Hacker News: sotojuan

New comment by sotojuan in "We're Entering a Golden Age of Podcasts"

sotojuan — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 18:39:01 +0000

There's technical podcasts that are guides? When listening to something like The Changelog, it's just a conversation about a technology and its origins.

New comment by sotojuan in "We're Entering a Golden Age of Podcasts"

sotojuan — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 18:32:59 +0000

Not married but live with my partner for almost 3 years. I listen to podcasts with headphones on at work especially when doing chores. No complaints, though I'm also not doing it 24/7. I've never thought of podcasts as something to do with someone else . Guess it depends on your relationship?

New comment by sotojuan in "A List of Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviors"

sotojuan — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 00:41:41 +0000

Pretty cool report. Personally all I want is to be able to change my username, even if it means emailing and waiting a few days.

New comment by sotojuan in "Netherlands, Finland, Luxembourg, Poland and Italy Oppose EU Copyright Directive"

sotojuan — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 18:09:04 +0000

Italy is probably the worst European example of this. For most of history the country was split into nation states that warred with each other. Even after unification, there's a strong cultural divide between the north and the south.

New comment by sotojuan in "Ask HN: What niche interest do you have which doesn't have an internet community"

sotojuan — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 18:37:06 +0000

Wouldn't an online community for that be a community dedicated to "intellectual discussion, debates, and political movements"? I'm confused about what you're looking for exactly.

New comment by sotojuan in "My 2018 Apple Report Card"

sotojuan — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 13:17:46 +0000

Gruber criticizes Apple all the time. The past few episodes of his podcast have been mostly complaints.

New comment by sotojuan in "My 2018 Apple Report Card"

sotojuan — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 13:16:34 +0000

I’m sure Spotify is better than AM with discovery, but I never used that feature of Spotify. Being able to upload my own files to Apple Music (got a lot of music not in streaming services) and play it anywhere is a killer feature for me.

New comment by sotojuan in "You Don't Need to Quit Your Job to Make"

sotojuan — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 20:05:38 +0000

A few months ago we had a story here in HN claiming that parents spend more time with their kids now, or at least want to spend more time with them. Not to mention nowadays both parents take care of the kids - a few decades ago outside of dinner and going out on the weekend fathers didn't do much else. Maybe that's why you feel this way.

I have friends whose parents switched careers by studying or working late, and I know some junior developers who are parents who taught themselves to code. So obviously just because you have kids doesn't mean you can't do anything else with your free time. You just have to make choices with your time management, I guess. But I don't know, I don't have kids :-)

New comment by sotojuan in "Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Campus"

sotojuan — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 19:05:21 +0000

I’m not sure why tech workers think they’re special. Almost everyone that moves to NYC for a good office job goes through this. Moving to a suburb or another city after age 35 is a stereotype. So is staying here and enjoying a DINK or single life (unless you have a lot of money!).

Job-wise, the NYC tech market is as good as ever.

New comment by sotojuan in "Ask HN: How do you fight through the monotony of daily life?"

sotojuan — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 19:24:23 +0000

Have hobbies outside of sitting in the couch refreshing HN or watching Netflix. Hobbies where you get better at something.

New comment by sotojuan in "US iPhone users spent, on average, $79 on apps last year, up 36% from 2017"

sotojuan — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 01:23:26 +0000

In-App makes sense. I’ve recently purchased a good amount of not-free apps but the only in-app stuff I’ve purchased has been “pro” versions of free apps I’ve downloaded. I’m guessing the former don’t count.

New comment by sotojuan in "Amazon is buying Eero"

sotojuan — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 23:06:21 +0000

Everyone has a price!

New comment by sotojuan in "Amazon is buying Eero"

sotojuan — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 22:57:56 +0000

Yeah sure I just meant they aren't just saying it's awesome and not actually use it. I don't know about ATP but a lot of the apps that sponsor Mac Power Users are apps the hosts used before sponsorship was even considered, so I trust them a bit more.

New comment by sotojuan in "Amazon is buying Eero"

sotojuan — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 22:51:57 +0000

Hm, was going to purchase one because some of my favorite podcasts, Mac Power Users and ATP, rave about it. I'm not sure how I feel about Eero now.

I don't have any Amazon smart thing and not sure I want one.

New comment by sotojuan in "Amazon is buying Eero"

sotojuan — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 22:51:15 +0000

ATP and Mac Power Users hosts actually own and use Eero routers, though.

New comment by sotojuan in "Ask HN: How do you manage password security?"

sotojuan — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 21:54:07 +0000

I only pay $48 a year for 1Password, but even if it was $60 it doesn't bother me. If that means thousand of dollars by the time I die, it's fine. I like the service.

$4,000 over 40-60 years is insignificant. If it's useful and doesn't mess with your monthly budget, why not keep paying?

Not trying to change your mind, but I don't see the problem, and you could say that about anything you pay monthly for.

New comment by sotojuan in "NBC took Bob Costas off the Super Bowl for speaking out about concussions"

sotojuan — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 21:44:13 +0000

Companies do stuff like that because they think or have proved that it sells. I've heard and read that people increasingly don't want just products any more. They want a brand, a story, etc. That might not work for beer or TVs but that won't stop Budweiser and Sony from trying.

New comment by sotojuan in "Oh God, It's Raining Newsletters"

sotojuan — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 17:08:13 +0000

Unless the film is animated, I could not see how you could enjoy watching it at 1.5x speed, particularly if it's a serious drama.

Humans moving at 1.5x speed just looks weird, and when I speed narrative (i.e. not documentaries) films, it feels like I am watching them just to feel like I watched it compared to enjoying it.

New comment by sotojuan in "Oh God, It's Raining Newsletters"

sotojuan — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 17:05:10 +0000

I was not brought up in America so I didn't grow up with the Protestant Work Ethic as part of my culture, so this question is hard for me to answer. Honestly, anything else?

Nothing wrong with focusing on work, especially if you're an entrepreneur or very ambitious. I respect that.

But I think most of us are just putting our eight hours in and then doing other stuff, and that's okay too. The problem I see in the US is that the latter group of people is subconsciously guilty about this and thus spends their free time reading about how to be better at work. It's yet another manifestation if the "temporarily embarrassed millionaire" culture.

How about reading or learning about something that has nothing to do with your day to day job that you find interesting?

New comment by sotojuan in "Oh God, It's Raining Newsletters"

sotojuan — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 12:43:35 +0000

Worse - I've noticed that most of HN likes to read productivity and self help books. Nothing wrong with that, but it means people are spending a majority of their leisure time learning how to work better!