qntmfred

13 ms·

151.
by qntmfred 3y ago
is it that hard to fathom that other people might have generally positive experiences with products and companies that you may consider warrant criticism? whatever valid criticism or discussion may exist regarding ad blocking policies, it d
152.
by qntmfred 3y ago
I skip, but the goal of sponsors is getting their name out there, which is still achieved even if I skip ahead. I've used promo codes for several products bc of these sponsorship deals/ads as well
153.
by qntmfred 3y ago
I've been a paying YouTube user since 2016 when it was YouTube Red. YouTube is imo one of the best sites on the internet. Both in terms of content that I personally enjoy and improves my life, as well as its role on the internet overal
154.
by qntmfred 3y ago
I've also thought of redis as a distributed cache for nearly as long as I've been familiar with it. This video "I've been using Redis wrong this whole time" caught my attention recently (yup the clickbait title got
155.
by qntmfred 3y ago
I use Brave and I'm not super disturbed by this. The Windows Service isn't even running, it's just installed (presumably to reduce friction in the case I were to start using their VPN I wouldn't have to go through an add
156.
by qntmfred 3y ago
I used to do it that way. Recently learned this approach put this in your ~/.gitconfig-personal [core] sshCommand = "ssh -i ~/.ssh/github_personal_ed25519" and this in your ~/.gitconfig-work [core
157.
by qntmfred 3y ago
and this is why https://www.forwardparty.com/ platform consists of 3 policy goals 1. ranked choice voting (to eliminate the spoiler effect, truly opening the way for a non-duopolistic political environment) 2. open, non-par
158.
by qntmfred 3y ago
https://shouldiuseacarousel.com/
159.
by qntmfred 3y ago
I've owned a few Pixels over the years, but after my Pixel 3 bricked itself (and my kid's did the same a few months later), Google did zilch to remedy it, and I have stuck with Samsung Galaxy phones since https://www.an
160.
by qntmfred 3y ago
most people use phone cases
161.
by qntmfred 3y ago
I've been using obsidian since last year, and I love it. After previously haven fallen in and then out of love with notion, obsidian has been just what the doctor ordered. So I was excited to see a obsidian HN post, and really didn&#x2
162.
by qntmfred 3y ago
it's because syntax highlighting rules are applied based on the file extension. as long as .env is the extension, it'll work. if the file ends with .local, vscode has no idea that it's supposed to be a .env file type
163.
by qntmfred 3y ago
I went through the SOC 2 (Type 1 and 2) process in the last few years and I nearly quit with the amount of useless, ill-informed nonsense I had to submit to. The regulatory controls themselves are mostly reasonable, but seeing the competenc
164.
by qntmfred 3y ago
if anything owes its success to being flavor of the month, it's git. mercurial was probably a better dvcs in the end, and svn wasn't all that bad before both of them. and as impactful as github has been, we had svn-based online op
165.
by qntmfred 3y ago
30 Rock had a blackface episode too
166.
by qntmfred 3y ago
> enough is going wrong with this country that there is going to be a mass of young and angry protestors that's never been seen before says nearly every generation of ideal-minded and dissatisfied young people fwiw
167.
by qntmfred 3y ago
it can go up as long as it goes up roughly in line with incomes, GDP, etc. basically, as long as the housing affordability index stays in the healthy zone. also, in Japan housing is a depreciating asset and while their economy has well know
168.
by qntmfred 4y ago
Seems like a great time to take this route. I've been looking for something new the last 2 months and haven't found any great fits yet. 2 weeks ago I signed up for https://www.ycombinator.com/cofounder-matching an
169.
by qntmfred 4y ago
Every time it's pointed out that GitHub is a rails app I am reminded of one of my favorite security exploits ever https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3663197
170.
by qntmfred 4y ago
Location: Raleigh, NC Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Mostly .NET + Node backends but I've done Java, Python and PHP at a few companies. For frontend I've used Angular and React plus a few less
171.
by qntmfred 4y ago
It doesn't have to be perfect. What generally matters is its performance relative to various human populations.
172.
by qntmfred 4y ago
hmmm can I use this to see how far away we are now https://karpathy.github.io/2012/10/22/state-of-computer-visi...
173.
by qntmfred 4y ago
my old boss reached out to me last year to see if I wanted to apply for a senior opening, but the finances of the company haven't been trending great, cost cutting culture (including engineering/product) has set in, and most of th
174.
by qntmfred 4y ago
From 2012-2018 I worked a corporate job that I really loved, getting several promotions and increasing my compensation significantly. Worked a lot of hours bc I enjoyed the work so much but still what I considered reasonable, and I promoted
175.
by qntmfred 4y ago
I've always called it getting hit by the lottery bus
176.
by qntmfred 4y ago
I wonder if when writing started to become the preferred method of transmitting information between humans, some people suggested that the methods of oral tradition were superior.
177.
by qntmfred 4y ago
see also https://serenade.ai/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22404264
178.
by qntmfred 4y ago
nope. i tend to use QUERY() in sheets these days anyways. more versatile
179.
by qntmfred 5y ago
going to the wrong university.
180.
by qntmfred 5y ago
A quick intro from quanta magazine to Kevin Buzzard's work on computer-assisted proof systems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL7DEkXV_60&t=295s

More ›