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Ask HN: Does an equivalent of Clojure exist for .NET? 5 by rawland | 1 comments on Hacker News. - Knowing there is F#, which is not quite it, imho. - Knowing about ClojureCLR, which is not up to .Net 6.x as of today...

Late to the Party 4 by couldbeanything | 2 comments on Hacker News. I am a programmer with about 1 year of experience in python. I think I am fairly good in this with some project in machine learning as well. Covid-19 messed up my college and did'nt pay attention to my computer science engineering bachelors subjects. With me being a new comer to this tech world, I realize I need to do my part with core concepts like, Hardware, networking, PC making, OS , microprocessors .. along with incorporating my learning in ML and other new technologies. My wish to learn the core concepts has nothing to do with any requirement with my current profession in programming. But I do feel like I lack core concepts and have this peer pressure to know these things, to be able to call myself a 'techie' . Has anyone ever felt this need to learn all these basics ? The quantity of this thing is so huge that I know cannot be achieved in a single month or two. And I know this also requires physic...

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Ask HN: What was your most memorable interaction/discussion on HN? 4 by hubraumhugo | 2 comments on Hacker News.

Ask HN: Is there a tool you use just for reading code? 6 by kanonieer | 4 comments on Hacker News. When writing code, I'm a huge fan of using keyboard driven development. But sometimes I just want to read code, either to review or to learn things in a mouse-driven and read-only environment. Git forges seem like the obvious answer to this but they're slower to browse and not as customizable as your favorite text editor/IDE. Is there an application you use to read code? And am I alone in feeling the need of such tool?

Ask HN: Locked out of Amazon accounts for a month 3 by nikolay | 3 comments on Hacker News. Suddenly Amazon Shopping asked me to change my password. I got authenticated, including with my 2FA, and picked a new password, but I keep getting server errors that something went wrong and asking me to retry later. I attempted on different browsers, the mobile app, incognito mode, etc. I kept trying this for weeks, hoping somebody would attend to the logging errors. Finally, I opened a ticket with Amazon Shopping, which has not been worked on for a month after being on the phone with them twice. Yesterday, I tried to use my AWS account and have a support plan for it but encountered the same issue. My IAM users and root user also experiences the same problems, and a password reset is mandated without explaining why. For whatever reason, Amazon has flagged all my accounts and IAM users as needing a password reset, and their password reset system does not work, and I'm locked out of everyw...

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Ask HN: Are there any keyboard extensions easily attachable on a laptop? 2 by seansh | 9 comments on Hacker News. I don't mean external numeric keypads, my laptop already has that (and never used it). I mean just a few extra modifier keys (control, alt, super, etc) which can be easily attached on a laptop and reachable by thumbs. Take a look at the thumb keys of keyboard.io and you know exactly what I mean. This would be very useful for programming especially in editors such as Emacs, where you want your fingers to stay on the home row for faster typing but avoid using the small fingers to prevent RSI (Repeated Strain Injury). I've tried remapping the keys to move all the modifier keys closer to the thumbs, have tried some hacks with input-remapper [1] to redefine the keys for short-presses, long-presses, hold etc. and have tried Emacs key-chords. But I think nothing would beat having just a couple of extra keys reachable by the thumbs. Alternatively, are there any laptops w...

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Ask HN: How male dominated is your workplace and does it bother you? 2 by Wissenschaftler | 3 comments on Hacker News. I personally find it really annoying that my whole adult life I have to live in environments with upwards of 75% male over representation. Then again I never worked with women so I do not know what it is like. But for example, my social circle is much more gender balanced, and the atmosphere is much more pleasant when we are together. And I do not think it is because the people individually are different. I think it is just that in the workplace the is a lack of something to the social dynamics that women usually contribute.

