I really like Hover Zoom+. I’d be willing to pay $7,000 to $8,500 USD for each kidney you’d be willing to sell. Once we know the size/functioning we can determine exact figures. Happy to buy both if you no longer need them, you probably barely use them anyway.
Readit NewsMethod5440 commented on Temptations of an open-source Chrome extension developer (2021) github.com/extesy/hoverzo... · Posted by u/hk__2
If you don't mind me asking, what motivated you? Were you afraid of law enforcement ever catching up? Was is just pure scene cred it even that did not matter much?
As a 15yo in the mid-90’s I was a member of and courier for a group called FaTe. Did it all over a 28.8k and later 56k modem. It was so much fun and I never once considered actually getting caught - it never felt real and the friends made along the way were worth it, at least in my case. Went to college and gave it all up. Studied a science but came back to IT and get paid today off of the skills I started learning back then.
Method5440 commented on Ask HN: What can you do or learn to experience a better love life? · Posted by u/optbuild
99% of relationships are not like this. At all.
I agree with your sentiment as well as with the parent comment. I think it’s mostly young relationships that aren’t like this, or rather relationships we have when we’re young. I would wager that 99% of people have had or will have at least one relationship like this in their lives before we learn healthier ways of being with another person.
Anecdotally, long term relationships where one party improves significantly often do not last so it’s good advice to improve yourself before you find the right person.
Method5440 commented on 1Password for SSH and Git (Beta) developer.1password.com/d... · Posted by u/lkurtz
Whenever I hear "oh but this 2FA is vulnerable to phishing" then why did security people annoy everybody and pushed for it before considering this factor?
I'm happy to use only a password for some sensitive things, because I can remember it.
Of course security is a spectrum and 2fa does help for a lot of stuff. Especially against websites that don't know how to hash your passwords properly (usually the ones from where passwords leak the most).
I was going to comment something similar - I think the messaging around this needs to be more clear. It feels like I’ve been seeing serious security folk push the unqualified use of password managers for years now. Better hope granny never needs to use SSH.
Method5440 commented on In defense of flat earthers (2020) danboykis.com/posts/flat-... · Posted by u/john-doe
To those who say that flat earthers don’t exist in reality…
There’s a guy who drives around town where my parents live in Arizona with his flat earth position writ large on the side of his pickup truck. He will stop to debate with you even if you’re next to him at a traffic light. [1]
I think flat earthers do exist but the majority of them may not admit it openly if they’re still sufficiently “there” to fear the social ostracization (word?) that might follow.
I agree to some extent with the original article under discussion and I would point interested folks to an interesting video by Sabine Hossenfelder which makes some tangentially similar points. [2]
I would also add that the western school system teaches us to fear being wrong and finally letting go of this can be a liberating and empowering experience. After that it seems to become a little easier to believe the next similarly counterfactual thing that comes along.
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/InfowarriorRides/comments/gow054/mo...
Method5440 commented on Underrated Reasons to Be Thankful dynomight.net/thanks/... · Posted by u/dynm
Agreed. The tone of the HN comments section is occasionally somewhat more contentious now than a few years ago, but it has not generally devolved into the sort of partisan pissing match/bad-faith clusterfuck seen elsewhere in the interwebs. To some extent I attribute that to the fact that valuing science and reason can be a helpful quality in moderating the tone of interaction, even among anons. Which is really a lucky thing.
Prove it, you partisan hack. :)
Method5440 commented on Show HN: Caffeine – Minimum viable back end for prototyping github.com/rehacktive/caf... · Posted by u/aw4y
A few requests should randomly fail to force the developer to think about handling errors. :)
You guys have errors in your programs? :)
Jokes aside… chaos engineering is a big deal right now - this isn’t a terrible idea and might be worthy of a fork.
A big fan of your work! Just wanted to let you know what iOS devices provide quotes as “ rather than " - you may need to support the character “ or at least let people know that iOS is not supported etc… right now I get a generic character error.
Method5440 commented on Result from LHCb experiment challenges the Standard Model bbc.co.uk/news/science-en... · Posted by u/Kaibeezy
I was given the impression by my professors that it was a purposeful move, maybe it was just in teaching and not research. I'll defer to you, the actual particle physicist.
I’d also heard something like this during my physics education - you’re not alone apparently. One name was apparently more ‘respectable’ than the other. Lol
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