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sxp62000 | 6 years ago | on: Apple Card can be damaged by wallets and jeans

It would be hilarious if they were to sell a case for the card too hahah!

sxp62000 | 6 years ago | on: Sanders to propose canceling entire $1.6T in US student loan debt

This would certainly solve the problem where smart kids go to good but expensive schools, and then take on garbage consulting jobs so that they can pay off their loans.

sxp62000 | 6 years ago | on: Raspberry Pi 4

I would love to hear the kind of stuff everybody is using Raspberry Pi for. Is anybody using them in museums or for digital signage?

sxp62000 | 6 years ago | on: Ice-T says he almost shot an Amazon delivery driver 'creeping up to my crib'

He was joking. He probably got startled.

sxp62000 | 6 years ago | on: I Charged $18k for a Static HTML Page

Ha! Imagine how much a Deloitte-like company would've charged them for making that html page.

sxp62000 | 6 years ago | on: Why are Chinese tourists so badly behaved?

I was in Lucerne, Switzerland in 2017 and during a morning jog by the lake, I saw a sign in English and Chinese that said don't feed the ducks. Later that afternoon when I walked by the sign, I saw a group of at least 40-50 tourists feeding the ducks next to the sign. Maybe people just let loose when they're abroad because the government is so strict when they're home?

sxp62000 | 7 years ago | on: An actress lived for decades in this NYC apartment for $28 a month (2018)

6 years ago I used to live in a rent-controlled studio apartment on the Upper East Side. There was a very old woman who lived alone in the apartment above me and one night I saw her eating out of the trash. New York is a tough place to be.

sxp62000 | 7 years ago | on: New logo

The new logo makes them look like a boring, stuffy company that caters to enterprise clients. Of course they chose this branding, but maybe this is also what they deserve?

sxp62000 | 7 years ago | on: If San Francisco Is So Great, Why Is Everyone I Love Leaving?

I feel like a lot of my friends who are about to start a family or get married have started moving away from big cities like NYC, SF and LA. You just end up wanting a bigger place, a quieter street, and proximity to a Trader Joe's.

sxp62000 | 7 years ago | on: Netflix’s Movie Blitz Takes Aim at Hollywood’s Heart

Netflix is churning out TV shows at an astonishing rate, some are great, most aren't. This has lead me to avoid clicking on thumbnails that have "Netflix" written on them unless I've already heard of the show.

Netflix is good at making shows that are satisfying to watch, but hardly interesting or innovative. It's like ordering fast food. Hope they don't do this to their movies.

Quality-wise HBO is still the best.

sxp62000 | 7 years ago | on: A Cashless Economy Locks Out the Poor

Why are businesses in large cities going cashless? Are there any sinister reasons for doing this? The article seems too harsh. I thought going cashless was mainly to speed things up during check out.

sxp62000 | 7 years ago | on: WordPress 5.0: A Gutenberg FAQ

The only way to ensure your wordpress sites don't break is to reduce reliance on plugins. A decent host like DigitalOcean doesn't hurt either. Squarespace is ok for simple sites, but once clients start requesting additional features it becomes a nightmare.

sxp62000 | 7 years ago | on: WordPress 5.0 introduces a flexible block-based content editor

The new editor looks slick, but it's kind of confusing when you start using it. It works for simple sites that you can build with things like the ones you see on Squarespace, but to use Wordpress like a real CMS you still need metaboxes.

sxp62000 | 7 years ago | on: Goodbye, EdgeHTML

The first time I switched from IE to Firefox, and then later from Firefox to Chrome, were all because of speed. The latest Firefox releases do feel faster than Chrome, but it's not a huge difference. Security is important but I don't know if it's a "visible" enough feature to get people to switch to Firefox.

sxp62000 | 7 years ago | on: Leaving NYC for Nashville

Lately I've felt like New York is turning into a bit of a theme park. Everything is turning into a popup experience/temporary museum, a speakeasy, an overpriced fast-casual restaurant, a Wework or a luxury apartment building. The people around me used to sound like characters from "Seinfeld" now all I see are instagram influencers and couples who "oh my god, we love the city!".

Miss those days when you could get a $8 Bulleit Rye with a splash of club soda at bar that didn't have a 100 tv screens. I think I've become a tired old hipster.

sxp62000 | 7 years ago | on: Twilight of the Taj Mahal

What a shame, it's literally falling apart. I remember visiting the Taj Mahal back in the day (15-20 years ago) on a full moon night, do they still open on certain nights? Imagine how it would shimmer in the dark, if they still had all the precious stones encrusted in the marble!

sxp62000 | 7 years ago | on: You Only Need 50% of Job “Requirements”

I've noticed that smaller companies tend to fill their job requirements section with tons of stuff, larger companies do it less, or at least separate things into must-have and nice-to-have sections. Yet there are others who still have words like Flash Development, Macromedia and Dreamweaver in their list of requirements.

If you're looking for a job, just keep applying and don't stop till you actually have an offer letter in hand. Don't wait for the employer or recruiter to send you feedback after a promising interview. There are SO MANY reasons a company might decide to go for someone else. For example, culture fit, which sometimes means "will this person stop everything and play foosball with us in the middle of the day?"

sxp62000 | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Is Google failing at UI/UX/design simplicity in its products?

I still love Google Search, Google Fonts, Google News, Trends and those little widgets they do for sports scores especially during tournaments like the FIFA World Cup.

Things I don't like: Google Analytics (don't think I'll ever truly understand that interface) and more recently Gmail. Sometimes clicking on links on gmail.com does nothing for 2-3 seconds!

sxp62000 | 7 years ago | on: What If Amazon.com Actually Is a Horrible Website?

The amazon website is horrible, but it's fast and they have the lowest prices (or at least they make it seem like so). Also, they show all the relevant information that you need to purchase different sorts of products. For example, let's say you search for a Fujifilm lens. When you open the product page, it instantly shows you a way to check if the lens will actually fit your camera, I love that stuff! ... and the reviews, how do they get people to write reviews for even the most obscure things?

sxp62000 | 7 years ago | on: NYC subway and bus services have entered 'death spiral', experts say

The ridership is definitely not plummeting. A lot of people have started moving to deeper parts of Brooklyn and Queens because the rents are rising, so they depend on trains even more. The only people who've stopped using trains and buses on a regular basis, are people who can afford Uber or Lyft.