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New comment by justinrubek in "Autism should not be seen as single condition with one cause, say scientists"

justinrubek — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:31:34 +0000

Can you provide examples of such a place? From my perspective, I find it difficult to believe that this has ever been attempted at a scale that is sufficient to come to that conclusion. I'd love to hear otherwise.

New comment by justinrubek in "Vercel Controversy: Ethics, Backlash, and a Migration Guide to Netlify"

justinrubek — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 15:13:16 +0000

> Yet you participate in society. Curious!

New comment by justinrubek in "Write the damn code"

justinrubek — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:59:44 +0000

Format on save is my worst enemy. It may work fine for go, but you'll eventually run into code where it isn't formatted using the one your editor is configured for. Then, you end up formatting the whole file or having to remember how to disable save formatting. I check formatting as a git hook on commits instead.

New comment by justinrubek in "Gentoo Linux might be the best desktop Linux distro for advanced Linux users"

justinrubek — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 12:11:30 +0000

I used gentoo for years. While I still have a fond spot for those memories, saying that it is simpler than nixos is just flat out wrong. I've vastly simplified my involvement and removed most pitfalls from my day to day. Years pass with minimal breakage or churn and my devices just keep working.

New comment by justinrubek in "Used EVs have never been cheaper. But are they a good deal?"

justinrubek — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 14:10:51 +0000

I think it may just be a personal thing about the feeling of a vehicle. All of my cars felt dead until I got into an EV. Now, I actually get giddy about using it and accelerating. Before it was just emptiness.

New comment by justinrubek in "Docker Was Too Slow, So We Replaced It: Nix in Production [video]"

justinrubek — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 13:57:11 +0000

I see it more as a simplicity fetish. I don't want to have to deal with the complexity of software that is not packaged via nix. It's a big headache to deal with, I need it to be simple and work.

New comment by justinrubek in "Raspberry Pi 500+"

justinrubek — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 15:37:16 +0000

This has been the primary hurdle for me. I like it when I can just install regular linux and be on my way. Having to do a bunch of kernel nonsense is just not fun. I don't even mind messing with the kernel, but I want to use the mainline kernel.

New comment by justinrubek in "The story of DOGE, as told by federal workers"

justinrubek — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:59:15 +0000

Something that doesn't exist can't be a bad thing.

New comment by justinrubek in "The "Wage Level" Mirage: H-1B proposal could help outsourcers and hurt US talent"

justinrubek — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:54:45 +0000

I think the opposite. If you think this illustrates leftism, you are probably much further to the right than you think.

New comment by justinrubek in "Ask HN: How Is Everyone Feeling?"

justinrubek — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:56:54 +0000

Can you provide any specific examples of this "period of extreme leftist opinions"? I can't see this as anything but a non-legitimate comment due to this line. Where the hell has there ever been such a thing? At best I see it as a period of right leaning centrism.

New comment by justinrubek in "Meta Accused of Torrenting Porn to Advance Its Goal of AI 'Superintelligence'"

justinrubek — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 14:33:20 +0000

You're going to be waiting for a really long time. Facebook doesn't help the world, so there's no reason for us to advocate for them.

New comment by justinrubek in "Why, as a responsible adult, SimCity 2000 hits differently"

justinrubek — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 14:02:57 +0000

There's nothing cheap about car ownership.

New comment by justinrubek in "Frying Eggs and Air Quality Tests"

justinrubek — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 20:06:15 +0000

I like eggs fried crispy. I like eggs fried in butter. Eggs fried gently and soft are luxurious. Oil cooked eggs are lovely. You can do it in a wok and get them puffy with a crispy bottom and a soft top. Or you can make the top crispy. Sometimes butter brings extra flavor when I really want the egg flavor. There are many valid ways to make eggs.

New comment by justinrubek in "I regret building this $3000 Pi AI cluster"

justinrubek — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:56:56 +0000

At some point, the work has to actually be done rather than shuffling the details off to someone else.

New comment by justinrubek in "Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxes"

justinrubek — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 13:49:55 +0000

How dare OP adapt their family recipes so they can be usable. What an affront to nature.

Are you all reading your own comments? Their mother can keep using the old version if she wants. It literally doesn't matter.

New comment by justinrubek in "Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxes"

justinrubek — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 13:48:56 +0000

If anyone needs to stay in their lane, it is you. Your analogy doesn't work either. I have my build scripting standardized and in version control. You can't change it because you don't have permission. Even if you did, I still have my copy. Your rude attitude is unwelcome.

New comment by justinrubek in "Beyond package management: How Nix refactored my digital life"

justinrubek — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 18:22:43 +0000

I think this may be far more personal than expected. One of the things I like about running NixOS on my workstations and servers is that it's mostly hands off and right where I left it. I commonly go weeks to months or more without touching it, and it's all right there, organized, and ready to go. It allows me to offload a lot of the context and there's not much to have to remember.

New comment by justinrubek in "Pure and Impure Software Engineering"

justinrubek — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:55:14 +0000

You can drink pure water just fine. The trace minerals in it are not significant relative to what you get from the other things you consume.

New comment by justinrubek in "Pontevedra, Spain declares its entire urban area a "reduced traffic zone""

justinrubek — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:06:26 +0000

The propaganda machine is still going as strong as ever.

New comment by justinrubek in "Pontevedra, Spain declares its entire urban area a "reduced traffic zone""

justinrubek — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 16:48:25 +0000

There's plenty of everything, as long as all you want is cars.