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New ask Hacker News story: Let's Map Halal Restaurants on OpenStreetMap (OSM)

Let's Map Halal Restaurants on OpenStreetMap (OSM) 5 by Muhammed_Yaseen | 1 comments on Hacker News. Assalamu Alaikum, fellow halal food enthusiasts! Have you ever struggled to find halal restaurants in your city or while traveling? I believe we can make this easier for everyone by mapping halal restaurants on OpenStreetMap (OSM) – a free and open-source platform that allows anyone to contribute and access geographic information. What is OpenStreetMap (OSM)? OSM is like the Wikipedia of maps. It’s created and maintained by a global community of contributors. You can add restaurants, cafes, and even grocery stores that serve halal food so that Muslims everywhere can benefit! Why Map Halal Restaurants? 1⃣ Help Muslims easily find halal food options. 2Create a centralized, global database accessible to everyone. How You Can Contribute: Visit OpenStreetMap and create an account. Add restaurants in your area that serve halal food (make sure to confirm their halal status). Use the tag...

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Why does US allow hard tech interview questions if it bans IQ tests?

Ask HN: Why does US allow hard tech interview questions if it bans IQ tests? 4 by amichail | 9 comments on Hacker News. Tech interviewers often claim that they ask difficult questions to gain insight into how candidates think and how they handle reaching their limits. However, this reasoning can sound like plausible deniability. How can you determine whether the real intent is to assess your IQ indirectly without explicitly administering an IQ test? And why does the US permit this practice to continue if IQ tests are banned? P.S. While IQ tests are not strictly banned in the US, using them opens up a company to potential lawsuits.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Has anyone built a tax simulation environment?

Ask HN: Has anyone built a tax simulation environment? 5 by JVillella | 0 comments on Hacker News. Was curious if anyone had attempted such endeavour. The use case I see is you input your finances (eg. money spread over different investments, in a business, multiple incomes, etc.) and your goal (purchase home that costs $x) and an optimizer will try different solutions (eg. sell these assets for this tax liability, take this mortgage at this rate, pay it in lump sums to be able to withdraw assets from your business as dividends spread over N years, etc.)

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What is your default notes app?

Ask HN: What is your default notes app? 3 by vednig | 1 comments on Hacker News. I'm a google notes guy, but not particularly fan of it, I've tried out Samsung notes, apple notes, and few other android note taking apps. Hell, I even built one as a 17 y/o kid here https://ift.tt/wANjEWL but I've always wondered, what makes a notes app that can replace simple pen and paper, I know a simple app can't do that at least. I decided to rebuild it from scratch, one especially designed for the thinkers, developers, founders and engineers. Those who have the most on their mind but often fail at organizing the info. So, I'd like to know your perspective on a few questions 1. What is your notes app? and Why? 2. Do you still often find yourself using pen and paper? 3. What is your primary(and tested) setup for productivity? 4. Do you like to have things like tasks, broken down or as a singular big task? 5. How much of your notes originate from research on the web?

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What is your Monitor setup?

Ask HN: What is your Monitor setup? 3 by GBiT | 1 comments on Hacker News. I’m planning to upgrade my current monitor setup (Philips 271S, 27-inch 16:9, and LG 29UM68, 29-inch 21:9) and am considering a few models: - Dell UltraSharp 43 4K USB-C Hub Monitor (U4323QE) - Dell UltraSharp 49 Curved USB-C Hub Monitor (U4924DW) - LG 45" UltraGear™ OLED (45GS96QB) I’m unsure if the 49" ultrawide would be comfortable for work, productivity and watching movies. Compared to the LG 45", which is taller, the LG might be better for coding and can fit three windows more easily. However, as a gaming monitor, the LG has a lower pixel density and I almost don't play. On the other hand, the Dell 43" offers better pixel density, but it has a lower refresh rate, and I’m not sure if it can comfortably fit three windows. What is your monitor setup, and what’s your experience?

New ask Hacker News story: Google.com search now refusing to search for FF esr 128 without JavaScript

Google.com search now refusing to search for FF esr 128 without JavaScript 22 by superkuh | 18 comments on Hacker News. It just redirects everything to https://ift.tt/D6muY94... I guess this is the inevitable end of the era of the web as a collection of hyperlinked documents and the beginning of the web as an application delivery protocol. In other browsers with JS disabled google search still works but this computational paywall rollout for Firefox esr is a sign of things to come.