Hacker News: Aleksdev

New comment by Aleksdev in "Indian court orders blocking of Proton Mail"

Aleksdev — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 09:31:10 +0000

They ban proton mail nationwide over a few offensive emails. Will they ban YouTube next if they make offensive videos about them?

New comment by Aleksdev in "Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI"

Aleksdev — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 09:12:37 +0000

Why? I don’t see anything wrong with an AI first approach. I think it’s a good way to cover your bases before actually diving into coding.

New comment by Aleksdev in "Ask HN: Tips for Interview Preparations with ADHD?"

Aleksdev — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 05:04:35 +0000

Can I suggest you try a month cold Turkey with no internet or smartphone. This cured my “ADHD”. I could read programming books cover to cover like it was the lord of the rings after that month.

New comment by Aleksdev in "It's Called a Premortem–and It's the Most Productive Thing You'll Do All Year"

Aleksdev — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 05:00:45 +0000

I’ve heard somewhere that 85% of billionaires are first generation billionaires meaning they made their own money. I’m sure while they were making money they also had similar struggles to you and I.

I think if you work harder, faster, smarter and have some luck you will succeed no matter what and have some extra time to reflect on your life also.

New comment by Aleksdev in "Updates to H-1B"

Aleksdev — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 09:22:56 +0000

Yes, I don’t understand this either. Nowadays you have to be a senior just to get an entry level position in the USA. There are plenty of mid level developers that are struggling to find a job.

I guess it will be interesting times ahead. I recommend everyone to keep their skills sharp!

New comment by Aleksdev in "Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon"

Aleksdev — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 23:39:05 +0000

Now this is hacker news!

New comment by Aleksdev in "Sweden will offer migrants $34k to go home"

Aleksdev — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 08:59:45 +0000

Yes, I always point out the journey a lot of them take to the USA is extremely dangerous. I wouldn’t care if it were just grown men doing this since they have some life experience but a lot of times these are children not “teenagers” but literal kids being guided by strangers.

I know people who have crossed illegally through Mexico and the horrors they witnessed, it’s inhumane. So glad you pointed this out in your comment.

New comment by Aleksdev in "Sweden will offer migrants $34k to go home"

Aleksdev — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 03:44:49 +0000

We can agree to disagree. The decision is ultimately up to the country.

New comment by Aleksdev in "Sweden will offer migrants $34k to go home"

Aleksdev — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 11:18:12 +0000

I’m a legal immigrant and I had to wait in line like everyone else. How is that fair to people like me when someone cuts in line?

I’m not exactly from a “paradise country” myself so I understand these people very well so please don’t use that “you don’t know their situation” talking point with me. We all feel for them but we need to be practical. Rules are rules and they must be followed. That’s how societies function.

New comment by Aleksdev in "Crows are even smarter than we thought"

Aleksdev — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 03:06:08 +0000

I would not be surprised if the average crow is as smart or smarter than some people I have met in my life.

New comment by Aleksdev in "Calling All Hackers"

Aleksdev — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 13:35:20 +0000

Are you Phrack by chance?

New comment by Aleksdev in "Calling All Hackers"

Aleksdev — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 06:56:07 +0000

This whole thing comes off as very “edgy”. We just like to tinker with things. It’s really not that deep for most of us.

New comment by Aleksdev in "On finishing projects"

Aleksdev — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 06:51:48 +0000

I don’t want to come off as mean and spoil the article but the author writes he can’t get anything done and the strategies that might help him with finishing things is..

“1) writing a spec (i.e. a plan) upfront, and 2) timeboxing the project by giving myself a deadline.”

Isn’t this just agile? I’m pretty sure every developer already does this, it’s kind of the whole strategy for completing any project.

Not sure what the point of this article was. He could have wrote “make a sprint and stick to it”

New comment by Aleksdev in "Firefox Browser Ported to HaikuOS"

Aleksdev — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 02:26:29 +0000

Only took like 20 years!

New comment by Aleksdev in "Elon Musk Shares Manipulated Harris Video, in Seeming Violation of X's Policies"

Aleksdev — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 23:49:36 +0000

I don’t know a single person on threads or mastodon.

New comment by Aleksdev in "Jailbreaking RabbitOS"

Aleksdev — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 23:16:22 +0000

I get what your saying but it’s what everyone uses. At this point it’s like saying write assembly instead of C.

Hopefully people come around but I doubt it.

New comment by Aleksdev in "Americans' confidence in higher education has taken a nosedive"

Aleksdev — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 06:46:50 +0000

And a real engineer. Not just some basic things where you can just get a certification.

Like I tell people, I don’t think you need 4 years to learn basic things like html, css and some JavaScript.

New comment by Aleksdev in "Americans' confidence in higher education has taken a nosedive"

Aleksdev — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 06:40:27 +0000

Exactly, this is why you I’m happy the younger generation doesn't listen to us. We listened to generation x and got into a lot of trouble for it. I knew parents who would encourage 100k of debt for their child for an art degree..

New comment by Aleksdev in "Americans' confidence in higher education has taken a nosedive"

Aleksdev — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 06:37:08 +0000

Right, like I mentioned. If you understand the loan and your ok with it then go to college. If you don’t know basic finances or how interest compounds then sit home until you figure things out because your playing with fire.

New comment by Aleksdev in "Americans' confidence in higher education has taken a nosedive"

Aleksdev — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 06:33:03 +0000

I agree with you to an extent. The problem is they weren’t taught finances at all. Most kids don’t understand that just 5% annually can compound to a crazy amount.

I don’t feel bad for the current kids or anyone who grew up with the internet because they know better. If you have an internet connection and didn’t research loans before taking them out then that’s on you. The new gen or the iPhone generation as I call them are much smarter than us because they see most millennials got a useless degree and work somewhere unrelated. Which is why they don’t listen to us but I don’t blame them. Good on them.