Ask HN: How libraries managed borrowed books before computers? 3 by marcodiego | 0 comments on Hacker News. I'm always curious about how computerless system works. They are sometimes very ingenious and also give some ideas on how to optimize for an specific purpose. Although I rented many things in early 90's before pc's became common place, I never learned how the borrowing process is done. Anyone knows how video rental stores and libraries worked before computers:

Software Engineer; pre-exit startup, where should I be during exit? 3 by hmmokidk | 0 comments on Hacker News. Should I shoot for a manager role for the exit? Or a higher up software engineering role? Or a lead role as the company scales up? What is ideal in terms of making money and setting myself up for the future

Ironic, Mexico City is against immigration. What do people think about this? 2 by abcdjdjd | 5 comments on Hacker News. So, it seems Mexican citizens in Mexico City are against immigration into their city from the USA (see multiple recent news articles on it). Some complaints range from cost of living going up to the fact that many are not speaking Spanish. Sorry, but is anyone missing the irony here? Regardless of your stance on immigration into the USA from South America (either supporting, against, or wanting reform), anyone can see the hypocrisy in this right? What are people's thoughts on this?

Nick Tredennick Passes 2 by drallison | 1 comments on Hacker News. July 29. Sue Tredennick, Nick Tredennick's wife, reports the sad news that Nick has died. Two days ago, Nick was riding his ATV from his office to the downhill barn. He had an accident and died. His Apple Watch called 911, but he was gone by the time the paramedics arrived, and the coroner believes that he expired immediately. He was always grateful for his career in a new and rapidly changing industry, and for the innovative people with whom he worked. Nick worked on a multiplicity of microprocessors, was a founder at Microprocessor Report, and was well known for his eloquently expressed and insightful contrarian views. Nick was a friend and colleague and will be missed.

Ask HN: Any way around not using current CTO as a job reference? 2 by Djrichsjdjdnxkd | 4 comments on Hacker News. My last gig was a startup. CTO recruited and hired me promising ownership of product and minimal micromanaging. Everything went well for a couple of months, but it went crazy in 2022. Basically, the CTO gets distracted with anything new and flashy. He sees some new language or framework, we wants us to build a prototype with it. If a competitor has a certain feature, he wants us to add it. He is willing to change priorities to make those kinds of things happen, but they are almost always unproductive and a waste of engineering time. My team and and I aren't being set up for success. Eventually, I was let go and was replaced by an employee who used to work for me and who is perfectly willing to do whatever the CTO demands. Now, I'm starting to look for my next gig. I imagine prospective employers will want to talk to my previous CTO as a job reference. That will ...

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Ask HN: Why everyone tolerates the 9pt font size, despite YC using 1rem (16px)? 3 by noctis | 3 comments on Hacker News. ...and also claiming they are comfortable with persisted zooming or style modification.

Apple Pay works in non-Safari browsers in iOS 16 Beta 3 27 by san_amiro | 6 comments on Hacker News. I was just poking around on a Shopify store on my Firefox browser and saw Apple Pay button showed up, first thought it's a front-end bug on the website but tapped on it and the widget slid up and you can legibly make the purchase! Tried on Chrome too and it worked there too! Tried a few other website and can confirm it works everywhere Apple Pay is offered. is it a feature? bug? Wanna try it yourself? you can check this Stripe test page https://ift.tt/Mrneauj Haven't installed Beta 4 yet to see if it is still working.

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We shouldn't trust developer advocates 3 by SoftwareDev5 | 4 comments on Hacker News. I truly don't understand why people have a cult following for developer advocates. You shouldn't trust or use a product because a influencer who is getting paid by the company is telling you to. Developer advocates are literally wolves in sheep's clothing. Yes they are developers. Yes they are experienced with the product. But I'm pretty sure anyone would advocate for anything if they were getting paid 220K+ for it. I'm not saying all developer advocates are bad or untrustworthy. But a majority of them are just highly paid individuals who are paid to generate sales.

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Successfully Installed Chrome OS Flex on CN60 Chromebox 2 by smallette | 0 comments on Hacker News. I tried to duplicate what "notyourday" described in this thread (5 months ago, see https://ift.tt/q3jEHXJ ) and was able to successfully install Chrome OS Flex on an ASUS Chromebox CN60. His instructions were pretty much spot on but I do have a few comments: 1. Suggest creating boot USB first. It takes a while and you can be doing other things while that is going on. 2. Had trouble getting Ctrl D to work on my keyboard. Finally figured out I need to use a different (wired) keyboard. 3. Had trouble figuring out "-LO" in the the series of inputs while in text mode of Linux. To be clear the "O" is a capital "oh", not a zero as I had initially surmised. Always have trouble with that. And you can use the enter key between the three commands even though the instructions in MrChromebox.Tech say to only hit enter after third line is typed in. 3. I had t...

