Hacker News: islanderfun

New comment by islanderfun in "Omarchy, a Linux Distribution by DHH"

islanderfun — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 14:40:53 +0000

Reminds me of crunchbang, in that it's a small opinionated distro-ish. Seems like a fun try.

New comment by islanderfun in "Oracle attempt to hide cybersecurity incident from customers?"

islanderfun — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:15:23 +0000

Post-truth era is wild. But this seems like standard Oracle behavior for a while now.

New comment by islanderfun in "In the belly of the MrBeast"

islanderfun — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:20:18 +0000

I grew up watching The Rock. As an adult, it's hard to look past the persona he shows when talking about anything on any medium.

New comment by islanderfun in "Trump wins presidency for second time"

islanderfun — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 18:36:00 +0000

I think the issue is that when people are desperate (lost job, can't pay for needs, etc) critical thinking can be limited to just short term survival mode. Even if it doesn't make sense big picture wise.

Democratic party needs to listen and at the very least fluff up a response that people in this situation feel heard. Even if there nothing they can really do. It's all about appeasing emotions.

New comment by islanderfun in "Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?"

islanderfun — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 13:20:36 +0000

> Also needs regular updates and promotion to stay relevant.

Are you able to share details on both aspects?

Awesome results!

New comment by islanderfun in "The Tyranny of Nicespeak (2001)"

islanderfun — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 17:53:36 +0000

I'm a little confused here and I'm sure I'm missing the point. This article seems to argue (and some comments here) that being rude should be normal? Why? Why wouldn't we be nice to customers for their business?

On the other hand, hasn't bullshit/passive-aggressiveness/etc been always called out?

New comment by islanderfun in "Ask HN: Those with money-making side projects,how did you come up with the idea?"

islanderfun — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 15:34:34 +0000

Very interesting! If you're willing to share, I'm hoping you can elaborate a bit more. Do you make apps/games that you want? Or do you target specific genres? How do you choose?

New comment by islanderfun in "The Truth Matters and Secular Humanists Should Defend It"

islanderfun — Sat, 03 Dec 2022 22:05:40 +0000

Very interesting story. Quitting social media is something I've thought countless times.

But after reading this I can't help but think what if this comment is a psy-op operation.

Very meta and inside my own head. Which can be a goal in of itself.

New comment by islanderfun in "US Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade [pdf]"

islanderfun — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:44:24 +0000

Thinking out loud what I've thought for awhile.

The Supreme Court is an unelected political entity. Can this be fixed?

New comment by islanderfun in "Bottlerocket: An operating system designed for hosting containers"

islanderfun — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 01:34:08 +0000

Fascinating project! Anyone know of possible overlap with Firecracker? Really digging these Rust projects.

New comment by islanderfun in "Pop_OS 19.10"

islanderfun — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 22:58:37 +0000

Just finished updating my laptop as I make this comment. Super smooth, loving it!

New comment by islanderfun in "System76 Will Ship Linux Laptops With Coreboot-Based Open-Source Firmware"

islanderfun — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 23:28:20 +0000

Indeed very cool. I was recently surprised to see so much Rust via Pop_os.

New comment by islanderfun in "StockX was hacked, exposing millions of customers’ data"

islanderfun — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 23:11:35 +0000

I think its "family of companies" which StockX is a part of.

https://www.quickenloans.com/about/partner-company "

New comment by islanderfun in "E3 accidentally leaks personal details of journalists, YouTubers and analysts"

islanderfun — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 16:59:39 +0000

Completely agree. Though I can see a future where gaming gives it "competition" in this area. Especially with esports on the rise. Multi million dollar prizes and loyalties forming around these teams.

New comment by islanderfun in "E3 accidentally leaks personal details of journalists, YouTubers and analysts"

islanderfun — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 16:53:58 +0000

Very good comparison and similarities can be drawn between the target audience. Unfortunately gaming sees deaths too with swatting and what not

New comment by islanderfun in "E3 accidentally leaks personal details of journalists, YouTubers and analysts"

islanderfun — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 16:52:15 +0000

Seriously. I can't think of any other group but not really looking that hard. And I love the medium. It's my go-to hobby. And like many here, I got into programming because I wanted to make my own games (still do)

I refuse to use the term/label "gamer". It's horrible. "Hardcode gamer" has turned into no true scotsman.

New comment by islanderfun in "You are not Google. You are not Netflix"

islanderfun — Sat, 22 Jun 2019 13:01:24 +0000

I don't believe I'm familiar with JIT in this context? Just in time development?

New comment by islanderfun in "Audible and audiobooks, the fastest growing part of publishing"

islanderfun — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 21:39:50 +0000

Isn't this the equivalent of "I can do Dropbox in one weekend"?

New comment by islanderfun in "Netflix CEO Reed Hastings to Depart Facebook Board of Directors"

islanderfun — Sat, 13 Apr 2019 01:44:14 +0000

_libs_

On hackernews... we're using _libs_.

New comment by islanderfun in "Julian Assange Deserves First Amendment Protection"

islanderfun — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 23:40:25 +0000

This line of thinking seems right and what I assume most would take away from this incident (Maybe I have to reevaluate my line of thinking?). I'm surprised to see so many people making this a black or white, 1 or 0 binary choice out of this whole ordeal.