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New comment by bleachedsleet in "Interview with Andreas Kling of Serenity OS (2022)"

bleachedsleet — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 17:27:16 +0000

We need more optimism in technology, more looking forward and inspiring the next generation to leave their mark; not pining for a past that’s already been here.

Nobody younger than an older millennial who grew up learning computers via Windows 95 has any interest in “retvrning” to this ethos of computing. Hell, I just described myself and even I could care less about this project other than a passing “huh that’s kinda neat” which is a rather tepid response proportional to the work that has been invested here.

There are far more interesting projects rethinking the OS right now that are actually trying their hand at unique architectures. This is just an homage to nostalgia (a technically impressive one, but still nothing inspiring here). The saddest part to me is I’m not sure the graybeards on HN will ever really get that.

New comment by bleachedsleet in "Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage client for Android"

bleachedsleet — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 21:36:20 +0000

Beeper is an app that unifies all the messaging protocols you mentioned (and others) into a single app. They are not introducing another protocol.

Universal in this context is referring to the ability to use a single app across protocols rather than the ability to use a single app across platforms.

New comment by bleachedsleet in "The Fallout from the Weirdness at OpenAI"

bleachedsleet — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 14:21:13 +0000

This is already happening. See Theta Noir [0]

[0] https://thetanoir.com

New comment by bleachedsleet in "The Techno-Optimist Manifesto"

bleachedsleet — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 15:25:41 +0000

Original e/acc manifesto [0]

[0] https://www.effectiveacceleration.org/posts/4LtypqdAmQ3AgKtJ...

New comment by bleachedsleet in "Some Pixel owners still can't dial 911 during an emergency"

bleachedsleet — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 15:41:25 +0000

Linus Tech Tips has one complete with an isolated private 5G network inside. I’m sure Google could manage.

Reddit will no longer let you opt out of personalized ads

bleachedsleet — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 13:08:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/28/23894023/reddit-opt-out-personalized-ads-privacy-update

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37703618

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

New comment by bleachedsleet in "Microsoft continues right to repair about face, makes its hardware easier to fix"

bleachedsleet — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 13:13:59 +0000

An “about face” is a term commonly called in military cadence indicating the soldier should turn around, completing a 180 degree turn. So when used colloquially it means someone or some business had a complete change of mind on some topic. In this case, Microsoft has changed their approach to repairability.

New comment by bleachedsleet in "Threads, an Instagram app"

bleachedsleet — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 13:36:35 +0000

Mastodon ain’t it because the exact minute a minimum wage Geek Squad tech has to explain to a sorority group the reason they can’t follow each other is because they are using different federated instances is the exact minute mastodon fails to gain any mainstream appeal. It will likely always captivate some niche of users looking for a slice of the nostalgic, techie internet (Mastodon will remain an HN darling no doubt), but a Twitter drop in, it is not.

Ask HN: What should I learn to become a dev?

bleachedsleet — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 15:03:24 +0000

Hello HN! I have a long background in tinkering with development, but I never really sat down to learn it in a way that could get me hired. Part of the issue is because while programming languages can be picked up quite easily by me, their tool chains and all the surrounding dev ops type work is not. I’m just looking for some guidance on where to focus time and energy and what development language ecosystem I should ultimately adhere to. JavaScript as an ecosystem has long seemed to be the pinnacle of employability right now thanks to the sheer number of frameworks that allow it to be implemented for nearly anything these days, but I just feel like I really missed the boat there: While a new generation of devs was busy with JS, I was teaching myself Python and the ecosystem around JS exploded and is now just very difficult to break into and play catch-up. Rust seems like an interesting focus for me potentially (I always liked C/C++ and a modern successor to the venerable systems level languages of yesterday is exciting to me). Swift also seems interesting: Philosophically I love building and using native software on a platform and iOS/Mac development seems like a solid breadwinning career that doesn’t need an immense amount of educational effort to find some success in.

I suppose my true question is twofold and I hope it may also help some others:

1. Thanks to ignorant parenting and a series of bad choices in my life over the years, I lack serious direction right now. I’ve had very well paying jobs, but I hate what I can do for work right now and want to pivot. What can I learn quickly that pays the bills and gets my foot in the door of development? One thing I will say: I prefer the cutting edge and the risks it brings. I have always lived there precariously and would like to continue to do so.

