Hacker News: _notathrowaway

New comment by _notathrowaway in "Should you delete your Patreon account after they laid off their security team?"

_notathrowaway — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 17:15:43 +0000

I've seen your website making rounds around HN before, and I don't think there is anything wrong with you posting your articles here.

Disregard people who are easily offended, your work is pertinent on hacker news, and your SFW imagery is not against any rules.

New comment by _notathrowaway in "Should you delete your Patreon account after they laid off their security team?"

_notathrowaway — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 17:04:34 +0000

That's fair.

I was not criticizing people for their take on the subject, but rather for coming after the author instead of discussing the article he wrote.

New comment by _notathrowaway in "Should you delete your Patreon account after they laid off their security team?"

_notathrowaway — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 13:24:20 +0000

The amount of comments talking smack about the post because of its author is really astounding. The article is an okay read, why not judge it based on its own merits?

New comment by _notathrowaway in "Should you delete your Patreon account after they laid off their security team?"

_notathrowaway — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 13:13:01 +0000

That's a very prejudiced and uncharitable way of looking at a fellow hacker. Have you got evidence to back your views?

New comment by _notathrowaway in "Backsliding on free expression around the world needs to end"

_notathrowaway — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 18:32:21 +0000

I don't find it enjoyable at al, but I would say it is ironic that back then it was liberals preaching for free speech and conservatives wanting to censor all things (television, video-games, porn, etc). Power seems to quickly change one's ideals.

New comment by _notathrowaway in "Anime retailer Right Stuf has been acquired by Sony/Aniplex"

_notathrowaway — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 20:31:18 +0000

I don't buy it. For better or worse Japanese studios have proved time and time again to not really care about the west. Just look at how expensive and hard it is to import their (usually not localized) stuff. Japan lives in its own isolation bubble and western values are of no concern to most Japanese people.

New comment by _notathrowaway in "GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome"

_notathrowaway — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 13:09:56 +0000

Does your company have a website? You didn't divulge it in your linked post.

New comment by _notathrowaway in "GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome"

_notathrowaway — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 11:31:14 +0000

Speaking of registars, what does HN recommend?

I was a happy namecheap user until they decided to go all political against Russian citizens. I am unsure as to what service I should migrate to.

New comment by _notathrowaway in "Music for Programming"

_notathrowaway — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 12:57:13 +0000

I live alone and work from home, sometimes the lack of others makes me feel a bit down, one usual antidote is listening to podcasts, but I also find them to be distracting. What I like to do in these situations is listen to Japanese radio shows, they are upbeat and since I understand very little Japanese they are not too distracting (at least in low volumes).

I quite enjoy the show named たまむすび (tama musubi), this youtube channel posts new episodes (is this the right term?) as frequently as they come out: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo6OJrar-0P2rqLqMVomQNw , hope it can help some of you.

New comment by _notathrowaway in "Pronunciation Guide for Unix"

_notathrowaway — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 13:46:52 +0000

They will gladly sell it to you... For the right price that is.

New comment by _notathrowaway in "Wearing flashy/status clothes makes people less likely to cooperate with you"

_notathrowaway — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 17:04:00 +0000

>I definitely look more like a carpeneter than a sysadmin on any given day.

Does that mean you enjoy dressing up for work?

New comment by _notathrowaway in "Sex is going out of fashion?"

_notathrowaway — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:47:51 +0000

I will keep saying it until I hit the jackpot then. Wish me luck.

New comment by _notathrowaway in "Many single Japanese people in their 20s have never been on a date – survey"

_notathrowaway — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 14:51:40 +0000

Some of them surely, but all of them?

Why do you have this impression?

New comment by _notathrowaway in "Is Everything an MLM? (2019)"

_notathrowaway — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 18:04:00 +0000

I wish I shared in your optimism. From where I am standing I see more and more young people trying to get into our field, and I don't feel there is much of an and entry barrier at all.

New comment by _notathrowaway in "Installing a payphone in my house"

_notathrowaway — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 18:32:56 +0000

>Everyone here was not goody two shoes in their teens.

That's called projection.

New comment by _notathrowaway in "Sorcerer’s Apprentice: Looking for demons in a disenchanted world"

_notathrowaway — Mon, 30 May 2022 12:59:36 +0000

I am disappointed to find out the article is not about system administration.

New comment by _notathrowaway in "Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?"

_notathrowaway — Thu, 26 May 2022 14:41:43 +0000

>The combat system (still haven't seen anything like it, the initial devs were brilliant), the scenery (Seeliewoods was fantastic), the decently balanced, prolonged PVP at the time, all the crafting stuff and absolutely free market, plus the early playerbase made the game great even if it did have a repetitive endgame. Oh and there was no region lock so people from all over the world could play, like Guild Wars.

I couldn't agree more if I wanted to, TERA's combat system and ambiance was unmatchable. You spoke of Seeliewoods; me and my boyfriend at the time got "married" in the Seeliewoods chapel, it was a blast. I have such fond memories of the place, it always saddens me knowing that I can't go back.

>I lost my account when Enmasse migrated them to Gameforge or something, I just didn't bother. They're shutting it down for good next month.

Same here, at the time of the migration the game already felt like a shadow of its former self. And even though, just like you, I had spent a sizable amount of money on it, I didn't really bother migrating.

I deeply wish to be able to have a similar experience again. I have tried so many MMOs since TERA and none have ever offered what it did.

New comment by _notathrowaway in "Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?"

_notathrowaway — Wed, 25 May 2022 18:45:28 +0000

Your experience with TERA is akin to mine. Not only the game was innovative, skill based and overall fun to play, the interaction with other players was like none I had ever experienced.

BTW, did you ever made it to exarch[1] in the alliance? I only made it as far as commander during my time.

[1] https://tera.fandom.com/wiki/Alliance#Exarch

New comment by _notathrowaway in "Ask HN: How to break anxiety/fear-avoidance cycle?"

_notathrowaway — Wed, 25 May 2022 18:40:25 +0000

Well, I am not sure such a thing would work for me, at least not in the long run. But like you said, it could be useful if you are alone and need a voice (even if a synthetic one) to remind you that there are reasons to keep going.

I hope you can find yourself proper counseling though, I didn't know things were so dismal in Germany (I am assuming you are in Germany based on the contents of you comment).

New comment by _notathrowaway in "The benefits of “low tech” user interfaces"

_notathrowaway — Wed, 25 May 2022 13:46:01 +0000

Thank you, voice recognition systems suck when you have an accent or too much background noise.