<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: dustinmr</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dustinmr</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:44:58 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=dustinmr" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dustinmr in "I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It’s the Department of Defense</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 13:51:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47195384</link><dc:creator>dustinmr</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47195384</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47195384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dustinmr in "Wall Street ruined the Roomba and then blamed Lina Khan"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I have one I bought in 2008. My parents still use it. Replace batteries and filters. Works fine.<p>Gets stuck on cords and in corners. So does the one I bought in September 2025.</p>
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<p>I have a few of the THINK notepads that I found in my grandfather’s things after he passed away. He was an IBM employee in the 50s and 60s.<p>I remember picking the first one up and saying out loud, “that’s where the name came from!”</p>
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<p>The author is identifying a technical problem (it’s become so cheap/easy to insert ads they’re everywhere). Technical answers?  How about require that it be easy to opt out, or simply remove the ads from the content. Codify ad-blocking software.</p>
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<p>Here’s a good thought experiment:
<a href="https://www.thebigquestions.com/2024/07/21/the-next-democratic-president/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thebigquestions.com/2024/07/21/the-next-democrat...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:41:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41041381</link><dc:creator>dustinmr</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41041381</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41041381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dustinmr in "Ask HN: Where is a nice place to host which is not AWS / GCP types"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>And I like to give them kudos when I see Digital Ocean mentioned. I run a business in Puerto Rico, and host our ERP and some other services with DO.<p>After Hurricane Maria in 2017, I wrote off island suppliers asking for any support they could give. DO write back very quickly crediting us 3 months of hosting based on our prior billing.<p>And besides, the rep sent a very nicely written note wishing us the best. It was a very human response. Good people to do business with.</p>
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<p>I believe the complaint is that I have to renew that decision regularly.</p>
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<p>Also known as not a free market.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Feb 2020 01:26:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22448018</link><dc:creator>dustinmr</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22448018</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22448018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dustinmr in "Mate Desktop 1.24"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="https://regolith-linux.org/" rel="nofollow">https://regolith-linux.org/</a> solves much of what you’re asking.<p>If windows don’t behave, I put them in floating mode with Super-f or Super-shift-f to toggle. As you say, full screen when they shouldn’t be, or vice versa. In practice, the only app I have issues with is Zoom.<p>The i3bar implementation, includes battery charge, network info, etc. a click takes you to gnome-settings, where you can make changes. One of the few changes I make to i3.conf is to move the bar to the top. Personal preference.<p>If you tried it and liked tiling before, regolith is worth a shot. It’s pretty well done.</p>
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<p>Maybe try changing the paradigm completely with a tiling window manager.<p>Take a look at <a href="https://regolith-linux.org/" rel="nofollow">https://regolith-linux.org/</a><p>I tried i3wm, a tiling window manager a few years ago, and it just sort of clicked with me. Eventually I set up a laptop with it, and decided I like it better than Mac. Around that time, Regolith was announced, and I found it to be a great looking, and great set of defaults and starting point. Gnome is still available if you get lost or break something.<p>Incidentally, I eventually arrived to using PopOS, and then installing regolith from the package manager. Working well so far.</p>
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<p>Seems like an important detail to number one is to properly manage the way that gets presented to the client.<p>In the OPs case it sounds like if they do that, they won’t realize a benefit. Their client will expand the work to fill the available time.<p>I do the same to myself often. It’s hard to avoid.</p>
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<p>Sometimes known as the “Golden Arches Theory of Diplomacy”</p>
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<p>This arrived in my RSS feed today. Seems to fit the bill.<p><a href="https://www.thepolyglotdeveloper.com/2019/12/generate-images-from-html-with-gulp-and-puppeteer/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thepolyglotdeveloper.com/2019/12/generate-images...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 00:02:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21718046</link><dc:creator>dustinmr</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21718046</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21718046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dustinmr in "Cutting the speed of ships has benefits for humans, nature and climate – report"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In the US, you already have to report the cargo’s arrival date before it leaves its origin port. So the information is there.<p>Graduate the port fees based on average speed for arrival.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2019 13:14:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21504548</link><dc:creator>dustinmr</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21504548</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21504548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dustinmr in "The end of uBlock origin for Google Chrome?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You can also install Crostini and install Firefox inside the container.</p>
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<p>The other problem is that even within one government there isn’t really “the” government. There’s office A and task group X and the prosecutor for this area and that special envoy and this law enforcement agency and that law enforcement agency and various courts, etc, etc, etc.<p>If you haven’t worked much with a large government, you don’t tend to realize just how fractured it all is.</p>
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<p>I also don’t particularly know if a restaurant pays tips to their wait staff when I pay a bill with a credit card.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2019 17:39:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21083318</link><dc:creator>dustinmr</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21083318</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21083318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dustinmr in "Ask HN: What are some high quality Linux theme resources?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Another Mac refugee to Linux here. I first installed a minimal Debian install, and you begin running into lots of things along these lines: <a href="https://cravencode.com/post/essentials/enable-tap-to-click-in-i3wm/" rel="nofollow">https://cravencode.com/post/essentials/enable-tap-to-click-i...</a><p>And you need to configure i3br/polybar, amongst lots of other things.<p>I ended up on Regolith mostly to see how someone else who’s used i3 for a while sets things up. I’ve found I like it pretty well. It’s a nice middle ground. I may sometime go back to building my desktop from the bottom up, but Regolith has been a good way to get a working i3 setup to build from.<p>It’s also a very fast way to have i3 setup and use for a week to see if you like it. If you do, then you can build what you like. But if you start from building first, your initial time investment will be much greater.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2019 11:39:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21079983</link><dc:creator>dustinmr</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21079983</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21079983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dustinmr in "Simple words that save lives: lessons from “expert talkers”"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yes, but if your grandmother rebuffs me, I’ll think, “what the hell?”</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 13:25:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21059858</link><dc:creator>dustinmr</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21059858</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21059858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dustinmr in "The effect of meditation on brain structure (2012)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I’m relatively new to meditation. About 5 months, most days but not all.<p>The thing is, you don’t notice that those voices aren’t you until someone points it out. And you see it most clearly through meditation. Because when you think your mind is empty, it’s not, you’re telling yourself tales constantly. At least I am. But I never thought I was until I sat back and observed how my mind was working.<p>It’s like those drawing that ask if you see a cat or a woman and you see a cat. But then someone points out the woman and you just can’t unsee the woman. That’s the best analogy I can find at least.<p>As I said, I am early in experimenting with meditation, but it really feels like a game changer.<p>I’ve tried to read a variety on the topic. Being that I’m of the more secular bend, I’ve really enjoyed the Sam Harris book and app, Waking Up. If you want an intro, start with either. If you’re of a more spiritual bend, I’m sure there good other options.</p>
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