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New comment by f1nch3r in "Can a Person Learn While Sleeping?"

f1nch3r — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 22:27:11 +0000

I have the issue where if I'm stuck on a problem and try to sleep on it, I wake up as tired as if I had stayed up working. My brain seems to never completely shutdown and rest. Have you ever experienced that? Any suggestions?

New comment by f1nch3r in "Raw String Literals Removed From Java 12 as Feature Set Frozen"

f1nch3r — Sat, 22 Dec 2018 15:33:36 +0000

I'm bummed that the raw string literals are delayed, but the new switch statement does look nice.

New comment by f1nch3r in "Tildes – A non-profit community site driven by its users' interests"

f1nch3r — Fri, 18 May 2018 22:59:46 +0000

The whole redesign has been painful. At first I liked it, but some of the things you've mentioned here as well as the lagginess of the site have really soured me on Reddit.

New comment by f1nch3r in "Twitter delays shutdown of legacy APIs as it launches a replacement"

f1nch3r — Thu, 17 May 2018 13:27:33 +0000

I'd agree in part. Outside of promoted content, they also try to force "things I might have missed" on me. I never want to see this. I browse in chronological order and will see it without their "help".

New comment by f1nch3r in "Twitter delays shutdown of legacy APIs as it launches a replacement"

f1nch3r — Thu, 17 May 2018 11:54:03 +0000

When they announced the changes a while back I did a personal test and switched to using the Twitter website and their app on the iPhone. Outside of not showing ads, I think I know why they want to do away with 3rd party clients. 3rd party clients have them beat by a mile when it comes to ease of use. I don't think they can, nor want to compete with that. They'd rather show me what they think I want to see, rather than what I actually want to see. I just can't help feeling like my days on Twitter are numbered, which is sad having been on there for ten years now. I'm just not their target anymore.

New comment by f1nch3r in "Raccoons Pass Aesop's Fable Test By Upending It"

f1nch3r — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 09:35:09 +0000

The Chrome trick may work for some sites but not others, most notably CNN.

New comment by f1nch3r in "Nielsen estimates ESPN lost 555,000 subscribers during the last month"

f1nch3r — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 10:48:04 +0000

Doesn't this also mean that cable companies lost 555,000 subscribers last month? The only way for me to get ESPN is with a basic cable subscription.

New comment by f1nch3r in "Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B"

f1nch3r — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 12:42:58 +0000

At least Microsoft will be able to tout the inability to delete a LinkedIn profile as a feature and not a bug.

New comment by f1nch3r in "Introducing Kindle Oasis"

f1nch3r — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 15:26:31 +0000

Then they'll only be on the left side!

New comment by f1nch3r in "Steve Miller: The Whole Music Industry Is Fuckin' Gangsters and Crooks"

f1nch3r — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 00:07:31 +0000

Never thought I'd see a post involving Zao on HN. That's sad to hear that Solid State did them wrong, regardless of the jerkiness of (I'm assuming you're referring to) Jesse Smith.

New comment by f1nch3r in "Twitter CEO Dorsey Apologizes to Developers"

f1nch3r — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 18:58:56 +0000

That was quite the big city apology.

New comment by f1nch3r in "Ask HN: What tech blogs, podcasts do you follow outside of HN?"

f1nch3r — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 13:30:22 +0000

ITM, slave!

New comment by f1nch3r in "Show HN: Artpacks.org – Archive of the ANSI and ASCII art scene (1990 to present)"

f1nch3r — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 14:24:12 +0000

Pretty amazing seeing stuff I did back in 1995! http://artpacks.org/1995/fire1095.zip/SL-TST.ANS

I wasn't good, but those were surely some fun days.

New comment by f1nch3r in "Testing a way for you to make purchases on Twitter"

f1nch3r — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:39:07 +0000

Do not want.

New comment by f1nch3r in "Did Malaysian Airlines 370 disappear using SIA68/SQ68 (another 777)?"

f1nch3r — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 12:36:54 +0000

Doing this is sure cheaper and easier than building a bomber capable of deploying a nuclear weapon or another type of WMD. Definitely cheaper than building an ICBM.

New comment by f1nch3r in "Depression is an inflammatory disease; where does inflammation come from? [pdf]"

f1nch3r — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 19:43:26 +0000

There were some well-reported flaws in that multivitamin study. One I remember off the top of my head from the study done with cardiovascular patients was that the "high levels" of vitamin D3 given to the participants was 100 IU.

Edit with one quick link.

http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2013/dec/review-most-...

New comment by f1nch3r in "End the N.S.A. Dragnet, Now"

f1nch3r — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 12:29:09 +0000

Almost certainly because she is allergic to common sense.

New comment by f1nch3r in "NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide"

f1nch3r — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 18:22:15 +0000

I bet if ESPN and shows like American Idol, etc. were knocked offline until we got our government back on track things would get done pretty fast.

New comment by f1nch3r in "Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years"

f1nch3r — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:04:11 +0000

If you want to wave the flag that is your prerogative. Today, I hate my country. You can't change my opinion.

New comment by f1nch3r in "Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years"

f1nch3r — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 14:43:36 +0000

Growing up as a conservative, hyper-patriotic American it pains me to say that I hate my country. A young man exposes wrongdoing by the military and gets sentenced to 35 years in prison while the administration that started an illegal war with Iraq, costing untold American and Iraqi lives, are free.