Hacker News: t344344

New comment by t344344 in "3Dfx Voodoo Memory Upgrade – 6MB Mod [video]"

t344344 — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 14:01:19 +0000

Macbook users have to do something like this when moving their SSD drive to other machine! Not very user friendly!

New comment by t344344 in "Apple halted M2 chip production in January amid 'plummeting' Mac sales"

t344344 — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 12:24:17 +0000

Buy extra cloud storage, buy extra connectivity for backups, buy extra desoldering station....

Or maybe just take screw driver and move it to next machine.

New comment by t344344 in "Framework’s computers aren’t perfect, but they are exciting"

t344344 — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 12:22:00 +0000

> I don’t know if I will ever buy a Framework laptop. Most of my workflows now revolve around macOS,

Why we are reading opinion pieces from Apple sheep that does not known anything?

Framework has its place. But bigger problem is that industry is dominated by idiots, who should not be able to share their opinion, on things they did not even try!!!

New comment by t344344 in "Apple halted M2 chip production in January amid 'plummeting' Mac sales"

t344344 — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 11:38:33 +0000

Apple does not have enterprise grade laptop with replaceable SSD. They need to be more competitive!

New comment by t344344 in "Problems that attract smart people"

t344344 — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 11:29:50 +0000

Anybody else can take the advice "buy more RAM".

New comment by t344344 in "Wronger Than Wrong"

t344344 — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 11:14:58 +0000

Yeah, people have to fight for the truth, to give legitimacy to large corporations!

New comment by t344344 in "Wronger Than Wrong"

t344344 — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 10:40:42 +0000

> You are confusing science with ... academia.

Academia is the science. You can not separate those two. Not after last three years.

I get the idea and process, read Asimov, have PhD etc...

New comment by t344344 in "Wronger Than Wrong"

t344344 — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 10:16:40 +0000

Science is about money and publishing. We find sponsor, we publish, we get money. There is nothing hard to understand about this business model!

New comment by t344344 in "Ask HN: WWYD? Built a company valued at $1B and may walk away with nothing"

t344344 — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 09:41:55 +0000

> Today, my base salary is $175K, no bonus, no stock refresh since the founder grant, fully vested stock, no severance, no indemnification. (Mainly because I just haven't asked for new comp b.c company is in a difficult spot) - In comparison, I hired a critical new C-Suite exec (COO) and gave her $285K/year

Here is your problem.

Some founders milk company directly on bonuses and pay, there is no "grand exit" when they go public. I think you may be subconsciously aware of that, maybe there is some hidden regret or self-hate etc... Continuing with this frugality may not be way forward.

I would suggest:

- get out of NY, some nice environment near sea or forest, work remotely

- prepare for your exit. Move out of NY to minimize income tax etc..

- can you actually become CEO? If not, it is not your business anymore, not your problem

- find way to increase your take-home money. For start you could pay yourself for overtimes. Maybe if you move out of NY, you may need office there and so on...

- personal brand is worth quite a lot. Maybe there is way to use this startup to build your own.

New comment by t344344 in "My experience being blocked by Google Safe Browsing (2022)"

t344344 — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 11:04:01 +0000

> hosted a Mastodon server on the domain

Mastodon is often used to distribute illegal content. If you self host you need to be ready to deal with this stuff. Like with self hosted SMTP server.

Not saying it is good or bad, just reality!

New comment by t344344 in "How to change the region on an HP OfficeJet printer in 57 easy steps"

t344344 — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 09:36:36 +0000

You have to keep or swap DRM chip. But I am in EU, not really sure about US.

New comment by t344344 in "How to change the region on an HP OfficeJet printer in 57 easy steps"

t344344 — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 07:51:30 +0000

Who has so much free time? Easy solution:

- return cartridges since they do not work in "compatible" printer. Consumer laws do not care about small print or region locks

- go to unauthorized shop and have original cartridges refiled. I recycled cartridge like that for several years.

New comment by t344344 in "The Twitter API is now effectively unmaintained"

t344344 — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:46:37 +0000

> Another data point: of the 20 newest posts on this forum, 12 are about Twitter not responding to the standard API access request process, and 4 seem to be about API bugs. This has been the pattern for a while now. It seems like Twitter is now largely ignoring all manual processes and bugs.

Non-responsiveness is pretty normal for large corporations. Try to send email to Google or Facebook. Calling their products "unsupported" and "unmaintained" may actually fit dictionary definition!

New comment by t344344 in "A Response to Jacob Kaplan-Moss’s “Incompetent but Nice”"

t344344 — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:36:45 +0000

In theory maybe.

My point is why should I even make that fight? I have my own issues, my own life, my own people that depend on me.

New comment by t344344 in "A Response to Jacob Kaplan-Moss’s “Incompetent but Nice”"

t344344 — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 09:35:54 +0000

Stuff like this is why I refuse to return back to office. There is some sort of relationship play between "nice guys" and managers. Both of them are refusing to do their work, "nice guy" to complete his work and manager to manage. And somehow I am part of this, and have to work extra weekends!

New comment by t344344 in "Early Remote Work Impacts on Family Formation"

t344344 — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 09:26:15 +0000

Nice paper. Now I can just point that return-to-office is sexist!

New comment by t344344 in "Treat your to-read pile like a river, not a bucket"

t344344 — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 17:31:25 +0000

I found most books are just garbage. Take Moby-Dick for example, interesting story that could be compressed to two pages, but it is 400 pages of boring stuff, that goes on and on. And it can not be criticized as it is "fundamental corner stone of American literature"!

Watching documentary about original story, and a few pieces about 19 century whale hunting, is much better use of time!

New comment by t344344 in "GitHub slashes engineering team in India"

t344344 — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 09:17:33 +0000

Try latest version. Now it just sends link to Wine.

New comment by t344344 in "PayPal has restricted our account after we invoiced a key containing “ALEP”"

t344344 — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 08:47:46 +0000

I have opposite problem. I am trying to deactivate paypal account or get banned. They keep sending me spam.

I stopped using paypal long time ago. Phone number I used expired when I moved countries. Paypal somehow activated 2FA authentication and I can not login.

Perhaps I will try this

New comment by t344344 in "After a decade, South Dakota's Amish are moving on"

t344344 — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 06:36:21 +0000

Exactly! Therapist would never push something like that onto mentally ill person with schizophrenia or autism! And child can give fully informed consent, just like with circumcision!