Tell HN: If your IP is shadowbanned, even new accounts can not participate 3 by syracuse850330 | 4 comments on Hacker News. So, I got shadowbanned on HN. No big deal, everyone tells me: happens all the time, just get over yourself, and create a new account to be more constructive this time around. Eh, Okay...? So, I signed up as https://ift.tt/YfLUAxm So far so good. Then I submitted https://ift.tt/A2E8YBx Which went through, except that I couldn't comment on my new submission, as before. And, guess what? This EXACT link was already submitted 3 days prior, by user-who-apparently-doesnt-violate-guide-guidelines 'indy' Was I told? No! Was I left to believe my duplicate link was submitted? Yes! Good job, HN modernazis! I have about 20 pills of benazipril left, which should do the job of getting rid of me for good. Bye!

Ask HN: Computer Vision for Collective Good? 4 by cv_threauxaway | 1 comments on Hacker News. I've been a computer vision-focused engineer for years now, working on projects I'd consider morally... neutral. Nothing harmful (surveillance, weaponized dog-bots, ad targeting, etc) but nothing that's even close addressing our social and planetary ills. I love the day-to-day nuts and bolts of my current CV work, but feel drawn to make some sort of contribution to the collective good. Does anyone know of companies that combine the two? I'm being deliberately vague on what I consider "good." I'm interested in whatever you think is putting out our shared dumpster fire. Thank you!

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Ask HN: How do you practice self-care? 3 by justcuriouslol | 1 comments on Hacker News. Just curious what you do for self-care and wellness

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Ask HN: Ideas for Late Career Reinvigoration? 3 by throwexaway | 1 comments on Hacker News. Throwaway. I'm a mid 40's developer (non-manager) who's worked at a gamut of companies (big cos, startups, self employment/contract, "fun" but low-paying gigs), in many problem domains, but mainly FAANG for the most of the last ~15 years. Close to being able to retire, but not quite there yet. I'm bored. I've done a bit of everything at this point, and it's starting to feel tedious. I don't care about title/level anymore. With various market meltdowns, the golden handcuffs are feeling less binding, and I'm feeling a bit more free to make choices career-wise, since at this point I'm fortunate in that I only really need to cross the finish line so to speak. I have no desire to leave software development - I'm not going to become a woodworker or teacher. After I retire I will still code as one of my main hobbies. But everywhere I look, it all see...

Ask HN: Why not allow adults to be adopted as “adult children”? 2 by amichail | 2 comments on Hacker News. Such adopted adult children would be expected to take care of you as you get older and in return you would give them life advice and some/all of your inheritance.

Ask HN: Going All-In on Rust 5 by itsmefaz | 11 comments on Hacker News. I am a full-time engineer working for an MNC where the tech stack is Java / Python. Outside of work, I spend most of my time in competitive coding and teaching programming to friends/family. I am looking to transition to Rust for all my side projects (and possibly everywhere in the near future). I don't have any specific reason for this transition other than to move away from Java / Python. I want to continue my competitive coding practice and my side projects that are mostly low-level systems. I am looking to build a niche for myself and see Rust as an escape (something I can explore and grow with). I might be overplaying my hand here, any suggestions would be helpful. Is there anything to keep in mind before I take this plunge?

Ask HN: Dropbox uses Python a lot, is it also the case for their Windows client? 2 by josephernest | 1 comments on Hacker News. It is well known that Dropbox uses (or used) Python a lot for their operation - I have read this quite often here on HN or elsewhere. I imagine this is true for their backend servers. Question: was their Windows client app mainly done in Python too? (the one that watches the filesystem for changes, stays in the bottom-right system tray icon notification area near the clock, has a GUI...) If so, which py => exe freeze solution did they use? How did they prevent the Python bytecode to be decompiled (obfuscation, or compilation in a similar way to Cython? another method?) Did they open-source some of the tools they developed to make Python perform well as a language that can be distributed as a .exe? I have tried py2exe and many similar tools, also Cython in embedded mode, and distribution as a .exe is usually not the strength of Python (usual tools work ra...

