Hacker News: om3n

Confluence, Jira, and other Atlassian products are down

om3n — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 15:12:26 +0000

Article URL: https://status.atlassian.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30920046

Points: 11

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New comment by om3n in "Goldilocks Zone Finder – Find your ideal climate"

om3n — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 17:49:23 +0000

Even though it’s possible to deduce, I think it would still be helpful to indicate temperature units (C/F).

New comment by om3n in "No More Google"

om3n — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 01:56:38 +0000

I've de-Googled nearly everything:

Firefox, DDG, protonmail, BitWarden, LibreOffice, etc. I even switched to iPhone.

The only thing I haven't been able to get rid of; YouTube. There's really nothing to replace that. At least I access it without being signed in, and in a browser on both desktop and mobile.

New comment by om3n in "Tesla Cybertruck"

om3n — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 13:02:02 +0000

I live in a northern Midwest suburb, in a region that receives a lot of snow in the winter. I have driven older trucks my whole life, in part because of of the 4x4 capability for winter driving. I also enjoy being the guy who keeps a tow strap in the toolbox and hauls people out of ditches. Hard to do that without a heavy 4x4 vehicle.

When you have the bed, you realize there are a lot more uses for it than you might otherwise think. Other than just hauling stuff, the tailgate acts as a bench to sit on- I used to have lunch with my wife every day in the summer like this. At an outdoor event (like fireworks, outdoor concert in a park, etc.) I've lined the bed with blankets and lounged at comfortable height with 3 friends and great view of whatever is going on.

For me, the real key is to own an older truck that you don't mind dinging or using to its potential. I buy used, with cash, and I don't spend more than $15K or so. I don't understand spending $65-75K on a brand new mall-crawling status symbol that will only start being used like a truck in 15 years by a guy like me.

Although admittedly, I really like the look and presumed potential of the new Tesla truck. It's the first vehicle that I'd actually consider buying new. I wonder how well the stainless steel will hold up the salty roads- the bane of vehicles around here.

New comment by om3n in "uBlock Origin: Address first-party tracker blocking"

om3n — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 15:54:13 +0000

What browser do you use now?

New comment by om3n in "Ask HN: What is your passive income 2019?"

om3n — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 18:52:59 +0000

I recommend checking out Graham Stephan on YouTube. He's got a lot of great content about real estate investing.

New comment by om3n in "Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit"

om3n — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 12:09:17 +0000

Very similar experience here, I went through 2 Charge HRs in about a year. I'm on my third now, but I purchased this one new on eBay for $50 iirc (after the Charge 3 was released).

Every Fitbit I've had has felt disposable, and I've been using their products since 2013.

New comment by om3n in "I tried to hack my insomnia"

om3n — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 12:08:38 +0000

I'm in a particularly stressful time in my life (just moved, intense new job) where I've been struggling to sleep. There will be some nights where I simply don't sleep at all; just lay awake in bed all night. Of course I'm aware of all the health/safety/productivity issues associated with no sleep, and the anxiety of not sleeping just furthers my inability to fall asleep.

This is what I've been attempting to do to help with my sleep problems, with reasonable success:

  1. Lift heavy each week day.

I'm using a PPL routine with at least one big lift each day. I also trying to burn a significant amount of calories each day in the gym.

  2. Strict evening routine.

I try to go to bed within the same hour each night if I can help it.

  3. Reduce responsibilities.

One of the biggest issues for me is missing my routine. I now try to keep my weekday schedule the same (don't go out at night) so I can have plenty of wind-down time at home before bed.

  4. Wind down time.

I try to do something relaxing before going to bed that will distract my mind (like play a low intensity videogame, read about non work-related topics, etc.)

  5. Supplements.

I drink a cup of chamomile tea and take 5 mg of melatonin before I go to bed, and this seems to help (or might be a placebo)

  6. Listen to something calming and familiar while I fall asleep.

Unlike others in this thread, no Star Trek for me; I like to listen to twitch streamer ZFG speedrun Ocarina of Time. I turn the volume on my phone to the lowest setting, put the phone face-down on the bed next to me, and the audio commentary seems to be helpful background noise.

