Zelmor's comments

Zelmor | 7 years ago | on: Cybersecurity is not very important [pdf]

Fuck this person in particular.

Zelmor | 7 years ago | on: The Unix-Haters Handbook (1994) [pdf]

^ underrated

Zelmor | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Are there too many people in the world?

Yes.

Zelmor | 7 years ago | on: Lockdown Mode on the Librem 5: Beyond Hardware Kill Switches

You cannot do that in the EU. Also, phones communicate imei and other sim information, not OS information on the header plane during handshakes with the towers.

Zelmor | 7 years ago | on: Lockdown Mode on the Librem 5: Beyond Hardware Kill Switches

what ifs

Zelmor | 7 years ago | on: Lockdown Mode on the Librem 5: Beyond Hardware Kill Switches

I am yet to see actual images of this phone. Sounds like something I would buy, especially if I can install just a plain Debian release on it.

Zelmor | 7 years ago | on: Wipe and reinstall a running Linux system via SSH (2017)

It's straightforward for me, but to each his own.

Zelmor | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Where should I start as a 34-year-old switching to software as a career?

>interpreters, compilers, memory hierarchy Those are nice if you want to do embedded and C. A complete waste of time for Frontend/Backend, mobile and desktop people in the beginnings.

Tell me why someone picking up Python/JS should learn the above mentioned things, rather than learn basic security principles and not pip/npm install blindly all the packages without checking the source? Change my mind.

Zelmor | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: How would you monetize software that runs mostly offline?

Sure, patch your software, but you can keep accumulated feature requests on a separate branch. Then, as time goes on, decide whether you should rather monetize on an updated and more feature rich version, or just push updates and make people happy. I'd say there is more money in the first option, while the second makes me feel better. It's the developer's choice. Check https://www.holdemmanager.com/ how they do it.

For OP's kind of software, I'd say one time license purchase would be the most user friendly. So yeah, sell it like people did in the good old days, before the cancer that is SaaS took over the world.

Zelmor | 7 years ago | on: Launch HN: Searchlight (YC W19) – Hiring based on past performance, not resumes

This is what references are for.

Zelmor | 7 years ago | on: YouTube bans comments on all videos of children

Just remove children altogether from Youtube and be done with it. Fallout 1 was better without kids (stealing from you in Arroyo), so will Youtube.

Zelmor | 7 years ago | on: Pagedraw is shutting down and going open source

Was this like a wysiwyg editor for badly performing web applications?

Zelmor | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: How to cope with job hunting and depression?

I'd advice you to start exercising. I recommend kettlebell and weight training, not cardio. This will help with your chemistry and make you more confident in your abilities.

Zelmor | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Looking for ideas

>I’m taking a year off to live off my savings and work on an idea, but I don’t have one

Why take a year if you are clueless as of what you want to do? Do some traveling and air your head. If you still cannot find something you want to do, go back to your 9-5 job.

Zelmor | 7 years ago | on: Why Google won't let you leave a review for Jiminy Peak

Bombing Steam/Gmaps is not how you should voice your opinion. That is not the intended use of the platform.

Zelmor | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: What technology do you think will take off in 2019?

low hanging meme

Zelmor | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Is having an inside connection the biggest factor in landing a next job?

1. yes 2. EU, but no. Companies hire from the EU first, immigrants second.

Zelmor | 7 years ago | on: Bye, Bye, Google

Switching from one email service to another instead of self-hosting, isn't he just trading a cow for a cattle?

Zelmor | 7 years ago | on: A Python Interpreter Written in Rust

I'd send you a bottle of wine for saving me the time and effort.

Zelmor | 7 years ago | on: How do you sue / torpedo your ex-employer's IP after you have left a startup?

Well you got paid for your 8 hours, didn't you? There, welcome to being an employee.