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Porthos9K commented on Ask HN: What social media have you dropped out of?    · Posted by u/thehoomanist
Porthos9K · 6 years ago
HN is the last one that I haven't dropped, but that's because this site doesn't seem to have a "delete account" option. It's like the Hotel California. You can logout, but you can never leave.

The only way out is to get banned.

Porthos9K commented on A California Megachurch Is Trying to Bring a 2-Year-Old Girl Back to Life   slate.com/human-interest/... · Posted by u/smacktoward
Porthos9K · 6 years ago
These people need to be made to watch Pet Semetary until they figure out why their prayers are better off unanswered.
Porthos9K commented on YouTube's top earners: Eight-year-old Ryan tops list with $26m   bbc.com/news/technology-5... · Posted by u/known
Porthos9K · 6 years ago
Why is a child that young on the internet in the first place? Nobody under 13 should have access.
Porthos9K commented on What gives you the right to “fix” a bug? What about the feelings of the bug?   github.com/microsoft/vsco... · Posted by u/shirian
Porthos9K · 6 years ago
I have the right to fix the bug because I can fix it. Power is the only right that counts in this world.

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Porthos9K commented on Your blog probably doesn’t need a static site generator   zainamro.com/notes/your-b... · Posted by u/z0a
tyzerdak · 6 years ago
Try hugo. You need to waste 1 day to build and config it, but then you can make pretty amazing stuff fast
Porthos9K · 6 years ago
I think Zain Amro mentioned Hugo as one of the tools he has used.
Porthos9K commented on Your blog probably doesn’t need a static site generator   zainamro.com/notes/your-b... · Posted by u/z0a
actionowl · 6 years ago
How does one handle consistent navigation though? If you make a change it sucks having to update that on every page IMHO.
Porthos9K · 6 years ago
It looks like the person behind https://zainamro.com/ can't be bothered to provide a navigation menu on every page, or even a link back to their site's home page, so they'd probably dismiss your question out of hand.

However, if you really want consistent elements on every page, you could probably do the job with m4 and a makefile. You can party like it's 1998[1].

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20190813130112/https://www.linux...

Porthos9K commented on Ask HN: Are there technical reasons ISP support experiences are often terrible?    · Posted by u/wwweston
Porthos9K · 6 years ago
"We don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the Phone Company." --Lily Tomlin

https://snltranscripts.jt.org/76/76aphonecompany.phtml

It used to be funny because it was true. The problem is that it's still true. But now it's true of ISPs, at least in the United States; they have regional monopolies or at most a single competitor using a different physical infrastructure as is the case of Comcast and Verizon.

The support experience sucks for people who know anything about networking because there's no profit in providing better service when most customers are incapable of appreciating it. Since there's no profit, and most customers are incapable of recognizing or demanding better support, ISPs can get away with skimping on that aspect of the experience. Just as they've mainly gotten away with skimping on infrastructure and clinging to IPv4.

"We don't care. We don't have to. We're the Internet Service Provider."

Porthos9K commented on Ask HN: How do you deal with phone scams?    · Posted by u/riyakhanna1983
Porthos9K · 6 years ago
I use the "Blacklist Blocker" app for Android, which is available via F-Droid[1]. I have a very short whitelist of numbers from which I am willing to accept calls or texts, and everything else goes straight to /dev/null.

[1] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.kaliturin.blacklist/

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I wonder what it takes to get banned around here. LOL
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