Hacker News: dorkinspace

New comment by dorkinspace in "Reddit is buying TikTok rival Dubsmash"

dorkinspace — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 19:19:07 +0000

With the recent new features they have been adding, I would consider old.reddit not supporting them as a feature rather than a bug.

As others have said, none of the new features they have added have been desirable.

New comment by dorkinspace in "Major browsers are getting hit in widespread malware attacks"

dorkinspace — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 16:23:45 +0000

Simply put, adblockers are antivirus for the web. Everyone should always use one.

New comment by dorkinspace in "Google Stories"

dorkinspace — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 03:01:56 +0000

But seriously, why would anyone be an early adopter to Google tech anymore. There's a good chance that whatever it is will be killed in a few years, so I tend to just not bother anymore.

I used to be the first to any new Google tech. Android, google Fi, google play music, and on and on. Now, I'm working towards degoogling entirely.

New comment by dorkinspace in "Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify"

dorkinspace — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 18:47:20 +0000

Do you mean youtube music has no chromecast support? Really?

New comment by dorkinspace in "Vitamin D insufficiency may account for almost 90% of Covid-19 deaths"

dorkinspace — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 17:19:49 +0000

I can assure you that people with very light skin do not agree. Sunscreen is a necessity for some people.

New comment by dorkinspace in "No More Google"

dorkinspace — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 21:21:56 +0000

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that you can upload your music to YTM but it isn't seamlessly integrated into your listened experience like it is on GPM.

Is that right? If so, that is losing the best aspect of GPM.

New comment by dorkinspace in "Deleting your Facebook account forfeits Oculus VR games you already paid for"

dorkinspace — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 20:42:12 +0000

This is the problem entirely. If I could create a throw away FB account to use for my VR devices and games, there would be no issue for me.

New comment by dorkinspace in "Facebook account banned after linking Oculus account"

dorkinspace — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 20:19:47 +0000

The big difference here is that Google, for now, doesn't care if you create multiple accounts while Facebook requires one and only one account that is tied to your real life identity.

If I could create a fake FB account and not be banned, this wouldn't be an issue at all.

New comment by dorkinspace in "Report may suggest that login requirement for Oculus Quest 2 is anticompetitive"

dorkinspace — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 01:40:26 +0000

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe microsoft doesn't care if you have multiple accounts while facebook will ban "non real" accounts.

This is the part that makes it anticompetitive, I would imagine.

New comment by dorkinspace in "How tech workers at Kickstarter formed one of the only unions in the industry"

dorkinspace — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 20:44:56 +0000

If it had happened only once or only a few times, I'd agree. This type of thing happens at every single convention.

New comment by dorkinspace in "How tech workers at Kickstarter formed one of the only unions in the industry"

dorkinspace — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 20:23:13 +0000

> Are unions in the US really like that, or is it a one-off being used to spread fud?

Yes, they are. I've been working a booth at a convention showing off some tech and asked a passing worker for an extension cord. The response was that they asked on the radio, but the only person available to perform this role was on lunch so it'd be at least 45 minutes until I could get an extension cord.

I have had this happen in many different situations when working with union members.

Anecdotally, I do not want to be a part of any union that has these types of rules.

New comment by dorkinspace in "How To Be An Anti-Casteist"

dorkinspace — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 18:01:23 +0000

>There is a similar system in the US, based on skin color.

Is there? It is very easy to find instances of poor black kids that are now multi-millionaires due to sports. Lebron James, for example, grew up without a father figure and in a poor household. He is now a billionaire.

New comment by dorkinspace in "Oculus Quest 2"

dorkinspace — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:17:18 +0000

Personally, price doesn't matter, I would not use a FB device.

New comment by dorkinspace in "Amazon is filled with fake reviews and it’s getting harder to spot them"

dorkinspace — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 18:23:11 +0000

Absolutely the same for me. Amazon is the new Best Buy for me. Back when online commerce was starting to really take off, it was very common to go to Best Buy to browse then go home and buy it cheaper online. Anymore, I use Amazon for the same thing, I go there to search then go elsewhere to buy.

These days, I only buy from Amazon if I need it quick and it isn't in stock locally.

New comment by dorkinspace in "List of YouTube channels for improving web development and programming skills"

dorkinspace — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 16:09:54 +0000

I'm the same way. Videos either move too fast or too slow and generally both at the same time. That and I hate having to pause a video to view the code.

I've asked this question in other programming forums and always get a mixed response. For some people, videos are the only way to learn. For others, text is the only way to learn. And then there are many in between that choose the form of learning based on the topic.

New comment by dorkinspace in "Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experience miserable"

dorkinspace — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 15:16:27 +0000

>However, it won't get new features

From the new features they have been adding lately, I'd call this a benefit... And that is the big disconnect between admins and the old community.

New comment by dorkinspace in "Google offers refunds after smart glasses stop working"

dorkinspace — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 19:33:53 +0000

Those 3 along with maps, ads, and a handful of others make up the list of "safe" Google products.

I agree with you though, it is the niche products that get shutdown. My point is that being an early adopter of Google products is a very risky move. Until a product is adopted by the masses and profitable, it should not be considered safe.

New comment by dorkinspace in "Google offers refunds after smart glasses stop working"

dorkinspace — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 18:34:11 +0000

Stories like this are why I will never buy a product like Stadia from Google. There is zero guarantee the product and games purchased on the platform will be usable next month (exaggerating a bit) or next year.

This extends to all things Google. When building a new product, I push hard to use any alternative to Google because the future of their products is so uncertain. Sure, there are a few Google products that can be reasonably relied upon, but that list is small.

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

dorkinspace — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 22:20:23 +0000

I really liked the idea originally. Unfortunately it turned into a pretty hard left leaning echo chamber. This was partially driven by mods from extreme left subreddits being very active on the site.

New comment by dorkinspace in "Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead"

dorkinspace — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 17:05:01 +0000

> Their focus on monetizing everybody with advertising hurt their products in the long run.

Absolutely. Just look at Google Maps these days. Google Maps used to be the only map app I'd use for everything. Now it is so littered with ads once you zoom in that I find it useless for anything other than directions.

This is not a new trend for Google, the advertising company that occasionally builds things.