Ask HN: First client, how not to undersell myself? 2 by yscodes | 2 comments on Hacker News. So as it turns I am about to get my first client as a freelancer. Nothing too big, it's a small but successful business who want a new website (their current one looks like your average 90s family business site). My family and I have been long-term customers of theirs so that's how this came about. Now it seems like a very, very common theme among freelancers - I've read this over and over again in many different places and from people of various fields - that thinking back to their first customer they believe they massively undersold their services. The naive fool that I am I would like to try and avoid that "mistake" while also not wanting to appear like I'm only out for the money (which I'm not). My focus is obviously first and foremost to deliver a top-notch service but I would also like to get the pricing right. So how do I go about doing that? I am in Germ...

Ask HN: Transfer(wise) refuses to process a dispute claim. Any recourse? 2 by unsupp0rted | 0 comments on Hacker News. I used my (Transfer)Wise MASTERCARD card to purchase a pair of Xiaomi earbuds in Turkey at a major retailer (think Barnes & Noble). I tried them for a day and then tried to return them. The ANC on the earbuds makes it so that I can barely hear the other person and they can barely hear me. The retailer refused to refund the money. They sent them to another city for testing and said they're fine. I filed a dispute 5 weeks ago and heard nothing from Wise. Now I've called them and they said my dispute was rejected by Wise. Do I have any recourse? It's not the $60 loss that hurts. I like using Wise and I've been a customer for years, but if I have zero protection by using their card, then I'll stop using it. > Upon checking on the attachments you've sent, unfortunately, we cannot do anything on our end since the merchant claimed that the st...

Ask HN: Lesser-known sites for ebooks and audiobooks, as DRM-free as possible 3 by tusslewake | 1 comments on Hacker News. Interested in lesser-known places where people get ebooks and audiobooks. A few I use include: - ebooks.com, which offers epubs and pdfs of most titles available on Kindle, usually at a somewhat higher price than the Kindle format. - audiobookstore.com, which has a lot of audiobooks in DRM-free formats, usually both .mp3 and .m4b. Excellent reading quality, a good option if you care about archiving your audiobooks. With their monthly membership plan the prices are manageable. What about other people?

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Ask HN: What blocks you from switching your small-to-medium business to Linux? 10 by butz | 11 comments on Hacker News. Question for small-to-medium business owners, working primarily with office suite type of software (think Microsoft Office programs, like Word, Excel, PowerPoint) - what is stopping you from switching from Windows to Linux? I am also interested to hear stories about unsuccessful switch to Linux and why you reverted back to Windows.

Ask HN: Are Large Language Models Like GPT-3 a Hype? 2 by behnamoh | 1 comments on Hacker News. LLMs keep getting bigger and bigger, but I still don't understand the value they provide to businesses and individuals. There must be a reason for MS to purchase the GPT-3 license for $1b, and Meta, Google, OpenAI, etc. wouldn't spend millions of dollars just to train these huge models. Yet, I don't get it. IMO, "AI through API" is a bad practice that sets a wrong precedence for the incoming AGI. It's basically a black box wrapped around another black box. In addition, the cost of GPT-3 and other models may be prohibitive for small businesses and startups. What is going on here? I see some similar patterns between LLMs and cryptocurrencies: both are super hot and receive billions of dollars, but neither has proven its use cases. Given the crypto bubble burst, are we going to witness an AI winter in the next few years?

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Ask HN: What to do about Google Fonts repo ignoring pull requests 3 by mhdhn | 1 comments on Hacker News. I and several associates want to improve some Google Fonts fonts. But our PRs are being ignored, for months or even years in some cases. What should we do? Any recommendations?

Ask HN: Do you think Hacker News is missing any features? 5 by jarrenae | 12 comments on Hacker News. I use Reddit, Twitter, TikTok, and basically all the other social networks, but Hacker News stands out as a specifically targeted forum. I think of it as a subreddit basically. This piqued my curiosity; are there any major product/platform features that Hacker News should have?