New comment by om3n in "NASA Wants to Send Nuclear Rockets to the Moon and Mars"

om3n — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 17:11:40 +0000

but what cools the radiator fins, in the absence of air?

New comment by om3n in "Berlin crash prompts calls to ban SUVs from German cities"

om3n — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:01:42 +0000

What if you have a large family, and need a large vehicle? This seems like a narrow and potentially discriminatory thing to do.

New comment by om3n in "Show HN: I made online community for unusual people"

om3n — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 11:42:46 +0000

Just out of curiosity, who are your target users? What does it mean to be an unusual person?

I'd suggest that you get someone to edit some of the content on your front page. There are a lot of language/grammar cleanup opportunities, for example:

>> How to date someone if you so insecure and nervous when trying to approach a person? Probably you have never even tried it yet. Here, at Holynetr you can easily ask someone for a walk with you knowing that your partner having the same social anxiety disorder just as you are or doesn’t mind to be with you anyway.

New comment by om3n in "Is the Immediate Playback of Events Changing Children’s Memories?"

om3n — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 13:02:23 +0000

Your brain my not remember the phone numbers, but it contains the location of (or the pointers to) the object that contains the phone numbers.

Sort of reminds me of the "extended mind thesis"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_mind_thesis

New comment by om3n in "Linux support on Lenovo personal systems"

om3n — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:16:30 +0000

I have an X1 Extreme, and have been really wrestling with moving over to Ubuntu. Other than the fingerprint reader have you had any other problems? Do you think Ubuntu is safe/stable/performant on this machine, or would you recommend others avoid it?

New comment by om3n in "Steal Million Dollar Homepage Pixels"

om3n — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 12:41:14 +0000

I actually had this idea a few months ago... this repo contains the full list of extracted domains, as well as a trivial script I used for checking domain availability.

https://github.com/om3n07/MillionDollarHomepageDomainTravers...

New comment by om3n in "I Don't Like Smartphones (2016)"

om3n — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 13:55:05 +0000

> IMO the real reason smartphones suck is that they are attention sucking, dopamine delivery systems.

I think he did make this same argument, in point 1:

> Smartphones are unapologetically devices for consumption

New comment by om3n in "Physicists Debate Hawking’s Idea That the Universe Had No Beginning"

om3n — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 21:17:36 +0000

An excellently illustrated version of "The Last Question":

https://imgur.com/gallery/9KWrH

New comment by om3n in "U.S. Warns Of Spy Dangers Of Chinese-Made Drones"

om3n — Wed, 29 May 2019 14:38:50 +0000

Something I've wondered- why hasn't Lenovo received the same flack that DJI and Huawei received?

New comment by om3n in "Ask HN: What Hacker News comments have you bookmarked?"

om3n — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 14:29:38 +0000

Regarding dealing with difficult problems:

"Like almost all problems in life you have only 4 options: #1 Change you (accept what you are unable to change)

#2 Change the other (convince them to follow your vision)

#3 Fly (divorce, quit)

#4 Stay and suffer (include drinking, doing drugs, whining)

It is amazing how many people chose number 4."

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16126082

New comment by om3n in "Ask HN: How do you handle code ownership?"

om3n — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 18:18:59 +0000

I work for a large global company, and my department is building a fairly large Angular application. My team "owns" the primary project and several shared component libraries, and other teams build features for this project.

These teams are from all over the world, and many of us have never worked closely before this project began.

When we first started the project, we decided to split the UI into feature projects which are packaged and referenced in the common project. Each team owns their own feature projects; however, everyone is welcome to contribute PRs to any of the projects.

Some of our projects are shared and maintained by many teams, but we always have one team that owns each project.

New comment by om3n in "Baked MacBook Air: A cautionary recipe"

om3n — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 13:26:33 +0000

I've baked components before, only once with limited success.

Several years ago I had a 9800GTX graphics card fan go out, and its core temp rose to 117 Celsius[1]. Eventually it died, and I attempted to bake the card to re-flow broken solder. I'm not sure if that actually fix anything, but the card worked for a bit longer.

Eventually I had to replace it.

[1] http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii191/om3n07/WHOA.jpg