Hacker News: mgdv

New comment by mgdv in "Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment"

mgdv — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 22:05:40 +0000

Amazing idea :)

I've been learning and playing with Common Lisp. I've been involved in Java for more than a decade and wanted to try something new. I wanted to try something outside of OOP and more functional. I went from Scala -> Clojure -> Common Lisp. I've also switched to Emacs for almost all of my common tasks. That hurt as a long time Vim user :) but I'm enjoying it so far

New comment by mgdv in "Solarized"

mgdv — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 08:57:35 +0000

Again, I started with solarized but moved onto other themes. I think it was one of the first themes that was implemented almost everywhere. It was nice to have my browser, IDE, window manager etc all themed up the same way.

I also appreciate the work he went into to set the color scheme up. I feel the same spirit with the Modus themes[1] for emacs

[1] https://protesilaos.com/emacs/modus-themes

New comment by mgdv in "Gamification affects software developers: Cautionary evidence from GitHub"

mgdv — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 09:37:47 +0000

I've seen this on a lot of the hacktoberfest repos this year. The repo owner will only authorize the PR if you star them

New comment by mgdv in "Ask HN: How do you deal with rude interviewers?"

mgdv — Wed, 11 May 2022 13:19:17 +0000

If the interview was like this, what does it say about the culture of the company? Either way, I would have politely terminated and left

New comment by mgdv in "Show HN: Lists.sh – A Microblog for Lists"

mgdv — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 10:29:31 +0000

added to my rss. Really nice and the idea of limiting your writing to lists helps to focus your thoughts. Will give it a try

New comment by mgdv in "Clojure by Example"

mgdv — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 08:56:14 +0000

This is very useful. I'm learning clojure at the moment and it's way more helpful to have little code snippets to explain points, much like the documentation does.

New comment by mgdv in "Wallabag: Self-hostable application for saving web pages and articles"

mgdv — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 10:31:51 +0000

I also use Pinboard and also have had no replies to emails.

I actually like the service but I don't use the archive feature. It's minimal, text based and provides rss feeds for most things. It also plays nice with Miniflux.

I'm going to look at ArchiveBox but I hope someone else takes over Pinboard and can give it some proper time and attention

What’s the Alternative to Firefox?

mgdv — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 00:19:49 +0000

Article URL: https://kevq.uk/whats-the-alternative-to-firefox/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30393064

Points: 9

# Comments: 5

New comment by mgdv in "A database of broken things to identify common failure modes and how to fix them"

mgdv — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 09:19:27 +0000

Sounds like a great idea. Are you planning to have a rss feed at all?

New comment by mgdv in "Resources to encourage children to learn to code"

mgdv — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 08:58:56 +0000

I'm a Java fan at heart and I've been coding with my 6 year old on [0] Greenfoot. It required a bit of setup for him but we've had a lot of fun. He's writing code using [1]Stride which helps with code blocks

[0] https://www.greenfoot.org/door

[1] https://stride-lang.net/

China Gives 'Fight Club' New Ending Where Authorities Win

mgdv — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:09:44 +0000

Article URL: https://m.slashdot.org/story/395527

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30079979

Points: 10

# Comments: 0

UK Government Plans to Release NMAP Scripts for Finding Vulnerabilities

mgdv — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:07:38 +0000

Article URL: https://m.slashdot.org/story/395529

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30079954

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by mgdv in "JetBrains Mono – the free and open-source typeface for developers"

mgdv — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 14:17:34 +0000

Didn't see Terminus either[0]

[0] http://terminus-font.sourceforge.net/

Ask HN: What do you snack on while coding?

mgdv — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 15:00:07 +0000

I'm finding that working from home often means vising the fridge/kitchen more

What are you snacks of choice while you hack away?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29935225

Points: 27

# Comments: 48

The Gruesome Sounds in Mortal Kombat Is Exploding Vegetables

mgdv — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 21:45:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYS0rPYjW28

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29913129

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

NotCon'04 Danny O'Brien Life Hacks

mgdv — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 18:07:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhbqrxmUlQg

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29910588

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by mgdv in "I went back to using a ThinkPad from 2012"

mgdv — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 10:21:44 +0000

I love my X220. Also running arch with dwm. Initially, it was more for tinkering and just to play with but it's getting more day to day use. The keyboard is great and I'm not as worried if it drops or the kids get their hands on it. I also love the light placement rather than the keyboard being back-lit

Been pushing it to do Java development and, while a little slow, it's holding up fine

Tiobe Announces That the Programming Language of the Year Was Python

mgdv — Sat, 08 Jan 2022 19:49:22 +0000

Article URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/01/08/017203/tiobe-announces-that-the-programming-language-of-the-year-was-python

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29855444

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by mgdv in "Procrastinatory Doom Loops"

mgdv — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 10:57:55 +0000

I have the same but it feels more like a type of paralysis rather than a loop. I'm finding the more I'm mentally trying to multi task, the worse this gets

I can only do one task deeply at a time but while doing that, I will think and worry about other tasks that need to be done. This stops me from what I am working on, leaving it half way and starting something else. When I reach a point when two or more tasks compete for my attention (or someone drops something on my plate) I feel locked up.

The best thing I've found is to capture tasks as soon as I get them and try to ignore things until my current task is done. Otherwise, i drift of into mindless scrolling

NASA's Parker Solar Probe Becomes First Spacecraft to 'Touch' the Sun

mgdv — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 08:58:25 +0000

Article URL: https://science.slashdot.org/story/21/12/14/2258249/nasas-parker-solar-probe-becomes-first-spacecraft-to-touch-the-sun

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29563552

Points: 1

# Comments: 0