Hacker News: xsace

New comment by xsace in "Reddit Launches Long-Awaited IPO with $748M Target"

xsace — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:40:05 +0000

Until there is a clear successor, I don't think we can bury reddit.

New comment by xsace in "Mataroa blog – Naked blogging platform for minimalists"

xsace — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 18:54:39 +0000

No one mentions it so there you go: mataroa means "hope" in Maohi

New comment by xsace in "A neuroscientist prepares for death"

xsace — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 09:07:04 +0000

If there is an afterlife possible in our universe, the information necessary for it must be compatible with its physics.

But so far, down to particle physics, nothing seems compatible with the idea of an out of body soul that is able to process this information.

New comment by xsace in "Ask HN: What's your current favorite programming font?"

xsace — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 16:02:55 +0000

SF Mono (https://developer.apple.com/fonts/)

New comment by xsace in "Only 90s web developers remember this (2014)"

xsace — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:12:27 +0000

The best thing back then (as a young adult with too much time) was how easy you could hack a lot of the online forums or servers.

searching altavista for phpbb forums using a version vulnerable to a given exploit or using cross site scripting waiting for someone to bite it, and then upload 99 shell everywhere you would gain access.

It really felt like having superpower.

New comment by xsace in "Jacques Cousteau’s grandson wants to build the ISS of the sea"

xsace — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 10:08:58 +0000

Most people don't know this truth, in particular here in France where the name Cousteau still holds its aura.

I know because I watched and enjoyed the shows as a kid and most people at the time liked him. The only person I knew back then who didn't like the man was my dad (a sailor).

What I mean is the name is still strong enough to attract some interest.

New comment by xsace in "The End of the Redis Adventure"

xsace — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 15:07:17 +0000

Thank you for your dedication. You will not be forgotten

New comment by xsace in "Drones will fly for days with new photovoltaic engine"

xsace — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 08:02:38 +0000

The idea behind individual solar energy is not consuming it real time but associating it with a storage solution to allow bigger throughput. You're not going to make toasts all day

New comment by xsace in "Dogs’ Eyes Have Changed Since Humans Befriended Them"

xsace — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 13:59:50 +0000

today I learn dogs see us as Simpsons characters

New comment by xsace in "Six Months at Riot Games"

xsace — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 12:17:03 +0000

Well I still think it shouldn't come as a surprise. We've got many example of successful industries with such culture, why would video game work any different.

New comment by xsace in "Six Months at Riot Games"

xsace — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 11:59:58 +0000

> I am simply surprised they manage to produce anything at all in such a culture, let alone a hit game.

The same culture you can find in Holywood, where hundreds of successful movies with unrivaled popular impact were produced.

New comment by xsace in "Death: From Dungeon Crawl to Meat Boy"

xsace — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 09:53:48 +0000

The problem is when you have 0 chance of making it because other players outgear/outnumber you.

New comment by xsace in "Mecca Then and Now – 128 Years of Growth"

xsace — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 13:50:44 +0000

Read again,

I said it IS interesting ... to anyone.

You see the content drive the audience and then the audience drive the content.

Too much broad interesting articles and it's not Hacker News anymore.

New comment by xsace in "Mecca Then and Now – 128 Years of Growth"

xsace — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 13:39:21 +0000

The difference is the audience.

While I found this article interesting in itself, it's something that can be interesting to anyone, regardless of its background.

While harmless at first look, this can be an issue if too many content fall into this category.

Then you end up with a reddit clone instead of HackerNews. I'm here to see hacker news, not interesting stuff for anyone.

New comment by xsace in "Mecca Then and Now – 128 Years of Growth"

xsace — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 13:05:48 +0000

Well you just said it: "Anything that good hackers would find interesting" and not "Anything that anyone would find interesting".

New comment by xsace in "Mecca Then and Now – 128 Years of Growth"

xsace — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 12:29:19 +0000

While a cool and nicely illustrated article, I fail to see how it's relevant to HN.

New comment by xsace in "Is Software Art or Engineering? (1999)"

xsace — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:04:05 +0000

"You don't get it: it's not a bug, this is art."

New comment by xsace in "Don't use || to set default values in JavaScript"

xsace — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 12:37:14 +0000

var skill;

article = skill || 'troll'

New comment by xsace in "Why Can’t We Fall Asleep?"

xsace — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 10:58:34 +0000

if you want to wake up early eat very early dinners.

Have a full breakfast to avoid sleeping during the day

Those 2 facts seem conflicting to me. In one case food deprivation helps you wake up while the other case it would make you feel asleep?

New comment by xsace in "Google has quietly launched a GitHub competitor"

xsace — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:08:07 +0000

When they went out of beta/preview, the prices skyrocketed to absurdness and many people had to shutdown their app because of everything being coupled to their specific API and the notice being to short to adapt.

So yeah, don't invest into something when you don't know what the final pricing will be.