Hacker News: nullterminator

New comment by nullterminator in "Jellyfin: A Free Software Media System"

nullterminator — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 17:07:31 +0000

My solution to this has been symlinks. All the media files I download maintain their original names and structures so they can continue seeding, and I maintain a separate folder structure that complies with Jellyfin's naming conventions. All the files are just symlinked so they don't take up any additional space, and I have a couple small scripts to check for missing/broken links.

New comment by nullterminator in "Why would a grade school not have parent accounts for their PowerSchool system?"

nullterminator — Sun, 02 Jun 2019 17:26:16 +0000

Like ebg13 said, you need to ask them. That said, I seriously doubt it's GDPR related. It might be pricing, but I'm skeptical that Pearson charges significantly extra for parent accounts.

As someone who had PowerSchool through highschool though, it sucks for students with overprotective parents. Friends who did poorly on an exam would be getting angry texts from their parents before they even got home for the day. Friends who decided to skip a class to have fun would have their parents notified within a few minutes of the start of the class. It's a pretty powerful tool for helicopter parenting, and I would have much preferred if my school didn't have parent accounts. I'd still talk to my parents about school, and tell them when I did badly, but I'd get to bring it up at a good time and handle it in person instead of them knowing my grades often before I did.

New comment by nullterminator in "New Taxes and Higher Density Aren't Fixing Vancouver's Housing Problem"

nullterminator — Thu, 09 May 2019 09:04:18 +0000

Now I'm curious, what do they mean in America? As a Canadian I think both words describe a single unit in a multi-story building, but say "apartment" if the entire building is owned by one company and all units are rented, and "condo" if each unit is sold to an individual owner (who may still rent it out privately if they want). I rent an apartment, I'd buy a condo. They're physically the same thing, just different ownership models. Most Canadians I know (Vancouver/Calgary) do the same.

New comment by nullterminator in "Cash Back Credit Card Comparison"

nullterminator — Sat, 30 Mar 2019 03:48:27 +0000

I have the Canadian Amex Simply Cash, it's clear and has an antenna for contactless payments

New comment by nullterminator in "Lesser-Known Search Engines That Are Worth Checking Out"

nullterminator — Sun, 10 Mar 2019 21:02:03 +0000

I think this is exactly it. As someone who has been using solely DuckDuckGo for a couple years, including for technical searches (I'm a software developer), I find using Google noticeably frustrating because Google doesn't give me the results I'm looking for but DDG does.

I think I'm just used to the nuances of DDG where others (who currently use Google) are used to the nuances of Google. You get used to crafting search queries in a specific way, and having to change it is noticeable.

New comment by nullterminator in "Hundreds of luxury Vancouver mansions being rented for cheap"

nullterminator — Sun, 10 Mar 2019 20:47:02 +0000

For Vancouver? Yes, that's cheap. You may only get one bedroom, but you also have shared access to the rest of the luxury mansion. It's not $1500 for one room.

New comment by nullterminator in "Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?"

nullterminator — Tue, 25 Dec 2018 18:41:13 +0000

I'll second this, I've also debated law school time to time. Every time I start to get disillusioned with tech (the vast majority of tech jobs do nothing to improve the world or help people) I consider criminal defense.

New comment by nullterminator in "Ask HN: Does anyone use an alternative to a password manager?"

nullterminator — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 09:06:00 +0000

I use Linux, Windows, and Android. I decided on Pass [1] and it's been working really well for me. I have a dedicated PGP key that encrypts all my passwords, and they're stored on my own git server.

On Linux I use the pass command, on Windows I use QtPass [2], and on Android I use Password Store [3] and OpenKeychain [4] (for the PGP key).

My "master password" is the password for the PGP key, and I type it each time I want a password. Git keeps everything in sync. If one of my devices is compromised, you still need the password for the PGP key. If my git server is compromised, you'd need the PGP key (which isn't on the server).

[1]: https://www.passwordstore.org/

[2]: https://qtpass.org/

[3]: https://github.com/zeapo/Android-Password-Store

[4]: https://www.openkeychain.org/

New comment by nullterminator in "Oh shit, git: Getting myself out of bad situations"

nullterminator — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 08:04:15 +0000

I use both.

Staging, especially partially staging hunks and lines when doing multiple things at once, is way easier in a GUI when you can scroll around for context and easily undo.

For everything else I prefer the command line, because it's faster and I know exactly what is going to happen. I can do what I need to do, no fighting. If I'm just committing everything, I use the CLI. If it's more complicated I use the GUI to stage and commit, and a CLI to rebase/merge/push.