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by otterpro 2y ago
I think HN readers are missing the point. It's not about the money, or opportunity to (or lack of) make living off a blue collar job today. Here's what I got from reading this article. No job is beneath me. I once scoffed at an op
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by otterpro 2y ago
Closed source binary firmware? No thanks. I probably would not deploy it for a server with sensitive data, but if it was really really cheap, it might be ok for air-gapped system for testing servers, but other than that, I'm not sure.
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by otterpro 2y ago
The main reason I didn't use Authy was that it requested phone number when signing up, and it didn't make any sense to me why they'd need it. Since then, I've been using 2FAS, since there's no personal data that ca
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by otterpro 2y ago
It's because most of us are curious individuals. I had a lot of interests: coding, playing musical instruments, cars, woodworking, embedded systems, audio/video engineering, etc, but I had to pare it down to just a few after havi
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by otterpro 2y ago
I also have similar data structure for dotfiles... I've been using ~/bin, ~/dotfiles, ~/data, ~/enc (for encrypted files), etc. However, for projects and documents, I use Johnny Decimal system ( https://
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by otterpro 2y ago
I got so used to the inverted-y that it's the first thing I change in the game setting as I just can't play on normal settings on any FPS. I wish that inverted-y was the default for all games. I don't know when I got used t
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by otterpro 2y ago
We should have labels like this for web hosting service, cable tv providers, cell phone providers, etc... I've been trying to get a web hosting service, but everything has a fine print on price with asterisk. It took me awhile to figu
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by otterpro 2y ago
I've been looking for a cross-platform dotfile management tool and I had some hope for this but it seems a little too complex, and I don't like that I would end up with lots of yaml/toml/json files. I use Mac, Windows,
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by otterpro 2y ago
This looks really interesting and I use DMX lighting.
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by otterpro 3y ago
This reminds me of the anime "Welcome to the NHK"( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYLsjJ8RThQ ) where the protagonist is a hikkomori and works on creating a video game with his neighbor.
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by otterpro 3y ago
I wished all devices came with at least a schematics (or downloadable pdf) even if it weren't designed to be repairable. I remember getting my first computer, C64 in the 80's, and it came with schematics in the back of user manua
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by otterpro 3y ago
I wish I had been given advice like this when I was younger. As an introvert, I've learned my lesson to decline most social events as I got older. In my 20's and 30's, social event was almost a "YES", despite not
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by otterpro 3y ago
Is this a faster version of rm, optimized for speed, like FUC's rmz ( https://github.com/SUPERCILEX/fuc )? I was hoping that it could do that, seeing this is written in rust (hopefully for performance)
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by otterpro 3y ago
This is why I advocate separation of work space and personal space, especially when working from home. It allows my mind to reset after physically leaving a space designated for work. If I don't, my mind will linger on work way more
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by otterpro 3y ago
Thanks! That tool is what I was looking for. I think you saved me hours of frustration.
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by otterpro 3y ago
I just tried it and it runs nicely. I'm sure you get this request all the time, but I'd love to have VIM key binding. I'm still using vim/neovim and I open a "temp.txt" for scratch.
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by otterpro 3y ago
This is nice! One thing that bothers me is the web page's Title which is "VideoGist". I'd appreciate it if it could be named "VideoGist - <youtube video title>" or something like that.
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by otterpro 3y ago
I've bought a $100 Brother laser printer 10 years ago, which still has similar form factor today, and I still use it for printing anything from receipts, maps, and forms. It is one of the most reliable device that I own. I think I&#x2
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by otterpro 3y ago
As much as I'm fan of Thinkpad and I hate the idea of buying modern laptop, I don't want to buy a decade-old laptop. I just want a modern-ish laptop with decent CPU and easily-replaceable battery, upgradable RAM and SSD. That lead
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by otterpro 3y ago
What I like: * block-based, similar to Scratch. * while some people want option for direct text input, I like the blocks, as it is less intimidating for beginners. * I genuinely learned few things that I would not have bothered to learn oth
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by otterpro 3y ago
If you don't mind parting with it, you could sell it on ebay. There are plenty of people who are interested in restoring older mac, and using it for fun and learning. It'd be better than just sitting idle, although it could also
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by otterpro 3y ago
I use old PC and Mac because it continues to work. I also have an old Macbook (2008) that I wish I could repair, so I could continue using it. While the old macbook doesn't run modern software, it ran Linux well, and it would've b
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by otterpro 3y ago
Good historical overview of vim and its origin. I remember using vi for the first time at my university because emacs would slow down to a crawl on our unix clone system especially just before our computer science homework was due, and I w
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by otterpro 3y ago
I use Johnny decimal because it allowed me to offload my decision for file organization. I had my doubt, but when I tried it as a test, I felt a sense of relief. Before, my file system was a mess, and no file search or tagging could save m
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by otterpro 3y ago
If I were still living in the Bay area, I would've definitely made bids on some of those nice office furniture, apple monitors, electronics rack, and definitely the scifi-looking booths.
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by otterpro 3y ago
As a fullstack dev working with c#/.net backend and react frontend, I can say that c# is great, and I wished more projects would use it. <rant> Unfortunately, I agree that Microsoft was too late in realization that it is importan
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by otterpro 3y ago
I've been using Google Voice free phone number if I need to give out phone number for verification, and I hope it mitigates the possibility of SIM-swapping. Also I have another burner phone number using Hushed on my phone. Does anyon
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by otterpro 3y ago
This is the best option for me, as I want to keep full compatibility with ls instead.
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by otterpro 3y ago
Purpose of OS is to allow users to run software on it. However, Win 11 truly became "adware". When I got that "prize giveaway" notification too, I was surprised and disgusted that I'm being served ads from a softwa
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by otterpro 3y ago
Wow, I had couple of those cobalt qube servers running in my room about a decade ago, when I got them really cheap from ebay. I just loved the form factor (being a cube), as it was so unique for a server. It's awesome to hear that th

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