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theparanoid commented on Office on HP-UX and Unix   openpa.net/hp-ux_office.h... · Posted by u/naves
RachelF · 4 months ago
Yeah, it was a great word processor. Better than MS Word, and it had features Word still lacks like mixing styles on a single line.

What I find curious is how, as the market expanded, all these other Vendors died.

One would expect the opposite - a bigger market means more diversity. An odd thing I still don't understand.

theparanoid · 4 months ago
Word docs being the medium of exchange created enough of a network effect. I remember trying to use other programs but importing/exporting to Word wasn't perfect.
theparanoid commented on Comma 3X: Initial Impressions   beesbuzz.biz/blog/14719-C... · Posted by u/surprisetalk
theparanoid · 7 months ago
I bought one for my 2020 Toyota Sienna a couple months ago. The best analogy is that it's like upgrading to Tesla Autopilot. It's great for highway and freeway driving but not city streets.
theparanoid commented on US hospital told family their daughter had checked out when in fact she'd died   theguardian.com/us-news/a... · Posted by u/howard941
theparanoid · a year ago
My classmate from nursing school is an RN at that hospital, I'm not surprised.
theparanoid commented on Intel's Immiseration   thechipletter.substack.co... · Posted by u/rbanffy
theparanoid · a year ago
Intel's decline was obvious when I worked for them in 2010, their compensation package wasn't competitive with FANG and they consistently missed out or lost their better engineers.
theparanoid commented on Who is driving Germany's far-right poll surge?   adamtooze.substack.com/p/... · Posted by u/hackandthink
jdthedisciple · 2 years ago
Why is it that whenever the far-right seems to experience a surge,

nobody ever asks "hmm what could the establishment be doing wrong that causes this"

but rather everyone jumps to "hmm what could be the conspiracy behind this"?

theparanoid · 2 years ago
The article is a nicely illustrated analysis of the issues (migration policy) driving the increase.
theparanoid commented on Ask HN: Has anyone started over outside of tech?    · Posted by u/synu
theparanoid · 3 years ago
After a decade as a software engineer I became a nurse. It has its pros and cons. The defining difference is shift work vs project work. In California the pay is similar to tech which is a plus. Also watching all my previous teammates get laid off during the tech downturns is a motivating factor.

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theparanoid commented on I Got Banned for Life from Airbnb (2018)   jacksoncunningham.medium.... · Posted by u/cargoray
orliesaurus · 3 years ago
Question: If you get banned for Life from Airbnb - can you still use Airbnb through a 3rd party? What i mean is: can a friend/significant other book an Airbnb stay - then add you as their +1...so you can roll in as the +1 as opposed as the person who manages the reservation?

I am not banned from Airbnb but I am curious...

theparanoid · 3 years ago
No, if they catch you they'll ban both accounts. They banned a conservative political activist's husband's account preemptively after banning her, https://news.yahoo.com/michelle-malkin-banned-airbnb-attendi...
theparanoid commented on Ask HN: How to find a small town to relocate for remote work?    · Posted by u/Townley
theparanoid · 3 years ago
It's not Republican. In the last presidential election, the county voted 60% Democrat (Pine Bluffs is the largest city and county seat).

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