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Ask HN: As a SWE, how do you plan out your work? 2 by 3a2d29 | 0 comments on Hacker News. I am a junior engineer and I am curious to find the best methods for planning work. I find there are two big things to consider: 1. That you want to plan out your stories so you know what days to expect what done, that way you can know early if you are behind schedule or need assistance. 2. You want to plan out work so you don’t end up with a lot of “dead time” where you are waiting for approvals or other people to review. Ideally while waiting for a review, you would have another story of coding and work to do in the meantime, and when that’s hits review, the other is done. I say I do this decently, but I struggle to find a method that I think maxes my output or does well in the face of work I have never seen before. It’s hard to plan for unknowns.

Ask HN: Increase Key Repeat rate on Mac OS beyond normal limits 4 by ggerganov | 4 comments on Hacker News. Hey, I thought about asking here in case someone knows some hacky way to go beyond the Key Repeat limit of the keyboard on Mac OS. I already know about the command "defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 1" but it is still not fast enough. Any ideas or suggestions? For a video demonstration of the question check the videos in these 2 tweets: https://twitter.com/ggerganov/status/1551619285943975937

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Ask HN: Which protocols and data formats are used for space communication? 3 by jviotti | 4 comments on Hacker News. For engineers working at i.e. SpaceX, NASA, the European Space Agency, etc where can I learn more about the protocols, serialization formats and related technologies using for ground-space data interchange? i.e. are the using technologies like ASN.1 over tuned versions of TCP for high-latency use cases?

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Ask HN: Where is the best place to order quality t-shirts for employees? 3 by calderwoodra | 2 comments on Hacker News. Curious where others have ordered T-shirts from and what they thought of the quality.

Ask HN: Does anyone want to take ownership of roundtable.audio? 9 by sethkim | 2 comments on Hacker News. In 2020, I built https://ift.tt/zKEXuQ7, and later an extension for Hacker News (https://ift.tt/RDj24Wv) which turns HN posts into audio chat rooms. I've since moved on to other projects, and am looking to see if anyone wants to take over the project, or remix it into something entirely new. The code is open-source and can be found here: https://ift.tt/cfQ5qki. I'm planning to shut down the current deployment at the end of the year if no one wants it. If you're interested, feel free to reach out! I'd be happy to spend some time intro'ing you to the codebase and can give you some technical and commercial ideas for how to extend it.

Ask HN: What's a small iOS App that you made $30k or more off of? 6 by codemonkeysh | 1 comments on Hacker News.

Ask HN: Share your side project and your motivation 3 by codemonkeysh | 0 comments on Hacker News. Tell HackerNews what you're building on the side and why you're building it.

Keeper Tax job ad is how job ads should be 3 by gigatexal | 0 comments on Hacker News. Link here: https://ift.tt/O1PTbEv I like that it shows what to expect from the interview process and doesn’t go into too many superlatives about what the Data Engineer will be doing. The salary and equity bands are also listed. It’s a very well done and clean job ad.

Ask HN: Is 20 too late to go to college? 2 by 18throwaway18 | 9 comments on Hacker News. Basically the title. Finished my second year of college, which is a good college but not the best in the country (Top 10 college in country). Now that I'm done with my 2nd year of undergrad, I've managed to get admission into the best college in the country (by a country mile). No transferring credits though - and I'll have just turned 20 when I join (if I join). That's pretty much the gist of it - should I leave my Top 10 college for the Number One college? Since I'm joining at 20, will it be too late? I'll be graduating at 24 - do you think it's worth it? Will future employers look upon this switch negatively?

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Ask HN: Is top talent in software overrated? 5 by Victerius | 5 comments on Hacker News. What do you think about this imaginary argument between an unnamed corporation and an unnamed engineer? "Software engineers ask for too much, and we will lower our salaries to line them up with the rest of the non-technical staff." "That's a stupid decision." "Why?" "Software engineers are less replaceable than non-technical staff and are the most important people in your company." "We do not share the belief that engineers are any less replaceable or more important than non-technical staff." "Then you will not attract top talent." "Top talent does not always chase the biggest paycheck. And we can do just fine without top talent." "Top talent will go to your competitors instead." "Top talent is overrated and will not give our competitors any meaningful edge. A team of ten average engineers can produce as muc...

