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by nkantar 4y ago
Many years ago I dropped out of a Computer Science university program for a variety of reasons, but primarily because I was too disinterested to try all that hard. After a lifetime of computering, having started tinkering at 8, I simply had
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by nkantar 4y ago
While the sentiment of the piece—versatility > specialization—can certainly make sense, I can’t help but feel like it’s just a rant idealizing the type of person who invests significantly more than their workday into their craft, which I
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by nkantar 4y ago
That makes a lot of sense, actually.
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by nkantar 4y ago
Were download rankings combined with one-way "membership" considered? (One-way "membership": once a gem/user qualifies based on recent downloads, they're permanently required in perpetuity.) This seems to be li
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by nkantar 4y ago
I’m guessing the parent was referencing Aaron Swartz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz
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by nkantar 4y ago
Firefox Focus has been a true revelation for me. I use it primarily as a content blocker in Firefox and Safari, but it's also a nifty way to have a quick private session with only one tab. It doesn't do all the things, but still h
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by nkantar 4y ago
My use case is simpler than yours, as I only have one personal and one work Mac, so I can get away with a manually managed dotfiles repo[0]. My work GitHub account is a collaborator on the repo so I can edit config on both machines. The act
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So you want to run a virtual event(blog.lazerwalker.com)
34 points by nkantar 4y ago|14 comments
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So you want to run a virtual event(blog.lazerwalker.com)
3 points by nkantar 4y ago|0 comments
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by nkantar 4y ago
This looks fantastic. Working remotely since the start of the pandemic, these days I'd love a sustainable option like that for 3 hours at a time once or twice per week.
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Show HN: mdut – CLI tool and Python library for generating Markdown URL tags(github.com)
1 points by nkantar 5y ago|0 comments
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by nkantar 6y ago
At first I thought it was a true static site generator, like mine: https://github.com/nkantar/sus Interesting take!
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by nkantar 6y ago
Haha, thank you! I imagine a fair few people get it, but don't share the needs that motivated me to make and publish it.
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by nkantar 6y ago
I consider that a feature, not a bug! Others may disagree, though. :D
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by nkantar 6y ago
Netlify redirects would work, but I wanted more portability. Hard to beat good ol' static HTML!
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Show HN: sus – static site based URL shortener(github.com)
13 points by nkantar 6y ago|9 comments
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by nkantar 6y ago
I'm guessing for things like package-lock.json. Though it can certainly hide much more relevant-to-reviewers changes easily.
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by nkantar 7y ago
If you haven't seen the TV show _White Collar_, you might enjoy it. But I somehow doubt that's the way things actually go. Given the quantities of dollars at stake, I imagine people tend to die in the process, and some of them are
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by nkantar 7y ago
sweetgreen (sweetgreen.com) | Data Engineers | Los Angeles, CA | Onsite sweetgreen is a mission driven company looking to leverage technology to connect people with fresh, healthy food. We are currently undergoing a major technological tran
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by nkantar 7y ago
Sweetgreen | Senior Data Engineer | Los Angeles, CA | Full-time, Onsite Preferred, but Open to Remote Sweetgreen is a mission driven company looking to leverage technology to connect people with fresh, healthy food. We are currently undergo
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by nkantar 8y ago
I guess the split (on there, off home) would kinda work, but it seems like half measure when I already have a road bicycle for serious rides and a motorcycle to get around the city.
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by nkantar 8y ago
Here's a link for reference: https://goo.gl/maps/qTq3CfWFUrm (not my exact address, nearby intersection) Having done that route in a car and on a motorcycle, I can say that Google is being a bit optimistic about t
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by nkantar 8y ago
Sweating is the primary thing keeping me from riding to work. I solved that with a motorcycle, which does many things an eBike wouldn't. Riding a purely-manual bicycle would be awesome because of the exercise, something an eBike woul
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by nkantar 8y ago
From my highly unscientific anecdata, that's been one of their primary use cases. The main problem I've heard reiterated is that they're not always readily available, suddenly turning a can-do trip into no-go.
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by nkantar 8y ago
This is pretty much spot on. I live in LA and am an avid driver, motorcyclist, and bicyclist. I'm also a huge proponent of public transport, and use it whenever I can. That last bit is often a bummer; it's very rare that I truly
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by nkantar 8y ago
I ride in LA and agree with you 100%. The whole city has become so much more accessible thanks to lane filtering and splitting since I started that it's hard to imagine giving it up.
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by nkantar 8y ago
I'm an avid driver who lives in LA (Westside), and this sounds pretty great, honestly. Driving in and through DTLA is a total nightmare, and public transit has a hard time covering enough of the relatively large area. I love being able
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by nkantar 8y ago
What's the rationale? I was thought quite the opposite for logos (re: colors): fewer colors is better, and the logo should be instantly recognizable in monochrome. It being something a layperson could draw reasonably well is also a goo
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by nkantar 8y ago
Thank you for the history lesson, that was thoroughly enjoyable! Bonus points for the comic book manual.
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by nkantar 8y ago
I haven't been paying any specific attention to F-35 news, but I can only ever recall reading negative press. I know this particular project has been extra troubled, but is that the norm for new military vessels/vehicles?

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