Hacker News: syradar

New comment by syradar in "Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera"

syradar — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 01:47:26 +0000

I guess I’ll keep walking, biking and using public transport.

New comment by syradar in "U.S. to dismantle system tracking Atlantic currents that are at risk of collapse"

syradar — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 05:28:15 +0000

Your explanation is what I would expect the article to cover. The article clearly has failed to provide meaningful context.

New comment by syradar in "WebMCP is available for early preview"

syradar — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 07:38:22 +0000

We are using HTML and not XHTML. I have not used XML on websites in over 15 years when HTML5 got stable.

New comment by syradar in "Justifying Text-Wrap: Pretty"

syradar — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 06:36:38 +0000

We used Adobe InDesign at my last work, which I believe is an industry standard. Affinity Layout if you don’t want to sell your kidney to Adobe. Scribus is an open source project but I’m not sure how the quality is in that.

New comment by syradar in "Flameshot"

syradar — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 05:17:35 +0000

Love Flameshot! Been using it for years since its cross platform so it works on macOS at home and Windows at work.

New comment by syradar in "How to win an argument with a toddler"

syradar — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 04:55:08 +0000

Since the whole Trump thing: Cuba Cola Zero, Champis Zero, Trocadero Zero, Mino Limonata

New comment by syradar in "How to win an argument with a toddler"

syradar — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 04:52:58 +0000

Volvo, SAAB, Renault, Volkswagen, Audi

New comment by syradar in "Filed: WP Engine Inc. v Automattic Inc. and Matthew Charles Mullenweg [pdf]"

syradar — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 04:42:30 +0000

I have not used WP in a while but will recommend clients to not use WP Engine. The more I read about them the more they sound like grifters.

New comment by syradar in "I don't want to fill out your contact form"

syradar — Sat, 04 May 2024 18:16:38 +0000

I have started searching for “@company-url.tld” to find a public email instead of using contact forms

New comment by syradar in "Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced"

syradar — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 08:44:59 +0000

This would have been exciting if coming from a company that you can trust to keep services alive and not sell your data.

New comment by syradar in "The Grug Brained Developer (2022)"

syradar — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 05:13:10 +0000

ok. some need feel fire under ass to see house burning. grog only relax and wait. complexity spirit demon do the rest

New comment by syradar in "What is your “Orange Juice Test” question?"

syradar — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 03:08:04 +0000

Yeah you just failed, and if it was my country you would be reported to the Public Complaint Board and fined for probably breaking contract and false advertisement.

New comment by syradar in "Broadband monopolies push bill that would crush the ability to stand up to them"

syradar — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 07:40:40 +0000

Come live in Sweden! Most cities have a "City Net" which is municipal fiber. I recently moved apartments and the new place had both coax and fiber. I just went on an ISP website input my apartment details and two days later I had 500/500 Mbps for $39.14 / month.

One can also use a compare service like Bredbandsval ("val" means both choice and whale) https://www-bredbandsval-se.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=sv&_x_t...

New comment by syradar in "Ask vs. Guess Culture"

syradar — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 05:57:26 +0000

“No, it’s a special bottle“ The guest asked and got an answer. Is it tacky and reeks of entitlement, Yes, it does not haves to become awkward

New comment by syradar in "Ask HN: What AI tools are you using in your daily workflows outside of ChatGPT?"

syradar — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 05:50:49 +0000

I used Midjourney to generate some icons and then remove.bg to get rid of the background.

New comment by syradar in "We glued together content moderation to stop soccer pirates"

syradar — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 02:51:40 +0000

This is one reason why I watch esports. The game makers see it as advertisement for their game so they pay for the leagues and shows.

I can watch all of it on YouTube or Twitch for free.

New comment by syradar in "Lobbyists begin chipping away at Biden’s $80B IRS overhaul"

syradar — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 04:57:10 +0000

Here in Sweden my employer reports my income tax and my investments app reports capital gains, to the Tax Authority. Last week I could log in, review the data, and e-sign it in less than 5 minutes. It turns out that I payed 53.80 dollars to much tax last year. Since I filed my taxes early (before March 30) they will pay it back on April 6 (instead of June 9).

New comment by syradar in "Reversing UK mobile rail tickets"

syradar — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 09:05:35 +0000

There is in lots of countries…

New comment by syradar in "Fed expects to launch long-awaited Faster Payments System by 2023"

syradar — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 02:24:16 +0000

Sweden's Swish says hej

New comment by syradar in "I'm an 18 year old developer. How do I become one of the best programmers ever?"

syradar — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 05:36:27 +0000

For best programmer that might be to learn more Data Structures and Algorithms. Maybe try some LeetCode. See if you can find a senior programmer to be your mentor.

For best developer, I think it is good to learn a bit about each team member's role. Learn some UX design, Scrum Master, Tester, Product Owner and Database Admin. You don’t need to learn enough to be able to do their job but enough to understand how and what they work with.

Keep learning programming, more languages, you come from the web, learn some Golang, Rust, Elixir, Python, to learn different paradigms. Do some side projects about things that you are passionate about (I play Dungeons & Dragons so I have built tools and websites to help with that).

Maybe get a job at a consultancy, you get to work with different clients in different domains and learn a lot.

But as others have pointed out, don’t burn yourself out. It sucks and takes a long time to come back from. Godspeed