2. Is there a certification I should also focus on? I hear extremely mixed signals on this in the wild. I hold several unrelated certifications in adjacent (still technical) fields and I must say they’ve never really helped me in a practical way other than checking off a box for various employers.

Thanks for any suggestions and guidance

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34489570

Points: 5

# Comments: 5

New comment by bleachedsleet in "Obsidian 1.0 – Personal knowledge base app"

bleachedsleet — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 15:49:08 +0000

Surely a website advertising a “brand new look” would have a screenshot of the interface, right?

Am I missing something?

New comment by bleachedsleet in "Is the internet killing the nude beach?"

bleachedsleet — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 03:26:58 +0000

In my experience, the clubs cater to a niche. They’re effectively a kink in and of themselves and there’s a very explicit innuendo that sex is to be had on premise. Nude beaches on the other hand are a casual exploration of being clotheless. And while sexuality plays a part, it is not the focus of the experience and is often generally discouraged. I think nude beaches are cultural and thus more prone to the ebb and flow of said culture. Swingers clubs are a fetish and will exist regardless of culture as long as there are people with the kink.

New comment by bleachedsleet in "New cars will stop drivers from speeding under European laws"

bleachedsleet — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 03:32:45 +0000

Acceleration is just a change in speed as per the laws of motion [1]

[1] https://www.clevelandmetroschools.org/cms/lib/OH01915844/Cen...

New comment by bleachedsleet in "FDA Denies Authorization to Market JUUL Products"

bleachedsleet — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 16:02:50 +0000

Can someone here more up to date than I on the subject give me a good jumping off place to see the real research on vaping vs smoking nicotine?

Last I heard vaping was generally considered to be safer overall because it lacked the extra carcinogens found in cigarettes, but it came out in the wash as people tend to vape far more frequently than they used to smoke and vapes are also a more direct punch of nicotine.

I’ve heard that a pipe is probably the best way to smoke if you have to do it: Tends to have a more pleasant smell to those around you, is a much purer tobacco product, and it generally isn’t inhaled. I think pipes raise the rate of various mouth cancers though.

New comment by bleachedsleet in "‘Mind blowing’ ancient settlements uncovered in the Amazon"

bleachedsleet — Thu, 26 May 2022 16:11:19 +0000

Would also recommend the follow up, 1493 for a comparison of how Columbus altered these cultures. Excellent books.

New comment by bleachedsleet in "Success and Failure at Pebble"

bleachedsleet — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 01:17:14 +0000

How does this compare to https://texts.com/

Anyone know?

New comment by bleachedsleet in "Plaintext Productivity"

bleachedsleet — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 20:59:11 +0000

Cool looking project...have a beta I could try yet?

New comment by bleachedsleet in "Mark Zuckerberg on the Lex Fridman Podcast [video]"

bleachedsleet — Sat, 26 Feb 2022 21:57:28 +0000

I think it’s usually better to accept someone’s words at face value than to attempt to infer deeper meaning. Ballmer has gone on to say that was one of his biggest mistakes and history agrees.

Regardless, there’s many examples of people throughout history finding no value in seemingly pointless technologies only to be proven wrong so I believe the point the quote still stands. I suppose I could always just link to the infamous Dropbox post here instead…

New comment by bleachedsleet in "Mark Zuckerberg on the Lex Fridman Podcast [video]"

bleachedsleet — Sat, 26 Feb 2022 21:42:29 +0000

> I think he also overestimates its success. He pretty much sees everyone using it for work, gaming, friend interactions, etc. I just can't see it being so ubiquitous.

“There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance.” - Steve Ballmer 2007 [1]

[1] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2007/04/ballm...

Mimestream: A native macOS email client for Gmail

bleachedsleet — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 20:21:30 +0000

Article URL: https://mimestream.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30352096

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by bleachedsleet in "Show HN: Spodcast, a Spotify podcast to RSS proxy"

bleachedsleet — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 18:45:09 +0000

I was preparing to just manually rip shows and privately host my own RSS feed of the audio, but now I’ll be looking into this first. Thank you for exploring this problem in depth!