Ask HN: High quality digital art printing? 4 by frozencell | 1 comments on Hacker News. I need to print digital art (.jpeg) but most of the websites seem to be ads or spam blog posts. Does HN know some good addresses?

Ask HN: Which book are you reading, since when? 3 by nothrowaways | 0 comments on Hacker News. On another post people commented reading 4- 12 books per year. What book are you reading since when, and how far have you read it?

Ask HN: Why does YouTube scale down quality automatically? 7 by markus_zhang | 6 comments on Hacker News. Hi friends, I have noticed that since maybe a month ago YouTube has been scaling down video quality for EVERY video played. It doesn't make sense because I have a pretty good network that can play at highest quality so I guess the only reason is to scale back output. Have you experienced the same? Any solution to force 1080 without manual intervention? Thanks!

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Expiration date on exercising options – total BS? 2 by drschafran | 3 comments on Hacker News. I don't understand why there is an expiration date on exercising stock option grants. Anyone have a compelling reason why this even exists? Seems to force stock option holders to 1) Make decisions when they aren't necessarily ready to and 2) Take on tax burdens before they ever see a payout.

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Ask HN: What are some new-ish, interesting protcols in the world of computing? 5 by butterNaN | 0 comments on Hacker News. My computer science life involves dealing with mostly revisions/updates on protocols designed to address problems that have been there since a few decades ago. Surely, there are new, albeit niche problems that must have prompted people to create protocols to solve them. I am interested in knowing these problems and how they are being solved.

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Ask HN: What GO web framework do you use? 6 by umen | 2 comments on Hacker News. Hello HN , what to use to be fast and easy like java's tomcat server ? So many half baked or not maintained frameworks... What do I use in production?

Ask HN: Did you have a positive experience with agencies/freelancers? 2 by athosblade | 2 comments on Hacker News. Recently, I've noticed a lot of articles saying negative things about working with freelancers/agencies? As someone who is currently working as a freelancer and used to work for an agency, I want to hear about your positive experience with agencies/freelancers.

Ask HN: Alternatives to Talk Therapy for PTSD 3 by b20000 | 2 comments on Hacker News. Interested in experiences dealing with and rising above PTSD via routes different from classic talk therapy. Also interested in hearing whether EMDR therapy works or not.

Could an AGI be completely bored to live in our world? 3 by tassadalf | 3 comments on Hacker News. It may be frustrated that we're so slow. Everyone around it like the sloth from Zootopia.

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Ask HN: Any good resources you have used becoming a better confidence speaker? 2 by firstSpeaker | 1 comments on Hacker News. I am looking for some advice and some training materials, paid or free, on how to become a better conference speaker. From how the slides should look all the way to how to start and conclude. Or maybe more about what not to do as start or end.

Ask HN: Is UK citizenship worth it after Brexit for software consulting? 5 by oumua_don17 | 4 comments on Hacker News. I have been living and working at a FAANG in UK for past 2+ years now. I came on the now Global Talent visa, so in next 2 years I can become a UK citizen. I am also closing in on my retirement/FU corpus, but I don't intend to stop working. I am pondering if it's worth becoming a UK Citizen after Brexit if I want to do software consulting. Will the UK passport/citizenship help? My primary market targets will be UK, US and Europe, so Visa Waiver Program and short term EU visits should allow me to do business visits for contract negotiation etc. I would prefer to work in UK for 6 months - 8 months of the year and be outside of UK in the winter :-). UK citizens (naturalised or otherwise), any inputs? Is this a good or a flawed idea? I hold an Indian passport. I don't want to worry about maintaining the ILR status, and anyways after ILR, it's just 1 year ...

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Ask HN: How do you develop locally with privacy/security in mind? 5 by boolean | 0 comments on Hacker News. I do most of my software development locally on my Mac. This requires installing and giving full system access to hundreds of Python and Node libraries which I've been blindly trusting so far. I've explored the idea of remote development on a VPS (via VS Code remote plugin or vi) but constant connectivity requirement is a deal breaker to me. How do you develop locally while making sure the privacy/security of your system is not compromised? This is my only computer where I do all my personal banking and other sensitive tasks.

