fredley

Just in time for Advent of Code!

I'd hope so too, but it doesn't seem to be worded that way.

Seems like tipping over $1m of revenue means your App Store tax now suddenly doubles?

This hits home. I've worked with leaders on two seperate extremes of the axes presented. In one case literally everyone of the bullet points was true. I wish I could have read this before then.

Are you getting therapy?

I _think_ that the Michael Cain section is Peter Serafinowicz doing a Michael Cain impression (which has then been deepfaked), but it could be Lyre Bird or similar! The fact that I really can't m…

Very sad MSN Messenger did not open. This was still a hell of a nostalgia trip for me.

I _don't_ want to work on spreadsheets from my couch. In fact, I don't want to be able to work on spreadsheets on my couch. I want my couch to be a completely spreadsheet-free area!

Interesting how their coffee shop business did well not because of the coffee, but because they controlled the distribution of a certain type of valuable information.

I know people blocked by this. Usually they're people who had an easy time at expensive schools, they now can't accept that they're anything other than brilliant and deserve the top job…

The piano and marimba doesn't quite have a full scale, consider using -, = and [, ] to add the extra couple of notes! I would love to be able to upload a midi to this...

For journey planners, knowing whether routes are step-free.

I want a smart speaker in the kitchen, because for a few functions (timer, weight conversions and arithmetic) it's really useful, and hands-free which in that particular context is really importa…

Reminds me of the Amstrad Emailer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_E-mailer It started out with a few innocuous ads, then it got worse and worse until at one point it start…

How?

Absolutely. If forced (as in there are no dumb tv options that are viable), I'd reluctantly buy a smart TV, but I'd never let it actually connect it up.

When's the last time you checked if any of your electronics were emitting a jamming signal?

Surprised not to see Pi Hole on that list!

This seems very similar to Magic Wormhole which I've been using for years: https://github.com/warner/magic-wormhole . I'll admit the crocs README sells it better though.…

Beeware / Beware, not sure about that name!

This will go great with my analogue terminal bell! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24432930 …

This is a huge factor in early hiring success: can you effectively hire people whose roles you don't fully understand? Can you develop trust with the person you've hired and delegate effecti…

Phosphine on earth is only created as a product of biological chemistry. This might be the case on Venus too, which would be a first sign of extra-terrestrial life.

I remember the early days, when you could only join with a university account, and the only people you could interact with were others in the same network. Privacy controls were 'public' by …

Riding a bike I'm still interested in the volume of cars on the road, and probably more interested in the volume of cars than the volume of bikes to be honest.