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Jenkins2000 | 5 months ago | on: Aphantasia and Psychedelics

I think I have a similar experience. I can remember scenes to some degree and my dreams are extremely vivid. I wish I could `see` in my mind like I do when I dream. But I don't think I can imagine an image very well. I certainly can't close my eyes and `see` it and I find it hard to believe that others can.

Jenkins2000 | 6 months ago | on: Convert Google Maps Saved Places to Apple Maps

You say above "Supports both CSV and JSON/Google Takeout".

This would be amazing, however, for whatever reason, I don't have the CSV export option, and the page doesn't seem to allow choosing JSON files and when I drop the JSON it tells me "Please select a CSV file."

Jenkins2000 | 1 year ago | on: Hertz Charges Tesla Model 3 Renter $277 Fee for Gas

If you have your own garage, or even driveway with a charger, a Tesla is amazing. And their super charger network on highways is amazing, no logins, apps, credit cards, not even a screen on the device. Just pop it into the car, wait 10 or 15 minutes for 150 miles range then drive to the next one.

It's a shame the rental cars are giving EVs a bad name.

Jenkins2000 | 1 year ago | on: Infrastructure as code is not the answer (2022)

Back in the olden days, I had a junior dev ask me if he could learn ops, I said sure, I was just a hacker myself. He wrote a script to make sure the hard drives in all the servers were good. A month or so later we rebooted a server and it wouldn't come back up. We finally rebooted another to see if we could learn something about the dead server. But it also wouldn't boot. Then to our horror we learned that the disk check script was writing and reading to the boot sector to make sure it was good. All of our servers were affected. Good times.

Jenkins2000 | 3 years ago | on: Java is not a safe language

I still write null checks if needed but for deeply nested objects, it comes down to only checking for null at the end of the chain instead of in Java where you have null checks each step of the way.

Jenkins2000 | 3 years ago | on: Java is not a safe language

My solution is to convert to Kotlin, I can't stand working on Java anymore:

customer?.order?.lineItemList?.forEach { item -> val currency = item?.product?.price?.currency

Jenkins2000 | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: When did computers get 'fast enough' for you?

Every new computer I've bought was fast enough but becomes completely unusable over time.

The one notable exception was my MacBook Pro 2019 which drove me insane because the stupid fans were always running.

Recently, my MacBook Pro 2021 M1 Max with a lot of RAM is running perfectly and I've never heard the fan on it.

Jenkins2000 | 6 years ago | on: Why America Is Losing the Toilet Race

I bought the Luxe Bidet Neo 180 on Amazon for $41 in 2017.

Easy to install and no electricity needed. They are out of stock now, but if you can get one, they are amazing.

Jenkins2000 | 7 years ago | on: Why are Chinese tourists so badly behaved?

I went to Germany around 1996 for training. It was scheduled at the last minute and I had never left the US before so I didn't have time to learn German.

At the Munich airport I asked the lady behind the information desk how to get to the train, in English. I was extremely polite. She was so offended and would not speak to me. Luckily a traveler standing next to the desk helped me.

Munich International Airport, Information Desk - no English. That made me really afraid to approach locals even though most that I met were very friendly and spoke excellent English.

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