Hacker News: 2h

New comment by 2h in "Let the internet be grimy"

2h — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 00:30:04 +0000

> Every road in the world does not need to be the Autobahn.

the point is, currently NO ROAD is the Autobahn. thats not a balance, thats censorship.

New comment by 2h in "Mozilla ending support for Windows 7"

2h — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 23:43:09 +0000

> settings

is this a joke? ever tried user management with Windows 10/11? its a hellscape of clicking through the Control Panel, the Settings app, and countless crosslinked pages with no rhyme or reason. same for microphone levels. same for device management.

New comment by 2h in "Mozilla ending support for Windows 7"

2h — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 22:52:13 +0000

why should Mozilla let Microsoft or anyone else dictate what they support?

I agree that Windows 7 should be dropped, but only because its quite old, not because Microsoft has dropped support for it. Frankly Windows 7 is better than Windows 11, I think many would agree with that.

New comment by 2h in "I stopped buying new laptops (2020)"

2h — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 23:53:34 +0000

follow your own advice

New comment by 2h in "I stopped buying new laptops (2020)"

2h — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 22:46:08 +0000

at the moment the problem is with you.

New comment by 2h in "I stopped buying new laptops (2020)"

2h — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 22:22:15 +0000

because we aren't talking about candy here. we are talking about purchases that are hundreds or thousands of dollars. and people are normalizing making these purchases yearly. sure if you're dumb and rich go ahead buy what you want. but the culture pushes this mindset on people who cant afford it as well.

unless you have the money to blow, then having critical thinking is an important skill. to ask yourself "is this a waste of money?", "should I really be buying one of these every year?"

New comment by 2h in "I stopped buying new laptops (2020)"

2h — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 21:14:38 +0000

you seem to keep ignoring this key word:

mindlessly

New comment by 2h in "I stopped buying new laptops (2020)"

2h — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 20:54:40 +0000

> whats the complaint here

Its dont mindlessly buy any new thing Apple puts out

New comment by 2h in "I stopped buying new laptops (2020)"

2h — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 18:41:57 +0000

> I keep hearing this argument for not buying a new laptop every year and it just doesn’t hold water. I say buy the latest MacBook, expense it, factor it in as a monthly cost.

this is why Apple is a trillion dollar company. because people mindlessly buy any new thing they put out, regardless if it makes sense or not.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ydje1ivynIM

New comment by 2h in "Going from React to Vanilla JavaScript"

2h — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 14:03:39 +0000

Not a single code example. Crap article.

New comment by 2h in "ProtonMail Rewrites Your Emails"

2h — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 00:59:56 +0000

its a blog post that allows anonymous access. so who cares what protocol you use?

New comment by 2h in "Why Is the U.S. So Good at Killing Pedestrians?"

2h — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 00:13:20 +0000

correct. how the fuck are you supposed to roll over this:

https://media.ed.edmunds-media.com/chevrolet/silverado-1500/...

New comment by 2h in "Threads has passed 2M sign ups in the first 2 hours"

2h — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 01:50:10 +0000

SMOKIN MEATS

https://youtube.com/watch?v=SVyLlFezj2E

New comment by 2h in "Threads has passed 2M sign ups in the first 2 hours"

2h — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 01:43:07 +0000

> @zuck

seeing that freaks face made me physically shudder. If they were smart they would distance this product from him as much as possible. it should be painfully obvious that he is toxic for this and any brand.

pay him whatever, let him stay in charge, but please for the love of god STOP PUTTING him as the face of anything.

New comment by 2h in "Beautifying our UI: Giving Gitlab build features a fresh look"

2h — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 01:19:57 +0000

all I want, is the number of contributions in the last year, like GitHub has:

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/22578

its just one number, I just wish they could add this one little thing so I could move away from GitHub once and for all. even CodeBerg has it:

https://codeberg.org/teddit?tab=activity

New comment by 2h in "Why yewtu.be was down: Data loss after being shut down by Oracle Cloud"

2h — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 00:39:43 +0000

nope. normal, run of the mill Bank of America Visa debit.

New comment by 2h in "Google and HTTP (2018)"

2h — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 20:51:19 +0000

dudes shitty website wont even load unless you allow JavaScript from these domains:

    fargo.io
    scripting.com

New comment by 2h in "Why yewtu.be was down: Data loss after being shut down by Oracle Cloud"

2h — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 16:52:12 +0000

I tried signing up for Oracle Cloud and got the below message. After that I took the exact same card and signed up with 4 other providers. Fuck you Oracle.

> Error processing transaction

> We're unable to complete your sign up. Common sign up errors are due to: (a) Using prepaid cards. Oracle only accepts credit card and debit cards (b) Intentionally or unintentionally masking one's location or identity

New comment by 2h in "C’s Biggest Mistake (2009)"

2h — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 03:35:03 +0000

this ignores the fact that strings can contain a null character. for example, this is a valid Go program:

    package main
    
    import "fmt"
    
    func main() {
       fmt.Printf("%q\n", "hello \x00 world")
    }

New comment by 2h in "C’s Biggest Mistake (2009)"

2h — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 02:51:15 +0000

because its ugly:

    package hello
    
    func good() (int, error) {
     return 0, nil
    }
    
    func bad() *struct {
     int
     error
    } {
     return nil
    }