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New comment by helloworlddd in "Ask HN: MacBook or ThinkPad for Compsci"

helloworlddd — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 04:10:46 +0000

Thanks. The X1s in my price range have 16gb ram.

Ask HN: MacBook or ThinkPad for Compsci

helloworlddd — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 03:51:51 +0000

I'm about to start a degree in computer science + political science and need a laptop. I want something small and light but I'm poor. Should I get the new Macbook Neo or a second hand X1 carbon from 3-4 years ago.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47257320

Points: 2

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New comment by helloworlddd in "So You Bought a Fancy Vintage Car. Now Who's Going to Restore It?"

helloworlddd — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 06:29:53 +0000

I bought a new car and have since decided I would prefer an older car. * The features are annoying and you can't disable everything you don't need. I had to download an app and by a connector to disable the warning message that told me not to crash everytime I turned the car on. There's still plenty of things that I can't disable. If I want to turn off the centre console (which is most of the time), it's several clicks through a clunky ui. * It only looks nice when it's clean and keeping a car clean is not something I want to invest my time in. * It's too powerful, so I can't really give it a bit of a push without going well over the speed limit. * it aluminates the logo onto the sidewalk when I park. Very embarrassing. * it's heavy which you can feel (despite it being a tiny new gen car).

I preferred my old beater that I could just thrash around. It's worth having to deal with some sort of mechanical problem every now and then.

New comment by helloworlddd in "I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file"

helloworlddd — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 09:54:53 +0000

You have too many things on the go at once. Do less at work, delegate all your chores to your wife, and send the kids to boriding school. Problem solved.

New comment by helloworlddd in "Ask HN: What software subscriptions are worth paying for?"

helloworlddd — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 08:11:23 +0000

Sublime is a text editor https://www.sublimetext.com/

Ask HN: What software subscriptions are worth paying for?

helloworlddd — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 05:04:57 +0000

I try and keep subscriptions down to a minimum, although there are several that I think are essential to my workflow. I'm interest to know what everyone's essential subscriptions are.

Mine are Excalidraw, Mermaid, and ChatGPT.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44655866

Points: 65

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New comment by helloworlddd in "I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone (2022)"

helloworlddd — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:17:43 +0000

What sort of junk?

New comment by helloworlddd in "ChatGPT is a conscious liar for its own convenience"

helloworlddd — Fri, 02 May 2025 23:18:37 +0000

I tried it and it found businesses near me. When I asked how it knew where I lived, it said "You didn’t say, but your request triggered a location-based search. The search engine likely used your IP address to estimate your location. I used the results it returned."

New comment by helloworlddd in "Ask HN: How to track inputs from other people"

helloworlddd — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:01:39 +0000

I do this or emails I want a response to and know the person is busy. I don't use threaded emails, though, so I bcc myself on the email I send and snooze that instead.

New comment by helloworlddd in "Ask HN: How to track inputs from other people"

helloworlddd — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:56:41 +0000

Good point it being something you need to do. I will just add it to my todo list. If you can't progress with your work until you have the input, is there a good way of chasing it up when dealing with someone unreliable but senior?

Ask HN: How to track inputs from other people

helloworlddd — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:16:59 +0000

If you're working on something that requires inputs from other people, how do you keep track of their input. If I'm waiting for something for longer than a day, I'm prone to just forgetting about it. It seems strange putting it on my todo list if it's something I don't actually need to do.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43819566

Points: 4

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Ask HN: How Do You Write?

helloworlddd — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 22:00:49 +0000

I realised it's faster for me to write quickly and then rewrite a corrected and refined version a second time than it is for me to take my time making corrections as I go. It made me wonder if other people have any tricks that help them write efficiently.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43807595

Points: 4

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New comment by helloworlddd in "Ask HN: Low Effort but Useful Activities"

helloworlddd — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 14:29:46 +0000

That's a good one. I was thinking more along the lines of something low effort that I could do at a desk or on a couch that will still lead me to improving a skill of some sort.

Ask HN: Low Effort but Useful Activities

helloworlddd — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 14:14:05 +0000

Some activities need little mental effort such as playing certain video games. With practice, you improve at them. The same idea applies to useful skills like typing or solving maths problems, which have practical benefits. What other activities could someone do that are either helpful for an engineer or generally useful and need little thought?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43803808

Points: 9

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