Hacker News: ScottFree

New comment by ScottFree in "Merge tag 'inclusive-terminology' into Linux kernel"

ScottFree — Sun, 12 Jul 2020 05:23:08 +0000

munches on popcorn

New comment by ScottFree in "Merge tag 'inclusive-terminology' into Linux kernel"

ScottFree — Sun, 12 Jul 2020 04:11:57 +0000

It's not inevitable. It can be resisted. It takes a leader who can stand up to the pressure and say no. That's not a trivial thing. The pressure is considerable, especially these days.

New comment by ScottFree in "PG: The biggest source of stress for me at YC was running HN"

ScottFree — Sun, 12 Jul 2020 03:30:45 +0000

That reminds me of this webcomic from 2001.

"Only once you can successfully wrestle a herd of monkeys will you truly be ready to manage your forum."

https://megatokyo.com/strip/209

New comment by ScottFree in "Tesla drops Model Y price by $3k"

ScottFree — Sun, 12 Jul 2020 03:19:49 +0000

> Well service depends on where you live.

Tell me about it. I have to drive about 100 miles to the nearest Audi dealership to get my Audi fixed. The nearest Tesla service center is 180 miles away. I really want a Tesla, but I'd pretty much have to do all of the servicing myself.

New comment by ScottFree in "Merge tag 'inclusive-terminology' into Linux kernel"

ScottFree — Sun, 12 Jul 2020 03:07:52 +0000

> Ten years from now no one will even remember or care that master/slave was a term in computing.

I don't think it will take them that long to regret this change. Now that everyone knows linux will just roll over, they'll push for greater changes to the "Code of Conduct." Then developers will get deplatformed at an alarming rate. And I'll have my popcorn ready. It'll be quite the show.

New comment by ScottFree in "Ask HN: What's the worst piece of software you use everyday?"

ScottFree — Sun, 12 Jul 2020 02:57:01 +0000

Did they ever fix that memory leak?

New comment by ScottFree in "Ask HN: What's the worst piece of software you use everyday?"

ScottFree — Sun, 12 Jul 2020 02:55:45 +0000

> Talking to other Mac users, this seems to be common knowledge - I guess only Windows users moving to OSX should be wary.

It's common knowledge because very single Mac OS X user has lost data due to this bug that Apple has refused to fix for years.

New comment by ScottFree in "Ask HN: What's the worst piece of software you use everyday?"

ScottFree — Sun, 12 Jul 2020 02:45:04 +0000

Because it actually works, most of the time. The controller isn't horrible. The commonly used apps, like Twitch, Youtube, Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc all work.

I got so fed up with my Samsung SmartTV and it's horrible controller and glitchy apps that I run my tv through an old laptop now.

I tried a FireTV stick for a bit. It's wasn't powerful enough to drive my 4k tv.

New comment by ScottFree in "Ask HN: What's the worst piece of software you use everyday?"

ScottFree — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 21:08:28 +0000

Sysadmins do.

New comment by ScottFree in "Ask HN: What's the worst piece of software you use everyday?"

ScottFree — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 21:05:42 +0000

It's not just Desktop OS's. Mobile, TV and Car OS's are mostly terrible as well. Are OS's really that hard to do well?

New comment by ScottFree in "Ask HN: What's the worst piece of software you use everyday?"

ScottFree — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 20:46:58 +0000

Have you tried any other TV OS? FireTV is the best of a bad bunch.

New comment by ScottFree in "Refined Hacker News"

ScottFree — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 20:37:08 +0000

The gifs in the readme showing the functionality you want to highlight is a nice touch. I wish more projects did that.

New comment by ScottFree in "Ask HN: What's the worst piece of software you use everyday?"

ScottFree — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 20:17:01 +0000

Do you have any regrets with sticking with mercurial instead of hopping on the git bandwagon?

New comment by ScottFree in "Ask HN: What's the worst piece of software you use everyday?"

ScottFree — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 20:10:43 +0000

I switched from Evernote to Notion 6 months ago. Their block-based editing system drives me up the wall. But, they really nailed their media integration in a way nobody else has, so I continue to use it.

New comment by ScottFree in "Ask HN: What's the worst piece of software you use everyday?"

ScottFree — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 19:30:48 +0000

"we mainly use phabricator now at my day job (which I love love love)"

What do you love about phabricator? It looks interesting, even if it is written in php. (just joking...)

New comment by ScottFree in "Should I buy an Intel Mac today or wait to buy an Arm-based Mac?"

ScottFree — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 17:09:57 +0000

I'd buy an Intel mac from 2015. The modern ones all have their well-documented problems. The ARM based macs will almost certainly have a small period of instability and incompatibility when they first launch, just like the Intel macs did.

New comment by ScottFree in "A dev, designer, and a PM are asked the same question: What is UX?"

ScottFree — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 18:39:45 +0000

For the visually oriented, this description of UX in image form can't be beat: https://imgur.com/mAttwt6

New comment by ScottFree in "Open letter from a Texas county judge about his Covid mask order"

ScottFree — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 00:15:22 +0000

Your premise is flawed. Yellow shirts don't kill people. Not wearing a mask does not kill people. Letting a TSA officer fondle your groin doesn't save people's lives. It's all security theater.

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

New comment by ScottFree in "Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets funding for development"

ScottFree — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 19:47:21 +0000

I'm extremely disappointed your icon isn't a picture of Lemmy from Motorhead.

New comment by ScottFree in "Ask HN: What are the technical justifications for keeping .DS_Store?"

ScottFree — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 12:36:44 +0000

> I am finishing "a proper missing, a dream File Manager" for Mac OS

Can I sign up to be notified when it's released? :)