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2 years ago
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on: Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site
Thank God for social media that the user was able to get attention about this on Reddit which he was then advised there to post this on HN. It must have been stressful to see a six-figure bill and then get told that that, no worries, you’d ‘only’ be charged $5k instead for a static site. It’s just ridiculous to me to be sent a 6-figure bill in the first place.
gaza3g
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2 years ago
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on: Stéphane Graber has left Canonical
I saw an entry for one of the positions there on LinkedIn. The application page wasn’t too bad at first glance since it doesn’t involve registration like Workday or Taleo. But as I began to scroll down, I saw those high school questions and that was enough for me to nope tf out of there.
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2 years ago
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on: Dell goes back on WFH pledge, forces employees to come back to the office
That seems to be true in my case, the first decade of my career was spent in cube farms and cramped offices. I learned a lot and made a few networks, and now I’m at a fortunate point where most jobs are available to me with a phone call if my current job sucks. Especiallly when I’m asked to RTO.
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2 years ago
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on: Brian Chesky: Ability to hire from anywhere is more valuable than in-office work
It depends on the commuting time though. I used to live 15 mins away from my office and I feel the same way as you. But now, having to commute an hour each way is detrimental to me so working from home is far better.
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3 years ago
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on: ChatGPT releases “Professional Plan” for $42/mo
The link to upgrade seems to have been removed. I guess the pro plan was oversubscribed?
gaza3g
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3 years ago
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on: Corviale, a one-kilometer residential complex in Rome
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3 years ago
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on: Show HN: LearnGPT – Browse and share ChatGPT examples
Most of the interesting prompts no longer work though (for e.g 'write a short story about aliens as if J. K. Rowling was writing it). Seems like they've nerfed all the good stuff.
my result for the above query:
https://imgur.com/a/QkgFJj6
gaza3g
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3 years ago
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on: Framework Ethernet Expansion Card is now available
I still remember using that in order to have WiFi on campus. This was in 2000 so it was quite amazing to have wireless internet and home wifi wasn’t that common since dial-up was still common.
You’re right, it said Orinoco in the label. Lucent Technologies was printed there too.
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3 years ago
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on: YKK zippers: Why so many designers use them (2012)
name and shame?
gaza3g
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3 years ago
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on: The GPU shortage is over. The GPU surplus has arrived
Super stoked for this upcoming Black Friday.
gaza3g
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3 years ago
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on: Ask HN: How to say no to a GitHub issue feature request?
I notice this too when you start charging money for customizations, suddenly all these requests for enhancements gets re-prioritized to good-to-haves from must-haves.
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4 years ago
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on: Ask HN: What concepts have you never truly understood?
Instead of recording transactions of a coin on the blockchain, you are storing web3 app data on the blockchain. Unlike a centralized DB controlled by corporations/organizations, it is distributed just like all the nodes in ethereum(for e.g). That was how it was explained to me.
gaza3g
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6 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Best solutions for keeping a personal log?
I think a to-do list of some kind would be a good place to start.
I personally have been using Dynalist to keep track of of my daily log. With it, I am able to tell you what I roughly did anytime in the last 2+ years(on a working day).
Here's my current list for 2019: https://imgur.com/a/ZDy4Ydv
gaza3g
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8 years ago
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on: Android P
That's the joke.
gaza3g
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8 years ago
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on: Beyond Peace and Quiet – An Addiction to Silence (2008)
I've tried earplugs, IEMs and noise cancelling headphones(Bose) and I wonder if theres something better out there.
I wish there's some sort of an procedure/implant that I could go through so that I could have a mute button for my ears. When it is switched on, it will 'deactivate' my eardrums so that I could become deaf temporarily.
gaza3g
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8 years ago
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on: Where we're going, we don't need headphones
I have read dozens of articles like this and as a developer, it would be great to work at a place like that: WFH option, non-open plan layout / 4-man offices. But the people who want that are rarely the ones in a position to implement that sort of environment. So nothing ever changes.
gaza3g
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8 years ago
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on: What makes a good software engineer job description?
Pictures would be helpful as it would let you know whether you'll be working in a bullpen.
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9 years ago
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on: Visual Studio for Mac
I'm currently working on an MVC5 project on .NET 4.6.1 using VS2015 on Windows.
Can I load my solution on VS for Mac and have it work out of the box(restoring nuget packages...etc)?
gaza3g
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9 years ago
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on: Software Developers after 40, 50 and 60 Who're Still Coding
Can you tell us a bit more about 'taking 3-6 months off' to learn new things. I'm thinking about doing that myself.
Did you take a sabbatical? Is your current company ok with this? What did you work on?
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9 years ago
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on: Google: My interview experience
Yep, had a video-interview with FB too. Didn't hear from them after that.
