Hacker News: ElongatedMusket

New comment by ElongatedMusket in "Ask HN: What tool(s) do you use to code review and deploy SQL scripts?"

ElongatedMusket — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 04:35:17 +0000

We use Liquibase with git. DB changes required for the corresponding code changes are required to be committed as a Liquibase changelog with the same branch name, and the PRs both need approval.

What we are not good about is making sure the changelogs have revert capability... some devs do it right and others not so much

New comment by ElongatedMusket in "Google Demands That We Censor Our Content"

ElongatedMusket — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 13:17:14 +0000

This comment on the post sums up the issue quite clearly: https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/03/google-demands-that-...

His commenters are saying too many "bad words" that google ads doesn't like. It's been like this for over a decade, but from my perspective the "bad word list" has grown out of control to where people can't have anything more than kintergarden conversations on pages hosting Google ads. I kind of wish they would just ban every word in the dictionary so we can move on from their control of the web.

If HN had google ads, the URL list in this spreadsheet would reach the moon.

New comment by ElongatedMusket in "There's a Reason McDonald's Coke Tastes Better Than All Others"

ElongatedMusket — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 18:43:28 +0000

Same. The syrup in fast food soft drinks is weak as hell. I read this article headline and said "wtf?" out loud. It makes no sense to me.

The exception is Chick-Fil-A and a small handful of chipotles.

New comment by ElongatedMusket in "A conspiracy to kill IE6 (2019)"

ElongatedMusket — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 23:09:48 +0000

Ah sorry, on mobile and didn't open article. Shame on me!

New comment by ElongatedMusket in "A conspiracy to kill IE6 (2019)"

ElongatedMusket — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 22:54:58 +0000

I half remember youtube doing this.

New comment by ElongatedMusket in "Show HN: I made an app people call "Airdrop for Android""

ElongatedMusket — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 15:15:19 +0000

It's missing phone apps though. Great on on desktops.

New comment by ElongatedMusket in "Show HN: I made an app people call "Airdrop for Android""

ElongatedMusket — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 15:07:41 +0000

Thanks, I've been emailing myself photos in Gmail 5-6 at a time like a caveman for the past several years... any app I tried was a non-cross-platform disaster or cost too much and had major feature bloat. This looks dead simple.

New comment by ElongatedMusket in "Why I Like Obsidian"

ElongatedMusket — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 14:05:28 +0000

I'm going to give it another try, I had no idea the only feature I like about jira could be added to a notes app. Thanks for link

New comment by ElongatedMusket in "FedEx launches new e-commerce platform"

ElongatedMusket — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 06:21:09 +0000

Walmart has the same shitty chinese crap dropshippers, but also has incorrect stock info and less reliable shipping / logistics. So it's a more discombobulated and less return-friendly version of amazon.

New comment by ElongatedMusket in "He spent his life building a $1M stereo"

ElongatedMusket — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 15:04:02 +0000

Link to sample software? The only room EQ I ever used was built into an Onkyo receiver and it was terrible at balancing the sound.

Also, obligatory paywall archive link: https://archive.is/nR1VQ

New comment by ElongatedMusket in "Fixing annoying blue standby lights"

ElongatedMusket — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 22:00:35 +0000

I think we are rounding another curve where the blue will start to fade away and white will be the new color

New comment by ElongatedMusket in "PostgreSQL internals: Things to know about update statements"

ElongatedMusket — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 14:06:52 +0000

But using a Common Table Expression is a workaround, kind of like using a paper towel as a plate. Just give us a plate...

New comment by ElongatedMusket in "In 2024, please switch to Firefox"

ElongatedMusket — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 16:05:13 +0000

The microsecond manifest v3 is forced upon me, I will switch. And I'll be bringing my entire family tree and friends along with me!

What does everyone think about LibreWolf vs mainline FF? It reminds me of Waterfox: https://librewolf.net

New comment by ElongatedMusket in "Plane got to top spot in project management on GitHub in less than a year"

ElongatedMusket — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 11:27:06 +0000

He just means a kanban board to keep track of what's not done, a way to attach notes to tasks, and a backlog. He's not going to assign points to brushing teeth and packing lunches...

New comment by ElongatedMusket in "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing"

ElongatedMusket — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 12:06:26 +0000

Teach a man to buy and you sucker him for a day. Teach a man to rent and you sucker him for a lifetime.

New comment by ElongatedMusket in "PysimpleGUI"

ElongatedMusket — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 12:01:53 +0000

I use both handbrake GUI and yt-dlp GUI. Here's something they both do horribly and I would suggest for any CLI tool with a GUI wrapper: have a persistent textarea at the bottom of the GUI that shows the equivalent CLI call to the settings I select in real time. This will teach the user how your tool works and also give GUI-only users a taste of the power they could have if they used the command line.

So basically, treat the GUI as a stepping stone to helping the user build scripts/workflows around your CLI. That way you are only developing the CLI, and the GUI is just a helper app. The second you start adding features to the GUI that can't be done in the CLI, you are now maintaining two separate apps.

New comment by ElongatedMusket in "No-Bullshit Games"

ElongatedMusket — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 11:15:11 +0000

I'm assuming once that site got even remotely popular, it would be smacked with a cease & desist

But that's just the pessimist in me complaining about bigCo.

Sites exist like "CanIStreamIt?" for years and haven't been shut down by Netflix/Amazon, so maybe there's a legal way to go about it?

New comment by ElongatedMusket in "No-Bullshit Games"

ElongatedMusket — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 11:10:18 +0000

Crowdsourcing invites a fox into the henhouse. The list will get polluted with masqueraded fake recommendations by multiple "people"

New comment by ElongatedMusket in "Southern California Beyond the Freeway"

ElongatedMusket — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 11:25:13 +0000

I'll second this. Vermont was extremely charming when I drove back roads one summer. Another wonderful drive was the 1A up coastal New Hampshire, all the buildings and infrastructure were quaint and humble.

New comment by ElongatedMusket in "What happened to the dream of the Pan-American highway?"

ElongatedMusket — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 12:04:17 +0000

Every person I've spoken to who visited Colombia warned of two things: 1) There is a very large homeless/beggar population in the cities, who prey on tourists. 2) If you like to explore countries beyond typical tourism, it's safer to do this with a native Colombian that you trust, who knows the dangerous places.

Oddly when I speak to Colombians, they refute both of these warnings every time. I'm not sure if it's a cultural thing to downplay danger or discomfort, but those are #1 on my travel priority list.