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Skhalar commented on Jetbrains unbundles AI Assistant and is now available as a separate plugin blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2... · Posted by u/adl

mistrial9 · a year ago

lets assume that Ubuntu Linux from Canonical is a solid platform. However, snapd is intrusive and still not stable IMO. The implementation of libc as a snap component, and the Firefox Browser as a snap component, are notably onerous. Some linux downstream from Ubuntu remove snapd completely.

JetBrains -- please support installation on Ubuntu minus the snapd system. thanks in advance

Skhalar · a year ago

I run kubuntu on my home computer with snapd removed and have 0 issues running JetBrain products.

What issue are you having ?

I've installed IntelliJ via Toolbox. Prior to that I did install it using the archive they provide.

Skhalar commented on First AirJet-equipped mini PC tested, Zotac's new ZBox is incredibly thin tomshardware.com/desktops... · Posted by u/CharlesW

a012 · 2 years ago

What is the N300’s temperature with stock HSF? Without a baseline then their test is meaningless

Skhalar · 2 years ago

This was my first thought.

"Keeps cpu under 70C under load"....okay great how does this relate to passive cooling, hsf, liquid cooling, etc.

I suspect the numbers aren't great when compared next to the listed above, and this is just a marketing piece for the product.

Skhalar commented on Uber may stop letting drivers see destinations and name prices sfchronicle.com/business/... · Posted by u/hardtke

snake_plissken · 4 years ago

I feel like the answer is obvious? Uber should create a new full time driver position which pays a fixed hourly rate.

So there would now be two classes of drivers. Those fully employed by Uber, with all the benefits normal full time work in the US entails (i.e. health insurance) and the downside being, their income is capped. The other class would be those who drive on their own schedule like it is now, with the main benefit being their income is potentially uncapped. Uber's actually in a pretty advantageous position to hire for the new position since they have data on the best drivers.

I am sure I am missing a lot here tho, like what prevents Uber from giving the most profitable rides to itself? Or how do they avoid churn in the full time work force?

Skhalar · 4 years ago

Hiring full time employee would cost Uber a lot, it's exactly why they are using their current model. It saves them in taxes, insurance costs, liability, etc etc.

It's a crooked model which shouldn't be allowed.

Skhalar commented on Show HN: Simplenetes – I replaced Kubernetes with 17k lines of shell script github.com/simplenetes-io... · Posted by u/thomasbacklund

aabhay · 4 years ago

The amount of vitriol in this comments section is astonishing. Can we not share fun projects without the professional Kubernetes experts thumbing their noses? At the very least, it does seem now like the complexity of K8s’s code base is a point of very thin skin for the community.

Skhalar · 4 years ago

I read vitriol as virtio and was throughly confused for a few minutes.

I was thinking why are people talking about virtio so much.

Skhalar commented on „We were chased out of SF after trying to give free Internet to the poorest“ twitter.com/sacca/status/... · Posted by u/_Microft

kmeisthax · 4 years ago

I'm not surprised. As far as I can tell, the only thing the San Francisco government wants is for poor people to leave so they can stop reducing property values. This is the same city council that deliberately plans to have half the housing units they actually need, after all. The entire city is one big real estate scam being foisted on tech companies, and people living in it just get in the way.

Skhalar · 4 years ago

Texas is next. Companies are moving out of SF for Texas.

Skhalar commented on Ask HN: Cheapest/easiest way to host a static site? · Posted by u/offtop5

Skhalar · 4 years ago

Firebase is stupid easy to host static sites on. I think it's like 2-4 cli commands.

Only downside: it's Google.

Skhalar commented on Endless Operating System endlessos.com/home/... · Posted by u/peterdemin

offtop5 · 4 years ago

Actually I think students need to learn to use apt. I swear, the entire reason I got comfortable with the command line is because when I was 16 I couldn't afford a Windows license, and I ordered a free Ubuntu CD.

I'm still very good with the terminal and it serves me well in my six-figure career

Skhalar · 4 years ago

Apt and dnf/yum.

90% of Linux usage is rhel based (personal machine is fedora). And the other 10% is aws Ubuntu.

Id saying get good at 1 and know thr basics with tht other.

Skhalar commented on Piscina – The Node.js Worker Pool github.com/piscinajs/pisc... · Posted by u/AquiGorka

freeqaz · 4 years ago

Does anybody use this or anything similar? If so, what problems are you solving?

Skhalar · 4 years ago

This is useful for processing large chunks of data like audio files (look at Superpowered sdk) but breaking em down or when processing multiple files.

Skhalar commented on Eclipse IDE 2021-03 eclipse.org/eclipseide/... · Posted by u/pjmlp

jimbob45 · 4 years ago

Is there a use case for Eclipse that VS/VSC doesn’t outperform it at?

Skhalar · 4 years ago

Defense industry.

Skhalar commented on Launch HN: Superpowered (YC W21) – Calendar in your menu bar · Posted by u/jordandearsley

petargyurov · 4 years ago

I'm sorry for being negative, but paying $10 per month for what is essentially a calendar widget is blowing my mind. The fact that this is even in YC and not just a side project is taking what's left of my brain and blowing it into the stratosphere.

> We’ve only solved a small part of a bigger problem. The SaaS platforms we use for work don't work well together. It shouldn’t take cycling through ten different apps and Chrome tabs to stay on top of everything.

Can someone give me an example of this problem? To me this feels so "extra"... Maybe I'm missing something.

Skhalar · 4 years ago

I think what you're paying for is someone to sync your calenders for you.

Similar to ring camera. You're just paying someone to make your cctv camera available to you over thr internet instead of you setting it up yourself.

I personally hate these services but some people would pay $/month for this convince.