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aspyct commented on Show HN: I made a tiny device for automatically recording digital pianos   jamcorder.com/... · Posted by u/chipweinberger
aspyct · 10 months ago
Man, that's pretty sweet! Do you ship to Europe?
aspyct commented on Ask HN: I don't want to be a Software Engineer any more. What else could I do?    · Posted by u/trwhite
aspyct · a year ago
I thought about leaving, even went to 3 days a week IT, and 2 days something else. I was making some serious headway, but in the end...

In IT, people are pretty chill. We share open source, we create new things all the time, we get to solve interesting problems. It's fun! The rest of the world is full of people with a... different outlook on how to interact with the world around them, to put it mildly.

Now I'm back on 4 days a week, and I absolutely love it! Two afternoons off per week. It's not too much of a strain on the budget, yet gives me a lot of free time. It's really the best.

Find a good team, stick with it. Do your job during office hours, and then do your other stuff on your side. We're lucky to have a stable, high paying and relatively ok for your (physical) health job.

If you're really set on leaving, I'd highly encourage you to switch to 3 days a week and start a side business in anything. You can sponsor it with your IT salary, and then figure out what you want to do when you're ready.

aspyct commented on A Swiss town banned billboards. Zurich, Bern may soon follow   bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/toomuchtodo
aspyct · a year ago
Yes please, more of that!
aspyct commented on Never Update Anything   blog.kronis.dev/articles/... · Posted by u/generatorman
aspyct · a year ago
There's an alternative solution: update everything, but limit your dependencies.

Example: for my (personal) projects, I only use whatever is available in the debian repositories. If it's not in there, it's not on my dependency list.

Then enable unattended upgrades, and forget about all that mess.

aspyct commented on Type in Morse code by repeatedly slamming your laptop shut   github.com/veggiedefender... · Posted by u/OuterVale
shreddit · a year ago
It even works offline, just slam harder for “over the air” transmission. Has a shorter range though…
aspyct · a year ago
Shorter range and shorter lifespan too :D
aspyct commented on On Leaving your computer on 24H a day and mounting your machine sideways (1990)   textfiles.com/programming... · Posted by u/hggh
nxobject · a year ago
I'm embarrassed that I had to read halfway to realize that "sideways" actually meant _tower-style_ (i.e. the default configuration for most PCs today.) It's strange to think that "pizzabox" was the default for so long, and then it just... changed.
aspyct · a year ago
It was a nice monitor stand though, the pizzabox style.

You're right on the sudden change! I remember our 386 was sitting flat on the desk, and the (huuuge) 486 tower was upright below the desk.

Maybe something to do with the noise? Must have been quieter to hide the monster below a wood plank on a carpet to dampen the vibration, rather than on a resonating wood plank right in front of your face.

My favorite part about these old computers is that they didn't have an auto shutdown yet. You had to flip a big mechanical switch on the back, and that was very satisfying!

aspyct commented on Mandatory speed limiters on EU cars from 2024   autotrader.co.uk/content/... · Posted by u/instagib
aspyct · a year ago
I have a so-called "intelligent speed limited" in my 2 year old car.

It's absolutely terrible.

On the highway it picks up the 50km/h panel intended for the bus lanes.

Close to where I live it hallucinates a 5km/h limit.

In random places it will miss limitations.

Right now it simply decreases engine power. On a highway that's already dangerous enough. Can't wait till they use the same visual/audio warnings as they do for the pre-collision assistant...

By the way, that's bullshit too. Triggering for no good reason and scary enough to take my eyes off the road. Love it.

aspyct commented on The Cheapest NAS   sigwait.org/~alex/blog/20... · Posted by u/henry_flower
ClumsyPilot · a year ago
Even a router can do that these days, GLiNet routers have USB ports and SSH, you can setup such basic stuff

Most mid range routers allow SSH, and have decent CPU

aspyct · a year ago
glinet routers are amazing, but their file sharing lacks authentication sadly (well, mine does, at least). So anyone getting access to you network also gets access to your files.

It's mostly fine, until one of you devices gets compromised. Then it's not fine at all anymore.

aspyct commented on Ask HN: What tools are you using to quickly build websites/apps?    · Posted by u/fi_investor
hpen · a year ago
Mostly a bunch of non-scalable, half baked solutions with JS ;)
aspyct · a year ago
Not the solution we deserve, but the solution we need :D
aspyct commented on Brexit Backlash: Brits Now Regret Their Populist Revolt   wsj.com/world/uk/brexit-b... · Posted by u/JumpCrisscross
pureheartlover · a year ago
Most Brits I know were under the impression that it would stop or stem the flow of immigrants. They pulled the only lever they were given and it didn't work.
aspyct · a year ago
What's wrong with immigration?

u/aspyct

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