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Ask HN: What is your experience with YC's co-founder matching? 3 by codegeek | 1 comments on Hacker News. For me personally, I spoke to a few people but it mostly dies after a conversation or so (if we get to that). Wondering what the experience has been in general with the co-founder matching tool.

Ask HN: Preparing for Systems Interviews 2 by TimPC | 0 comments on Hacker News. I last interviewed almost five years ago and at the time I was mostly asked leet code in the interview portions. I’m interviewing again now and it seems nearly every company I’m talking to has a system architecture question as part of the screen (in some cases one ML system and one Software system). I’m generally good at architecture but I’m used to solving these problems over long time horizons by doing detailed research. Are there any good resources or practice problems for doing these in 45 minute spitball sessions? I think it’s a dramatically different skill from regular system design and I’m not entirely sure how to approach it. I also would like to practice a wider variety of systems because my personal experience is a bit heavy on mobile and I feel I’m likely to get asked mostly server specific questions.

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Ask HN: What can you realistically manufacture in your garage? 26 by abdullahkhalids | 32 comments on Hacker News. Given a two-car garage, what can a small team (2-3 people) manufacture that can be sold for some amount of profit? Imagine access to capital of 20-50k USD at maximum. Interesting would be items whose manufacture could be automatized to some extent, but this is not necessary. I am not particularly interested in the legality of this at the moment. But safety considerations could be important.

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Ask HN: Is there other software similar to Vim and Emacs? 12 by GrollingGrakbor | 8 comments on Hacker News. I'm looking for software that is powerful, understandable, hackable, extensible, reliable, future-proof (few breaking updates) and feature-rich. The two tools I've found so far that come close to this are TiddlyWiki (notetaking) and Vim/Emacs (same text editor niche). TiddlyWiki loses some points on hackability because it's web technology and fairly sandboxed. Vim/Emacs are only for text, obviously. I think what these tools have in common is that they all have a strong core idea (Vim: modal, TiddlyWiki: a quine of tiddlers, Emacs: elisp) that provides insane feature breadth at relatively low cost to learnability. Other software is usually on a spectrum of low feature count (most tools in the UNIX philosophy) to low understandability (IDEs, most other text editors, all OSes). Then a few rare ones are extremely powerful, but so old and poorly designed that I don...

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Ask HN: Does this idea make any sense? 21 by AhmedMujtaba | 19 comments on Hacker News. Hi there, I would like to get your perspective on this idea, does it make sense?, I happen to think dev shops are broken, and this may be a better approach, let me know your thoughts? https://ift.tt/5U8mAGZ

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Ask HN: Quickest path to a tech job in SF Bay Area? 2 by skogsbonde | 3 comments on Hacker News. A friend wants to change careers and is interested in tech, but she's not sure what to start learning. Which types of jobs are most in demand, that could be learned the quickest by a beginner? She's good at math. Should she start studying machine learning? Or is Javascript/ReactJS frontend a safer bet? Backend? iOS SwiftUI? A normal person obviously can't learn in a reasonable time the broad field of software engineering like the ins and outs of computer networks, TLS handshake, cpu out of order execution, avoiding branching, et cetera - but what is a vertical that could be learned in a reasonable time by a beginner that would be a good bet in terms of job prospects?

Ask HN: Best “ELI5” book to learn medicine? 2 by user0x1d | 0 comments on Hacker News. I want to learn medicine. Is there a book you can recommend that reads so simple anyone would understand? I basically don't know anything about medicine and would like to learn it.

Ask HN: What is the best metrics for open-source startups 2 by BogdanSemenov | 1 comments on Hacker News. A large and engaged developer community can be instrumental in building a successful open-source startups. Thanks to Github, it is possible to assess the popularity of repositories (by stars &forks). One the most interesting developments in that field is ROSS Index: the top open-source startups by their star growth. https://ift.tt/Xf8P9Wr What other battle-tested metrics for open-source startups can be valuable?

