rmvt's comments

this was the case in portugal too, although i don't know if it still is since gov apps have been pushed to the apple and google stores. edit: it should still work according to this https://www.autenticacao.gov.pt/cartao-cidadao/autenticacao

honestly, i don't see bauhaus here. at least not at first glance. on the one hand, i'd say it's trying to go in the opposite direction, with this "expressive design" idea, whatever that means. it immediately makes me think of maximalism (which is the opposite of bauhaus). on the other hand, you can argue that there's more of an "artistic" take to this type of ui design.

mine just expired last week. have been considering renewing it. looks like i won't be renewing after all

enjoyed seeing bill gates mentioned here (in this context). i had no idea msods was essentially bought until very recently (mentioned in a book i've been listening to - "fancy bear goes fishing" for those interested - which shines some light on security practices, or lack thereof, by microsoft)

maybe it's because i'm not in the devops space but i'm 4 paragraphs in and i still don't know what this is about?

as someone who's been meaning to get some reading done on quantum mechanics, what materials have you been going through? every time i've seen recommendations on this topic, they always required somewhat advanced knowledge of physics and math.

tempeh (also made of soy). rice and beans. chickpeas.

i used to use mitmproxy (https://mitmproxy.org/) a few years back, but haven't in quite a while

i wouldn't be surprised if they can get their hands on "2nd hand" a321s from companies that might find they don't need it or they want to shift to another model

i've been moving around in the past couple of years, and working at the same time. whilst my current setup isn't the best i could have (more on this later), i try to have the basics that allow me for a better posture, starting with avoiding using the laptop on the couch or bed.

i put my laptop on top of a box - some people use books for this - so the top of the screen is more or less at eye level, and i distance it somewhat (an arm's length) from my eyes/face. i use a trackball (logitech m575) and, because i don't use the laptop's keyboard, i have a bluetooth keyboard (logitech mx mini). try to get a decent chair - one that you feel comfortable in for fairly long periods of time and allows you to sit fairly up straight, comfortably. i favour using a desk or table that's not either too low or too tall, allowing me to rest my arms on it gently and with enough depth that i can rest the arms from my elbows.

i have a ergodox that is, unfortunately, packed a way at the moment. i regret not bring it with me as it'd improve my "ergonomics" immensely.

if you can't get a decent table/desk consider getting something that sits on top of your low kitchen one to get it to a decent height.

they are the norm but not on the tech world. in my 10+ years working in europe (tech) i've never once met someone that was part of a union. i've had this discussion with my manager recently and you can see that people are starting to become aware (of unions) and see the need, after years of feeling untouchable. it's still very early though.

what i've seen with the nhs is doctors avoiding care/exams in order to save ££ (i suspect as guidance from above). i've heard these takes on public schools but they failed to explain what's actually bad about them. could you provide more detail?

as for the sw contract industry, the way i see it more like closing a loophole where contractors were essentially working as permanent employees but ended up paying less taxes. outside ir35 contracts are a thing and the fact that there's less of those is probably an indicator that they were indeed used as a loophole.

tax hikes might help, it just depends on whom.

any learning material recommendations on this?

exactly! they have so many other services they could try and improve by deploying something like this (e.g. tax services, id card services, etc) but instead they choose to do this dumb thing. this is clearly meant for headline grabs, to try and come off as a modern government but they're clearly clueless, especially taking into account the many issues the country's health helpline - saúde 24 - has faced in the past. furthermore, i'm curious as to how they trained this on things like accents. i would have no problem betting that they haven't even considered it, and have mainly trained this on pt-br data.

> For me gamification turns some things into a slog.

same for me. i admit it still feels nice to "watch the number go up", mostly on content platforms with a social component to it (hn, reddit, stackoverflow) as you feel whatever you've said has either been useful to, or at least resonated with someone. as social creatures it's only normal to seek some sort of validation.

i think the only gamification set of features i've fallen for in the recent years has been duolingo, which has me practicing every day, even if just for 3-5 minutes. the way they've done it is quite interesting as they have what i'd call different levels of gamification you can buy into. the most basic one being your daily streak but then you have stuff like daily quests, monthly badges, league standings, friend quests and probably more stuff i can't remember now.

the article does cover quite a few examples and i like how the author hints at the chance that, at times, he'd probably be better of not maintaining his streak as that alone ends up resulting in an output that's not desirable (eg. stackoverflow answers with little value). however he left out some cases where gamification is tied to a normally positive impact like step counters (ignoring the data collection).

anime isn't a product but more of a category. you can also track shows you watch on netflix (or anywhere else) on platforms like trakt or even imdb. though i wouldn't be surprised if netflix at some point adds (or at least beta tests) a social profile like steam and notifications like "your friend is watching X" or "your friends are watching horror, see our great selection bla bla bla".

went to see it this week. the animation might not have that novelty factor anymore (only because of the first one), but it's still amazing and i'm glad i got to see it in a cinema. i think they were able to step it up even if only a little bit, focusing in on different styles and how they use each according to the emotions they're trying to convey in any given scene.

i'm just no so sure about splitting it up into two movies. on the one hand i'm glad i get to watch one more part of the whole thing, on the other, you can't help but feel they're milking it once more, by stretching it out into another part. towards the end you could definitely feel you'd be leaving with a somewhat incomplete experience.

have you tried specific platforms for selling saas businesses?

non-paywalled article available? anyway, just the title seems quite sensationalistic given that "it could" be worse based solely on energy consumption. imagine publishing an article titled something like "nuclear fusion could be much worse for climate"