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New comment by dopheide in "Ask HN: What commit message conventions do you follow?"

dopheide — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 00:01:34 +0000

git commit -a -m "ugh, syntax"

New comment by dopheide in "Ask HN: What is the most useless project you have worked on?"

dopheide — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 02:02:11 +0000

Interesting. Around that time I was working at a place that was contracted to build and host binaries for zSeries/pSeries in support of IBM's Linux on the mainframe effort. We didn't actually use any of it. I think we were just there to make it look like there was 3rd party support, even though it was all funded by IBM.

New comment by dopheide in "Ask HN: What are your oldest "online" accounts still in use?"

dopheide — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:18:00 +0000

Damn, I thought I was doing good with a 3-digit Slashdot id.

New comment by dopheide in "Ask HN: Best Preventative for Aging Parents?"

dopheide — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 01:25:16 +0000

That's fantastic. My hope is that I'll remember this stuff for myself as I get older.

New comment by dopheide in "Ask HN: Best Preventative for Aging Parents?"

dopheide — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 01:16:59 +0000

Not necessarily simple.

1) Keep moving. Exercise and stretch. Even if it takes half an hour to get going, don't just sit in a chair all day or soon you won't be able to do anything but sit in a chair.

2) Go to the doctor regularly. Listen to them.

3) Encourage them to downsize their home and move into something wheelchair accessible or even assisted living before it becomes medically necessary. This can be really hard for some people to admit that it needs to happen, but it's A LOT harder for everyone when it's forced.

New comment by dopheide in "Ask HN: It's 1997, how do you build a website?"

dopheide — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 16:49:01 +0000

pico

New comment by dopheide in "Ask HN: Meeting remote team in person, what are good things to ask?"

dopheide — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 23:25:31 +0000

All of my knick-knacks and collectibles are off camera. You're making me rethink my office layout.

New comment by dopheide in "Tell HN: Hacker News Does Not Support IPv6"

dopheide — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 20:00:18 +0000

For the same reason they made cars when horses were just fine.

There are already resources you can't get to with IPv4.

Also IPv6 is being mandated by the gov't (https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/M-21-0...). You might be able to ignore it and retire before it's the 'default', but deep knowledge of IPv6 is rising in demand.

New comment by dopheide in "Ask HN: What's the coolest physical thing you've made?"

dopheide — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 17:14:23 +0000

I made a soccerball vase out of maple and walnut: https://photos.app.goo.gl/5Qh2RQiRmdRPjZdQ8

New comment by dopheide in "Ask HN: How Do You Stay Comfortable While Working During Travel?"

dopheide — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 22:58:12 +0000

Don't sit in one place too long. Sit outside, go to a coffee shop, sit on the couch, move to the table,

New comment by dopheide in "The early days of Linux"

dopheide — Sat, 15 Apr 2023 02:11:08 +0000

I recall a friend installing Slackware about this timeframe (1995), where you could select which packages you wanted. We missed groff. As a result we didn't have man pages, had no idea how to fix it, and ended up doing a re-install. I miss those days.

New comment by dopheide in "Ask HN: Why can't we clone a Github repo on IPv6 yet?"

dopheide — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 22:10:23 +0000

There's a least movement in the right direction, you can use IPv6 for GitHub Pages now.

New comment by dopheide in "Ask HN: How do I examine an undergraduate programming course in the era of GPT?"

dopheide — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 20:32:12 +0000

I pretty much agree with this. I'd even be honest with them up front. "Yes, I'm aware of ChatGPT, no there's not much I can do to stop you from using it, but that's not going to help you later."

(Also, you probably aren't getting paid well enough to bust your ass finding the cheaters.)

New comment by dopheide in "43 Hours on the Amtrak Southwest Chief"

dopheide — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 01:31:03 +0000

Pro tip, if you take a trip with friends and book the two adjoining family bedrooms, the door that separates them is 'locked' using what equates to a fireplace key. I keep one in my luggage so I don't have to ask the attendant to lock/unlock the door.

New comment by dopheide in "Ask HN: End-of-life planning while young?"

dopheide — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 21:09:38 +0000

Wills are one step. A couple other things to consider:

1) A living will, for what to do if you're in a bad state in the hospital. 2) Adding beneficiaries to all of your financial and insurance accounts. A named beneficiary can receive payout right away and skip the whole probate law process.