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Ask HN: How did free people in USA thrive in high heat before air-conditioning? 2 by reactspa | 5 comments on Hacker News. I live in Mid-West USA. It's been hitting 95°F the past few days. I experimented with trying to go without air-conditioning. Couldn't do it. Couldn't work on my computer despite being indoors and having a fan on my desk. Had terrible sleep (despite having a powerful ceiling fan). Air-conditioning is not even a hundred years old and was originally not even invented to keep people cool (it was invented to keep machines from overheating). How did free people stay thriving and productive during summer in places like Florida, and certain other parts of America where there's not only extreme heat but also extreme humidity? Is it a case of: - temps have gotten hotter more recently? - if I had continued my experiment, I would have eventually gotten used to the heat and learned to thrive in it? When it gets extremely hot around here, I think a lot about t...

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Ask HN: What is that amount where a big company won’t bother to sue me? 3 by throwaway_9120 | 4 comments on Hacker News. So I was reading this thread https://twitter.com/cryptofelon/status/1548049090490953728?s=20&t=JuA1NrodiAOfZ67fFMfZhg It is difficult to make out who is on the wrong side here but it set me wondering if I happen to possess some domain and a big company comes after me, what is that max amount where they won’t bother to sue me? (Perhaps the legal fee and associated headache is more than the amount they can simply pay up and both the parties move on.)

My bank will open my closed account to make it overdrawn 2 by hispanic | 4 comments on Hacker News. I just saw my (large-ish US-based) bank add the following language to my account agreement: > After your Account is closed, we may temporarily reopen your Account to resolve a dispute concerning the Account, or to accept a debit or credit to your Account, even if doing so results in your Account becoming overdrawn. Feels like a fee-grab.

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Ask HN: Do you like it when your manager starts a meeting with “how are you”? 3 by poisonborz | 2 comments on Hacker News. After moving to a new country and position, I'm surprised how often I'm greeted with this question. Maybe it's cultural, but I find it extremely superfluous, especially in a work context. It signals a very cheap understanding of care: a standard one-shot catchphrase one can use to measure mood and happiness. Whenever I mentioned this everyone defended it saying "I don't use it in the _classical_ way, I actually mean it". If someone would actually care, one could ask something specific about the person (what game you played last time?) even without knowing background (what did you do in this nice weather?). Is it just me who is annoyed by similar conversational generics - do I expect too much of small talks?

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Ask HN: Why are the FAANG tech support forums often useless? 6 by behnamoh | 2 comments on Hacker News. Examples of tech/customer support forums that are useless: - Apple (see [1]) - Microsoft (see [2]) - Google (see [3]) I often find better answers on SO, SU, and other stack websites. Hell, even independent blogs have better solutions. Why, then, can't these giant companies improve the quality of their forums? [1]: https://ift.tt/Xn1ARj0 [2]: https://ift.tt/pVJYi2W [3]: https://ift.tt/fawoKQI

Ask HN: What makes you optimistic about the future? 68 by agent008t | 66 comments on Hacker News. I feel like we are living in uniquely pessimistic times, at least when compared to the last ~70 years. The world order is being challenged, and not for the better. Massive geopolitcal problems are ahead with no good prospects - continuing Russian aggression in Europe, looming aggression in Taiwan, gloomy prospects over Iran nuclear situation. The US may well see a new civil war in the next few decades. Demographics, particularly in Europe, are not looking good. There are climate change risks to look forward to. Deglobalisation will lead to less global economic efficiency/prosperity. Tech advancement appears to have stagnated, and in any case the dream of technological innovation making tomorrow better has been replaced with the reality of tech making a lot of our lives worse, disconnecting people, pitting people against each other, hijacking our attention. Culturally, we seem to be gett...

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Ask HN: How to stop Google Play Store from replacing apps from other app stores 9 by daggersandscars | 4 comments on Hacker News. I had Amazon Kindle installed from the Google Play Store. Amazon removed book purchases from the Google Play version of Kindle. One can still buy books from the Amazon Appstore version of Kindle. * I uninstalled Kindle from Google Play * I installed the Amazon Appstore * I installed Kindle from Amazon Appstore Direct book purchasing restored. Every few weeks, the Google Play store uninstalls Kindle from the Amazon Appstore and installs its version. Being able to use multiple app stores is (imo) Android's primary appeal. If Google Play can arbitrarily replace apps with its own, that's a serious problem. How do I stop this from happening? I have verified this -- when it happens, going to Amazon Appstore -> My Apps lists Kindle (Not from Amazon).

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