I had a script that would rotate my profile picture in Slack by one degree everyday. It take a surprisingly long time for people to notice.
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stijnveken commented on Ask HN: What's the most creative 'useless' program you've ever written? · Posted by u/reverseCh
stijnveken commented on “Attention assault” on Fandom j3s.sh/thought/stop-using... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
If you do happen to land on a fandom wiki, replace "fandom" with "antifandom" in the url for a better experience.
stijnveken commented on Cosmic Desktop: Hammering Out New Cosmic Features blog.system76.com/post/ha... · Posted by u/pantalaimon
The main problem I have with modern desktop environments is the lack of scriptable automation... I really hope they build something like this.
Although I could just save all dotfiles, configs and extensions via file backup, I always struggle to create a script based setup.
I would love to maintain a list of extension names, settings etc and have something like:
gnome-extension install --config-file my-extension-config.txt
kde-plugin install --config my-plugin-config.txt
gsettings set --config-file my-settings.txt
Export settings would also be great.
gsettings export --to my-settings.txt
It's probably overkill for what you are trying to do. But I have been using home-manager [0] as a way to quickly restore my working environment.
stijnveken commented on KPMG Fined Record $25M in Exam-Cheating Scandal wsj.com/articles/kpmg-fin... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
I’m listening to “The Big Con” by Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington.
This book discusses the state of CONsultancies (EY, KPMG, McKinsey, PWC, Atos, and so on.
Such a worthwhile read. Whatever you expect, it’s worse.
I'm currently reading through "When McKinsey Comes to Town" in the same vein. I recommend it!
stijnveken commented on Update: Stripe is holding over $400k of mine with no explanation [resolved] · Posted by u/eeemmmooo
Are there any real alternatives to Stripe?
Obviously Adyen if you're in EU, PayPal/Braintree, etc, but Stripe is really the big kahuna.
What about building your own with Authorize.net? Are there any old-school gateways like that left out there that are still independent?
(can one do payments in the 10-100$ USD range on the blockchain? What if you don't want to go through an exchange?)
The is also Mollie [0] if you're in Europe. It's more comparable to Stripe than Adyen if you're just accepting payments in my experience.
stijnveken commented on Ask HN: Where to buy cheap but good quality glasses in Europe? · Posted by u/tsingy
Ace & Tate
Beloved by hipsters all over Europe
Free eye test, glasses around £100 a pair
I personally love the clip on shades which have made summer actually enjoyable
I will second Ace & Tate.
I have three pairs, two of which have a clip on.
Very happy customer.
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My ASUS ROG Strix cost me $1500 back when the 3080's were new and has a 3080. Have prices risen that much?