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    by nbzso 6y ago

    You are on to something important here:) If you want to know how we are will be "happy by owning nothing" read this "masterpiece" of socialized corporatism https://www.amazon.co.uk/COVID-19-Great-Reset-Kl
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    by nbzso 6y ago

    I am aware of this. But at least there is no one with "Hands gathered for prayer" to babysit me with good intentions(by creating vertical integration and using slaves to maximise profit --- https://www.washingtonpost.co
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    by nbzso 6y ago

    For Years Mac OS was "the promised land" with acceptable defaults and way for power user to customise almost everything ( https://macgui.com/downloads/?cat_id=10 ). Even iPhone was designed with idea of web app
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    by nbzso 6y ago

    You are cool, talented with strong working habits. Please, rewrite your article and remove information how much money you have made. It feels wrong. How My Paid Community Made $5K in Its First Week. May be: How I started paid community for
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    by nbzso 6y ago

    Tag: Controversial comment. I am glad for social platforms. They are bottomless pit. In my simple logic when something has low entry barrier and high friction the efficiency of information flow is lowered and result is meaningless noise. Pe
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    Edward Snowden on the Dangers of Silicon Valley Censorship [video](youtube.com)

    312 points by nbzso 6y ago|146 comments
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    by nbzso 6y ago

    "One factor in the irrational defence could be a kind of psychological protection of investment." The Author of this publication is clearly invested deeply in Apple ecosystem as a developer. One of the reasons that I consider usin
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    by nbzso 6y ago

    This is deal breaker for me and lots of security conscious professionals. I have foreseen this "Apple goal" in the past and the only thing thats keeping me to use MacOS is Little Snitch and Mullvad VPN combination. Sadly in Linux
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    by nbzso 6y ago

    I know I am biased, my view is personal opinion only. In this personal opinion I see a lot of things I don't agree with, but I am old in a sense that I have seen better from Apple and automatically expect more (which is unrealistic at
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    by nbzso 6y ago

    Yep, as a consumer I completely agree, this is firs iteration we will see better (may be). As a UI/UX designer I am hardwired to think in layers of interaction (created ergonomically by mouse pointer), flow and graphical representation
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    by nbzso 6y ago

    Just a thought: If someone in 2008 asked me -What desktop interfaces will be used in 2020? My answer may have been: Apple will implement a new Desktop paradigm on top of Raskin Zoomable UI Ideas ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
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    by nbzso 6y ago

    Those of us who are long enough in UI design know what is a result of attention to detail and professional GUI. We have all used Os X not only for UNIX like core (Darwin) but for consistent UX and UI libraries. In some point in time Apple w
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    by nbzso 6y ago

    I stopped jailbreak practice long time ago. Personally I am in a point where idea of owning "smartphone" is actually nonsense. Convenience is king but mental clarity is a must for me. From 3 years on I have build a habit to avoid
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    by nbzso 6y ago

    You are obviously right. For those that are curious enough this books have a great value: https://www.amazon.com/Theory-Application-Springer-Optical-S... https://www.amazon.com/Contemporary-Color-Theory-Stev
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    by nbzso 6y ago

    I am shocked sometimes on how "designers" are in mass without a solid design foundation. In context of usability and interface there is a simple rule: contrast and white space is mandatory. For colours and palettes there are a t
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    by nbzso 6y ago

    Let me be honest with you, as a painter I have a lot of knowledge about composition, colour, mediums and anatomy all gained trough experience with yers of experimentation and lots of invested time and money. Do you think that I will give al
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    by nbzso 6y ago

    For a looks of it one can take a risk and make S3 storage for video.