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by tekdude 6y ago
The synthesizer app is still online at: https://www.pulselyre.com Some day when I'm bored I'll make it opensource on GitHub. I need to clean up the repo a bit and remove the authentication modules first.
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by tekdude 6y ago
Developer here This started off as part of a touchscreen music synthesizer app for Windows that I had been working on for a few years. I wanted the interface to be relatively simple and focused, kind of like what you see on most mobile or t
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Show HN: UpbeatUI – A WPF MVVM framework for simple mobile-style Windows apps(github.com)
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Why Gen Z Catholics Want a Patron Saint of the Internet(slate.com)
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It Took Months for Iowa's Democratic Senate Candidate to Get a Wikipedia Page(slate.com)
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Slack May Be the New Open Floor Plan(heragenda.com)
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Cory Doctorow on the danger of cynical science fiction(slate.com)
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Licensing and copyrights prevent hospitals from repairing their own equipment(slate.com)
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Hagrid's Motorbike Adventure: The most over-engineered roller coaster [video](youtube.com)
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by tekdude 6y ago
If Big Publicly Listed Company A contracts with Small Fly-by-Night LLC B to provide workers to vacuum and empty wastebaskets, and it turns out that LLC B is illegally withholding wages, then Company A could be partially liable because they
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The FTC should crack down on companies’ use of exclusionary contracts(slate.com)
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Using monorepos to increase velocity during early stages of product development(devblogs.microsoft.com)
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by tekdude 6y ago
Yes, people always assume that only one type of union exists, and that it can only really work for low-skill interchangeable workers. That this belief is so widespread is actually a testament to the effectiveness of anti-union messaging...
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Brooks Brothers' bankruptcy: Covid hastened the decline of an American icon(slate.com)
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Nineteenth-century technology and the software case Google vs. Oracle(slate.com)
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AI Job Interviews Are Stressing Out Applicants(slate.com)
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I tried to short the Dow with my 401(k)(slate.com)
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Vapor-Pressure Deficit: Why the West's Wildfires Are So Enormous(theatlantic.com)
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Waste from Plant-Based Plastic Packaging Is Almost as Bad as Oil-Based(slate.com)
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by tekdude 6y ago
> why should they be on the hook after it leaves their hands? Consumers are using the said products Consumers aren't typically buying plastic packaging. They're buying whatever the plastic packaging contains. When regular peopl
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It's Time for a Reckoning About Criminal Intelligence Databases(slate.com)
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by tekdude 6y ago
My theory is that a seller wants to set up a legitimate (or legitimate-looking) storefront on Amazon to sell a real (or fake) product in the future. Rather than build a reputation organically over time by selling real items, they could load
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You’re Not a Fake Programmer, That's Just Impostor Syndrome(simpleprogrammer.com)
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Personal anecdote: Started in a developer position a couple years ago to work on an internal corporate app on an isolated network. Week 1: Get to the desk; meet my neighbors; submit request for necessary network account; and start on mandat
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Optimize Onboarding(staysaasy.com)
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by tekdude 6y ago
I think the point being made is that public admin software has to be complicated because the underlying laws, policies, regulations, and procedures are complicated. Sometimes, they are over-complicated. And, sometimes this is deliberate (e.
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Why it's so lonely at the top, and difficult for bosses to have work friendships(theatlantic.com)
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Why standard metrics may be understating actual inflation(nytimes.com)
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by tekdude 6y ago
I can't speak to everyone, but a lot of young people need to leave their parents' house because it's in a region without a lot of good employment. Some people grow up in rural or rustbelt areas. For example: my parents don&#x
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Working from home may do unrecoverable damage to young careers(theatlantic.com)
5 points by tekdude 6y ago|2 comments

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