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New comment by steven_noble in "Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock"

steven_noble — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 07:59:57 +0000

"Helium production"? I'm assuming they're not running a fusion reactor...

New comment by steven_noble in "Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?"

steven_noble — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 21:16:02 +0000

Meanwhile, even The Economist's subeditor does not understand the difference between "who" and "whom".

New comment by steven_noble in "Ask HN: How many of you are working in tech without a STEM degree?"

steven_noble — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 22:09:24 +0000

Arts Degree -> Tech Journalist -> Self-Employed Self-Taught Consultant -> Professional Software Developer

New comment by steven_noble in "Ask HN: Should your life partner be less/more educated than yourself?"

steven_noble — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:33:29 +0000

Your life partner should be someone you trust and admire and who feels that way about you. Any other criterion is a recipe for disappointment.

New comment by steven_noble in "Ask HN: What's the Most Effective Habit You've Adopted?"

steven_noble — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 21:50:09 +0000

Mechanical pencil and a day planner

New comment by steven_noble in "DoubleClickjacking: A New type of web hacking technique"

steven_noble — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:57:36 +0000

The article’s headline says it’s a new technique. The article’s body does not really say this.

New comment by steven_noble in "Ask HN: What books taught you the most about human nature?"

steven_noble — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 06:39:06 +0000

Also, "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl

New comment by steven_noble in "Ask HN: What books taught you the most about human nature?"

steven_noble — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 06:34:59 +0000

"What You Can Change and What You Can't" by Martin Seligman

New comment by steven_noble in "Ask HN: What did you read recently? Preferably long form, non-tech"

steven_noble — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 03:00:07 +0000

"Radio Birdman: Retaliate First", by Murray Engleheart. First full history of the pioneering Australian proto-punk outfit.

New comment by steven_noble in "Ask HN: Chrome's CLI is undocumented and unstable. Why have it? Whom is it for?"

steven_noble — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 21:25:14 +0000

BTW, "whom" is an object, "who" is a subject.

New comment by steven_noble in "Ask HN: Chrome's CLI is undocumented and unstable. Why have it? Whom is it for?"

steven_noble — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 21:20:22 +0000

The main reason I know for using those switches is when running Chrome headlessly for automated browser tests. I'm sure they have other uses I haven't come across. The fact that the flags are specific to the version of Chrome you are running is not a big deal when you typically specify the version in your test harness anyway.

New comment by steven_noble in "Why doesn't Economic Marxism get as much attention as Cultural Marxism?"

steven_noble — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 06:03:09 +0000

Because "economic Marxism" is Marxism, and "cultural Marxism" is not Marxism

New comment by steven_noble in "Ask HN: What music blogs do you like?"

steven_noble — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 23:41:02 +0000

https://i94bar.com/

Mostly focused on the sound that was retrospectively called 'proto-punk' when it emerged in the US (MC5, Stooges, Patti Smith, etc) and Australia (especially Radio Birdman) and elsewhere just before punk.

But it's a sound that you can still hear in many bands today that were born long after that era. Especially in bands like The Hellacopters, etc.

New comment by steven_noble in "Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend?"

steven_noble — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 22:50:58 +0000

Most of mine are listed here already. Four are worth adding: fusion, for audio, pixelmator, for images, Kitty, the terminal, and Alfred, which is like raycast.

New comment by steven_noble in "Ask HN: What was your most humbling learning moment?"

steven_noble — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 22:49:11 +0000

Mostly politics, where I have learned to stop predicting anything that can't be directly seen -- especially the future. For example: 1. Trump wins. I firmly predicted the opposite. To be fair, most polls predicted the same. But the lesson is to be less certain about the future. 2. No chemical weapon found in Iraq. I firmly predicted the opposite. To be fair, when that event unfolded, it was not that long since the world had last seen Iraq actually use chemical weapons against Kurdish insurgents. But the lesson is to be less certain about anything that can't be directly seen.

New comment by steven_noble in "Ask HN: Looking for a simple note taking tool"

steven_noble — Mon, 27 May 2024 22:37:37 +0000

and/or Zotero

New comment by steven_noble in "Ask HN: Looking for a simple note taking tool"

steven_noble — Mon, 27 May 2024 22:37:17 +0000

Personally, I find it hard to beat Vim.

But if you are looking for a free and flexible GUI alternative, maybe give Joplin a go?

New comment by steven_noble in "Study found every 1.2 hours of leisure time on computer tripled likelihood of ED"

steven_noble — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 22:18:12 +0000

1.2 hours per day? Week? Lifetime?

New comment by steven_noble in "[dead]"

steven_noble — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 20:42:04 +0000

Was this article written by AI?

(The grammatical flaw in the headline is the only thing making me believe it might have been written by a human.)

New comment by steven_noble in "I'm an engineer that needs to sell my services. Any good books on sales?"

steven_noble — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 21:37:25 +0000

"The Trusted Advisor" by David Maister. (It's more about what makes you sellable than sales. And it's more than being a great engineer that makes you sellable.)